United State's
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
Regulations and Standards
Washington, DC 20460
EPA 440/5 88-070
September 1988
Water
State Water Quality
Standards Summary:
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OHIO
Responsible Agency:
Ohio Environeental Protection Agency
P.O. Box 1049.
1800 Hater Hark Drive
Coluibus, OH
614-644-3020
43266-0149
Standards Available Fromi
Hary Gavin
Raring Clerk
Ohio Environaentai Protection Agency
1800 Hater Mark Drive, P.O. Box 1049
Coluabus, QH 43266-0149
614-644-2115 Fee: $30.00 Mailing Lists no
State Contacts
Mr, Daniel Dudley
Manager
Standards and Toxics
Ohio Environtental Protection Agency
P.O. Box 1049, 1800 Hater Hark Drive
Coluibus, OH 43266-0149 614-644-2856
State Contact:
Mr, Robert Heitzaan
Group Leader
Hater Quality Standards
Ohio Environiental Protection Agency
P.O. Box 1049, 1800 Hater Hark Drive
Coluibus, QH 43266-0149 614-644-2856
State Narrative Language For: Antidegradation
Existing instreai water uses as defined in Rule 3745-1-07 of the Adainistrative Code and designated in Rules
3745-1-08 to 3745-1-32 of the Ohio Adainistrative Code shall be iaintained and protected. No further water
quality degradation which would interfere with or becoie injurious to existing designated uses is allowable.
Waters in which existing water quality is better than the criteria prescifaed in these rules and exceeds those
levels necessary to support propagation of fish, shellfish, wildlife and recreation in and on the water shall
be Maintained and protected. However, the Director of the Ohio Environaental Protection Agency lay, after
coapliance with public notice and intergovernmental coordination requireaents of any applicable statutes and
regulations, and after due consideration of such technical, econoeic, social and other criteria as provided
by sections 301'and 302 of the act, 33 U.S.C. sections 1311 and 1312,, choose to allow lower water quality.
Degradation of water quality shall not interfere with or becoae injurious, to existing or planned uses, and the
director shall require that the sost stringent statutory and regulatory controls for waste treatment be
etployed by all new and existing point sources, and that feasible aanageient or regulatory prograas pursuant
to sections 208 and 303 of the act, 33 U.S.C. sections 1288 and 1313, be applied to nonpoint sources.
Present aibient water quality in state resource waters will not be degraded for all substances deterained to
be toxic or to interfere with any designated use as deterained by the director of the Ohio Environiental Pro-
tection Agency. All other substances shall be Halted to the criteria associated with each designated use, as
outlined in Rules 3745-1-07 to 3745-1-32 of the Adiinistrative Code. Areas that do not seet general water
quality standards as defined in Rules 3745-1-07 to 3745-1-32 of the Adiinistrative Code shall not be degraded
as stated above for all such classified areas.
Additional language ins "EPA Hater Quality Criteria Suaaariess A Coapilation of Federal/State Criteria."
State Narrative Language For: Toxics
Free fros substances entering the waters as a result of huaan activities in concentrations that are toxic or
harsful to huaan, aniaal, or aquatic life and/or are rapidly lethal in the iixing zone,
Present aabient sater quality in state resource waters will not be degraded for all substances deterained to
be toxic or to interfere with any designated use as deterained by the director of Ohio environaental
protection agency.
All pollutants or coafainations of pollutants not specifically aentioned in this rule, shall not exceed water
quality criteria derived according to the procedures set forth in "Draft Guidelines for Deriving Nuaerical
National Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life and Its Uses," United States environaental
protection agency, July 5, 1983, or, if insufficient data prevent the use of this procedure, shall not exceed,
at any tiae, one-tenth, or, for pollutants or coabinations of pollutants which are known to be persistent
toxicants in the aquatic environaent, one one-hundredth of the ninety-six-hour aedian tolerance liait (TLa) of
LC50 for any representative aquatic species. However, aore stringent application factors shall be iaposed
where justified by "Aufaient Water Quality Criteria," docuaents, United States environaental protection agency,
1980-, "Quality Criteria for Water," U.S. environmental protection agency, 1976; "Hater Quality Criteria
1972," "National Acadeay of Sciences" and "National Acadeay of Engineering,' 1973; or other scientifically
based publications.
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Please refer to the "EPA Hater Quality Criteria Summaries: A Coapilation of State/Federal Criteria1 for
additional toxic substance language for Ohio.
State Narrative Language Fors Free From
The Haters of the state shall be free froa:
A. Suspended solids or other substances that enter the waters as a result of huaan activity and that
settle to fora putrescent or otherwise objectionable sludge deposits, or that will adversely affect aquatic
life;
3. Floating debris, oil, scua and other floating saterials entering the waters as a result of huaan
activity in aaounts sufficient to be unsightly or cause degradation;
C. Haterials entering the waters as a result of huaan activity producing color, odor or other conditions in
such a degree as to create a nuisance;
D. Substances entering the waters as a result of husan activity in concentrations that are toxic or haraful
to huaan, aniaal or aquatic life and/or are rapidly lethal in the tixing zone;
E. Hutrients entering the waters as a result of huaan activity in concentrations that create nuisance growths
of aquatic weeds and algae.
State Narrative Language For: Mixing Zones
Hhere necessary to attain or aaintain the use designated for surface water by these water quality standards,
the director aay establish, as a ter§ of a discharge periit or a perait to install issued pursuant to Chapter
3745-31 of the Adainistrative Code, a aixing zone -applicable to the non-theraal constituents of the point
source discharge authorized by such perait. No aixing zone established by the director will:
(a) Interdict the aigratory routes or interfere with natural aoveaents, survival, reproduction, growth, or
increase the vulnerability to predation of any representative aquatic species;
(b) Include spawning or nursery areas of any representative aquatic species;
(c) IncluaVa public water supply intake;
(d) Include any bathing area where bath houses and/or lifeguards are provided; '
(e) Constitute sore than one-half of the width of the receiving watercourse nor constitute eore than one-
third of the area of any cross-section of the receiving watercourse;
(f) Constitute aore than one-fifth of the area of any cross-section of the iouth of a receiving watercourse
(the louth constituting that area of the streaa froa the confluence upstreas for a distance five tiaes the
width of the streaa at the confluence);
(g) Extend downstrean at any tiae a distance tore than five tiaes the width of the receiving watercourse at
the point discharge;
Please refer to the 'EPA Hater Quality Criteria Suaaaries: A Coapilation of State/Federal Criteria" for
additional eixing zone language for Ohio.
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Classification;
Nuisance
Prevention
Harswater Habitat
These Maters include acid line drainage streaes. where the infaima is substatial-
ly degraded and other heavily polluted streaa segaents where the fauna is
degraded and the potential aquatic life use is not being attained due to
irretrievable, ian-induced conditions or the demonstration that aeeting
criteria for the support of a balanced aquatic conaunity would cause substantial
and widspread econoaic and social iapact. This designation aust be recoiiended
in a written report approved by the Director. All streas segaents designated
Nuisance Prevention will be reviewed on a triennial basis (or sooner) to
deteraine whether the use designation should be changed.
These are waters capable of supporting reproducing populations of warawater
fish and associated vertebrate and invertebrate organises and plants on an
annual basis.
Liaited Marswater
Habitat
Exceptional
Marawater.
Seasonal Salsonid
Habitat
Coldwater '
Habitat
Public Water Supply
Agricultural
Hater Supply
Industrial
Water Supply
These are waters incapable of aeeting specific warswater habitat criteria
necessary for the support of populations of fish and associated vertebrate and
invertebrate organises and plants either on a seasonal or year around basis due
to natural conditions, irretrievable, san-induced conditions or the deaonstra-
tion that aeeting the criteria would cause substantial and widespread econoaic &
social iapact. Criteria for the support of this use designation will be the
saae as the criteria for the support of the use designation warawater habitat.
However, individual criteria will be varied on a case-by-case basis and will
supersede thecriteria for warawater habitat criteria will apply only to specific
criteria during specidied tiae periods and/or flow conditions.
These are waters capable' of supporting* exceptional or unusual'populations of
wapawater fish and associated vertebrate and invertebrate organises and plants
on an annual basis. These would include waters of exceptional cheaicl quality
that support sensitive species of warawater fish, exceptionally diverse aquatic
coaaunities, and/or outstanding recreational or cosaercial fisheries. In
addition to those streaa segaents designated in rules 3745-1-08 to 3745-1-30 of
the Adainistrative Code, all publicly owned lakes and reservoirs, except
upgroung storage reservoirs, are designated exceptional warawater habitat.
These are waters capable of supporting the passage of Salsonid froa October
through Say and are water bodies large enough to support recreational fishing.
This use will be in effect the aonths of October through May. Another aquatic
life habitat use designation will be enforced the remainder of the year (June
through Septeaber.)
These are waters capable of supporting populations of coldwater fish and
associated vertebrate and invertebrate organises and plants on an annual basis.
These waters are not necessarily capable of supporting successful reproduction
of salsonids and say be periodically stocked with these species.
These are waters that with conventional treatnent will be suitable for huaan
intake and seet federal regulations for drinking water.
These waters are suitable for irrigation and livestock watering without
treataent.
These are waters suitable for coaaercial and industrial uses,- with or without
treataent. Criteria for the support of the industrial water supply use
designation will vary with the type of industry involved.
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Recreational
Bathing Haters
Priiary Contact
Secondary Contact
Recreation
These use designations are in effect only during the recreation season, which is
the period froa May first to October fifteenth, for all streaas except those
designated seasonal salaonid hab'itat. The recreation season for streaas
designated seasonal salaonid habitat is June first to Septeaber thirtieth.
These are Haters that, during the recreation season, are suitable for s'wiaaing
where a lifeguard and/or bathhouse facilities are present, and inlcude any
additional such areas where the water quality is approved by the director.
These are waters that, during the recreation season, are suitable for full body
contact recreation, such as, but not liaited to, swisaing, canoeing, and scuba
diving with einiaal threat to public health as a result of water quality.
These are waters that, during the recreation season, are suitable for partial
body contact recreation such as, but not liaited to wading with ainiaal threat
to public health as a result of water quality.
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Ail
Classes
Harwater Habit.. Liiited format.. Exceptional
Physical
Dissolved Oxygen
Loner Value
, Tesperature
Upper Value
Total Dissolved Solids
Upper Value
Nutrients
Aaionia
Upper Value
Phosphorus
Upper Value
Toxic Hetals
Arsenic
Upper
Cadiiue
Upper
Chroaiut -
Upper
Chroiiui -
Upper
Cyanide
Upper
Iron
Upper
Lead
Upper
Mercury
Upper
Zinc
Upper
Berylliuffl
Upper
Nickel
Upper
Seleniut
Upper
Silver
Upper
Value
Value
Hexavalent
Value
Trivalent
Value
4
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Pesticides
Aldrin
Upper Value
Dieldrin
Upper Value
Chlordane
Upper Value
Narr.
4.0 ag/L
1500 ig/L ave.
Narr.
0 ig/L
1500 «g/L ave.
Narr.
1 ig/L ave.
36 ug/L ave. 36 ug/L ave. 36 ug/L ave.
Narr. site-spec. Narr. Narr. Narr.
10 ug/L ave. 10 ug/L ave. 10 ug/L ave.
Narr. Narr. , Narr..
Narr. site-spec. B.i ug/L ave. ' 8.1 ug/L ave.
1.0 ig/L ave. 1.0 ag/L ave. 1.0 ag/L ave.
30 . ug/L ave. 30 ug/L ave. 30 ug/L ave.
0.2 ug/L ave. 0.2 ag/L ave. 0.2 ug/L ave.
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
34
1.3
o.or
0.005
0.01
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
Narr. Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
34
1.3
0.01 ug/L 0.01
0.005 ug/L 0.005
0.01 ug/L 0.01
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
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All HariHater Habit.. Liiited Harawat
Classes
DDT
Upper
Deieton
Upper
Endosulfan
Upper
Endrin
Upper
Guthion
Upper
Heptachlor
Upper
Lindane
Upper
Halathion
Upper
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
0
0
0
0
0
. 0
0
0
.001
.1
.003
.002
.005
.001
.01
.1
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
001
1
003
002
005
001
01
1
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
. . Exceptional
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.001
.1
.003
.002
.005
.001
.01
.1
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
Methoxychlor
Upper
Hirex
Upper
Parathion
Upper
Toxaphene
Upper
Value
Value
Value
Value
0
0
0
0
.005
.001
.008
.005
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
0.
0.
0.
005
001
008
0.005
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
Ug/L '
0
0
0
0
.005
.001
.008
.005
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
ug/L
Organics
Phenolic Compounds
Upper Value
Phthalate Esters
Upper Value
PCBs
Upper Value
Bacteria
10 ug/L ave. 10 ug/L ave. 1 ug/L ave.
10 ug/L ave. 3 ug/L ave. 3 ug/L ave.
0.001 ug/L 0.001 ug/L 0.001 ug/L
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Seasonal Saloon.. Coldnater
Public Hater Su.. Agricultural
Physical
Dissolved Oxygen
Upper Value
Lower Value
Total Dissolved Solids
Upper Value
Nutrients
Asaonia
Upper Value
Nitrates 4 Nitrites
Upper Value
Nitrate
Upper Value
Phosphorus
Upper Value
Toxic fietals
Arsenic
Upper
Cadaiua
Upper
Chrotiua -
Upper
Ghroiiua -
Upper
Chroaiua -
Upper
Copper
Upper
Cyanide
Upper
Iron
Upper
Lead
Upper
Hercury
Upper
Zinc
Upper
Bariua
Upper
Berylliua
Upper
Manganese
Upper
Nickel
Upper
Seleniua
Upper
Value
Value
Total
Value .
Hexavalent
Value
Trivalent
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
Value
i
Value
Value
Value
g/L Narr.
6.0 ag/L
Narr.
1500 ag/L ave. 1500 ag/L ave. 750 ag/L Narr.
Narr.
100 ag/L
10 ag/L
1 ag/L ave. 1 ag/L ave. 1 ag/L ave. Narr.
36 ug/L ave. 36 ug/L ave. 50 ug/L aax. 100 ug/L aax.
Narr. . " Narr. 10 ug/L 50 ug/L
50 ug/L 100 ug/L .
10 ug/L ave. 10 ug/L ave.
Narr. Narr.
1000 ug/L 500 ug/L
8.1 ug/L ave. 4.2 ug/L ave.
1.0 ag/L ave. 1.0 ag/L ave. 0.3 ag/L 5.0 ag/L
30 ug/L ave. 30 ug/L ave. 50 - ug/L 5000 ug/L
0.2 ug/L ave. 0.2 ug/L ave. 2.0 ug/L 10 ug/L
Narr. Narr. 5000 ug/L 25000 ug/L
Narr.
Narr.
1.0 ug/L
50 ug/L
100 ug/L
200 ug/L
34 ug/L 34 ug/L 10 ug/L 50 ug/L
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Seasonal Salaon.. Coldnater Public Hater Su.. Agricultural
Silver
Upper Value 1.3 ug/L 0.06 ug/L 50 ug/L
Pesticides
Aldrin
Upper Value
Dieldrin
Upper Value
Chlordane
Upper Value
2,4-D
Upper Value
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
Upper Value
DDT
Upper Value
Deieton
Upper Value
Endosulfan
Upper Value
Endrin
Upper Value
Guthion
Upper Valile
Heptachlor
Upper Value
Heptachlor Epoxide
Upper Value
Lindane
Upper Value
Halathion
Upper Value
Hethoxychlor
Upper Value
Hirex
Upper Value
Parathion
Upper Value
Toxaphene
Upper Value
Organics
Phenolic Coapaunds
Upper Value
Phthalate Esters
Upper Value
PCBs
Upper Value
,
0.01 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
0.01 ug/L
0.001 ug/L
O.i ug/L
0.003 ug/L
0.002 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
0.001 ug/L
0.01 ug/L
0.1 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
0.001 ug/L
'0.008 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
0.01 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
0.01 ug/L
-
0.001 ug/L
0.1 ug/L
0.003 ug/L
0.002 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
0.001 ug/L
0.01 ug/L
0.1 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
0.001 ug/L
0.008 ug/L
0.005 ug/L
1 ug/L
3 ug/L
0.001 ug/L
Narr.
Narr.
Narr.
100.0 ug/L
10.0 ug/L
Narr.
74 ug/L
1.0 ug/L
.00028 ug/L
0.1 ug/L
0.019 ug/L
100.0 ug/L
.00071 ug/L
1 ug/L Narr.
Narr. Narr.
0.00 Narr.
Bacteria
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Industrial Recreational Bathing Haters Priaary Contact
, Physical
Nutrients
Toxic ttetals
Pesticides
Qrganics
Bacteria
Fecal Colifori
Upper Value Narr. . Narr.
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Secondary Conta.
Physical
Nutrients
Toxic Ketals
Pesticides
Organics
Bacteria
Fecal Colifon
Upper Value
Harr.
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