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PESTICIDES
Water Quality Standards
Criteria Summaries
A Compilation of State/Federal Criteria
October 1980
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water Regulations and Standards
Washington, D. C. 20460
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
OF
STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
PESTICIDES
OCTOBER, 1980
PREPARED FOR
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
CRITERIA AND STANDARDS DIVISION
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INTRODUCTION
This digest is compiled to provide general information to the public as well as to
Federal, State, and local officials. It contains excerpts from the individual
Federal-State water quality standards establishing pollutant specific criteria for
interstate surface waters. The water quality standards program is implemented by
the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency where responsibility for providing
water quality recommendations, approving State-adopted standards for interstate
waters, evaluating adherence to the standards, and overseeing enforcement of
standards compliance, has been mandated by Congress.
Standards, a nationwide strategy for surface water quality management, contain
three major elements: the use (recreation, drinking water, fish and wildlife
propagation, industrial, or agricultural) to be made of the navigable water; criteria
to protect these uses; and an antidegradation statement to protect existing high
quality waters, from degradation by the addition of pollutants.
Water quality criteria (numerical or narrative specifications) for physical,
chemical, temperature, and biological constituents are stated in the July 1976 U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency publication Quality Criteria for Water (QCW),
available from the Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. The 1976 QCW,
commonly referred to as the "Red Book," is the most current compilation of
scientific information used by the Agency as a basis for assessing water quality.
This publication is subject to periodic updating and revisions in light of new
scientific and technical information.
This digest summarizes fifteen pesticides which are usually incorporated into State
Water Quality Standards and for which EPA has recommended criteria in the 1976
Quality Criteria for Water. These pesticides are: Aldrin/dieldrin, chlordane,
chlorophenoxy herbicides, DDT, demeton, endosulfan, endrin, guthion, heptachlor,
lindane, malathion, methoxychlor, mirex, parathion, and toxaphene. All of these
chemicals are man-made for the control of insects, fungus and other plant and
animal diseases or disease vectors. The presence of any of these substances in
national waters are a result of an intrusion from non-point sources associated with
agricultural or forestry application and point source production facility effluents.
To control the presence of aldrin/dieldrin, DDT (ODD and DDE), endrin and
toxaphene in water, EPA promulgated effluent standards for manufacturers of
these pesticides (40 CFR 129).
All of these substances exert detrimental effects on aquatic and animal life; some
are suspected mutagens or carcinogens. For these reasons EPA recommended the
following ambient water quality criteria for each compound:
aldrin/dieldrin 0.003 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
The persistence, bioaccumulation potential, and carcino-
genicity of aldrin/dieldrin caution human exposure to a
minimum.
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chlordane
chlorophenoxy
herbicides
DDT
demeton
endosulfan
endrin
guthion
heptachlor
lindane
malathion
methoxychlor
mirex
parathion
toxaphene
0.01 ug/1 for freshwater aquatic life
0.004 ug/1 for marine aquatic life.
The persistence, bioaccumulation potential, and carcino-
genicity of chlordane caution human exposure to a
minimum.
2,4-D 100 ug/1 for domestic water supply (health).
2,4,5-TP 10 ug/1 for domestic water supply (health).
0.001 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
The persistence, bioaccummulation potential, and
carcinogenicity of DDT caution human exposure to a
minimum.
0.1 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
0.003 ug/1 for freshwater aquatic life
0.001 ugA for marine aquatic life.
0.2 ug/1 for domestic water supply (health).
0.004 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
0.01 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
0.001 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
The persistence, bioaccumulation potential and carcino-
genicity of heptachlor caution human exposure to a
minimum.
4.0 ug/1 for domestic water supply (health).
0.01 ug/1 for freshwater aquatic life.
0.004 ug/1 for marine aquatic life.
0.1 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
100 ug/1 for domestic water supply (health).
0.03 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
0.001 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
0.04 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
5 ug/1 for domestic water supply (health).
0.005 ug/1 for freshwater and marine aquatic life.
Since water quality standards experience revisions and upgrading from time to
time, following procedures set forth in the Clean Water Act, individual entries in
this digest may be superseded. As these revisions are accomplished and allowing
for the States to revise their standards accordingly, this digest will be updated and
reissued. Because this publication is not intended for use other than as a general
information resource, to obtain the latest information and for special purposes and
applications, the reader needs to refer to the current approved water quality
standards. These can be obtained from the State water pollution control agencies
or the EPA or Regional Offices.
Individual State-adopted criteria follow:
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REFERENCES
A
California Water Quality Standards by River Basins, c.a. 1975
For more detailed information on selected basins, sub-basins
and stretches of streams and coastal areas refer to California
State Water Quality Standards.
D
Delaware Water Quality Standards, March 25, 1979
n
Idaho Water Quality Standards, c.a. September, 1979
Missouri Water Quality Standards, c.a. February, 1978
E
American Samoa Water Quality Standards,
Revised July, 1973
p
Territory of Guam Water Quality Standards, Sept. 1975
/~i
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Water Quality
Standards, October 21, 1973
H Virgin Islands Water Quality Standards, Aug. 1973
ENVIRONMENT REPORTER, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Washington, D. C. 20037
1 Pages 701:0501-0509, February 16, 1979
2 Pages 706:1004-1008, July 20, 1979
3 Pages 711:0542-0544, August 5, 1977
4 Pages 716:0603, March 26, 1976
5 Pages 726:1005, 1011-1013, March 7, 1980
Basic Water Quality Standards adopted May 22, 1979,
have not yet been submitted to EPA for formal approval.
6 Pages 731:1002-1009, September 8, 1978
7 Pages 746:1008-1014, October 19, 1979
8 Pages 751:0504-0505, January 25, 1980
9 Pages 765:0512-0515, January 30, 1976
10 Page 761:0503-0504, 1973
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11 Page 766:0504-0509, October 5, 1979
12 Pages 771:0502-0504, September 29, 1978
13 Pages 776:0504-0506, April 10, 1979
14 Pages 781:0501-0502, May 18, 1979
15 Pages 786:0501-0502, August 29, 1975
16 Page 791:0583, May 26, 1978
17 Pages 796:0103-0108, February 16, 1979
1 R
Pages 801:1001-1002, Sept. 29, 1978
1 °
Page 806:1003, March 30, 1979
on
Page 811:1043, 1974
21 Pages 816:0602-0607, 0642-0648, 1974
99
Pages 821:0502-0505, June 30, 1978
OQ
Pages 831:0501-0510, February 21, 1975
94
Page 836:0502, June 30, 1978
9ci
Pages 841:0507-0537, December 7, 1979
26 Pages 846:0501-0508, November 17, 1978
97
Pages 851:1001-1023, December 15, 1978
98
Pages 856:1001-1002, July 18, 1978
OQ
Pages 861:1002-1007, August 11, 1979
Qf|
Pages 866:1004-1009, December 28, 1979
31 Pages 871:0501-0506, November 25, 1977
QO
Pages 876:1001-1043, May 26, 1978
W
Pages 881:1001-1007, September 21, 1979
^4
Pages 886:0513-0524, August 29, 1975
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Pages 891:1001-1129, November 16, 1979
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36
Pages 901:0501-0505, November 3, 1978
37
Pages 906:0501-0506, October 13, 1978
38
Pages 911:0501-0507, June 22, 1979
39
Pages 916:0541-0544, April 14, 1978
40
Pages 921:1001-1003, August 13, 1976
41
Pages 926:0541-0563, January 26, 1979
42
Pages 931:0501-0508, May 26, 1978
Pages 936:1001-1003, June 27, 1975
44
Pages 941:1001-1005, May 26, 1978
45
Pages 946:0501-0520, July 14, 1978
Pages 951:1002-1003, April 28, 1978
47
Pages 956:1001-1007, January 11, 1980
48
Page 741:1002, November 23, 1979
49
Pages 896:0301-0310, March 31, 1978
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PESTICIDES
State
Alabama
1.
Criteria values in mg/1
Not Specified
Toxic Substances narrative: only such
amounts, whether alone or in combination
with other substances as will not render
the waters unsafe or unsuitable as a
source of water supply for drinking or
food-processing purposes, or injurious to
fish, wildlife and aquatic life.
Toxic Substances narrative: only such
amounts, whether alone or in combination
with other substances or wastes, as will
not: render the water unsafe or unsuit-
able for swimming and water-contact
sports; be injurious to fish, wildlife and
aquatic life or, where applicable, shrimp
and crabs; impair the waters for any other
usage established for this classification.
Toxic substances narrative: Only such
amounts, whether alone or in combination
with other substances, as will not: be
injurious to fish and aquatic life, including
shrimp and crabs; exceed one-tenth of the
96-hour median tolerance limit for fish,
aquatic life or shellfish, including shrimp
and crabs.
Toxic Substances narrative: Only such
amounts, whether alone or in combination
with other substances, as will not: be
injurious to fish and aquatic life including
shrimp and crabs in estuarine or salt
waters or the propagation thereof; not to
exceed one-tenth of the 96-hour median
tolerance limit for fish and aquatic life
including shrimp and crabs in salt and
estuarine waters except that other
limiting concentrations may be used when
factually justified and approved by the
Commission.
Designated Stream Use
All
Public water supply
Swimming and other whole
body water-contact sports
Shellfish harvesting
Fish and wildlife
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Alabama
(con't)
Only such amounts as will not render the
waters unsuitable for agricultural irriga-
tion, livestock watering, industrial cool-
ing, industrial process water supply pur-
poses, and fish survival, nor interfere with
downstream uses.
Only such amounts as will not render the
waters unsuitable for industrial cooling
and industrial process water supply pur-
poses, nor interfere with downstream
water uses.
Only such amounts as will not render the
waters unsuitable for agricultural irriga-
tion, livestock watering, industrial cool-
ing, and industrial process water supply
purposes, where applicable nor interfere
with downstream water use.
Agricultural and industrial
water supply
Industrial operations
Navigation
Alaska
2.
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: shall not
exceed Alaska Drinking Water Standards
or EPA Quality Criteria for Water.
Toxic substances narrative: same as I.
(A) (i) where contact with a product des-
tined for subsequent human consumption
is present. Same as I. (C) or FWPCA
Water Quality Criteria as applicable to
substances for stockwaters. Concentra-
tions for irrigation waters shall not
exceed FWPCA Water Quality Criteria or
WQC 1972.
Toxic substances narrative: shall not
individually or in combination exceed 0.01
times the lowest measured 96-hour LC,.Q
for life stages of species identified by tne
department as being the most sensivtive,
biologically important to the situation or
exceed criteria cited in EPA Quality
Criteria for Water or Alaska Drinking
Water Standards whichever concentration
is les.
All
I. Fresh water
(A) water supply
(i) drinking, culinary
and food processing
(ii) agriculture, includ-
ing irrigation and stock
watering
(iii) aquaculture
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Alaska
(con't)
Toxic substances narrative: substances
shall not be present which pose hazards to
worker contact.
(iv) industrial, includ-
ing any water supplies used
in association with a manu-
facturing or production
enterprise other than food
processing), including
mining, placer mining,
energy production or deve-
lopment
Toxic substances narrative: same as I. (A)
(i).
(B) water recreation
(i) contact recrea-
tion.
Toxic substances narrative: substances
shall not be present which pose hazards to
incidental human contact.
Toxic substances narrative: shall not in-
dividually or in combination exceed 0.01
times the lowest measured 96 hour LC
for life stages of species identified by the
department as being the most sensitive,
biologically important to the location, or
exceed criteria cited in EPA Quality Cri-
teria for Water or Alaska Drinking Water
Standards whichever concentration is less.
Toxic substances narrative: same as I. (A)
(iii).
Toxic substances narrative: shall not ex-
ceed EPA Quality Criteria for Water as
applicable to the substance.
Toxic substances narrative:
same as I. (A) (iv).
(ii) secondary
recreation
(C) growth and propa-
gation of fish, shellfish,
other aquatic life, and
wildlife including water-
fowl and furbearers
ILMarine water
(A) water supply
(i) aquaculture
(ii) seafood processing
(iii) industrial, including
any water supplies used
in association with a
manufacturing or production
enterprise (other than
food processing) including
mining, placer mining,
energy production or
development
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State
Alaska
(con't)
Arizona1
Criteria values in mg/1
Toxic substances narrative: same as II.
(A) (ii).
Toxic substances narrative: same as I. (B)
(ii).
Toxic substances narrative:
same as I. (C).
Toxic substances narrative:same as I. (C)
but excluding the phrase
Drinking Water Standards."
"or Alaska
Means those materials, or combinations of
materials, including disease-causing
agents which after discharge and upon
exposure, ingestion, inhalation or assimi-
lation into any organism, either directly
from the environment or indirectly by
ingestion through food chains, will, on the
basis of information available, cause
death, disease, behavioral abnormalities,
malignancy, genetic mutation, physio-
logical abnormalities (including malfunc-
tions in reproduction) or physical defor-
mations, in affected organisms or their
offspring; the term includes the following
substances, and any other substance
identified as a toxic pollutant under sec.
307 (a) of the Clean Water Act of 1977
(33 U.S.C. sec. 466 et seq.); (See Defini-
tions Digest)
Not Specified
Toxic substances narrative: Toxic sub-
stances shall be kept below levels which
are deleterious to human, animal, plant or
aquatic life, or in amounts sufficient to
interfere with the beneficial use of the
water. As a minimum evaluation for the
presence of toxic substances, a water
Designated Stream Use
(B) water recreation
(i) contact
recreation
(ii) secondary
recreation
(C) growth and propa-
gation of fish, shellfish,
aquatic life, and wildlife
including seabirds, water-
fowl and furbearers
(D) harvesting for con-
sumption of raw mollusks
or other raw aquatic life
All
All surface waters
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Arizona
(con't)
Arkansas
California
Colorado1
shall be evaluated by use of a 96-hour
bioassay, guided by the document Stan-
dard Methods for the Examination of Wa-
ter and Wastewater. The survival of the
test organisms shall not be less than that
in controls which utilize appropriate ex-
perimental water.
Not specified All
Toxic substances narrative: Toxic mate- All
rials attributable to municipal, industrial,
agricultural, or other waste discharges,
shall not be present in receiving waters in
such quanitities as to be toxic to human,
animal, plant or aquatic life or to inter-
fere with the normal propagation of aqua-
tic life. For any toxicants, concentra-
tions in the receiving waters after mixing
shall not exceed 0.01 of the 96-hour TLm,
unless they can be shown to be non-
persistant and noncumulative, and to
exhibit no synergistic interactions with
other waste or stream components. In no
case shall concentrations exceed 0.05 of
the 96-hour TLm.
No individual pesticide or combination of All
pesticides shall be present in concentra-
tions that adversely affect beneficial
uses. There shall be no bioaccumulation
in pesticide concentrations found in
bottom sediments or aquatic life.
Total identifiable chlorinated hydrocarbon
pesticides shall not be present at concen-
trations detectable within the accuracy of
analytical methods prescribed in Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater, latest edition, or other
equivalent methods approved by the
Executive Officer.
Chlorinated Pesticides;
0.000003 Aldrin (1) Aquatic life
0.000003 Dieldrin (1) Aquatic life
0.000001 DDT (ODD & DDE) Aquatic life
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Colorado
(con't)
Connecticut
0.000004 Endrin
0.0002
.000001 Heptachlor
0.00001 Lindane
0.004
0.00003 Methoxychlor
0.1
0.000001 Mirex
0.000005 Toxaphene
0.005
Orthophosphate Pesticides;
0.0001 Demeton
0.000003 Endosulfan
0.00001 Guthion
0.0001 Malathion
0.00004 Parathion
Chlorophenoxys (Herbidides);
0.1 2.4D
Toxic substances narrative: Substances
attributable to human-induced discharges
not otherwise controlled by permits,
BMP's, or plans of operation approved by
the Division, shall not be introduced into
the waters of the State..in amounts, con-
centrations, or combinations which
are...toxic to humans, animals, plants, or
aquatic life.
(1) Aldrin and dieldrin in combination
should not exceed 0.000003 mg/1.
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: Note 4. The
waters shall be free from chemical cons-
tituents in concentrations or combinations
Aquatic life
Domestic water supply
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Domestic Water supply
Aquatic life
Domestic water supply
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Domestic water supply
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Domestic water supply
All
All
All
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Connecticut
(con't)
Delaware
B
Florida
which would be harmful to human, animal
or aquatic life for the most sensitive and
governing water use class. Criteria for
chemical constituents contained in the -
Quality Criteria for Water (EPA) shall be
considered and used as guidance. In areas
where fisheries are the governing conside-
rations and approved limits have not been
established, bioassays are necessary to
establish limits on toxic substances, the
recommendations for bioassay procedures
contained in "Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater"
and the application factors contained, in
Quality Criteria for Water (EPA) shall be
considered. For public drinking water
supplies, the raw water sources must be
of such a quality that EPA limits as
defined by the Safe Drinking Water Act
(PL 93-523), or state limits if more strin-
gent, for finished water can be met after
conventional treatment.
Toxic substances narrative: None in con-
centrations or combinations which would
be harmful to human, animal or aquatic
life or which would make the waters un-
safe or unsuitable for fish or shellfish or
their propagation or impair the waters for
any other uses.
0.000001 DDT
0.000003 Aldrin
0.000005 Toxaphene
0.005
0.000003 Dieldrin
0.0002 Endrin
0.000003 Alldrin plus Dieldrin
0.000003
0.000003
Coastal and marine
water uses
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Drinking water supply
Aquatic life
Drinking water supply
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation; fish and
wildlife
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Florida
(con't)
0.00001 Chlordane
0.000004
0.00001 In predominantly fresh waters and
0.000004 in predominanatly marine waters
0.1 2.4-D
0.01 2,4,5-TP
0.000001 DDT
0.000001
0.000001
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
Public water supply
Public water supply
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
0.0001 Demeton
0.0001
0.0001
0.000003 Endosulfan
0.000001
0.000003 in predominantly fresh waters
0.000001 in predominantly marine waters
0.000004 Endrin
0.000004
0.000004
0.00001 Guthion
0.00001
0.00001
0.000001 Heptachlor
0.000001
0.000001
0.00001 Lindane
0.000004
0.00001 in predominantly fresh waters and
0.000004 in predominantly marine waters
0.0001 Malathion
0.0001
0.0001
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation fish, and
wildlife
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Florida
(con't)
Georgia
8
Hawaii
Idaho
10
0.00003 Methoxychlor
0.00003
0.00003
0.000001 Mirex
0.000001
0.000001
0.00004 Parathion
0.00004
0.00004
0.000005 Toxaphene
0.000005
0.000005
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: No material
or substance in such concentration that,
after treatment, would exceed the
requirements of the Environmental Pro-
tection Division and the latest edition of
the Federal Drinking Water Standards.
Toxic wastes narrative: None in concen-
trations that would harm man, fish and
game or other beneficial aquatic life.
Toxic substance narrative: None in con-
centrations that would prevent fish
survival.
Toxic substances narrative: Free from
toxic substances discharged from munici-
palities, industries or other sources in
amounts, concentrations or combinations
which are harmful to humans, animals or
aquatic life.
Not specified
Not specified
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
Public water supply
Shellfish
Recreation, fish and
wildlife
Public water supply
Shellfish
.Recreation, fish and
wildlife
All
Drinking water supplies
Recreation; fishing, propa-
gation of fish, shellfish,
game and other aquatic
life
Agricultural:
navigation
All
industrial;
All
All
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State
Idaho
(con't)
Illinois
Criteria values in mg/1
The following general water quality stan-
dards will apply to waters of the State,
both surface and underground, in addition
to the water quality standards set forth
for specifically classified waters. Manual
Sections 1-2200.04 --1-2200.06 will, how-
ever, apply only to surface waters. As a
result of man-caused point or nonpoint
source discharge, waters of the State
must not contain: (1-30-80)
.01 Hazardous Materials. Hazardous
materials (see Manual Section 1-2003.17)
in concentrations found to be of public
health significance or to adversely affect
designated or protected beneficial uses.
(1-30-80)
.02 Deleterious Materials; Deleterious
materials (see Manual Section 1-2003.06)
in concentrations that impair designated
or protected beneficial uses without being
hazardous.
(1-30-80)
Waters shall meet the following standard
at any point at which water is withdrawn:
water shall be of such quality that with
treatment consisting of coagulation, sedi-
mantation, filtration, storage and chlori-
nation, or other equivalent treatment pro-
cesses, the treated water shall meet in all
respects:
Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Insecticides;
0.001 Aldrin
0.003 Chlordane
0.05 DDT
0.001 Dieldrin
0.0002 Endrin
0.0001 Heptachlor
0.0001 Heptachlor Epoxide
Designated Stream Use
Public and food processing
water supply
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State Criteria values in mg/1 Designated Stream Use
Illinois 0.004 Lindane
(con't)
0.1 Metoxychlor
0.005 Toxaphene
Organophosphate Insecticides:
0.1 Parathion
Chlorophenoxy Herbicides;
0.1 - 2,4-Dichlorophenoxy-acetic acid
(2,4,D)
0.01 - 2-(2,4,5-Trichiorophenoxy) propio-
nic acid (2,4,5-TP or Silvex)
Toxic substances narrative: Freedom All
from matter in concentrations or combi-
nations toxic to human, animal, plant or
aquatic life of other than natural origin.
Any substances toxic to aquatic life shall
not exceed 0.1 of the 96-hour TLm for
native fish or essential fish food
organisms.
Any substance toxic to aquatic life shall
not exceed l/10th of the 96-hour median
tolerance limit (96-hr TL ) for native
fish or essential fish fomd organisms
except for USEPA registered pesticides
approved for aquatic application and
applied pursuant to the following
conditions:
(i) Applications shall be made in strict
accordance with label directions.
(ii) Applicator shall be properly certified
under the provisions of the Federal
Insecticide Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act, 7 U.S.C. 135 etseq. (1972)
(iii) Application of aquatic pesticides
must be in accordance with the laws,
regulations and guidelines of all State and
Federal agencies authorized by law to
regulate, use, or supervise pesticide
applications, among which are included
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Illinois
(con't)
Indiana
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the Illinois Department of Conservation
pursuant to HI. Rev. Stat. Ch. 56, Sees.
1.1-250 (1976); the Illinois Department of
Agriculture and the Illinois Department of
Public Health pursuant to 111. Rev. Stat.,
Ch.5, Sees. 256-257 (1976); and the Illinois
Natural History Survey pursuant to 111.
Rev. Stat., Ch. 127, Sec. 58-14 (1976).
(iv) No aquatic pesticide shall be applied
to water affecting public or food process-
ing water supplies unless a permit to
apply the pesticide has been obtained
from the Illinois Environmental Protec-
tion Agency. All permits shall be issued
so as not to cause a violation of the Act
or of any of the Board's rules or regu-
lations. To aid applicators in determining
their responsibilities under this sub-
section, a list of waters affecting public
water supplies will be published and main-
tained by the Agency's Division of Public
Water Supplies.
Not Specified
Toxic substances narrative: free from sub
stances attributable to municipal, indus-
trial, agricultural, and other land use
practices or other discharges which are in
amounts sufficient to be toxic to humans,
animals, aquatic life or plants. As a
guideline, toxic substances should be li-
mited to the 96-hour median lethal con-
centration (LC50) for biota significant to
the indigenous aquatic community.
Toxic substances narrative: shall not ex-
ceed 0.1 of the 96-hour median lethal
concentration for important indigenous
aquatic species. More stringent applica-
tion factors shall be used when justified.
Concentrations of organic contaminants
which can be demonstrated to be persis-
tent, to have a tendency to bioconcen-
trate in the aquatic biota, and are likely
to be toxic on the basis of available
scientific evidence, shall be limited as
determined by the Board.
All
All
Aquatic life; fish
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State
Indiana
(con't)
Criteria values in mg/1
Toxic substances narrative: shall not be
present after conventional treatment in
such levels as to prevent meeting the
Drinking Water Standards adopted by the
Indiana State Board of Health or by the
Indiana Environmental Management
Board.
Toxic Substance Narrative: Concen-
trations of toxic substances shall not
exceed one-tenth of the 96-hour median
lethal concentration for important indige-
nous aquatic species. More stringent
application factors shall be used when
justified on the basis of available evi-
dence and approved by the Board after
public notice and opportunity for
hearings.
Persistent or Bioconcentrating Sub-
stances: Concentrations of organic
contaminants which can be demonstrated
to be persistent, to have a tendency to
bioconcentrate in the aquatic biota, and
are likely to be toxic on the basis of
available scientific evidence, shall be
limited as determined by the Board after
public notice and opportunity for hearing.
(Note: For subsections 6 (b)(2) and 6 (b)
(3), The United States Environmental
Protection Agency Administrators'
Quality Criteria for Water will be among
the documents used in establishing water
quality standards for toxic and/or per-
sistent substances)
Designated Stream Use
Potable supply
Iowa
13
Toxic substances narrative: All waters, at
all times, at all places shall be free from
substances attributable to wastewater
discharges or agricultural practices in
concentrations or combinations which are
toxic or harmful to human, animal, or
plant life.
Toxic substances narrative: all sub-
stances toxic or detrimental to aquatic
life shall be limited to non-toxic or non-
detrimental concentrations in surface
waters.
All
Wildlife, fish, aquatic and
semiaquatic life and secon-
dary contact
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State
Iowa
(con't)
Kansas
14
Kentucky
15
Louisiana
16
Criteria values in mg/1
Toxic substances narrative: all substances
toxic to humans shall be limited to non-
toxic concentrations.
Not specified
General criteria: the individual and
cumulative effect of waste discharges to
waters shall be guided by both the pri-
mary and secondary drinking water regu-
lations (40 CFR 141) and EPA criteria for
water quality. Pollutional substances
contributed by man-made sources shall be
controlled so that all waters are free
from public health hazards or nuisance
conditions at all times.
Toxic substances narrative: Toxic sub-
stances or toxic synergistic effects of
substances from man-made sources shall
be limited to concentrations in the re-
ceiving water that will not be harmful to
animal, plant or aquatic life.
Surface waters shall not be aesthetically
or otherwise degraded by substances that
injure, be toxic to or produce adverse
physiological or behavioral responses in
humans, fish, shellfish, and aquatic life.
The allowable instream concentration of
toxic substances, including pesticides,
shall not exceed 0.01 of the 96-hour
median lethal concentration (LC5Q) or 0.1
of the 96-hour LC _0 for noncumulative
and nonpersistent toxic materials using a
representative
organism.
Not specified
indigenous aquatic
Toxic substances narrative: free from
such concentrations of substances attri-
butable to waste water or other dis-
charges sufficient to injure or are toxic or
produce adverse physiological response in
humans, animals, fish, shellfish, wildlife,
or plants.
Designated Stream Use
Potable water supply
All
AU
All
AU
Warm water aquatic
habitat
AU
All
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Louisiana
(con't)
17
Maine
Maryland
18
Massachusetts
19
Shall not be present in quantities that
alone or in combination will be toxic to
animal or plant life. In all cases the level
shall not exceed the TLm 96/10. Bioassay
techniques will be used in evaluating toxi-
city utilizing methods and species of test
organisms suitable to the purpose at hand.
Toxic substances shall not exceed the
levels established by the USPHS drinking
water standards latest edition.
Not Specified
Toxic substances narrative: no waste sub-
stances containing chemical constituents
which would be harmful to humans, ani-
mal or aquatic life.
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: at all times
free from toxic substances attributable to
sewage, industrial waste, or other waste
in concentrations or combinations which
are harmful to human, animal, plant or
aquatic life.
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: free from
pollutants in concentrations or combina-
tions that are toxic to humans or aquatic
life.
For each class, the most sensitive benefi-
cial uses are identified and minimum cri-
teria for water quality in the water
column are established. The minimum
criteria in Reg. 3.4 have been developed
by applying the criteria contained in the
EPA publication Quality Criteria for
Water (EPA-440/9-76-023) to account for
local conditions including, but not limited
to:
(a) The characteristics of the biological
community
Public water supply
All
All
All
All
AU
All
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Massachusetts
(con't)
Michigan
20
(b) Temperature, weather and flow
characteristics, and
(c) Synergistic and antagonistic effects
of combinations of pollutants.
The Division will use the EPA publication
entitled Quality Criteria for Water,
EPA-440/9-76-023 as guidance in establi-
shing case-by-case discharge limits for
pollutants not specifically listed in these
standards but included under the heading
"Other Constituents" in Regulation 3.4,
for identifying bioassay application
factors and for interpretations of narra-
tive criteria. Where the minimum cri-
teria specifically listed by a Division in
this part differ from those contained in
the federal criteria, the provisions of the
specifically listed criteria in these stan-
dards shall apply.
Not Specified.
Toxic substances narrative: (1) toxicity
of undefined toxic substances not included
in (2) and (3) below shall be determined by
development of 96-hour TLm's or other
appropriate effect end points obtained by
continuous-flow or in situ bioassays using
suitable test organisms. Shall not exceed
safe concentrations as determined by
applying an application factor, based on
knowledge of behavior of toxic substances
and organisms to be protected, to the
TLm or other appropriate effect end
point.
(2) defined toxic substances shall be
limited by application of recommenda-
tions contained in the chapter on Fresh-
water Organisms, Report of the NTAC to
Secretary of the Interior, WQC, 1968, or
by application of any toxic effluent stan-
dard, limitation or prohibition promul-
gated by EPA pursuant to section 307(a)
of PL92-500, whichever is more restric-
tive.
All
All
All
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State
Michigan
(con't)
Minnesota
21
22
Mississippi
Criteria values in mg/1
(3) shall not exceed the permissible inor-
ganic chemicals criteria for raw public
water supply in Report of the NTAC to
Secretary of the Interior, WQC, 1968.
Not specified
96-hour TLm for indigenous fish and fish
food organisms should not be exceeded at
any point in the mixing zone.
Toxic substances narrative: none at le-
vels acutely toxic to humans or other
animals or plant life.
Toxic substances narrative: none at levels
harmful either directly or indirectly.
Questions concerning the permissible
levels, or changes in the same, of a
substance, or combination of substances,
of undefined toxicity to fish or other
Biota shall be resolved in accordance with
the latest methods recommended by the
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The recommendations of the National
Technical Advisory Committee appointed
by the U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency shall be used as official guidelines
in all aspects where the recommendations
may be applicable. Toxic substances shall
not exceed 1/10 of the 96-hour median
tolerance limit (TLM) as a water quality
standard except that other more stringent
application factors shall be used when
justified on the basis of available
evidence.
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: free from
substances attributable to municipal, in-
dustrial, agricultural or other discharges
in concentrations or combinations which
are toxic to humans, animal or other
aquatic life.
Designated Stream Use
Public water supply
AU
All
All
Agriculture and wildlife
(Class B)
AU
All
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State
Mississippi
(con't)
Missouri
Montana
23
Criteria values in mg/1
Toxic substances narrative: the concen-
tration of toxic pollutants shall not ex-
ceed 0.1 of the 96-hour TLm based on
available data.
0.0001 Demeton
0.000003 Endosulfan
0.00001 Guthion
0.0001 Malathion
0.00004 Parathion
0 DDT
0 Endrin
0 Aldrin
0 Dieldrin
0 Heptachlor
0 Methoxychlor
0 Mirex
0 Toxaphene
0 Lindane
0 Chloradane
0 Benzidine
0.1 2,4-D
0.01 2,4,5-TP
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: free from
substances attributable to municipal, in-
dustrial, agricultural practices or other
discharges that will create concentrations
Designated Stream Use
Shellfish Harvesting
Recreation, fish and
wildlife.
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
Aquatic life
All
All
All
All
AU
All
All
All
AU
AU
AU
Drinking water supply
Drinking water supply
All
All
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Montana
(con't)
or combinations of materials which are
toxic to human, animal, plant or aquatic
life.
Toxic substances narrative: no increases
above naturally occuring concentrations
are allowed.
Toxic substances narrative: concentra-
tions of toxic substances after treatment
for domestic use are not to exceed re-
commended limits in latest EPA drinking
water standards; maximum allowable con-
centrations are to be less than acute or
chronic problem levels as revealed by
bioassay or other methods.
Concentrations of toxic or other delete-
rious substances, pesticides and organic
and inorganic materials including heavy
metals, are not to exceed levels known or
demonstrated to be of public health signi-
ficance; also maximum allowable concen-
trations are to be less than acute or
chronic problem levels as revealed by
bioassay or other methods.
Toxic substances narrative: Concentra-
tions of toxic or deleterious substances,
pesticides and organic and inorganic
materials including heavy metals, are to
be less than those demonstrated to be
deleterious to livestock or plants or their
subsequent consumption by humans or to
adversely affect other indicated uses.
Application of pesticides in or adjacent to
state waters is to be in compliance with
the labeled directions, and in accordance
with provisions of the Montana Pesticides
Act (Title 27, Chapter 2 R.C.M. 1947) and
the Federal Environmental Pesticides
Control Act (Public Law 92-516). Excess
pesticide containers are not to be dis-
posed of in a manner or in a location
where they are likely to pollute state
waters.
Water supply (Class
A-Closed)
Water supply (classes
A-Open-Dv B-D,,
B-D9, B-D,)
& O
-Fish, aquatic life, wildlife,
agriculture, industrial, recrea-
tion in and on the water
(classes C-D.,, C-Dj
J. £t
Agricultural and industrial
(other than food processing)
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State
Nebraska
24
Nevada
25
Criteria values in mg/1
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: none alone or
in combination with other substances or
wastes in concentrations rendering the
receiving water unsafe or unsuitable for
the assigned beneficial uses.
Aldrin-dieldrin
Chlordane
DDT
Demeton
Endosulfan
Endrin
Guthion
Heptachlor
Lindane
Malathion
0.001
0.000003
0.003
0.00001
0.05
0.000001
Less than detectable*
0.0001
Less than detectable*
0.000003
0.0002
.0000004
Less than detectable*
0.00001
0.0001
0.000001
0.004
0.00001
Less than detectable*
0.0001
Designated Stream Use
All
All
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
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State
Nevada
(con't)
Criteria values in mg/1
Metholxychlor 0.1
0.00003
Mirex Less than detectable*
0.000001
Parathion Less than detectable*
0.00004
Toxaphene 0.005
0.000005
(Also see Article 4.2.5., Nevada Water
Pollution Control Regs., for numerical
water quality standards for selected
waters of the State)
* Less than methods found at 40 CFR
141.24
26
New Hampshire Not specified
New Jersey
27
Toxic substances narrative: none unless
naturally occurring
Toxic substances narrative: Not in toxic
concentrations of combinations
The concentration of a persistent pesti-
cide in surface waters shall not exceed
one one-hundredth of the TL 50 value at
96 hours, as determined by appropriate
bioassay. Persistent pesticides are
defined as natural and synthetic materials
having a half-life of greater than 96
hours, which are used to control unwanted
or noxious animals or plants. They
include fungicides, herbicides, insecti-
cides, fumigantsand rodenticides.
New Mexico
28
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative:
present in concentrations
shall not be
which will
Designated Stream Use
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
Domestic water
supply, livestock
Aquatic life, wildlife
AU
Water supply (after disin-
fection)
Water supply (after ade-
quate treatment), recrea-
tion, fish habitat, swim-
ming, industrial
All
AU
Recreation; desirable
aquatic life
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
New Mexico
(con't)
New York
29
North Carolina
30
change the ecology of receiving waters to
an extent detrimental to man or other
organisms of direct or indirect commer-
cial, recreational or esthetic value. Toxi-
cities of substances in receiving waters
will be determined by appropriate bio-
assay techniques, or other acceptable
means, for the particular form of aquatic
life which is to be preserved with the
concentrations of toxic materials not to
exceed 5 percent of the 96-hour LC50
provided that: toxic substances which,
through uptake in the aquatic food chain
and/or storage in plant and animal tissues,
can be magnified to levels which are toxic
to man or other organisms, shall not be
present in concentrations which result in
this biological magnification.
Toxic substances narrative: shall be pro-
tected from hazardous substances in con-
centrations that exceed drinking water
standards established by the New Mexico
Regulations governing water supplies.
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: none in
amounts that will be injurious to fish life
or shellfish, or that would impair any
designated uses of the water.
0.000003 Aldrin
0.00001 Chlordane
0.000001 DDT
0.0001 Demeton
0.000003 Dieldrin
0.000003 Endosulfan
0.00003 Endrin
.00001 Guthion
0.000001 Heptachlor
Domestic water supplies
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
All
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
North Carolina
(con't)
North Dakota
31
Ohio32
0.00001 Lindane
0.00003 Methoxychlor
0.000001 Mirex
0.00004 Parathion
0.000005 Toxaphene
0.10 2,4-D
0.01 2,4,5-TP
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: free from
substances attributable to municipal,
industrial, or other discharges or agri-
cultural practices in concentrations or
combinations which are toxic or harmful
to human, animal, plant or resident aqua-
tic life.
Mixing zones narrative: the 96-hour TLm
for indigenous and/or resident fish and
fish food organisms shall not be exceeded
at any point in the mixing zone.
0.001 Aldrin*
0.00001
0.0001 Benzene Hexachloride
0.003 Chlordane
0.00001
0.1 2,4-D
0.01 2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
0.0001 Ciodrin
0.000001 Coumaphos
0.11 Dalapon
0.05 DDT*
0.000001
All
All
All
All
All
Drinking water supply
Drinking water supply
All
All
All
Public water supply
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Public water supply
Warmwater habitat
Public water supply
Public water supply
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Public water supply
Warmwater habitat
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State
Ohio
(con't)
Criteria values in mg/1
0.0001 Demeton
0.000009 Diazinon
0.2 Dicamba
0.000001 Dichlorvos
0.001 Dieldrin*
0.000005
0.0005 Diquat
0.000001 Dursban
0.000003 Endosulfan
0.0002 Endrin
0.000002
0.000005 Guthion
0.0001 Heptachlor*
0.000001
0.0001 Heptachlor Epoxide
0.004 Lindane
0.00001
0.0001 Malathion
0.1 Methoxychlor
0.000005
0.000001 Mirex
0.000004 Naled
0.000008 Parathion
0.00003 Phosphamidon
0.01 Simazine
0.0004 TEPP
0.005 Toxaphene
0.000005
*Banned
Designated Stream Use
Warm water habitat
Warm water habitat
Warmwater habitat
Warm water habitat
Public water supply
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Public water supply
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Public water supply
Warmwater habitat
Public water supply
Public water supply
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Public water supply
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Warmwater habitat
Public water supply
Warmwater habitat
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State
Oklahoma
33
Criteria values in mg/1
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: waters will
not be toxic to humans, fish and wildlife,
and other terrestrial and aquatic life, nor
detrimental to any beneficial use inclu-
ding continued ingestion by livestock or
use for irrigation. Toxic substances shall
not be present in quantities which allow
significant bioaccumulation and/or bio-
magnification in the food chain.
Toxic substances narrative: toxic sub-
stances not removable by ordinary water
treatment techniques shall not exceed the
limits in Section 4.1 of the Oklahoma
Water Quality Standards.
Toxic substances narrative: concentra-
tions of nonpersistent toxic substances
shall not exceed 0.1 of the 96-hour LC50
for the most sensitive indigenous species.
Concentrations of persistent toxicants
shall not exceed 0.05 of the 96-hour
LC50, for the most sensitive indigenous
species. Bioassay data for Pinephales
promelas (Fathead minnow}and/or
Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill) shall be
used in determining compliance.
Mixing zones narrative: shall not exceed
the 96-hour LC50 for the most sensitive
indigenous species.
In the waters of the state the concen-
tration of aldrin/dieldrin, endrin, benzi-
dine, and toxaphene shall not exceed 1
microgram per liter, and DDT shall not
exceed 0.2 micrograms per liter. With
specific reference to those waters desig-
nated as Public and Private Water
Supplies, the concentration of 2,4-D shall
not exceed 0.1 milligram per liter and
2,4,5,-T shall not exceed 0.5 milligram
per liter. The application of 2,4,5-T for
currently approved uses (rangeland and
rice), in the proper manner at the
Designated Stream Use
AU
All
Public and private water
supplies
Aquatic life
All
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State Criteria values in mg/1 Designated Stream Use
Oklahoma approved application rate may result in
(con't) instream concentrations in exceed of 0.05
mg/1. Therefore, temporary excursions
not to exceed 0.1 mg/1 will be allowed in
the event unforeseen rainfall events occur
within 24 hours after application.
The decrease in diversity of benthic
macroinvertebrates between an upstream
and downstream station shall not exceed
one (1), unless caused by natural condi-
tions or phenomena. The determination
of this parameter shall be made in
conjunction with the Similarity Index.
The equation used for determining species
diversity (d) is expressed:
_ s
d=E(n./n)log9(n;/n)
i=ll i 1
Where (s) equals the total number of taxa
in the sample; (n^ equals the number of
individuals per taxon; and (n) equals the
total number of individuals of all taxa.
For point sources, a minimum set of six
(6) samples must be collected above the
discharge point and six (6) samples at the
end of the mixing zone. Each set of six
(6) samples shall be pooled and the
resulting diversities shall be used in
determining compliance. Samples should
be collected from a variety of substrate
types if available, but similar substrates
must be sampled above and below the
discharge. Values of diversity shall not be
based on less than one hundred (100)
individuals.
Benthos shall be collected with a Surber
sampler, Ekman dredge, or comparable
sampler. In streams where grab samples
do not accurately reflect the benthic
assemblage, the artificial substrate
sampler shall be used. Artificial sub-
strate samplers shall be of the Hester-
Bendy or basket type. A minimum
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State
Oklahoma
(con't)
Oregon
34
Criteria values in mg/1
instream duration of six (6) weeks shall be
allowed for colonization of artificial sub-
strate samplers.
Where multiple discharges are in close
proximity on the stream segment and
overlapping of mixing zones occurs,
diversity values may be used only in
support of other data collected to
determine comliance with these
standards.
The pH values shall be between 6.5 and
8.5 for Oklahoma's water; pH values less
than 6.5 or greater than 8.5 must not be
due to waste dischargefe).
The control measures for other substances
not heretofore mentioned will be based on
applicable Federal and State statutes,
rules and regulations and accumulated
scientific data on limits above which
injury from use occurs. Such control
measures when adopted pursuant to 75
O.S. 1971, s301 et seq. will become a part
of these standards.
Not specifed
No wastes shall be discharged and no
activities shall be conducted which either
alone or in combination with other wastes
or activities will cause toxic conditions
that are deleterious to fish or other aqua-
tic life or affect the potablity of drinking
water.
Toxic Substances shall not exceed those
criteria contained in the 1976 and sub-
sequent editionfe) of the EPA Publication,
"Quality Criteria for Water." These
standards shall apply unless supporting
data show conclusively that beneficial
uses will not be adversely affected by
exceeding the standards by a specific
amount or that a more stringent standard
is warranted to protect beneficial uses.
Designated Stream Use
All
All
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State
35
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
36
Criteria values in mg/1
Note specified
Toxic substances narrative: shall not be
inimical or injurious to the designated
water use.
None in concentrations or combinations
which would be harmful to human, animal
or aquatic life or which would make the
waters unsafe or unsuitable for fish or
shellfish or their propagation, impair the
palatability of same, or impair the waters
for any other uses.
None in concentrations on combinations
which would be harmful to human, animal
or aquatic life or which would make the
waters unsafe or unsuitable for fish of
shellfish or their propagation, or impair
the water for any other usage assigned to
this Class.
None in concentrations or combinations
which would be harmful to human, animal
or aquatic life or which would make the
waters unsafe or unsuitable for fish or
shellfish or their propagation, or impair
the water for any other usage assigned to
this Class.
Waters shall be free from chemical
constitutents in concentrations or combi-
nations which would be harmful to human,
animal, or aquatic life for the appropriate
most sensitive and governing water class
use or unfavorably alter the biota.
In areas where fisheries are the governing
considerations and approved limits have
not been established, bioassays shall be
performed as required by the appropriate
agencies. The latest edition of the
federal publication Water Quality Criteria
will be considered the interpretation and
application of bioassay result. Bioassays
shall be performed according to the latest
edition of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater
(APHA).
Designated Stream Use
All
All
Class SA/SA
m
Class SB
Class SC
Class A, B, C, and D
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Rhode Island
(con't)
South Carolina
37
South Dakota
38
For public drinking water supplies, the
limit prescribed by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency will be
used where not superseded by more strin-
gent state requirements.
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: none (zero).
Toxic substances narrative: none in
amounts exceeding limitations established
and adopted by the Department of Health
and Environmental Control.
Toxic substances narrative: none alone or
in combination with other substances or
wastes in sufficient amounts to be inju-
rious to edible fish or shellfish or the
culture or propagation thereof.
Toxic substances narrative: shall be free
from toxic substances attributable to
sewage, industrial waste, or other waste
in concentrations or combinations which
are harmful to human, animal, plant or
aquatic life.
Not specified
Concentrations of chemicals toxic to
humans, animals, plants, or the most
sensitive stage or form of aquatic life,
greater than 0.1 times the median toler-
ance limit for short residual compounds or
0.01 times the median tolerance limit for
an accumulative substance or substances
exhibiting a residual life exceeding thirty
days in the receiving waters. Median
tolerance limits shall be determined in
accordance with section 34:04:02:06.
Concentrations specified for toxic
materials shall be based on daily
averages, but the concentrations shall not
exceed one hundred and twenty-five per
cent of the value, specified in this section
at any time or at any point in the
receiving water.
All
Domestic and food proces-
sing; trout fishing; out-
standing recreational or
ecological resources
Direct water contact
(swimming); domestic
supply; propagation of fish;
industrial; agricultural
Shellfish harvesting; direct
water contact (swimming);
crabbing; commercial fish-
ing; propagation of marine
fauna and flora
All
AU
All
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State
Tennessee
39
Texas
40
Utah
41
Criteria values in mg/1
The instream concentrations of toxic pol-
lutants shall not exceed 1/10 of the 96-
hour LC50 based upon available data using
one or more of the most sensitive organ-
isms significant to aquatic community of
the waters under consideration. Cumula-
tive substance may be further limited on
a case-by-case basis.
Toxic substances narrative: No toxic sub-
stances added that will produce toxic con-
ditions that materially affect man or ani-
mals; impair the safety of a conven-
tionally treated water supply; affect the
water for industrial processing, fish or
aquatic life, man or animal, livestock and
wildlife, navigation, irrigation.
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: the surface
waters of the State shall be maintained so
that they will not be toxic to man, fish
and wildlife, and any other terrestrial and
aquatic life.
Toxic substances narrative: toxic mate-
rials not removable by ordinary water
treatment techniques shall not exceed
USPHS Drinking Water Standards or those
established by EPA pursuant to the Safe
Drinking Water Act. For a general guide,
with respect to fish toxicity, receiving
waters outside mixing zones should not
have a concentration of nonpersistent to-
xic materials exceeding 0.1 of the 96-hour
TLm, where the bioassay is made using
fish indigenous to the receiving waters.
For persistent toxicants, concentrations
should not exceed 0.05 of the 96-hour
TLm.
0.0002 Endrin
0.000004
0.004 Lindane
0.00001
0.1 Methoxychlor
0.00003
Designated Stream Use
Aquatic life
All
All
All
Public drinking water
supplies
Domestic water supply
Aquatic life
Domestic water supply
Aquatic life
Domestic water supply
Aquatic life
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Utah
(con't)
Vermont
42
0.005 Toxaphene
0.000005
0.1 2,4-D
0.01 2,4,5-TP
Not specified
Wastes discharged to waters of the State
shall contain no chemical or radiological
constituents which would be inconsistent
with the water uses associated with the
assigned water class.
Discharge of radioactive material to
waters of the State shall not exceed the
lowest practicable limits after utilization
of the latest technological development
and equipment for control of radioactive
emissions. In no event shall the discharge
of such materials exceed the limits
established by the Agency of Human
Services.
There shall be no discharge of wastes
containing any of the prohibited sub-
stances set forth below in detectable
amounts either to waters of the State or
to a municipal wastewater collection and
/or treatment facility except in those
cases where a process water contains an
incoming level of a prohibited substance
due to natural or other causes. In such
cases the concentration of the prohibited
substance or substances in the actual
wastes discharged shall not be increased.
2,4,5-T - Prohibited
Aldrin - Prohibited
hexachlorohexahydro-endo
exo-dim ethanonaphalene
DDT - Prohibited
Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane
2,4,5 - trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
Domestic water supply
Aquatic life
Domestic water supply
Domestic water supply
All
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Vermont
(con't)
Virginia
Dieldrin - Prohibited
hexachloxoepoxyoctahydro-endo
exodimethanonaphalene
Diquat - Prohibited
diquat dibromide
6,7 - dihydrodipyrido
dibromide
Pyrayidinuim
Endrin - Prohibited
hexachloroepoxyoctahydro-endo
endodimethanonaphalene
The Secretary shall determine in accord-
ance with the provisions of Section 1259
of Title 10 V.S.A. the appropriate limits
for discharges containing chemical and
other substances when such limits are not
otherwise specified by these regulations.
In establishing such effluent limitations,
the Secretary shall use the current edition
of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency publication Quality
Criteria for Water as a guideline and
reference and shall give consideration to
concentrations of prohibited substances
and other constituents in the receiving
waters and to any synergistic relationship
which may exist between the various sub-
stances being discharged and those
existing in the receiving waters.
0.017 Aldrin
0.003 Chlordane
0.042 DDT
0.017 Dieldrin
0.0002 Endrin
0.018 Heptachlor
0.018 Heptchlor epoxide
0.004 Lindane
0.1 Methoxychlor
Public or municipal water
supplies
Public Water Supplies
Public Water Supplies
Public Water Supplies
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State
Virginia
(con't)
Washington
44
Criteria values in mg/1
0.1 Organic phosphates plus Carbamates
0.005 Toxaphene
0.1 2,4-D plus 2,4,5-T plus 2, 4,5-TP
0.003 ug/1 Aldrin/Dieldrin
0.004 ug/1 Chlordane
0.01 ug/1
0.001 ug/1 DDT
0.1 ug/1 Demeton
0.001 ug/1 Endosulfan
0.003 ug/1
0.004 ug/1 Endrin
0.01 ug/1 Guthion
0.001 ug/1 Heptachlor
0.004 ug/1 Lindane
0.01 ug/1
0.1 ug/1 Malathion
0.03 ug/1 Methoxychlor
0.04 ug/1 Parathion
None - Toxaphene
None - Mirex
Not Specified
Toxic substances narrative: toxic material
concentrations shall be below thos e which
adversely affect public health, and the
natural aquatic environment.
Toxic substances narrative: toxic mate-
rial concentrations shall be below those
which adversely affect public health, or
which may cause acute or chronic toxic
conditions to the aquatic biota.
Designated Stream Use
Public water supplies
All waters
Class I and II
Class III, IV, V, & VI
All waters
All waters
Class I & II
Class III, IV, V, & VI
All waters
All waters
All waters
Class I & II
Class III, IV, V, & VI
All waters
All waters
All waters
All
All uses for extraordinary
(class AA) and lake class
waters
All uses for excellent
(class A), good
(class B), and fair
(class C) waters
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Washington
(con't)
West Virginia
46
Wisconsin
Deleterious concentrations of toxic, or
other nonradioactive materials, shall be
determined by the department in consi-
deration of the "Quality Criteria for
Water," published by EPA 1976, and as
revised, as the authoritative source for
criteria and/or other relevant infor-
mation, if justified.
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: not to exceed
0.1 of the 96-hour TLm.
No sewage, industrial wastes or other
wastes present in any of the waters of the
State shall have concentrations of mate-
rials poisonous to human, animal, or aqua-
tic life.
Not specified
Toxic substances narrative: substances in
concentrations or combinations which are
toxic or harmful to humans shall not be
present in amounts found to be of public
health significance, nor which are acutely
harmful to animal, plant or aquatic life.
Toxic substances narrative: the intake
water supply will by appropriate treat-
ment and adequate safeguards meet the
PHS Drinking Water Standards, 1962.
(d) Unauthorized concentrations of sub-
stances are not permitted that alone or in
combination with other materials present
are toxic to fish or other aquatic life.
The determination of the toxicity of a
substance shall be based upon the avail-
able scientific date base. References to
be used in determining the toxicity of a
substance shall include, but not be limited
to:
1. "Quality Criteria for Water" EPA
440/9-76-003, United States Environ-
mental Protection Agency, Washington,
D. C. 1976, and
AU
All
AU
All
All
Public water supply
All
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Wisconsin
(con't)
Wyoming
47
American Samoa
District of
Columbia
48
2. "Water Quality Criteria 1972" EPA-R-
73-003. National Academy of Sciences,
National Academy of Engineering. United
States Government Printing Office,
Washington, D. C. 1974.
3. Questions concerning the permissible
levels, or changes in the same, of a sub-
stance, or combination of substances, of
undefined toxicity to fish and other biota
shall be resolved in accordance with the
methods specified in "Water Quality
Criteria 1972." "Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Waste-
water" 14th Edition, 1975 (American
Public Health Association, New York) or
other methods approved by the Depart-
ment of Natural Resources.
Not specified All
Toxic substances narrative: none in con- All
centrations or combinations attributable
to or influenced by the activities of man
which would damage or impair the normal
growth, function or reproduction of hu-
man, animal, plant or aquatic life. Maxi-
mum allowable concentrations shall be
based on latest edition of Quality Criteria
for Water by EPA and/or more generally
accepted scientific information.
Concentrations must conform to national All
guidelines as stated in the NTAC Report,
Water Quality Criteria, or in subsequent
national guideline publications.
.000003 mg/1 Max. Aldrin All waters
0.00001 mg/1 max. Chlordane All waters
0.00001 mg/1 max Demeton All waters
0.000005 mg/1 max Dieldrin All waters
0.000003 mg/1 max. Endosulfan All waters
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State
District of
Columbia (con't)
Guam
F
Criteria values in mg/1
0.000004 mg/1 max. Endrin
0.00001 mg/1 max. Guthion
0.000001 mg/1 max. Heptachlor
0.00001 mg/1 max. Lindane
0.0001 mg/1 max. Malathion
0.00003 mg/1 max. Methoxychlor
0.000001 mg/1 max. Mirex
0.00004 mg/1 max. Parathion
0.00001 mg/1 max. Toxaphene
0.0002 mg/1 max. Endrin
0.0001 mg/1 max. Heptachlor Epoxide
0.004 mg/1 max. Lindane
0.1 mg/1 Methoxychlor
0.1 mg/1 max. Organophosphorus
0.005 mg/1 max. Toxaphene
Toxic substances narrative: The waters
shall at all times be free from: toxic
substances attributable to sewage, indus-
trial waste, or other waste in concentra-
tions or combinations which interfere
directly or indirectly with water uses, or
which are harmful to human, animal,
plant or aquatic life.
Concentrations of pesticides shall not
exceed one percent of the 24-hour LC50
value determined using the receiving
water in question and the most sensitive
species of aquatic organism affected.
Where the concentration based on the
LC50 data exceed the following maximum
numerical limits, the numerical limits
shall constitute the criteria:
Designated Stream Use
All waters
All waters
All waters
All waters
All waters
All waters
All waters
All waters
All waters
Domestic water supply
Domestic water supply
Domestic water supply
Domestic water supply
Domestic water supply
Domestic water supply
All
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State
Guam
(con't)
Criteria values in mg/1
(a) Organochlorides;
0.1 ug/1 Aldrin
.002 ug/1 DDT
.006 ug/1 TDE
.005 ug/1 Dieldrin
.04 ug/1 Chlordane
.003 ug/1 Endosulfan
.002 ug/1 Endrin
.01 ug/1 Heptachlor
.02 ug/1 Lindane
.005 ug/1 Methoxychlor
.01 ug/1 Toxaphene
The total concentration of all organo-
chlorides shall not exceed .04 ugA.
(b) Organophos phates:
.001 ug/1 Azinphosmethyl
.1 ug/1 Ciodrin
.001 ug/1 Coumaphos
.002 ug/1 Diazinon
.001 ug/1 Dichlorovos
.08 ug/1 Dioxathion
.05 ug/1 Disulfonton
.001 ug/1 Dursban
.02 ug/1 Ethion
.06 ug/1 EPN
.005 ug/1 Fenthion
.008 ug/1 Malathion
Designated Stream Use
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State Criteria values in mg/1 Designated Stream Use
Guam .002 ug/1 Mevinphos
(con't)
.008 ug/1 Naled
.3 ug/1 Oxydemeton Methyl
.03 ug/1 Phosphamidon
.0001 ug/1 Parathion
.3 ug/1 TEPP
.002 ug/1 Trichlorophon
The total concentration of all organopho-
sphates shall not exceed .3 ug/1
(c) Carbamates;
.02 ug/1 Carbaryl
.1 ug/1 Zectran
The total concentration of carbamates
shall not exceed .02 ug/1.
(d) Herbicides, fungicides, and defoliants;
300 ug/1 Aminotriazole
110 ug/1 Dalapon
200 ug/1 Dicamba
37 ug/1 Dichlobenil
.7 ug/1 Dichlone
.5 ug/1 Diquat
1.5 ug/1 Diuron
4 ug/1 2,4-D (BEE)
2 ug/1 2,4,5-T
45 ug/1 Fenac (sodium salt)
2.0 ug/1 Silvex (BEE)
2.0 ug/1 Silvex(PGBE)
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State
Guam
(con't)
Criteria values in mg/1
10 ug/1 Silvex (potassium salt)
The total concentration of all herbicides,
fungicides and defoliants shall not exceed
300 ugA.
(e) Botanicals:
.002 ug/1 Allethrin
.01 ug/1 pyrethrum
10 ug/1 rotenone
The total concentration of all botanicals
shall not exceed 10 ug/1.
In addition to the above pesticide limits,
the following pesticide criteria shall apply
to all surface waters of the Territory,
except 2c waters.
1. Poly chlorinated biphenyl concentra-
tions in any sample consisting of a homo-
genate of 25 or more whole fish of any
species shall be no greater than 0.5 ug/kg
of the wet weight.
2. DDT concentrations in any sample con-
sisting of a homogenate of 25 or more fish
of any species shall be no greater than 50
ug/kg of the wet weight.
3. The sum of the concentrations of ald-
rin, dieldrin, endrin, and heptaclor in any
sample consisting of 25 or more whole
fish of any species shall be no greater
than 5 ug/kg of the wet weight.
4. The concentration of any chlorinated
hydrocarbons, in any sample consisting of
a homogenate of 25 or more whole fish of
any species shall be no greater than 50
ug/kg of the wet weight.
The setting of numerical limits for sp"eci-
fic pesticides should in no way be con-
strued as official approval or authori-
Designated Stream Use
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State
Criteria values in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Guam
(con't)
49
Puerto Rico
Trust Territories
of the Pacific
Islands
G
zation for their use where such use in
contrary to U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency or other Federal regu-
lations which now exist or may be enacted
at some future time.
Organochloride pesticide residues in sur-
face and coastal waters shall not exceed
1/100 of the TLm 96 hours of approved
species. In no case shall these pesticides
exceed the concentration listed.
.000002 Aldrin-Dieldrin
0.000004 Chlordane
0.000001 DDT
0.000001 Endosulfan
0.000001 Endrin
0.000001 Heptachlor
0.000004 Lindane
0.00002 Methoxychlor
0.000001 Mirex
0.000005 Toxaphene
0.00007 Perthane
Organophosphorus and non-persistent
pesticides residues in surface and coastal
waters shall not exceed 1/10 of the TLm
96-hours approved species. In no case
shall the following pesticides exceed the
concentration listed:
0.0001 Demeton
0.00001 Guthion
0.0001 Malathion
0.000004 Parathion
0.00001 Coumaphos
0.00004 Dursban
0.0004 Fenthion
0.0004 Naled
0.08 2,4,-D
0.01 2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
None (zero)
All
All
Drinking water supply
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State Criteria values in mg/1 Designated Stream Use
TT
Virgin Islands Not specified All
Toxic substances narrative: free of sub-
stances in concentrations or combinations
which are toxic or which produce undesir-
able physiological responses in human,
fish, and other animal life, and plants.
*U S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1980 341-082/124
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