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EPA 440/5-88/006
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             wrganics
              Water Quality Standards
              Criteria Summaries:
              A  Compilation
              of State/Federal  Criteria

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the  U.S. Environmental Protection  Agency (Contract  68-03-3534).
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particular State for exact regulatory language applicable to that
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INTRODUCTION

This  digest  is  compiled to provide general information to the public as veil
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 vater 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.
Guidance  for the development of standards by individual States is contained in
two  EPA documents entitled Vater Quality Standards Handbook (1983) and Quality
Criteria for Vater (1986).

This  digest  summarized three organic compounds which are usually incorporated
into  State  Vater Quality Standards.  They are:  phenol, phthalate esters, and
polychlorinated  biphenyls(PCB's).    Phenol and phenolic compounds are present
in  waters  receiving  wastes  resulting  from  wood and coal distillation, oil
refining,  chemicals  production and the natural degradation.of organic wastes.
phthalate  esters  are  not known to be naturally occurring.  Their presence in
water  systems  is  a  result  of their production for use in plastics and to a
limited  extent  pesticides.    Likewise,  PCB's  are  not naturally occurring.
their  presence  in  water  has  been of particular importance because of toxic
effects  associated with very minute quantities of the chemical, and because it
is  a  suspected  carcinogen.    PCB has, in the past, been primarily used as a
heat  exchanger  in  electrical capacitors and transformers.  The production of
PCB's  for  this  use  has  been  greatly  reduced.  EPA has established a zero
discharge  PCB  federal  effluent  standard  for  new  and  existing production
facilities  (40  CFR  129.105).   The presence of PCB's in water is primarily a
result of spills and uncontrollable non-point source leaching.

All  three  substances  exert  detrimental  effects on aquatic and animal life.
for  these  reasons  EPA has established water quality criteria recommendations
for the chemicals in its publication, Quality Criteria for Vater (1986).

The              criteria              are              as             follows:

Phenol             freshwater aquatic life;
                   10,200 ug/1 acute
                   2,560  ug/1 chronic

                   saltwater aquatic life;
                   5,800  ug/1 acute

                   human health;
                   3.5  mg/1 to protect public health

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Phthalate Esters
Polychlorinated
Biphenyls
0.3  mg/1 to control undesirable taste and odor

Verified Reference Dose (RfD) of 0.1 mg/kg/day

freshwater aquatic life;
940  ug/1 acute
3    ug/1 chronic
                           «
saltwater aquatic life;
2,944 ug/1 acute

human health;
     dimethyl phthalate
313 mg/1 vater and contaminated aquatic organism ingestion
2.9 g/1  contaminated aquatic organism ingestion only

     diethyl phthalate
350 mg/1 vater and contaminated aquatic organism ingestion
1.8 g/1  contaminated aquatic organism ingestion only

     dibutyl phthalate
34 mg/1 vater and contaminated aquatic organism ingestion
154 mg/1  contaminated aquatic organism ingestion only

     di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate
15 mg/1 vater and contaminated aquatic organism ingestion
50 mg/1  contaminated aquatic organism ingestion only

freshvater aquatic life;                 ^
0.014 ug/1 (chronic) as a 24-hour average
2.0 ug/1 acute

saltwater aquatic life;                  ^
0.030 ug/1 (chronic) as a 24-hour average
10 ug/1 acute
                   human health;
                   0.079 ng/1 vater and aquatic organism consumption
                   0.79 ng/1 aquatic organism consumption only
                                                 **
                          Probably   too   high   because   it   is   based  on
                   bioconcentration  factors  measured  in  laboratory studies,
                   but  field  studies  apparently  produce factors at least 10
                   times higher for fishes.
                   j, -^
                       For  the  maximum  protection  of  human health from the
                   potential    carcinogenic    effects    of    exposure    to
                   polychlorinated   biphenyls   through   the   ingestion   of
                   contaminated  vater  and contaminated aquatic organisms, the
                   ambient  vater  concentration  should  be zero, based on the
                   nonthreshold  assumption  for  this chemical.  However, zero
                   level may not be attainable at the present time.

Since  vater  quality standards experience revisions and upgrading from time to

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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
vill  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.
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                                  REFERENCES
3   Water  Quality Boundaries and Standards (Arizona), Article 2. Surface Water
    Quality Standards, A.R.S R18.ll, 1987.

5   California Water Quality Standards by River Basins, ca. 1975

    For  more detailed information on selected basins, sub-basins and stretches
    of  streams  and  coastal  areas  refer  to  California State Water Quality
    Standards.

9   Florida  Administrative Code, Chapter 17-4, 1987 and Florida Administrative
    Code, Chapter 17-3, 1988.

20  Water  Quality  and  Water  Pollution  Control,    Subtitle  50, Chapter 1,
    Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

25  Missouri  Water  Quality  Standards, 10 CSR 20-7.031, Rule of Department of
    Natural Resources: Division 20 - Clean Water Commission.

31  Water  Quality  Standards  for  Interstate  and  Intrastate  Streams in N&w
    Mexico, State of Nev Mexico Water Quality Control Commission, 1988.

35  Ohio  Water  Quality  Standards, Chapter 3745-1 of the Administrative Code,
    Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, 1985.

42  Tennessee's  Water  Quality  Criteria  and  Stream  Use Classifications for
    Interstate  and  Intrastate Streams, Tennessee Water Quality Control Board:
    Department of Health and Environment, 1987.

43  Texas  Surface  Water  Quality  Standards,  Texas  Water  Commission,  Rule
    Change, 1988.

44  Utah  Standards  of  Quality  for  Waters of the State, Wastevater Disposal
    Regulations:  Part  II,  State  of  Utah  Department of Health: Division of
    Environmental Health, 1988.

46  Virginia Water Quality Standards, State Water Control Board, 1987.

51  Water Quality Standards for American Samoa, 1984, pp. 16-18.

52  Water   Quality   Standards  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  Chapter  42,
    Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, 1985, Section 4206.1.

53  Revised   Guam  Water  Quality  Standards,  Guam  Environmental  Protection
    Agency, 1984, pp. 7, 12-13.

54  Commonwealth  of  Northern  Mariana  Islands Marine and Fresh Water Quality
    Standards, Commonwealth Register, Vol. 8 No. 5, 1986, pp. 4464-4468.

55    Puerto  Rico  Water  Quality  Standards Regulation, Environmental Quality
    Board, 1983.

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56  Marine  and  Fresh  Water  Quality  Standard  Regulations, Trust Territory,
    1986, pp. 5, 9-10.

57  Water  Quality  Standards  for  Coastal Waters of the Virgin Islands, Title
    12, Chapter 7, Subchapter 186, 1985, p. 263.


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1   Pages  701:1002, July 9, 1982, 701:1003-1004, June 26, 1981, 701:1005-1010,
    September 5, 1980

2   Pages 706:1005-1009, November 7, 1986

4   Pages 716:1004-1005, August 30, 1985

6   Pages 726:1005-1006, March 22, 1985, 726:1011, August 22, 1986

7   Pages 731:1002, 1006-1007, May 14, 1982

8   Pages 736:1001, 1006-1010, March 28, 1986

9   Pages 746:1010.1-1010.2, 1011-1013, September 5, 1986

11  Page 756:1002, September 20,  1985

12  Pages 761:1026-1027, January  23, 1987

13  Pages  766:0505,  0507-0508,  0514,  March 28, 1986, 766:0507-0508, May 25,
    1984

14  Pages  771:1002,  1013-1017,  January  10,   1986, 771:1003-1006, August 10,
    1984, 771:1007-1009, December 26, 1980

15  Pages 776:1005-1006, February 13, 1987

16  Pages 781:1011-1013, March 27, 1987

17  Pages 786:1007-1010, November 29, 1985

18  Pages 791:1005-1006, 1008-1009, January 18,  1985

19  Pages 796:0104-0109, 0127-0128, April  18, 1986

21  Page 806:1002, June  21,  1985

22  Pages 811:1003-1004, February 13, 1987

23  Pages 816:1003-1006, 1008-1010, June 25,  1982

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26  Pages 831:1004-1009, April 19, 1985

27  Pages 836:1003-1006, March 27, 1987

28  Pages  841:1001, 1011, 1013, 1087, February 22, 1985, 841:1005,  1008,  1025,
    1065, June 29, 1984

29  Pages 846:1002-1004, 1008-1009, October 5, 1984

30  Pages 851:1004, 1009-1010, 1017-1019, 1021, 1024, April 11, 1986

32  Pages 861:1003, 1007-1014, 1032-1034, 1036 November 29, 1985

33  Pages 866:1006, December 27, 1985, 866:1009-1013, August 29, 1986

34  Pages 871:1002-1004, June 7, 1985

36  Pages 881:1003-1008, 1014, 1062, September 26, 1986

37  Pages 886:1006-1047, May 9, 1986

38  Pages 891:1004-1005, August 9, 1985

39  Pages 901:1002-1005, 1012-1015, August 9, 1985

40  Pages 906:1004, 1006-1009, November 29, 1985

41  Pages 911:1003-1006, March 22, 1985

45  Page 931:1006, March 22, 1985

47  Pages 941:1003-1005, October 21, 1983

48  Pages 946:1002, 1009, August 10, 1984

49  Page 951:1002, March 13, 1987

50  Page 956:1005, July 5, 1985

52  Pages 741:1002-1005, March 28, 1986
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State and Water Use
Organ!cs Criteria Values
Alabama

All

All
Public  Water  Supply
Swimming and Other
Whole Body Water-
Sports
Shellfish Harvesting
Fish and Wildlife
Agricultural &
Industrial
Not specified

Minimum  conditions  narrative:   State waters shall be
free    from   substances   attributable   to   sewage,
industrial  wastes or other wastes in concentrations or
combinations  which  are  toxic  or  harmful  to human,
animal  or aquatic life to the extent commensurate with
the designated usage of such waters.

       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,  or  adversely affect the
aesthetic  value  of  waters  for  any  use  under this
classification.

Toxic substances narrative:  Only such amounts, whether
alone or in combination with other substances or
wastes,   as  will  not  render  the  water  unsafe  or
unsuitable  for  swimming  and water-contact sports; be
injurious  to fish, wildlife and aquatic life or, where
applicable,  shrimp  and crabs; impair the palatability
of  fish, or where applicable, shrimp and crabs; impair
the  waters  for  any  other usage established for this
classification  or  unreasonably  affect  the aesthetic
value of waters for any use under 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; affect the marketability
of  fish  and  shellfish,  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.

Toxic substances narrative:  Only such amounts as will
not  render  the  waters  unsuitable  for  agricultural
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State and Water Use
                        Organ!cs Criteria Values
Industrial Operations
Navigation
                        irrigation,  livestock  watering,  industrial  cooling,
                        industrial  process  water  supply  purposes,  and fish
                        survival, nor interfere with downstream water uses.

                        Toxic  substances narrative:  Only such amounts as will
                        not   render   the  waters  unsuitable  for  industrial
                        cooling  and  industrial process water supply purposes,
                        nor interfere with downstream water uses.

                        Toxic  substances narrative:  Only such amounts as will
                        not  render  the  waters  unsuitable  for  agricultural
                        irrigation,  livestock  watering,  industrial  cooling,
                        and  industrial  process  water  supply purposes,  where
                        applicable, nor interfere with downstream water uses.
Alaska'

All

I. Fresh Water
   (A) Water Supply
       (i) Drinking,
Culinary & Food
Processing.
                        Not specified
                        Toxic substances narrative:  Shall not exceed Alaska
                        Drinking Water Standards or EPA Quality Criteria for
                        Water.
Stock Watering
      (ii) Agricultural Toxic substances narrative:  Same as I.(A)(i) where
incl. Irrigation and    contact with a product destined for subsequent human
                        consumption  is present.  Same as I. (C) or FWPCA Water
                        Quality    Criteria(WQC/FWPCA)    as    applicable   to
                        substances    for   stockwaters.   Concentrations   for
                        irrigation  waters  shall not exceed (WQC/FWPCA) or WQC
                        1972.
     (iii) Aquaculture
                        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
                        the   department   as   being   the   most   sensitive,
                        biologically  important  to  the  situation  or  exceed
                        criteria  cited  in  EPA  Quality Criteria for Water or
                        Alaska	Drinking	Water    Standards    whichever
                        concentration   is  less.    Substances  shall  not  be
                        present  or exceed concentrations which individually or
                        in  combination  impart  undesirable  odor  or taste to
                        fish  or  other  aquatic  organisms  as  determined  by
                        either bioassay or organoleptic tests.
      (iv) Industrial,
Including Any Water
Supplies Used In Asso-
ciation With A Manu-
facturing Or Production
                        Toxic substances narrative:  Substances shall not
                        present which pose hazards to worker contact.
be
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State and Water Use     Organics Criteria Values
Enterprise (other than
Food Processing), In-
cluding Mining, Placer
Mining, Energy Produc-
tion Or Development.

  (B) Water Recreation
      (i) Contact
Recreation.

     (ii) Secondary
Recreation

  (C) Growth And Propa-
gation Of Fish, Shell-
fish, Other Aquatic
Life, And Wildlife
Including Waterfowl
And Furbearers
II. Marine Water
  (A) Water Supply
      (i) Aquaculture
             •  *
     (ii) Seafood Pro-
cessing
Toxic substances narrative:  Same as I.(A)(i).
Toxic substances narrative:  Substances shall not be
present which pose hazards to incidental human contact.

Toxic substances narrative:  Shall not individually or
in combination exceed 0.01 times the lowest measured
96-hour LC5Q 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 Criteria for Water or
Alaska	Drinking	Water    Standards    whichever
concentration   is  less.    Substances  shall  not  be
present  or exceed concentrations which individually or
in  combination  impart  undesirable  odor  or taste to
fish  or  other  aquatic  organisms  as  determined  by
either bioassay or organoleptic tests.
Toxic substances narrative:  Same as I.(A)(iii).

Toxic substances narrative:  Shall not exceed EPA
Quality   Criteria  for  Water  as  applicable  to   the
substance.
    (iii) Industrial,   Toxic substances narrative:  Same as I.(A)(iv).
Including Any Water
Supplies Used In Assoc-
iation With A Manu-
facturing Or Production
Enterprise (other  than
Food Processing) Includ-
ing Mining, Placer
Mining, Energy Pro-
duction Or Development.
   (B) Water Recreation
      (i) Contact
Recreation

      (i i) Secondary
Recreation
Toxic substances narrative:  Shall not exceed EPA,
Quality Criteria for Water as applicable  to
constituent.

Toxic substances narrative:  Same as I.(B)(ii).
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State and Water Use
Organ!cs Criteria Values
  (C) Growth And Propa- Toxic substances narrative:
gation Of Fish, Shell-
fish, Aquatic Life And
Wildlife Including Sea-
birds, Waterfowl And
Furbearers.
                             Same as I.(C)
  (D) Harvesting For
Consumption Of Raw
Mollusks Or Other Raw
Aquatic Life
Toxic substances narrative:  Same as I.(C) but
excluding the phrase "or Alaska Drinking Water
Standards."
Arizona

Domestic, Recreation,
Aquatic Life and
Wildlife

All Effluent
Dominated Waters

All
Phenolics - 0.005 mg/L
Phenolics - 0.005 mg/L
PCBs - 0.001 ug/L

Toxic  substances  narrative:  All surface waters shall
be  free  from  toxic,  corrosive, or other deleterious
substances   attributable  to  domestic  or  industrial
waste  or  other  controllable  sources at levels or in
combinations  sufficient  to be toxic to human, animal,
plant,   or   aquatic  life.    With  respect  to  fish
toxicity,  receiving  waters outside mixing zones shall
not  have  a concentration of toxic materials exceeding
1/10  of  the  96-hour  LC50,  where  the  bioassay  is
conducted  using  fish  inhabiting the receiving waters
and   where   water   quality   conditions(temperature,
hardness,   pH,  dissolved  oxygen,  etc.)  approximate
those  of  the  stream or lake as closely as practical.
Compliance  shall  be  indicated  when survival of test
group  organisms  is  not less than that of the control
group   organisms   exposed  to  an  appropriate  water
sample.

a.    No  person  shall  cause  toxic  substances to be
present   at   concentrations   which   interfere  with
designated protected uses.

b.    Compliance with a. (above) shall be determined on
a site-specific basis for each discharge.

c.    To  determine  compliance  with  this Section and
other   water   quality  standards,  and  to  determine
whether  toxic,  carcinogenic,  mutagenic, teratogenic,
corrosive    or    otherwise   deleterious   substances
attributable  to  pollutants, effluent, sewage or waste

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State and Vater Use
Organics Criteria Values

in   concentrations  or  combinations  which  interfere
directly  or  indirectly  with protected uses are being
discharged,   the   Department  may  require  chemical,
physical,  biological, radiological or other testing by
dischargers.
All


All
PCBs  -  the  criterion  to  protect freshwater aquatic
life is 0.014 ug/L total PCBs as a 24-hour average

Toxic  materials  shall  not  be  present  in receiving
waters,  after  mixing,  in  such  quantities  as to be
toxic  to  human,  animal,  plant or aquatic life or to
interfere  with  the  normal  propagation,  growth  and
survival  of  the indigenous aquatic biota.  Within the
mixing  zone  there  may  be a zone of initial dilution
which  exceeds  the  acute  toxicity.    In no instance
shall   the   entire  mixing  zone  be  acutely  toxic.
Compounds   known   to   be   persistent,   cumulative,
carcinogenic  or  to exhibit synergism with other waste
or   stream   components   shall   be  addressed  on  a
case-by-case  basis.  Permitting of all toxic materials
shall  be  in  accordance with the toxic implementation
strategy found in the Continuing Planning Process.
California"

Municipal supply
CAE - m 3.0 mg/1

CCE - m 0.7 mg/1

MBAS 0.5 mg/1

No  individual  pesticide  or combination of  pesticides
shall  be  present   in  concentrations   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  concentrations   detectable
within  the  accuracy  of  analytical methods  prescribed
'in  Standard  Methods  for the Examination of Vater and
Vastewater,   latest  edition,    or  other   equivalent
methods approved  by  the Executive  Officer.

(See  California  Basin  Plan  Standards  for  specific
limits)
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State and Water Use
Organ!cs Criteria Values
Colorado

Aquatic Life
Class 1
Drinking Water Supply
All
                                    should  be  made to
PCBs - 0.000001 mg/1
Chlorophenol - 0.001 mg/1
Monohydric Phenol - 0.5 mg/1
Benzidine - 0.0001 mg/1

PCBs  -  Every  reasonable  effort
minimize human exposure (EPA).
Chlorophenol - 0.001 mg/1
Monohydric phenol - .001 mg/1
Benzidine - 0.0001 mg/1
Except  where  authorized by permits, BMP's or plans of
operation  approved by the Division, State waters shall
be  free  from  substances attributable to human-caused
point  source or nonpoint source discharges in amounts,
concentrations  or  combinations  which  are harmful to
beneficial  uses  or  toxic to humans, animals, plants,
or aquatic life.
Connecticut

All

All
Coastal And Marine
Water Uses
(Classes SA, SB, & SC)
Not specified

Toxic  substances  narrative:   General Policy 11.  The
waters  shall  be  free  from  chemical constituents in
concentrations  or  combinations 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   guidelines
published  by  the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
shall  be considered.  In areas where fisheries are the
governing  consideration  and numerical limits have not
been   established,   bioassays  may  be  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
EPA water quality guidelines shall be considered.
     For  surface  waters classified as public drinking
water,  the  raw  water sources must be maintained at a
quality  as  defined  by criteria developed by the U.S.
EPA  in  accordance  with  the  Safe Drinking Water Act
(P.A.  93-523)  or  the  State  of Connecticut (Section
19-13-B102  of  the  Regulations  of  Connecticut State
Agencies),   whichever   is  more  stringent,  so  that
criteria   for   finished   water   can  be  met  after
conventional treatment.

Toxic substances narrative:  None in concentrations
or combinations which would be harmful to human,
animal  or  aquatic life or which would make the waters
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State and Water Use
                        Organ!cs Criteria Values
                        unsafe  or  unsuitable  for  fish or shellfish or their
                        propagation,   impair  the  palatability  of  same,  or
                        impair  the  waters  for  any  other uses. (See General
                        Policy 11. above)
        a
Delaware

Freshwater streams

Saltwater streams
                        Phenol - Shall not exceed 0.2 mg/L

                        Phenol - Shall not exceed 0.2 mg/L
General Stream Criteria Toxic  substances narrative:  All surface waters of the
                        State  shall  be  free  from substances attributable to
                        wastes  of industrial, municipal, agricultural or other
                        anthropogenic   origin,   such   as   any   pollutants,
                        including  those  of a toxic nature, that may interfere
                        with  attainment  of  designated  uses  of  the  water,
                        impart  undesirable  odors,  tastes,  or  colors to the
                        water  or  to  aquatic  life  found  therein,  endanger
                        public  health,  or  result  in  dominance  of nuisance
                        species.
Freshwater and Salt-
water Streams)
Stream Quality Criteria Toxic substances narrative:  None in concentrations
(General Criteria For   that may interfere with attainment of designated uses
                        of the water, endanger public health, or result in
                        dominance  of  nuisance  species.    The  following EPA
                        publications,  or  any  other sources deemed acceptable
                        by  the  Department,  may  be  used  as  guidelines for
                        applying these Standards to discharges in the State:

                        (1) Water Quality Criteria 1972 (March, 1973),

                        (2) Quality Criteria For Water (July, 1976),

                        (3)      Water      Quality     Criteria     Documents,
                        (EPA-440/5-80-015 through 5-80-079), published in 1980,
                         (4)      Water      Quality
                         (EPA-440/5-84-028   through
                         published in 1985.
                                                        Criteria -
                                                     5-84-033,  and
Documents,
5-85-001),
Public Water Supply
                        Waters  shall  be  free from substances (except natural
                        impurities)  that,  alone  or in combination with other
                        substances,   result   in   concentrations   of   toxic
                        substances  in the treated water that may be harmful  to
                        human   health.      The  EPA  Water  Quality  Criteria
                        Documents,    (EPA-440/5-80-015    through    5-80-079)
                        published  in  1980, (or other sources as determined  by
                        the  Department)  shall  be  used  as guidelines in the
                        determination of acceptable concentrations.
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ERES Waters
Organics Criteria Values

Toxic  substances  narrative:  Shall not exceed natural
levels.
(ERES   =   Exceptional   Recreational   or  Ecological
Significance)
Florida'

Surface Waters
(except Class V)
Class I waters


Class II waters

Class III vaters



Class V vaters
All
Phenolic compounds as listed - Chlorinated phenols
including   trichlorophenols;   chlorinated   creosols;
2-chlorophenol;          2,4-dichlorophenol         and
pentachlorophenol;  2,4-dinitrophenol;  phenol  - shall
not  exceed 1.0 ug/L unless higher values are shown not
to  be  chronically toxic.  Such higher values shall be
approved   in  writing  by  the  Secretary.    Phenolic
compounds  other  than  those  produced  by the natural
decay  of  plant  material, named or unnamed, shall not
taint  the flesh of edible fish or shellfish or produce
objectionable taste or odor in a drinking water supply.

Phthalate Esters - Shall not exceed 0.003 ug/L
PCBs - Shall not exceed 0.001 ug/L

PCBs - Shall not exceed 0.001 ug/L

Phthalate  Esters  -  Shall  not  exceed  3.0  ug/L  in
predominantly fresh waters
PCBs - Shall not exceed 0.001 ug/L

Phenol - Shall not exceed 0.02 mg/L
Trichlorophenols - Shall not exceed 0.05 mg/L
Chlorinated Creosols -  Shall not exceed 0.05 mg/L
2-chlorophenol - Shall not exceed 0.05 mg/L
2,4-dichlorophenol - Shall not exceed 0.05 mg/L
Pentachlorophenol - Shall not exceed 0.05 mg/L
2,4-dinitrophenol - Shall not exceed 0.05 mg/L

Minimum   criteria  for  surface  waters:  All  surface
waters  of  the  State shall at all times at all places
be free from:

Domestic,    industrial,    agricultural,    or   other
man-induced   non-thermal   components   of  discharges
which,  alone  or  in combination with other substances
or  in  combination with other components of discharges
(whether thermal or non-thermal);

     Are acutely toxic; or

     Are    present   in   concentrations   which   are
     carcinogenic,  mutagenic,  or teratogenic to human
     beings   or  to  significant,  locally  occurring,
     wildlife or aquatic species; or
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     Pose  a  serious  danger  to  the  public  health,
     safety, or welfare.

General  criteria  for toxic substances (applied to all
surface   waters   except   within  zones  of  mixing):
Substances   in   concentrations   which   injure,   are
chronically  toxic to, or produce adverse physiological
or  behavioral response in humans, animals, or plants -
none shall be present.
Georgia10

All                     Instrearn  concentrations of phenol shall not exceed the
                        criterion  indicated  below  except  within established
                        mixing zones:

                        5.01 ug/1

                        Toxic  substances  narrative:  All waters shall be free
                        from  toxic  substances discharged from municipalities,
                        industries  or other sources in amounts, concentrations
                        or  combinations  which  are harmful to humans, animals
                        or aquatic life.

Drinking Water Supplies Toxic  substances  narrative:  No material or substance
                        in  such  concentration  that,  after  treatment, would
                        exceed    the   requirements   of   the   Environmental
                        Protection  Division  and the latest edition of Federal
                        Drinking Water Standards.
Recreation, Fishing,
Propagation Of Fish,
Shellfish, Game And
Other Aquatic Life.

Agricultural
Industrial
Navigation
Toxic wastes narrative:  None in concentrations that
would harm man, fish and game or other beneficial
aquatic life.
Toxic  substance  narrative:    None  in concentrations
that  would interfere with or adversely affect uses for
general  agricultural  purposes  or  would prevent fish
survival.

Toxic  substance  narrative:    None  in concentrations
that  would  prevent  fish  survival  or interfere with
legitimate and beneficial industrial uses.

Toxic  substance  narrative:    None  in concentrations
that  would  damage  vessels,  prevent fish survival  or
otherwise interfere with commercial navigation.
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Hawaii

All

All
      11
Not specified

Toxic  substances  narrative:  All waters shall be free
of  substances attributable to domestic, industrial, or
other   controllable   sources   as   follows:    toxic
substances  at  levels or combinations sufficient to be
toxic  or  harmful  to  human, animal, plant or aquatic
life  or  in  amounts  sufficient to interfere with any
beneficial use of the water.

As  a  minimum,  a  phytoplankton  bioassay  test  or a
96-hour  bioassay  shall be required.  Survival of test
organisms  shall  not  be  less  than  that in controls
which utilize appropriate experimental water.
Idaho12

All

Domestic Water Supply
Not specified

The  following  general  water  quality  standards will
apply   to  waters  of  the  State,  both  surface  and
underground,   in   addition   to   the  water  quality
standards   set   forth   for  specifically  classified
waters.    As  a result of man-caused point or nonpoint
source   discharge,   waters  of  the  State  must  not
contain:
                        .01  Hazardous
                        concentrations   found
                        significance  or  to  adversely
                        protected beneficial uses.
                Materials; (see Section 01-2003,19.) in
                         to   be   of   public   health
                                 affect  designated  or
                        .02
                        in
     Deleterious  Materials;  (see Section 01-2003,07.)
    concentrations  that impair designated or protected
beneficial uses without being hazardous.
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Illinois
General Use
Phenols - 0.1 mg/L

Toxic substances narrative:   Any  substance  toxic  to
aquatic  life shall not exceed one-tenth of the 96-hour
median  tolerance limit (96-hr. TL ) for native fish or
essential   fish   food  organisms?  except  for  USEPA
registered  pesticides approved for aquatic application
and applied pursuant to specified conditions.
Public and Food         Phenols - 0.001 mg/L
Processing Water Supply
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Secondary Contact and   Phenols - 0.3 mg/L
Indigenous Aquatic Life
Effluent Standards
Phenols - 0.3 mg/L
Indiana

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Aquatic Life
Potable  Supply
Toxic  substances  narrative:   All waters at all times
and  at  all  places, including the mixing zone , shall
meet   the   minimum  conditions  of  being  free  from
substances   attributable   to  municipal,  industrial,
agricultural,  and  other  land  use practices or other
discharges  which  are in amounts sufficient to injure,
be  acutely  toxic  to  or  otherwise  produce  serious
adverse  physiological  responses  in  humans, animals,
aquatic   life  or  plants.    As  a  guideline,  toxic
substances  should  be  limited  to  the 96-hour median
lethal  concentration  (LC50)  for biota significant to
the    indigenous    aquatic    community    or   other
representative  organisms.    This subsection shall not
apply  to  the  chemical  control  of aquatic plants or
animals  when  that  control  is subject to approval by
the   Indiana   Department   of  Natural  Resources  as
provided  by  the  Pish  and  Wildlife  Act  (1C  1971,
14-2-1).

At  all times, all waters outside of mixing zones shall
be  free  of  substances in concentrations which on the
basis  of  available scientific data are believed to be
sufficient  to  injure,  be chronically toxic to, or be
carcinogenic,  mutagenic,  or  teratogenic  to  humans,
animals, aquatic life, or plants.
These  standards  are  applicable  at
waters outside of the mixing zone:
any point in the
Toxic  substances  narrative:  Concentrations shall not
exceed   one-tenth   of   the   96-hour  median  lethal
concentration  for important indigenous aquatic species
or other representative organisms.

Contaminants  which are known to be bioaccumulative and
toxic,  on  the  basis  of  available  scientific data,
shall  not  be  present  in  concentrations which would
result  in  the  bioaccumulation or bioconcentration  of
such  contaminants  or  their  degradation  products  in
important  indigenous  aquatic  species to Federal Food
and   Drug   Administration  action  levels  or  levels
producing  deleterious effects prohibited in subsection
(a).

Chemical    substances   narrative:      The    chemical
constituents  in   the waters shall not be present after

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Ohio River Main Stem
and the Interstate
Portion Of The Vabash
River

Lake Michigan and Con-
tiguous Harbor Areas
Grand Calumet River;
Indiana Harbor
                        conventional
                        meeting  the
                        Board.
              treatment  in  such  levels as to prevent
              Drinking  Vater  Standards adopted by the
Phenolic Compounds - 0.01 mg/L
PCBs - 0.001 ug/L
Phenols
     Monthly average - 0.001 mg/L
     Daily maximum   - 0.003 mg/L

PCBs - not to exceed 0.001 ug/L at any time

Toxic  substances  narrative:  Concentrations shall not
exceed   one-tenth   of   the   96-hour  median  lethal
concentration  (LCc/0  for important indigenous aquatic
species   and  those  artificially  propagated  by  the
Indiana   Department   of   Natural  Resources.    More
stringent   application  factors  shall  be  used  when
justified  on  the  basis  of  available  evidence  and
approved   by   the   Board  after  public  notice  and
opportunity for a hearing.

Concentrations  of  organic  contaminants  vhich 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 an opportunity for a hearing.

PCBs - 0.001 ug/L
Phenols - 10 ug/L

Toxic substances narrative:  Concentrations shall not
exceed   one-tenth   of   the   96-hour  median  lethal
concentration  (LC-Q)  for important indigenous aquatic
species.    More stringent application factors shall be
used,   when  justified,  on  the  basis  of  available
scientific  evidence  and  approved  by the Board after
public notice and opportunity for a hearing.

Organic  contaminants  vhich  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 not be
present  in  concentrations  vhich  vould result in the
bioaccumulation    or    bioconcentration    of    such
contaminants   or   their   degradation   products   in
important  indigenous  aquatic  species to Federal Food
and  Drug  Administration action levels or levels vhich
on  the  basis  of  available  scientific  evidence are
believed  to  be  sufficient  to injure, be chronically
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                        toxic   to,   or   be   carcinogenic,    mutagenic,
                        teratogenic to humans, animals, or plants.

Natural Spawning, Rear- PCBs - 0.014 ug/L (24-hr, average concentration)
ing or Imprinting Areas;
Migration Routes for
Salmonid Fishes
                                                     or
leva15

Wildlife, Fish, Aquatic Phenol - 0.05 mg/L
And Semiaquatic Life,
Secondary Contact
(Class B)
Potable Vater Supply
(Class C)
All
Toxic substances narrative:  All substances toxic or
detrimental   to  aquatic  life  shall  be  limited  to
non-toxic  or non-detrimental concentrations in surface
water.

Phenol - 0.05 mg/L

Toxic  substances  narrative:   All substances toxic to
humans  or  detrimental  to  treatment process shall be
limited  to non-toxic or non-detrimental concentrations
in the surface water.

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.
Kansas16
Aquatic Life

All
Aquatic Life
PCBs - 0.014 yg/L

General  criteria:    All surface waters shall be free,
at  all  times,  from the harmful effects of substances
that   originate   from  artificial  sources  and  that
produce   any   public   health   hazards  or  nuisance
conditions,   or  impairment  of  uses.    The  harmful
effects   may   result  from  any  concentration  of  a
substance  that  causes  toxic  effects,  alone  or  in
combination    with   other   artificial   or   natural
substances.    Such  substances  shall  be  limited  to
concentrations  in the receiving water  that will not be
harmful to human, animal, or plant life.

Toxic substances narrative:
(ii) The  waters  of  the state shall not be toxic as a
result  of  the  effects of substances  originating from
artificial  sources,  whether  alone  or in combination
with other artificial or natural substances.
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Organ! cs Criteria Values
Domestic Vater Supply
Consumptive Recreation
(iii)  Criteria  for  the  protection  of predators, in
terms  of  toxic  levels  in  fish, published in "Vater
Quality  Criteria"  (National  Academy  of Engineering,
1973),  which  is hereby adopted by reference, shall be
used   as  guidelines  in  assessing  toxicity  due  to
bioaccumulation.

(iv)  Vhen  criteria for single compounds have not been
published  or  are incomplete, or when complex mixtures
can   result  in  interactions  among  substances,  the
department   shall   utilize   laboratory   and   field
bioassessment   methods  and  procedures  to  establish
site-specific vater quality criteria.

Any   concentration  of  a  substance  from  artificial
sources  that,  alone  or  in  combination  with  other
artificial  or natural substances, causes toxic effects
on    humans    shall   be   limited   to   non-harmful
concentrations.

Substances     that     can    bioaccumulate    through
bioconcentration  or  biomagnification  to toxic levels
in  aquatic life, semiaquatic life or wildlife consumed
by  humans  shall  be  limited  in  surface  waters  to
concentrations  that  will  result in no harm to humans
upon  consumption.  FDA action levels defined in K.A.R.
28-16-28b(b)(19)  for  toxic  substances in fish flesh,
which  are  hereby  adopted by reference, shall be used
as guidelines to determine protection of this use.
Kentucky

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Varmwater Aquatic
Habitat, Coldwater
Aquatic Habitat
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, animals, fish, and other aquatic life.

Phthalate Esters - 3 ug/L
PCBs - 0.0014 ug/L
Phenolic Compounds - 5 ug/L

Toxic substances narrative:
1.   The  allowable  instream  concentration  of  toxic
substances  which  are  noncumulative  or nonpersistent
(half-life  of less than 96 hours) shall not exceed 0.1
of  the 96-hour median lethal concentration (LCen) of a
representative indigenous aquatic organism(s).
                                                                       en
                        2.   The  allowable  instream  concentration  of  toxic
                        substances  which  are  bioaccumulative  or persistent,
                        including  pesticides,  when not specified elsewhere in
                        this  section,  shall  not  exceed  0.01 of the 96-hour
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Organics Criteria Values

median  lethal concentration (LC5Q) of a representative
indigenous aquatic organism(s).

3.   Vhere   specific  application  factors  have  been
determined   for   a   toxic   substance   such  as  an
acute/chronic  ratio or water effect ratio, they may be
used  instead  of  the  0.1  and 0.01 factors listed in
this subsection upon approval by the cabinet.

Toxic  substances  narrative:   Concentrations of toxic
substances  vhich  exceed the ninety-six (96) hour LC50
tests  for  representative indigenous aquatic organisms
are  not  allowed  at any point within the mixing zone.
A  zone  of  initial  dilution  may  be  assigned  on a
case-by-case  basis  at  the discretion of the cabinet.
Concentrations   of   toxic   substances  which  exceed
one-third  (1/3) the ninety-six (96) hour LC50 or other
appropriate  LC50  tests  for representative indigenous
aquatic  organisms  are  to  be  met at the edge of the
zone  of  initial  dilution.   Chronic criteria for the
protection  of  aquatic  life are to be met at the edge
of the allowable mixing zone.
Louisiana18

Fresh Vater
Marine Vater
Public Vater Supply
Phenols  -  The  ambient  water  quality  criterion for
phenols  as  detected  by  the  4-amnoantipyrine (4AAP)
method is:  50yg/L

PCBs  -  The  ambient water quality criterion expressed
as a 24-hour average is:  0.014 ug/L

PCBs  -  The  ambient water quality criterion not to be
exceeded at anytime is:  2.0 ug/L

Phenols  -  The  ambient  water  quality  criterion for
phenols as detected by the 4AAP method is:  440 yg/L

PCBs  -  The  ambient water quality criterion expressed
as a 24-hour average is:  0.030 yg/L

PCBs  -  The  ambient water quality criterion not to be
exceeded at anytime is:  10.0 yg/L

Phenols  -  The  ambient  water  quality  criterion for
phenols  in  any vaterbody designated as a public water
supply as detected by the 4AAP method is:  5 yg/L

The  ambient  water  quality  criterion for chlorinated
phenols  in  any waterbody designated as a public water
supply  as detected by instrumental methods such as gas
chromatography is as follows:
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1.  2-, 3-, and 4-chlorophenol:  0.1 ug/L
2.  2, 5-dichlorophenol:  0.5 ug/L
3.  2,6-dichlorophenol:  0.2 ug/L
4.  3,4- and 2,4-dichlorophenol:  0.3 ug/L
5.  2,3-dichlorophenol:  0.04 ug/L

PCBs - The ambient water quality criterion is 0.79 ng/L

General  criteria  narrative:  All vaters shall be free
from  such concentrations of substances attributable to
vastevater  or  other  discharges sufficient to injure,
be  toxic or produce demonstrated adverse physiological
response   in   humans,   animals,   fish,   shellfish,
wildlife, or plants.

Toxic  substances  narrative:   Shall not be present in
quantities  that  alone or in combination will be toxic
to  plant or animal life.  Concentrations of persistent
toxic  substances  for  which no numerical criteria are
given  in  the  Standards  shall not exceed the 96-hour
LC50/100   (one-hundredth   of   the   96-hour   LC50).
Persistent  toxic  substances  are  defined  herein  as
refractory  substances  subject  to  very limited or no
biodegradation  and/or  detoxification  and  subject to
food  chain  bioaccumulation;  they include but are not
limited  to pesticides, PCB's and heavy metals that are
designated    by    EPA    as    priority   pollutants.
Concentrations  of  non-persistent, biodegradable toxic
substances  for  which  no numerical criteria are given
in  the standards, shall not .exceed the 96-hour LC50/10
(one-tenth  of  the 96-hour LC50).  Bioassay techniques
comparable  with  those  given in the latest edition of
Standards  Methods  for  the  Examination  of Vater and
Vastewater  will  be  used in evaluating toxicity using
specific  methods,  dilutions,  and  species of aquatic
animals best suited to the area of concern.
Maine

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Classes B-l, B-2, C,
D, SD
Not specified

There  shall  be no disposal of any matter or substance
that  contains  chemical constituents which are harmful
to  humans,  animals or aquatic life or which adversely
affect any other water use in the classes.

There shall be no disposal of sewage, industrial
wastes  or  other  wastes  in such waters, except those
which  have received treatment for the adequate removal
of  waste  constituents  including, but not limited to,
solids,   color,   turbidity,   taste,  odor  or  toxic
material,  such  that  these  treated  wastes  will not
lower  the  standards  or  alter  the  usages  of these
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Classes SA, SB-1,
SB-2, SC
All
classifications,  nor  shall such disposal of sewage or
vaste  be  injurious  to  aquatic  life  or render such
dangerous for human consumption.

There shall be no toxic wastes, deleterious
substances,  colored  or  other waste or heated liquids
discharged  to  waters  of these classifications either
singly  or  in  combinations  with  other substances or
wastes  in  such  amounts or at such temperatures as to
be  injurious  to  edible  fish  or shellfish or to the
culture  or propagation thereof,  or which in any manner
shall  adversely  affect  the  flavor,  color,  odor or
sanitary  condition  thereof;  and  otherwise  none  in
sufficient   amounts  to  make  the  waters  unsafe  or
unsuitable  for  bathing  or  impair the waters for any
other  best usage as determined for the specific waters
which are assigned to these classes.

Toxic   substances   narrative:      No  person,  firm,
corporation   or   other   legal  entity  shall  place,
deposit,  discharge  or  spill, directly or indirectly,
onto  the  inland  or tidal waters of this State, or on
the  ice  thereof,  or on the banks thereof so that the
same  may  flow  or  be  washed into such waters, or in
such  manner  that the drainage therefrom may flow into
such waters:

Any   other   toxic   substance   in   any   amount  or
concentration   greater   than   that   identified   or
regulated,   including  complete  prohibition  of  such
substance,   by   the   board.     In  identifying  and
regulating  such toxic substances, the board shall take
into   account  the  toxicity  of  the  substance,  its
persistence  and  degradability, the usual or potential
presence  of any organism affected by such substance in
any  waters  of  the  State,   the  importance  of  such
organism  and   the  nature  and extent of  the effect of
such  substance  on  such organisms, either alone or in
combination  with  substances  already in  the receiving
waters or  the discharge.
Maryland

All


All
        20
PCBs - 0.001 ug/L
Benzidene - 0.1^|ug/L

Toxic  substances  narrative:  The waters  of  this  State
may   not   be   polluted   by  high-temperature,   toxic,
corrosive,      or     other   deleterious     substances
attributable  to  sewage,   industrial  waste,   or  other
waste in concentrations or combinations which:
(a)  interfere   directly or indirectly with water  uses;
     or
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(b)  are  harmful  to  human,  animal, plant or aquatic
     life.

Toxic  materials  criteria  are  established to protect
freshwater  aquatic  life,  saltvater  aquatic  life or
human health.
Massachusetts

All
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All
Not specified

For  each class, the most sensitive beneficial uses are
identified  and  minimum  criteria for water quality in
the  water column are established.  In interpreting and
applying  the  minimum criteria in 314 CMR 4.03(4), the
Division  shall  consider  local  conditions including,
but not limited to:
(a)  the characteristics of the biological community;
(b)    temperature,  weather,  flow,  and  physical and
     chemical characteristics; and
(c)      synergistic   and   antagonistic   effects  of
     combinations of pollutants.

The  Division  will  use  the  EPA criteria established
pursuant  to  Section  304(a)(l) of the Federal Act, as
guidance  in establishing case-by-case discharge limits
for   pollutants   not  specifically  listed  in  these
standards   but   included  under  the  heading  "Other
Constituents"  in  310  CMR  4.03(4),   for  identifying
bioassay  application  factors  and for interpretations
of  narrative  criteria.    Where  the minimum criteria
specifically  listed  by  the  Division  in  this  part
differ  from  those  contained in the federal criteria,
the  provisions  of the specifically listed criteria in
these standards shall apply.

Toxic  substances narrative:  Vaters shall be free from
pollutants in  concentrations or combinations that:
(a)  exceed   the   recommended   limits  on  the  most
     sensitive receiving water use;
(b)  injure,   are   toxic   to,   or  produce  adverse
     physiological  or  behavioral  responses in humans
     or aquatic life; or
(c)  exceed    site-specific   safe   exposure   levels
     determined by bioassay using sensitive species.
Michigan

All

All
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Not specified

R 323.1057 Toxic substances narrative: Rule 57.
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                        (1)  Toxic  substances  shall  not  be  present  in the
                        waters  of  the state at levels which are or may become
                        injurious  to  the  public  health,  safety,  or welfare;
                        plant  and animal life;  or the designated uses of those
                        waters.   Allowable levels of toxic  substances shall be
                        determined   by   the   commission   using  appropriate
                        scientific data.

                        (2)  All of the following provisions apply for purposes
                        of  developing  allowable levels of  toxic substances in
                        the  surface  waters  of  the state  applicable to point
                        source  discharge  permits  issued  pursuant to Act No.
                        245  of  the  Public  Acts  of  1929, as amended, being
                        $323.1 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws:
                             (a)  Water quality-based effluent limits developed
                        pursuant  to  this subrule shall be  used only when they
                        are  more restrictive than technology-based limitations
                        required pursuant to R 323.2137 and  R 323.2140.
                             (b)  The  toxic  substances  to which this subrule
                        shall  apply  are  those  on the 1984 Michigan critical
                        materials  register established pursuant to Act No. 245
                        of  the  Public  Acts of 1929, as amended, being §323.1
                        et  seq.  of  the  Michigan Compiled Laws; the priority
                        pollutants   and   hazardous  chemicals  in  40  C.F.R.
                        $122.21,   appendix  D  (1983);  and  any  other  toxic
                        substances  as  the  commission  may  determine  are of
                        concern at a specific site.
                             (c)  Allowable  levels  of toxic substances in the
                        surface  water  after  a  discharge  is  mixed with the
                        receiving  stream  volume specified in R 323.1082 shall
                        be  determined by applying an adequate margin of safety
                        to  the  MATC,  NOAEL,  or other appropriate effect end
                        points,  based  on  knowledge  of  the  behavior of the
                        toxic   substance,  characteristics  of  the  receiving
                        water, and the organisms to be protected.
                             (d)   In  addition  to  restrictions  pursuant  to
                        subdivision   (c)  of  this  subrule,  a  discharge  of
                        carcinogens,  not  determined  to  cause  cancer  by   a
                        threshold  mechanism,  shall not create a level of risk
                        to  the  public health greater than 1 in 100,000 in the
                        surface   water   after   mixing   with  the  allowable
                        receiving  stream  volume specified in R 323.1082.  The
                        commission  may  require a greater degree of protection
                        pursuant   to   R  323.1098  where  achievable   through
                        utilization  of  control  measures  already  in place or
                        where  otherwise determined necessary.
                             (e)  Guidelines  shall  be adopted pursuant to Act
                        No.  306  of  the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being
                        §24.201  et seq. of  the Michigan Compiled Laws,  setting
                        forth   procedures    to   be   used  by  staff   in  the
                        development   of  recommendations  to   the commission on
                        allowable  levels  of   toxic substances and  the  minimum
                        data   necessary  to   derive  such recommendations.  The
                        commission  may  require   the  applicant  to  provide the

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Minnesota

Domestic (Classes
A, B, & C)

Fisheries &
Recreation(Class
A, B, &C)
All
Agriculture and Wild-
life (Class B)
Organics Criteria Values

minimum   data   vhen   otherwise   not  available  for
derivation   of   the   allowable   levels   of   toxic
substances.
     (f)    For existing discharges, the commission may
issue  a  scheduled  abatement  permit  pursuant  to  R
323.2145  upon  a  determination by the commission that
the   applicant  has  demonstrated  that  each  of  the
following conditions is met:

(i)  Immediate  attainment  of the allowable level of a
toxic  substance  is  not  economically  or technically
feasible.
(ii) No prudent alternative exists.
(iii)  During  the  period  of scheduled abatement, the
permitted   discharge   will  be  consistent  with  the
protection of the public health, safety, and welfare.
(iv)   Reasonable   progress   will   be   made  toward
compliance   with  this  rule  over  the  term  of  the
permit, as provided for in a schedule in the permit.
Phenol - 0.001 mg/L
Phenols - 0.01 mg/L and none that could impart odor or
taste to fish flesh or other freshwater edible
products  such  as  crayfish,  clams,  prawns  and like
creatures.    Where  is seems probable that a discharge
may  result  in  tainting  of  edible aquatic products,
bioassays   and   taste  panels  will  be  required  to
determine whether tainting is likely or present.

For  contaminants  other  than heat, the 96-hour median
tolerance  limit  for  indigenous  fish  and  fish food
organisms  should  not  be exceeded at any point in the
mixing zone.

Toxic  substances  narrative:   No discharges at levels
acutely  toxic  to  humans  or  other  animals or plant
life, or directly damaging to real property.

Toxic substances narrative:  None at levels harmful
either directly or indirectly.
Limited Resource Value  Unspecified substances shall not be allowed in such
Waters                  quantities  or  concentrations  that  will  impair  the
                        specified uses.
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Organ!cs Criteria Values
Mississippi24

Public Water Supply



Fish & Vildlife



All
Phenolic  compounds  -  There  shall  be  no substances
added  vhich  will  cause  the  phenolic  content to be
greater than 0.001 mg/1 (phenol)

Phenolic  compounds  -  There  shall  be  no substances
added  vhich  will cause the phenolic content to exceed
0.05 mg/L (phenol)

Toxic  substances narrative:  Waters shall be free from
substances   attributable   to  municipal,  industrial,
agricultural  or  other discharges in concentrations or
combinations  vhich  are  toxic  or  harmful to humans,
animals or aquatic life.

There  shall  be  no substances added, whether alone or
in  combination vith other substances, that vill impair
the  use  of  waters  from that vhich it is classified.
The  concentration of toxic pollutants shall not exceed
one-tenth  (l/10th)  of  the  96-hour  median tolerance
limit  based  on  available data.  The concentration of
toxic  pollutants that are cumulative and/or persistent
may  be  further limited on a case-by-case basis, vhere
such data is available.

Available   references   to   be  used  in. determining
toxicity  limitations shall include, but not be limited
to   Quality   Criteria  for  Water  (Section  30A(a)),
Federal  Regulations  under  Section  307,  and Federal
Regulations  under  Section  1412  of the Public Health
Service  Act  as amended by the Safe Drinking Water Act
(Pub.  L.  93-523).  The use of such information should
be  limited  to  that part applicable to  the indigenous
aquatic community found in the State of Mississippi.
Missouri25

Aquatic Life
Drinking Water
Supply

Effluent Limitations
for Subsurface Waters
Phenol (not substituted) - 100 ug/L
PCBs - 0.0000079 ug/L

Phenol (not substituted) - 1 ug/L
Phenol (not substituted) - If aquifer recharges
surface    water    designated    for    Aquatic
protection:    100 ug/L
Life
                        Phenol   (not  substituted)  -  When  aquifer  does  not
                        recharge surface  vater  designated  for  Aquatic  Life
                        protection:    300 ug/L
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Groundvater
All
Classified Vaters
Organ!cs Criteria Values

Phenol  (not  substituted) - If aquifer recharge has an
effect  on  surface  water  designated for Aquatic Life
protection:  100 ug/L

Phenol  (not  substituted)  - If aquifer recharge has a
negligible  effect  on  surface  vater  designated  for
Aquatic Life protection:  300 ug/L

The  vaters  of the state shall be free from substances
or  conditions  that  have  a  harmful effect on human,
animal, or aquatic life.

Toxic  substances  narrative:  Vater contaminants shall
not  cause  the limits in Table A for the toxic form of
metals  and  other  toxic  substances  to  be exceeded.
Concentrations  of  such substances in bottom sediments
or  vaters  shall  not harm benthic organisms and shall
not  accumulate  through  the  food  chain  in  harmful
concentrations,  nor shall Food and Drug Administration
maximum  fish  tissue  levels  for  fish consumption be
exceeded.    More  stringent criteria may be imposed if
there  is  evidence of additive or synergistic effects.
Effluent  toxicity  studies  or  site-specific instream
biological    studies    performed,    recognized,   or
sanctioned  by  the  commission  may be used to develop
alternative  effluent  limits  not  based  on  Table  A
values.

Other    potentially   toxic   substances   for   which
sufficient  toxicity  data are not available may not be
released  to  vaters of the state until safe levels are
demonstrated through adequate bioassay studies.
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Montana

All

Vater Supply (Class A-
Closed)
Vater Supply (Classes
A-l, B-l, B-2, B-3)
Not specified

Toxic substances narrative:  No increases of toxic or
other  deleterious  substances,  pesticides and organic
and  inorganic  materials including heavy metals, above
naturally occurring concentrations, are allowed.

Toxic substances narrative:  Concentrations of toxic
or  other  deleterious substances which would remain in
the  vater  after conventional vater treatment must not
exceed  the maximum contaminant levels set forth in the
1975  National Interim Primary Drinking Vater Standards
(40  CFR  Part 141) or subsequent revisions or the 1979
National  Secondary  Drinking  Vater  Standards (40 CFR
Part 143) or subsequent revisions.
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Fish, Aquatic Life,
Wildlife, Agriculture,
Recreation In And On
The Water (Class C-3)

Fish, Aquatic Life,
Wildlife, Agriculture
Recreation in And on
the Water (Classes
C-l, C-2)

Agricultural and In-
dustrial (other than
Food Processing)
(Class E)
Organics Criteria Values

Same as above
All Classes (except A-
Closed and E)
Toxic substances narrative:   Concentrations of toxic
or other deleterious substances must not exceed levels
which render the waters harmful, detrimental or
injurious to public health.
Toxic substances narrative:  Concentrations of toxic
or deleterious substances, pathogens, pesticides and
organic and inorganic materials including heavy
metals,  must  be  less  than  those demonstrated to be
deleterious  to  livestock  or  plants or to humans who
may  consume  such  livestock or plants or to adversely
affect other indicated uses.

The maximum allowable concentrations of toxic or
deleterious  substances  also  must not exceed acute or
chronic  problem  levels  as  revealed  by  bioassay or
other  methods.  The values listed in EPA Water Quality
Criteria  documents (Federal Register Vol. 45, No. 231,
Friday,  November  28, 1980, pages 79318 - 79379) shall
be  used  as a guide to determine problem levels unless
local  conditions  make these values inappropriate.  In
accordance  with  section  75-5-306(1),  MCA, it is not
necessary  that  wastes be treated to a purer condition
than the natural condition of the receiving water.
Nebraska27

All

Aquatic Life
Public  Drinking  Water
Not specified

Toxic  substances  narrative:    Surface  waters of  the
State  shall  be  free  from  toxic substances  in  toxic
amounts.    No  toxic substances alone or in combination
with  other  substances in concentrations rendering  the
receiving  water  unsafe or unsuitable for aquatic life
will  be allowed.  (In implementing these criteria,  the
Department  will  follow  procedures  outlines  in  the
State's  Continuing  Planning Process which comply with
the  federal water quality standards, 40 C.F.R. §131.11
(1986)).

Toxic   substances   narrative:      Wastes   or   toxic
substances  introduced  directly or indirectly  by  human
activity  in  concentrations that would degrade the  use
(i.e.,  would produce undesirable physiological effects
in humans) shall not be allowed.
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Agricultural
Aesthetics and Public
Health
Organ!cs Criteria Values

Toxic   substances   narrative:      Vastes   or  toxic
substances  introduced  directly or indirectly by human
activity  in  concentrations that would degrade the use
(i.e.,  would produce undesirable physiological effects
in crops or livestock) shall not be allowed.

Surface waters shall be free of radionuclides or toxic
substances  in concentrations or combinations which may
produce undesirable physiological responses in humans.
Nevada

All
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Phenolics - not more than O.OOlmg/L

Phthalate Esters - not more than 0.003 mg/L

PCBs - not more than 0.000001 mg/L

Toxic  substances  narrative:  Waters must be free from
toxic    substances   attributable   to   domestic   or
industrial  waste  or  other  controllable  sources  at
levels  or  combinations  sufficient  to  be  toxic  to
human,  animal,  plant  or  aquatic  life or in amounts
sufficient  to interfere with any beneficial use of the
water.

The  presence  of  toxic  materials  in a water must be
evaluated  by  use  of a 96-hour bioassay.  Survival of
test  organisms  must  not be less than that in control
tests  which  utilize  appropriate  control water.  The
test  organisms  and control water must be specified by
the  department.    In addition, acute bioassays may be
required  to  determine  effluent  limitations  and the
exact  test  method  to  be used must be defined by the
department.    Failure  to  determine presence of toxic
materials   by   these   methods   shall  not  preclude
determination  of  excessive  levels of toxic materials
on the basis of other criteria or methods.

Vastes    from    municipal,    industrial   or   other
controllable   sources   containing   arsenic,  barium,
boron,  cadmium,  chromium,  cyanide,  fluoride,  lead,
selenium,  silver,  copper and zinc that are reasonably
amenable   to   treatment   or   control  must  not  be
discharged  untreated  or  uncontrolled into the waters
of  Nevada  (including  the  Colorado River System). In
addition,   the   limits   for  concentrations  of  the
chemical   constituents   must  provide  water  quality
consistent  with the mandatory requirements of the 1962
Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards.
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                        Organ!cs Criteria Values
                        None (zero)
Drinking Water Supply
(with treatment by
disinfection only)
Suitable For Aquatic
Life Habitat, Wildlife
Propagation, Agricul-
tural, Recreation,
Boating, Esthetics
(Class A)

Drinking Water Supply
(vith treatment by
disinfection and fil-
tration only), Agri-
cultural, Aquatic
Life and Wildlife
Propagation, Recrea-
tion, Industrial and
Esthetics (Class B)
Drinking Water Supply   Same as above
(following complete
treatment) Agricul-
tural, Aquatic Life,
Wildlife Propagation,
Recreation, Esthetics
and Industrial (Class C)
                        Toxic substances narrative:  Only such amounts as will
                        not render receiving waters injurious to fish or
                        wildlife or impair the receiving waters for any
                        beneficial uses established for this class.
Boating and Esthetics,
Aquatic Life, Wildlife
Propagation, Agricul-
tural and Industrial
(except for Food
Processing Purposes)
(Class D)
                        Toxic substances narrative:  Only such amounts as will
                        not impair receiving waters for any beneficial use
                        established for this class.
Nev Hampshire29

Class A & B

Class C

Water Supply
(Class A)

All Other Uses
(Classes B and C)

Fish Life
                        Phenol - not  to exceed  .001 ppm

                        Phenol - not  to exceed  .002 ppm.

                        Toxic substances narrative:  No potentially  toxic
                        substances unless naturally occurring.

                        Toxic substances narrative:  No potentially  toxic
                        substances in toxic  concentrations  or  combinations.

                        Toxic  substances narrative:   All surface  waters of  the
                        state  shall  be free from  chemicals and  other  materials
                        and  conditions inimical to fish life  or to  maintenance
                        of fish life.
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All
Substances   potentially   toxic   are   evaluated   in
accordance  with EPA's published water quality criteria
for  64  toxic  substances  dated November 1980.  Toxic
limits  are  to be set utilizing bioassay procedures as
outlined in CFR Vol. 45, No. 231, November 28, 1980.

Vhen  establishing  limits  on toxic substances for the
protection  of  aquatic  life, "Appendix B - Guidelines
for  Deriving Water Quality Criteria for the Protection
of  Aquatic  Life  and Its Uses," CFR Vol. 45. No. 231,
November   28,   1980,  will  be  utilized.    Bioassay
procedures   and  analysis  shall  be  consistent  with
*Methods  for  Measuring  Acute  Toxicity  of Effluents
(third   edition)'  published  by  EPA,  or  equivalent
protocol as approved by the Commission.

Bioassay  procedures  and  application  factors used in
establishing  limits  on  toxic  substances shall, as a
minimum,  be  no less rigorous than the recommendations
for  bioassays and application factors contained in the
National  Technical  Advisory Committee's report to the
Secretary  of  the  Interior on WATER QUALITY CRITERIA,
April I, 1968 or latest revision thereof.
New Jersey

All
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FW-1 Waters


PL Waters
FW-2 Waters

All SE.SC

Zones 1C, ID, IE,
2, and 3

Zone 4


Zones 5 and 6
Toxic   substances  narrative:    Toxic  substances  in
vaters  of  the  State  shall not be at levels that are
toxic   to   humans  or  the  aquatic  biota,  or  that
bioaccumulate  in  the  aquatic  biota  so as to render
them unfit for human consumption.

Surface  water  quality criteria shall be maintained as
to quality in their natural state.

Surface  water  quality criteria shall be maintained as
to  quality  in  their  existing  state or that quality
necessary  to  attain  or  protect the designated uses,
whichever is more stringent.

PCBs - 0.014 ug/L

PCBs - 0.030 ug/L

Phenols - Maximum of 0.005 mg/L, unless exceeded due to
natural conditions.

Phenols  - Maximum of 0.02 mg/L, unless exceeded due to
natural conditions.

Phenols  - Maximum of 0.01 mg/L, unless exceeded due to
natural conditions.
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Organ!cs Criteria Values
FW-2, SE, and SC
Waters
Zones 1C-6
Toxic substances narrative:  None, either alone or in
combination    with    other    substances,   in   such
concentrations  as  to  affect humans or be detrimental
to  the  natural  aquatic  biota,  produce
aquatic   life,   or  which  would  render
unsuitable for the designated uses.
                                                                    undesirable
                                                                    the  waters
Toxic    substances    shall    not   be   present   in
concentrations  that cause acute or chronic toxicity to
aquatic  biota,  or bioaccumulate within an organism to
concentrations  that  exert  a  toxic  effect  on  that
organism or render it unfit for consumption.

The  concentrations  of  nonpersistent toxic substances
in  the  State's  waters shall not exceed one-twentieth
(0.05)  of  the acute definitive LC50 or EC50 value, as
determined   by   appropriate  bioassays  conducted  in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:18.

The  concentrations  of  persistent toxic substances in
the  State's  waters  shall  not  exceed  one-hundredth
(0.01)  of  the acute definitive LC50 or EC50 value, as
determined   by   appropriate  bioassays  conducted  in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:18.

General  criteria  narrative:    The  waters  shall not
contain    substances    attributable   to   municipal,
industrial,  or  other  discharges in concentrations or
amounts  sufficient  to  preclude  the  specified water
uses  to  be  protected.    Within this requirement the
waters  shall  be substantially free from substances in
concentrations  or  combinations  which  are  toxic  or
harmful  to  human,  animal, plant, or aquatic life, or
that  produce  color,  taste,  or odor in the water, or
that taint fish or shellfish flesh.

In  no  case  shall concentrations of substances exceed
those  values  given for rejection of water supplies in
the  United States Public Health Service Drinking Water
Standards.
Nev Mexico

All

All
          31
Not specified

Toxic   substances  narrative:    Toxic  substances  such
as,  but not limited  to  , pesticides, herbicides, heavy
metals,   and    organics,   shall  not  be   present  in
receiving  waters  in  concentrations which  will  change
the  ecological  conditions  of  receiving waters to  an
extent  detrimental   to  man  ore  other  organisms  of
direct   or    indirect   commercial,    recreation,    or
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Organ!cs Criteria Values

aesthetic   value.      Toxicities   of  substances  in
receiving  vaters  will  be  determined  by appropriate
bioassay  techniques,  or  other  acceptable means, for
the  particular  form  of  aquatic  life which is to be
preserved  with  the concentrations of toxic substances
not  to  exceed  52  of the LC-50 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  or
exceed  12  of the LC-50.  Vaters designated for use as
domestic  water  supplies  shall not contain substances
in  concentrations  tat exceed drinking water standards
set   forth   in   Section  202.B  of  the  New  Mexico
Regulations Governing Vater Supplies.
Nev York32

AA;AA-s;A;A-s (Human)   Phenolic compounds (total Phenols) - 1 yg/L
                        2,4-Dichlorophenol - 0.3ug/L
                        PCBs - 0.01 yg/L

AA;AA-s;A;A-s (Aquatic) Phenols, total chlorinated - 1.0 yg/L
                        Phenols, total Unchlorinated - 5.0 ug/L
                        Pentachlorophenol - 0.4 yg/L
                        PCBs - 0.001 yg/L
B;C
SA;SB;SC

SD

GA
Phenols, total chlorinated - 1.0 yg/L
Phenols, total unchlorinated - 5.0 yg/L
Pentachlorophenol - 0.4 yg/L
PCBs - 0.001 yg/L

Phenols, total chlorinated - 1.0 yg/L
Phenols, total unchlorinated - 5.0 yg/L
PCBs - 0.001 yg/L

PCBs - 0.001 yg/L

PCBs - 0.001 yg/L

Phenols - 0.001 mg/L
PCBs - 0.1 yg/L
Effluent Standards for  Phenols - 0.002 mg/L
Discharges To Class GA  PCBs - 0.1 yg/L
Vaters
Fresh Surface Vaters
Toxic  substances narrative:  None in amounts that will
be  injurious  to fishlife or which in any manner shall
adversely  affect the flavor, color or odor thereof, or
impair  the waters for any best usage as determined for
the specific waters which are assigned to each class.

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Organics Criteria Values
Saline Surface Waters
Classes SA, SB, SC
Saline Surface Vaters
Class SD
Class A-Special Vaters
International Boundary
Vaters
Class I
Secondary Contact
Recreation and Any
Other Usage Except Pri-
mary Contact Recrea-
tion and Shellfish For
Market Purposes
Class II
All Uses Not Primarily
For Recreation, Shell-
fish Culture Or The
Development Of Fish
Class GA
Fresh Ground Vaters
Potable Vater  Supply
 Class  GSA
 Saline Vaters
 Conversion To  Fresh
Toxic substances narrative:   None in amounts that will
interfere   with   use  for  primary  (SA  and  SB)  or
secondary  (SC)  contact  recreation  or  that  will be
injurious  to  edible  fish or shellfish or the culture
or  propagation  thereof,  or which in any manner shall
adversely  affect  the  flavor, color, odor or sanitary
condition  thereof  or  impair  the waters for any best
usage  as  determined for the specific waters which are
assigned to each class.

Toxic substances narrative:   None alone or in
combination   with   other   substances  or  wastes  in
sufficient  amounts to prevent survival of fish life or
impair   the   waters  for  any  other  best  usage  as
determined  for  the specific waters which are assigned
to this class.

Toxic substances narrative:  None in amounts that will
interfere with use for primary contact recreation or
that  will  be  injurious to the growth and propagation
of  fish, or which in any manner shall adversely affect
the  flavor,  color,  or  odor  thereof  or  impair the
waters  for  any other best usage as determined for the
specific waters which are assigned to this class.

Toxic substances narrative:  None in amounts that will
interfere with use for secondary contact recreation or
that will be injurious to edible fish or shellfish or
the culture or propagation thereof, or which in any
manner shall adversely affect  the flavor, color, odor
or sanitary condition  thereof  or impair the waters for
any  best  usage  as determined for the specific waters
which are assigned to  this class.

Toxic substances narrative:  None alone or in
combination with other substances or wastes in
sufficient amounts to  be injurious to edible fish
and shellfish, or the  culture  or propagation thereof,
or  which shall in any manner  affect  the flavor, color,
odor  or  sanitary  condition  of such fish or shellfish
so  as to injuriously  affect  the sale thereof, or  which
shall  cause  any  injury  to   the  public  and  private
shellfisheries of this State.

Toxic substances narrative:  None which may impair the
quality of  the ground  waters  to render  them unsafe or
unsuitable   for  a  potable  water  supply or which may
cause  or contribute  to  a condition in  contravention  of
standards for  other classified waters of  the  State.

Toxic substances narrative:  None which may  impair the
waters  for  use as sources  of  saline waters  for  the
best usage  or  as  to cause or  contribute to  a  condition
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Potable Vaters; Source
Of Potable Mineral
Vaters; Rav Material
For The Manufacture Of
Sodium Chloride

Class GSB
Receiving Water For
Disposal Of Wastes
Orgaflics Criteria Values

in contravention of standards for other classified
vaters of the State.
Toxic substances narrative:  None which may be
deleterious, harmful, detrimental or injurious to the
public  health, safety or welfare or which may cause or
contribute   to   a   condition   in  contravention  of
standards for other classified waters of the State.
North Carolina33

Fresh Surface Waters
Class WS-I Waters
Class WS-II Waters
Phenolic compounds  -  only  such  levels  as  will not
result  in  fish-flesh  tainting or impairment of other
best usage.

PCBs - not to exceed 0.001 ug/L

Phenolic   compounds   -  not  greater  than  1.0  ug/L
(phenols)  to  protect  water  supplies  from taste and
odor problems from chlorinated phenols.

Phenolic   compounds   -  not  greater  than  1.0  ug/L
(phenols  to protect water supplies from taste and odor
problems  from  chlorinated  phenols;  specific phenolic
compounds  may  be  given  a  different  limit if it is
demonstrated  not  to cause taste and  odor problems and
not to be detrimental to other best usage.
Class WS-III Waters
Phenolic   compounds   -  not  greater  than  1.0  ug/L
(phenols  to protect water supplies from taste and odor
problems  from  chlorinated  phenols; specific phenolic
compounds  may  be  given  a  different  limit if it is
demonstrated  not  to cause taste and odor problems and
not to be detrimental to other best usage.
Tidal Salt Waters
All
Phenolic  compounds  -  only  such  levels  as will not
result  in  fish-flesh  tainting or impairment of other
best usage.

PCBs - not to exceed 0.001 ug/L.

Toxic   substance   narrative  [Rule  .0208(a)]:    The
concentration  of  toxic  substances  in  the receiving
water,   (either   alone   or   in   combination,  when
affirmatively  demonstrated  to be non-bioaccumulative)
when  not  specified  elsewhere  in this Section, shall
not  exceed the concentration specified by the fraction
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Fresh Surface Waters
Tidal Salt Vaters
Organ!cs Criteria Values

chronic  level (as determined by the use of established
acute/chronic  ratios).  If an acceptable acute/chronic
ratio  is  not  available,   then  that  toxic substance
shall  not  exceed  one-one  hundredth  (0.01)  of  the
96-hour  LC50  or  if  it is affirmatively demonstrated
that  a toxic substance has a half-life of less than 96
hours   or   is   not   bioaccumulative,   the  maximum
concentration  shall not exceed one-twentieth (0.05) of
the  96-hour LC50.  If it is affirmatively demonstrated
that  the  standard for a particular toxic substance as
specified  in  Rule  .0211  or .0212 of this Section is
inappropriate   for  a  specific  stream  segment,  the
commission  may  revise  the  applicable  standard on a
case-by-case  basis  in  accordance with the provisions
of  Section  143-214.1 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina.

Toxic   substances   narrative  {Rule  .0211(b)(3)(L)]:
Only  such  amounts,  whether  alone  or in combination
with  other substances or wastes as will not render the
waters    injurious   to   public   health,   secondary
recreation,  or  to  aquatic  life and wildlife (either
through   chronic   or   acute   exposure   or  through
bioaccumulation),   or   impair   the  waters  for  any
designated  uses;  any toxic substance or complex waste
will  be  considered  acutely  toxic  at instream waste
concentrations  greater  than  one third of the 96-hour
LCSO  value;  acceptable levels of chronic exposure may
be  determined by test procedures deemed appropriate by
the director.

Toxic   substances   narrative  [Rule   .0212(b)(3)(L)]:
Only  such  amounts,  whether  alone  or in combination
with  other substances or wastes as will not render the
waters  injurious   to  aquatic  life  and  wildlife, or
impair the waters for any designated uses.
North Dakota34

Classes I, IA, II,
and Class III Vaters

All
PCBs - 0.15 ug/L
Toxic  substances  narrative:    Free  from  substances
attributable    to   municipal,   industrial,  or   other
discharges  or  agricultural practices  in  concentrations
or   combinations  which  are  toxic or  harmful to  human,
animal,  plant or resident aquatic biota.

Mixing    zones  narrative:    The  96-hour   LC  50  for
indigenous  or  resident  fish   and  fish  food organisms
shall not be exceeded  at any  point in  the mixing  zone.
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                        Sampling  and  testing narrative:  Bioassay tests shall
                        be  performed in accordance vith procedures outlined in
                        the   latest  edition  of  "Standard  Methods  for  the
                        Examination  of Water and Wastewater", published by the
                        American  public  health  association, or in accordance
                        vith  tests  or  analytical  procedures  that have been
                        found  to be equal or more applicable by the department
                        or  the  environmental  protection  agency.    Bioassay
                        studies  shall  be  made  using  a  sensitive  resident
                        species.
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Ohio
All Lake Erie Uses
All Ohio River Uses

Aquatic Life Habitat
 Warmvater
Aquatic Life Habitat
 Exceptional varmwater
Aquatic Life Habitat
 Coldwater
Nuisance Prevention
Public Water Supply
Agricultural Water
Supply
Phenolic Compounds - 0.001 mg/L
Phthalate Esters - 0.003 mg/L
PCBs - Absent from public water supplies

Phenol (Phenolic Materials) - 0.01 mg/L

Phenolic Compounds  - 10 ug/L (30-day ave.)
Phthalate Esters - 3 ug/L (30-day ave.)
PCBs - 0.001 ug/L

Phenolic Compounds - 1 ug/L (30-day ave.)
Phthalate Esters - 3 ug/L (30-day ave.)
PCBs - 0.001 ug/1

Phenolic Compounds - 1 ug/L
Phthalate Esters - 3 ug/L
PCBs - 0.001 ug/L

Phenolic  Compounds  - will be determined on a case-by-
case basis
PCBs - 0.001 ug/L

Phenolic Compounds - 1 ug/L (maximum),
Phenolic  Compounds - (30-day Ave.) - This criterion is
determined  by the Aquatic Life Habitat or the Nuisance
Prevention  use  designation  assigned  to  the  stream
segment.
Phthalate  Esters - This criterion is determined by the
Aquatic  Life  Habitat  or  the Nuisance Prevention use
designation assigned to the stream segment.
PCBS - 0.00

Phenolic Compounds - This criterion is determined by
the  Aquatic  Life  Habitat  or the Nuisance Prevention
use designation assigned to the stream segment.
Phthalate  Esters - This criterion is determined by the
Aquatic  Life  Habitat  or  the Nuisance Prevention use
designation assigned to the stream segment.
PCBs  -  This  criterion  is  determined by the Aquatic
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                        Life   Habitat   or   the   Nuisance   Prevention   use
                        designation assigned to the stream segment.

All                     General  narrative:   Free from substances entering the
                        waters   as   a   result   of   human   activities   in
                        concentrations  that  are  toxic  or  harmful to human,
                        animal  or  aquatic  life  and/or are rapidly lethal in
                        the mixing zone.

                        Antidegradation  policy:  Present ambient vater quality
                        in  state  resource vaters will not be degraded for all
                        substances  determined to be toxic or to interfere with
                        any  designated  use  as  determined by the director of
                        Ohio environmental protection agency.

                        Toxic   substances   narrative:     All  pollutants  or
                        combinations  of  pollutants not specifically mentioned
                        in  this  rule, shall not exceed vater quality criteria
                        derived  according  to  the  procedures  set  forth  in
                        "Draft   Guidelines  for  Deriving  Numerical  National
                        Vater  Quality  Criteria  for the Protection of Aquatic
                        Life   and   Its  Uses,"  United  States  environmental
                        protection  agency,  July  5, 1983, or, if insufficient
                        data  prevent  the  use  of  this  procedure, shall not
                        exceed,  at  any time, one-tenth, or, for pollutants or
                        combinations  of  pollutants  which  are  known  to  be
                        persistent  toxicants  in  the aquatic environment, one
                        one-hundredth  of  the ninety-six-hour median tolerance
                        limit  (TLffl)  or  LCcQ  for  any representative aquatic
                        species.    However, more stringent application factors
                        shall  be  imposed  where  justified  by "Ambient Vater
                        Quality    Criteria,"    documents,    United    States
                        environmental   protection   agency,   1980;   "Quality
                        Criteria  for  Vater,"  U.S.  environmental  protection
                        agency,  1976; "Vater Quality Criteria 1972," "National
                        Academy   of   Sciences"   and   "National  Academy  of
                        Engineering,"   1973;  or  other  scientifically  based
                        publications.
                             The  median tolerance limit (TLm) or LCe0 shall be
                        determined  by static or dynamic bioassays performed in
                        accordance  with  methods outlined in "Standard Methods
                        for    the   Examination   of   Vater  and  Vastewater,"
                        fifteenth     edition,    "American    Public    Health
                        Association,"   "American  Vater  Vorks Association" and
                        the  "Vater  Pollution  Control  Federation,  1981"; or
                        performed  in  accordance  with  procedures outlined in
                        "Methods   of   Acute   Toxicity   Tests   with   Fish,
                        Macroinvertebrates   and   Amphibians,"  United  States
                        environmental   protection  agency  660/3-75-009.  Tests
                        will   be   conducted  using   actual   effluent, receiving
                        water   and  representative  aquatic  species  whenever
                        possible.
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Ohio River
Free  from substances in concentrations vhich are toxic
or  harmful  to  humans,  animals,  or  fish  and other
aquatic  life  vhich  would  in  any  manner  adversely
affect  the  flavor,  color, odor, or edibility of fish
and  other aquatic life, wildlife or livestock or which
are otherwise detrimental to the designated uses.

Toxic substances narrative:
  (a)   Non-cumulative   substances  -  not  to  exceed
one-tenth    (0.1)    the   ninety-six-hour   LC5Q   of
representative  important  species  indigenous  to  the
Ohio river.
  (b)   Cumulative  substances  -  not  to  exceed  one
one-hundredth  (0.01)  of  the  ninety-six-hour LC5Q of
representative  important  species  indigenous  to  the
Ohio river.
  (c)  Other  limiting  concentrations may be used when
justified  on  the  basis  of  available  evidence  and
approved   by  the  appropriate  regulatory  agency  or
agencies.
Oklahoi
All
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Public And Private
Vater Supplies
Fish And Wildlife
Propagation
Not specified

Phenol - 300.0 ug/L
Phthalate Esters (except butylbenzyl) - 0.003 mg/L
Butylbenzyl - 0.150 mg/L
PCBs - 0.00              .  .
The  surface  waters  of the State which are designated
as   public   and   private  water  supplies  shall  be
maintained   so   that   they   will   not   be  toxic,
carcinogenic, mutagenic, or teratogenic to humans.

PCBs - Although PCBs may occur in low concentrations
in   the   water  column,  these  toxic  chemicals  may
accumulate  in  bottom sediments and tissues of aquatic
organisms.    Therefore,  sediment  and tissue analyses
when  sampling  for  PCBs in the water shall not exceed
0.3  ug/L,  a  concentration  of  PCS  in excess of 1.5
mg/kg  in whole-fish tissue, in a composite of at least
five  (5)  fishes,  shall  be  caused  for  concern and
further investigation.
Phenol - 575.0 ug/L
Phthalate esters -
  a.  dimethyl phthalate - 2,475.0 ug/L
  b.  diethyl phthalate - A,910.0 ug/L
  c.  dibutyl phthalate - 36.5 ug/L
  d.  di-2-ethylthexyl phthalate 100.0 ug/L
  e.  butylbenzyl phthalate - 200.0 ug/L
PCBs - 0.00
Toxic substances narrative:  Assigning concentration
limits   for   the   Fish   and   Wildlife  Propagation
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                        beneficial  use  is very complex.   Limits are generally
                        assigned  based  upon laboratory bioassay work designed
                        to  determine the 96-hour LCcQ for a particular aquatic
                        species.    There  are  several  physical, chemical and
                        biological  problems vhich arise when attempts are made
                        to  develop  water  quality standards based upon single
                        maximum   concentration   values.     For  this  reason,
                        numerical  concentration  limits  are developed in this
                        section   for   specified   toxics.    For  toxics  not
                        specified,  or  where  data  is  not  available  in the
                        following   table,   concentrations  for  nonpersistent
                        toxic  substances listed in Appendix C shall not exceed
                        0.1  of  the  96-hour  LCcQ  for  sensitive  indigenous
                        species.      Concentrations  of  persistent  toxicants
                        listed  in  Appendix  C  shall  not  exceed 0.05 of the
                        96-hour   kC-Q   for   sensitive   indigenous  species.
                        Concentrations  of  bioaccumulative toxicants listed in
                        Appendix  C  shall  not exceed 0.01 of the 96-hour !£_
                        for  sensitive  indigenous  species.  Bioassay data for
                        Pimephales  promelas  (fathead  minnow)  and/or Lepomis
                        macrochirus  (bluegill)  shall  be  used in determining
                        compliance with the above criteria.

                        Toxicity  to  Aquatic Organisms:  The surface waters of
                        the  State  outside the mixing zone but within the zone
                        of  passage  shall  be maintained so that they will not
                        be  toxic  to  fishes and other terrestrial and aquatic
                        life.   Toxic substances in surface waters of the State
                        shall .  not   be  present  in  quantities  which  allow
                        significant  bioaccumulation and/or biomagnification in
                        the  food  chain.    If  substances exhibit synergistic
                        effects  when  combined,  toxicity  tests  described in
                        this  section  may  be  used   to  detect  the increased
                        toxicity.
                             No   toxicity  shall be allowed downstream from the
                        mixing  zone  as  determined by a forty-eight (48) hour
                        static    test   using  appropriate  laboratory  animals
                        conducted  in  accordance  with  "Methods for Measuring
                        the  Acute  Toxicity  of  Effluents  to  Freshwater and
                        Marine Organisms," EPA-600/4-85-013 (Rev. March,  1985).
                             In   addition,  no   toxicity  shall  be  allowed as
                        measured   using   in-situ   bioassay   with  sensitive
                        indigenous  fishes  ("An  In-Situ Method  for Evaluating
                        Acute   Toxicity   in   Aquatic   Environment."   Noble
                        Foundation  and  Okla.  Dept.  Uldlf. Cons. Symposium on
                        Pond  Mgt.,  Okla.  City,  Aug. 1985).  In-situ testing
                        must  be  conducted  over  a   period of ninety-six  (96)
                        hours   unless  statistically significant  differences in
                        mortality occur  in a shorter  period of  time.  Toxicity
                        of   waters    may   be    determined  using   statistical
                        differences  for   a  total mortality  between  control and
                        presumed  impact   sites.  Chronic  toxicity shall  not be
                        allowed  in   waters    of    the   State   ("Methods  for
                        Estimating   the   Chronic  Toxicity  of   Effluents  and

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Primary Contact
Recreation
Secondary Contact
Recreation
All
Organics Criteria Values

Receiving     Waters    to    Freshwater    Organisms,"
EPA-600/4-85-014).    If significant mortality does not
occur  at  the  presumed  impact site within ninety-six
(96)  hours,  a benthic macroinvertebrate survey may be
performed to determine low-level persistent toxicity.

The water shall not contain chemical, physical or
biological   substances   in  concentrations  that  are
irritating  to  skin  or  sense  organs or are toxic or
cause illness upon ingestion by human beings.

Waters shall be maintained to be free from human
pathogens  in  numbers which may produce adverse health
effects in humans.

Mixing  zones  narrative:     The concentration of toxic
substances  in  a  mixing  zone  shall  not  exceed the
96-hour LCc  for sensitive indigenous species.
Oregon

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Phenols - 0.001 mg/L

Special  water  quality  standard  applicable to: North
Coast-Lower  Columbia  Basin,  Mid  Coast Basin, Umpqua
Basin,  South  Coast  Basin,  Rogue  Basin,  Willamette
Basin,  Sandy  Basin, Hood Basin, Deschutes Basin, John
Day  Basin,  Umatilla  Basin, Walla Walla Basin, Grande
Ronde  Basin, Powder Basin, Malheur River Basin, Owyhee
Basin, .Malheur  Lake  Basin,  Goose  and  Summer Lakes
Basin, and Klamath Basin:

The  creation  of  tastes  or  odors  or toxic or other
conditions  that  are  deleterious  to  fish  to  other
aquatic  life  or  affect  the  potability  of drinking
water  or  the  palatability of fish or shellfish shall
not be allowed.

Where    industrial,    commercial,   or   agricultural
effluents   contain  quantities  of  potentially  toxic
elements,  treatment  requirements  shall be determined
utilizing appropriate bioassays.
Pennsylvania

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All
Phenolic Compounds -
  a.  Phen1 -  not to exceed 0.005 mg/L
  b.  Phen- - Maximum 0.02 mg/L
  c.  Phen- - not to exceed 0.1 mg/L

General  water quality criteria narrative:  Water shall
not   contain   substances  attributable  to  point  or

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                        nonpoint  source  waste  discharges in concentration or
                        amounts  sufficient  to  be  inimical or harmful to the
                        water  uses to be protected or to human, animal, plant,
                        or aquatic life.
Rhode Island39

Fresh Vater Aquatic
Life
Class A
Classes B and C
Class D
Classes A,B,C,D
Class SA
PCBs - U.S. EPA Chronic - O.OlAug/L
Minimum database guidelines
R.I.DEM                  Acute     Chronic
Phenol                   251 ug/L  5.6 ug/L
Phthalate esters
 a. Dimethyl             1650 ug/L 37 ug/L
 b. diethyl              2605 ug/L 58 ug/L
 c. butylbenzyl          85 ug/L   1.9 ug/L
 d. Bis (2-ethyl hexyl)  555 ug/L  12 ug/L

The    limits   prescribed   by   the   United   States
Environmental  Protection Agency will be used where not
superseded by more stringent State requirements.

The  ambient  concentration  of  a pollutant in a water
body  designated  as  suitable for fish and/or wildlife
habitat  shall  not  exceed  the R.I. DEM Ambient Vater
Quality   Guidelines  for  the  protection  of  aquatic
organisms  from  chronic  effects,  unless  the chronic
guideline  is modified by the Director based on results
of  bioassay  tests  conducted  in  accordance with the
terms and conditions provided in Appendix C.

The  ambient  concentration  of  a pollutant in a water
body  designated  as  suitable for fish migration shall
not   exceed   the   R.I.  DEM  Ambient  Vater  Quality
Guidelines  for  the  protection  of  aquatic organisms
from  acute  effects,  unless  the  acute  guideline is
modified  by  the Director based on results of bioassay
tests  conducted  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and
conditions provided in Appendix C.

Vaters  shall  be  free  from  chemical constituents in
concentrations  or  combinations which could be harmful
to  human,  animal, or aquatic life for the appropriate
most   sensitive  and  governing  water  class  use  or
unfavorably alter the biota.

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.
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Class SB
Class SC
Classes A, B, C, D,
SA, SB, SC
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.

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.  The
ambient  concentration  of  a pollutant in a water body
designated   as   suitable  for  fish  and/or  wildlife
habitat  shall  not  exceed  the R.I. DEM Ambient Vater
Quality   Guidelines  for  the  protection  of  aquatic
organisms  from  chronic  effects,  unless  the chronic
guideline  is modified by the Director based on results
of  bioassay  tests  conducted  in  accordance with the
terms and conditions provided in Appendix C.

If an aquatic toxicity value has not been established
in  the R.I. DEM Ambient Vater Quality Guidelines, then
the  level of any "priority pollutant" shall not exceed
the  "detection limits" in the ambient water unless the
discharger  demonstrates  to  the  satisfaction  of the
Director   that   a   higher   concentration  will  not
adversely  effect  the  most sensitive use of the water
body.

Classes A,B,C,D are fresh waters.
Classes SA,SB,SC are sea waters.
South Carolina

All

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Classes AA and SAA
Classes A-Trout and
B-Trout
Not specified

Toxic  substances  narrative:    All  ground waters and
surface  waters  of  the  State  shall  at  all  times,
regardless  of  flow,  be  free  from  toxic substances
attributable  to  sewage,  industrial  waste,  or other
waste   in   concentrations   or   combinations   which
interfere  with  classified  water  uses (except within
mixing  zones  as  described  in  D.(5)  of  the  South
Carolina  Vater Quality Standards), existing water uses
or  which  are  harmful  to  human,  animal,  plant  or
aquatic life.

Toxic  substances  narrative:   Natural conditions will
be  maintained  and  protected  as feasible, within the
Department's statutory authority.

Toxic substances narrative:  None alone or in
combination   with   other   substances  or  wastes  in
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sufficient  amounts  to  be  injurious  to  reproducing
trout  populations  or  in  any manner adversely affect
the  taste,  color, odor, or sanitary condition thereof
or  impair  the  waters  for  any  other  best usage as
determined  for  the specific waters which are assigned
to this class.
Classes A and SB
Classes B and SC
Class SA
Class GA

Class GB



Class GC
Toxic   substances   narrative:     None  alone  or  in
combination   with   other   substances  or  wastes  in
sufficient   amounts  to  make  the  waters  unsafe  or
unsuitable  for primary contact recreation or to impair
the  waters  for any other best usage as determined for
the specific waters which are assigned to this class.

Toxic   substances   narrative:     None  alone  or  in
combination   with   other   substances  or  wastes  in
sufficient  amounts  to  be  harmful to the survival of
freshwater(B)  and  marine(SC)  fauna  and flora or the
culture  or  propagation  thereof;  to adversely affect
the  taste,  color, odor, or sanitary condition of fish
for  human  consumption;  to  make the waters unsafe or
unsuitable  for a source of drinking water supply after
conventional  treatment;  to make the (B) waters unsafe
or  unsuitable  for secondary contact recreation; or to
impair   the   waters  for  any  other  best  usage  as
determined  for  the specific waters which are assigned
to this class.

Toxic   substances   narrative:     None  alone  or  in
combination   with   other   substances  or  wastes  in
sufficient  amounts  to  adversely  affect  the  taste,
color,  odor,  or sanitary condition of clams, mussels,
or  oysters for human consumption; or impair the waters
for   any  other  best  usage  as  determined  for  the
specific waters which are assigned to this class.

Toxic substances narrative:  None allowed

Organic  Chemicals  narrative:    As  set  forth in the
State  Primary  Drinking  Water  Regulations  R. 61-58. 5
Toxic  substances narrative:  None which interfere with
any  existing  use of an underground source of drinking
water.
South Dakota41

Warm & Cold Fish
Life Propagation
Waters
PCBs - may not exceed 0.000001 mg/L with a variation
allowed under subdivision 74:02:02:32
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All
Toxic  substances  narrative:  Substances which produce
concentrations   of  any  substance  toxic  to  humans,
animals,  plants,or  aquatic life may not be discharged
or  caused  to  be  discharged into any lake or stream.
Toxicity  of  nonbioaccumulative  pollutants to aquatic
life   shall   be   determined   in   accordance   with
§74:03:02:06.    Toxicity of bioaccuanulative pollutants
shall   be   determined   using   bioassay  methods  in
accordance  vith  §74:03:02:06  and  additional data on
the  rates  and  effects of bioaccumulation so that the
aquatic  community  and  those  organisms including man
which   use   those  aquatic  organisms  for  food  are
protected  against  potential
Toxic  concentrations  shall
24-hour  and  30-day  average concentrations or maximum
concentrations   allowed  or  both.    Where  numerical
criterion  has  been  established for a toxic substance
in   §§74:03:02:33   to   74:03:02:45,  inclusive,  the
provisions  of  this  section  do  not  apply  to  that
substance.
                                                       adverse  health effects.
                                                      be  specified in terms of
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Tennessee

All                     Not specified

Domestic Water Supply   Toxic  substances  narrative:    The  waters  shall not
                        contain   toxic   substances,   whether   alone  or  in
                        combination  with  other substances, which will produce
                        toxic  conditions that materially affect the health and
                        safety  of  man  or  animals,  or  impair the safety of
                        conventionally   treated  water  supplies.    Available
                        references  to  be  used in determining such conditions
                        shall   include,  but  not  be  limited  to:    Quality
                        Criteria  for  Water  (Section  304(a)  of  PL 92-500);
                        Federal  Regulations  under  Section  307 of PL 92-500;
                        and  Federal  Regulations  under  Section  1412  of the
                        Public  Health  Service  Act  as  amended  by  the Safe
                        Drinking Water Act (PL 93-523).

Industrial Water Supply Toxic  substances  narrative:    The  waters  shall not
                        contain   toxic   substances   whether   alone   or  in
                        combination   with   other   substances,   which   will
                        adversely affect industrial processing.
Fish And Aquatic Life
Toxic  Substances  Narrative:    The  waters  shall not
contain   substances   or   combination  of  substances
including  disease  causing  agents  which,  by  way of
either  direct  exposure  of  indirect exposure through
food   chains  may  cause  death,  disease,  behavioral
abnormalities,      cancer,      genetic     mutations,
physiological  malfunctions  (including malfunctions in
reproduction),  physical  deformations,  or restrict or
impair   growth  in  fish  or  aquatic  life  or  their
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Irrigation
Livestock Watering And
Wildlife
Effluent Limitations
(Industrial Wastevater
Treatment Plants)
Organ!cs Criteria Values

offspring.     In  no  event  shall  the  diversity  or
productivity   of  biota  significant  to  the  aquatic
community   of   the  receiving  stream  be  decreased.
References   to   be   used   in  determining  toxicity
limitations  shall  include  but  not  be  limited  to:
Quality  Criteria  for  Water (Section 304(a) of Public
Law  92-500),  Federal Regulations under Section 307 of
Public   Lav  92-500,  and  Federal  Regulations  under
Section  1412  of  the  Public  Health  Service  Act as
amended  by  the  Safe  Drinking  Water Act (Public Lav
93-523).    The  use  of  such  information  should  be
limited   to   that  part  applicable  to  the  aquatic
community  found  within the receiving stream or vaters
under consideration.

Toxic  substances  narrative:    The  vater  shall  not
contain   toxic   substances   vhether   alone   or  in
combination  vith  other  substances,  that will render
the  waters  unsafe  or  unsuitable  for  water contact
activities,  or will propose toxic conditions that will
adversely affect man or animal.

Toxic  substances  narrative:    The  waters  shall not
contain   toxic  substances  that  will  produce  toxic
conditions that vill affect the vater for irrigation.

Toxic substances narrative:  The vaters shall not
contain   toxic   substances   vhether   alone   or  in
combination  vith  other  substances, that will produce
toxic   conditions   that  will  affect  the  water  for
livestock watering and wildlife.

Phenols - 1.0 mg/L
Texas

All Fresh Waters


All
Acute - 2.0 ug/1
Chronic - 0.014 ug/1

(d)    Toxic   parameters.     Surface waters will  not  be
toxic  to  man,  or   to   terrestrial  or  aquatic life.
Additional  standards  requirements for toxic  materials
are  specified in  §307.6  of   this title (relating  to
Toxic Materials).

§307.6.   TOXIC MATERIALS.

(a)  Application.     Standards  and procedures  set forth
in  this  section  apply   to  all  water   in  the  state,
except  as  indicated  in  §307.8 of this  title  (relating
to  Application  of Standards)  and §307.9 of  this title

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                        (relating  to Determination of Standards Attainment).

                        (b)  General provisions.

                        (1)  Water  in   the state shall not be acutely toxic  to
                        aquatic  life except in small zones of initial dilution
                        at   discharge   points,   in  accordance  with  §307.8
                        (relating  to Application of Standards).

                        (2)  Water  in   the  state  with designated or existing
                        aquatic  life  uses  shall  not be chronically toxic  to
                        aquatic   life,   except  in  mixing  zones  and  below
                        critical   low-flov   conditions,  in  accordance  with
                        5307.8  of  this  title  (relating  to  Application   of
                        Standards).

                        (3)  Water   in   the  state  shall  be  maintained   to
                        preclude   adverse   toxic   effects  on  human  health
                        resulting   from  contact  recreation,  consumption   of
                        aquatic  organisms,  or  consumption  of drinking water
                        after  reasonable  treatment.    In  addition  to other
                        provisions  of   this  section,  permitted discharges  or
                        other  controllable  sources  shall  not  cause maximum
                        contaminant  levels for public drinking water supplies,
                        as  established  in the federal Safe Drinking Water Act
                        (42  United  States  Code 300f et seq.), to be exceeded
                        after  reasonable treatment by a water supply treatment
                        plant.      The   commission   will  utilize  available
                        investigative  and  regulatory  means  to  identify and
                        control  sources  of  toxic  pollutants  which cause  or
                        could  potentially cause the following guidelines to  be
                        exceeded:

                        (A)  EPA  maximum contaminant levels for drinking water
                        supplies; and

                        (B)  U.S.    Food and Drug Administration Action Levels
                        for toxic concentrations in fish and shellfish tissue.
Utah44

Aquatic Wildlife        Phenol - 0.01 mg/L
3A,3B,3C, and 3D

All                     Toxic  substances narrative:  It shall be unlawful, and
                        a  violation  of  these  regulations, for any person to
                        discharge  or  place  any  waste  or other substance in
                        such  a  way  as  will  be  or may become offensive; or
                        conditions  which  produce  undesirable aquatic life or
                        which  produce  objectionable  tastes in edible aquatic
                        organisms;   or   concentrations   or  combinations  of
                        substances   which  produce  undesirable  physiological

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                        responses   in   desirable   resident  fish,  or  other
                        desirable  aquatic  life,  as determined by bioassay or
                        other  tests  performed  in  accordance  with  standard
                        procedures determined by the Committee.
Vernon

All
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Not specified

Toxic  substances  narrative:   The waters of the state
shall  be  managed  so  as  to prevent the discharge of
radioactive   or   toxic   wastes   in  concentrations,
quantities   or   combinations   that   may   create  a
significant  likelihood  of  an adverse impact on human
health  or  acute or chronic toxicity to aquatic biota,
fish  or wildlife.  Unless otherwise specified by these
rules,   the   Secretary  shall  determine  limits  for
discharges   containing  radioactive  or  toxic  wastes
based   on   the   results   of   biological   toxicity
assessments  and  the  appropriate available scientific
data, including but not limited to:
     1.  The  current  edition  of the EPA publications
"Quality  Criteria  for  Water"  and  the  1980 Ambient
Water Quality Criteria Documents ("White Books")
     2.  The  Vermont  State Health Regulation, Part 5,
Chapter   3  "Radiological  Health",  effective  as  of
12/10/77
     3. 10 CFR 50, Appendix I
     In  establishing  such  limits the Secretary shall
give     consideration    to    the    potential    for
bioaccumulation   as   well   as  any  antagonistic  or
synergistic  relationship  that  may  exist between the
wastes  being discharged and the concentration of other
wastes  or  constituents  in the receiving waters.  The
discharge  of  radioactive  wastes shall not exceed the
lowest limits which are reasonably achievable.
Virginia46

Public Water Supply

Surface Water
(Chronic Criteria For
The Protection Of
Aquatic Life)

All
Phenols - 0.001 mg/L

Phenol - 1.0 ug/L
Phthalate esters - 3.0 ug/L
PCBs - 0.014 ug/L Freshwater
PCBs - 0.03 ug/L Saltwater

All   State   waters  shall  be  free   from  substances
attributable  to  sewage,  industrial   waste,   or  other
wasted   in  concentration,  amounts,   or  combinations
which  contravene  established  standards  or  interfere
directly  or  indirectly  with  reasonable,  beneficial
uses  of such water or which are inimical  or harmful  to
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                        human,   animal,  plant  or  aquatic  life.    Specific
                        substances  to  be  controlled  include,  but  are  not
                        limited  to:  floating  debris,  oil,  scum,  and other
                        floating  material;  toxic  substances; substances that
                        settle  to  form  sludge deposits, and substances which
                        nourish  undesirable  or  nuisance  aquatic plant life.
                        Effluents  which  tend  to raise the temperature of the
                        receiving water .will also be controlled.
Washington

All
          47
Not specified
Extraordinary(Class AA) Toxic substances narrative:  Toxic, radioactive, or
and Lake Class Waters   deleterious  material concentrations shall be less than
                        those   which   adversely  affect  public  health,  the
                        natural  aquatic  environment,  or  the desirability of
                        the water for any use.
Excellent (Class A),
Good (Class B), Fair
(Class C) Waters
All
Toxic substances narrative:  Toxic, radioactive, or
deleterious material concentrations shall be below
those  of  public  health  significance,  or  which may
cause  acute or chronic toxic conditions to the aquatic
biota, or which may adversely affect any water use.

Deleterious   concentrations   of   toxic,   or   other
nonradioactive  materials,  shall  be determined by the
department  in  consideration  of  the Quality Criteria
for  Water, published by USEPA 1976, and as revised, as
the  authoritative  source  for  criteria  and/or other
relevant information, if justified.
West Virginia'

All


All
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Phenolic materials - not to exceed 5 ug/1
PCBs - 0.001 ug/L

No  sewage,  industrial  wastes or other wastes present
in  any  of  the  waters  of  the  State shall cause or
materially  contribute  to  concentrations of materials
harmful,  hazardous or toxic to man, animal, or aquatic
life.
Wisconsin

All

All
         49
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 shall
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Fish And Aquatic Life
Public Vater Supply
substances  be  present  in  amounts  which are acutely
harmful to animal, plant or aquatic life.

Toxic     substances     narrative:        Unauthorized
concentrations  of  substances  are  not permitted that
alone  cr  in  combination vith other materials present
are   toxic  to  fish  or  other  aquatic  life.    The
determination  of  the toxicity of a substance shall be
based   upon   the   available  scientific  data  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   Environmental
Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1976, and
     2.  "Water  Quality Criteria 1972". EPA-R3-73-033.
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 substance, or combination
of  substances, of undefined toxicity to fish and other
biota  shall be resolved in accordance vith the methods
specified  in  "Water Quality Criteria 1972", "Standard
Methods  for  the Examination of Water and Wastevater",
14th    Edition,    1975    (American   Public   Health
Association,  Nev  York)  or  other methods approved by
the department of natural resources.

Toxic  substances  narrative:   The intake water supply
vill   be   such  that  by  appropriate  treatment  and
adequate  safeguards  it  vill  meet  the Public Health
Service Drinking Water Standards, 1962.
     Concentrations  of  other constituents must not be
hazardous to health.
Wyoaing

All

All
       .50
Not specified

Toxic  substances  narrative:    Toxic  or  potentially
toxic  materials  attributable  to or influenced by the
activities  of  man shall not be present in any Wyoming
surface  vaters in concentrations or combinations which
vould  damage  or impair the normal growth, function or
reproduction  of  human, animal, plant or aquatic life.
Unless  otherwise specified in these Standards, maximum
allowable  concentrations  shall be based on the latest
edition  of  Quality  Criteria  for Water, published by
EPA  or  its  successor  agency,  and/or more generally
accepted scientific information.
     In    those    cases   where   maximum   allowable
concentrations  must  be  determined  through bioassay,
the  appropriate  protocol  and  application factors as
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                        outlined  in the latest edition of Standard Methods for
                        the  Examination  of  Water  and  Wastevater  or  other
                        methods  approved  by  the  EPA  shall  be  used.   The
                        bioassay  shall  be  conducted  with an ecologically or
                        economically  important  sensitive  resident  specie in
                        the  most  sensitive  portion  of  its  life  cycle, if
                        applicable,  as  a test organism.  Makeup water for the
                        analysis  should  be  constituted  so as to approximate
                        the     most    probable    chemical    and    physical
                        characteristics  of  the  receiving  vater in question.
                        The  observed  96-hour LC50 is then to be multiplied by
                        an  application  factor,  vhere  established by EPA, to
                        determine  the  "safe"  concentrations for the compound
                        in  question.    Vhere  appropriate application factors
                        have  not yet been established, the method for deriving
                        said  application factor shall be that described in the
                        latest  edition  of  Standard  Methods or other methods
                        approved by EPA.
                             Toxic  substances specifically designed to kill or
                        eliminate   problem-causing   aquatic   life  (such  as
                        mosquito  larvae  or  heavy  plant growth in irrigation
                        ditches)  may  be  added to surface waters of the State
                        provided    such   substances   are   administered   in
                        accordance  with label directions.  However, compliance
                        with  label directions shall not exempt any person from
                        the penalty provisions of W.S. 35-ll-901(b).
                             This  Section  shall  not apply to the use of fish
                        toxicants by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
American Saaoa

All

All Fresh Surface
Vater, Embayments,
Open Coastal Vater
and Oceanic Waters
(shall apply as a
minimum within the
zone of mixing)
Not specified

Free from substances and conditions or combinations
thereof attributable to sewage, industrial wastes,
or other activities of man which may be toxic to
humans, other animals, plants, and aquatic life.

Substances of unknown toxicity:
     (a)    All    effluents    containing    materials
attributable   to   the  activities  of  man  shall  be
considered    harmful   and   not   permissible   until
acceptable  bioassay  tests have shown otherwise. It is
the  obligation of the person producing the effluent to
demonstrate  that it is harmless, at the request of the
Environmental Quality Commission.
     (b)  Compliance  with  Section  VI,  A-4  of these
standards  will  be  determined  by  use  of  indicator
organisms,  analysis  of  species diversity, population
density,  growth  anomalies,  bioassays  of appropriate
duration  or  other appropriate methods as specified by
the Environmental Quality Commission.
     (c)  The  survival  of  aquatic Life in any waters
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                        shall  not be less than that for the same water body in
                        areas  unaffected by sewage, industrial wastes or other
                        activities  of  man,  or,   when  necessary,   for  other
                        control  water that is consistent with the requirements
                        for  "Experimental  Water"  as  described  in  Standard
                        Methods  for  the  Examination  of Water and Vastewater
                        (latest  available  edition).  As a minimum, compliance
                        with  the  objective as stated in the previous sentence
                        shall be evaluated with a 96 hour bioassay.
                             (d)  In addition, effluent limits based upon acute
                        bioassays   of   effluents  will  be  prescribed  where
                        appropriate,   additional   numerical  receiving  water
                        limits  including  the  water  quality criteria used to
                        support   toxic  effluent  standards  identified  under
                        Section  307 (a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control
                        Act   of   1972,   as  amended,  will  apply;  further,
                        numerical   receiving   water   limits   for   specific
                        toxicants   will  be  established  as  sufficient  data
                        becomes   available;   and   source  control  of  toxic
                        substances will be encouraged.
District of Columbia52
Class C                 Phenol - 0.1 mg/L
                        Chlorinated phenols (except penta) - 3.0 yg/L
                        Nitrophenols - 20.0 ug/L
                        Pentachlorophenol - 7.0 Mg/L
                        Phthalate esters - lOO.Oyg/L
                        PCBs - 0.01 yg/L
                        2-chlorophenol - 100 ug/L
                        2,4-dichlorophenol - 200.0 yg/L
                        2,4-dimethylphenol - 200.0yg/L

Class D                 Phenol - 0.3 mg/L
                        Chlorinated phenols (except penta) - 0.04 yg/L
                        Nitrophenols - 13.0 yg/L
                        Pentachlorophenol - 30.0 yg/L
                        PCBs - 0.00008 yg/L
                        2-chlorophenol - 0.1 yg/L
                        2,4-dichlorophenol - 0.3 yg/L
                        2,4-dimethylphenol - 400.0yg/L

All                     Toxic   substances   narrative:    The  waters  of   the
                        District  shall be free from substances attributable  to
                        point    or    non-point    sources    discharged     in
                        concentrations  that  injure,  are  toxic to or produce
                        adverse   physiological   or  behavioral  responses   in
                        humans, plants or animals.
                             Those   criteria  listed  under  the  category   of
                        Toxics  shall  be  applicable only to protection of  the
                        designated  beneficial  use  for  periods  of less  than
                        ninety-six  (96)  hours.    The  determination  of   the

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                        criteria  needed  to  protect  the beneficial use for a
                        longer  period  of time shall be made on a case by case
                        basis and may be more stringent.
Class C (Aquatic Life,  0.09 mg/1
Vaterfowl, Shore Birds,
And Water Oriented
Wildlife)
Class D (Public Water
Supply)
Class G (Groundvaters)
0.000002 mg/1  a risk factor of 10   is associated
               with   the   criterion;   the  preferred
               level is absolutely none.
Waters shall be free from toxicants and other
substances  in concentrations that cannot be reduced to
levels   safe  for  distribution  by  the  existing  or
presently  proposed  water  treatment  facilities which
use these waters.

Waters   shall   be   free  from  toxicants  and  other
substances  in  concentrations  which  might  present a
health hazard or render the groundwaters unusable.
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General  Criteria:    All  waters  shall  be  free from
substances,  .  conditions   or   combinations   thereof
attributable  to  domestic,  commercial  and industrial
discharges  or  agricultural, construction and land-use
practices  or  other human activities that are toxic or
harmful   to   humans,  animals,  plants  or  desirable
aquatic life.

Analytical  testing methods for these criteria shall be
in   accordance   with  the  most  recent  editions  of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
                        Wastewater  (APHA,  AWWA,
                        Analysis   of  Water  and
                           WPCF),
                           Wastes
                                   Methods for Chemical
	  (U.S.  Environmental
Protection  Agency),  and  other  methods acceptable to
GEPA  and  possessing adequate procedural precision and
accuracy.

Effects  of  toxic  or  other deleterious substances at
levels  or  combinations  sufficient  to  be  toxic  or
harmful  to  human, animal, plant or aquatic life or in
amounts  sufficient  to  interfere  with any beneficial
use  of  the water, shall be evaluated as a minimum, by
use  of  a  96-hour  bioassay  as described in the most
recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of  Water  and  Vastevater.  Survival of test organisms
shall  not  be less than that of controls which utilize
appropriate  water.   Failure to determine the presence
of  toxic  substances by this method shall not preclude
determination  of  excessive levels of toxic substances
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on the basis of other criteria or methods.

Toxic  substances  narrative:    In  order  to  provide
maximum  protection  for  the  propagation  of fish and
wildlife,    concentrations    of    toxic   substances
(persistent    or    non-persistent,     cumulative   or
non-cumulative);  (a)  shall  not  exceed  0.05  of the
96-hour  LCcn  at  any  time  or  place, nor should the
24-hour   average  concentration  exceed  0.01  of  the
96-hour   ^C5n   or>   (b)   shall  not  exceed  levels
calculated  by  multiplying the appropriate application
                        factor  by  the 96-hour LC5Q values determined by using
                        the   most   sensitive   species  of  aquatic  organism
                        affected.    Whichever  value (a or b) is less shall be
                        the  maximum allowable concentration, unless this value
                        exceeds   the   Maximum   Numerical   Limit,  then  the
                        numerical  limit shall constitute the maximum allowable
                        concentration.

                        NOTE:    Whenever  natural  concentrations of any toxic
                        substance  or  element  occur  and  exceed  the  limits
                        established    in   these   standards,   this   greater
                        concentration  shall  constitute  the  limit,  provided
                        that   this  natural  concentration  was  not  directly
                        affected by man-induced causes.
Mariana Islands"

All
All Surface Waters
                                  Maximum
                                  Cone. Level
                        Phenols   1.0 ug/L  O.OOlmg/L
                        PCBs      O.OOlug/L
                                   Application
                                   Factor
                                   0.01
All   waters   shall   be  free  from  toxic  or  other
deleterious  substances  at  levels  or in combinations
sufficient  to  be  toxic  or harmful to human, animal,
plant,  or  aquatic  life,  or in amounts sufficient to
interfere with any beneficial use of the water.

Toxic   substances   narrative:    Criteria  for  toxic
substances  are given as either a maximum concentration
or   are   determined   by   multiplying   the   stated
application  factor  by the concentration determined to
be  lethal  to  SOX  of  the  most sensitive indigenous
organism  after 96 hours of exposure (96 LC-Q)-  The 96
LCcQ  values  shall be determined by using tne bioassay
procedures  consistent  with  those  described  in  the
latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater.
                        The  96  LC-Q  values  shall be determined by using  the
                        most  sensitive indigenous organism to the substance in
                        question.    When  both  an  application  factor  and a
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maximum  concentration are given, the lesser of the tvo
resulting  concentrations  shall  constitute  the water
quality standards.

General  Toxic  Standards:  No substance or combination
of  substances  including  oil  and  petroleum products
shall  be  present  in  surface  water  in amounts that
exceed  0.01  times the 96 LC50 concentration unless it
can  be  demonstrated  to  the Department that a higher
concentration  has no adverse effect, chronic or acute,
on the intended uses of the vater body in question.

General  Considerations:    Analytical  testing methods
for  these  criteria  shall  be  in accordance with the
most recent editions of Standard Methods for the
Examination  of Vater and Wastewater, and other methods
published  by  knowledgeable authorities and possessing
adequate procedural precision and accuracy.
     Effects  of  toxic or other deleterious substances
at  levels or combinations sufficient to interfere with
any  beneficial use of the water, shall be evaluated as
a   minimum  by  the  use  of  a  96-hour  bioassay  as
described  in  the  most  recent  editions  of Standard
Methods  for  the  Examination of Water and Vastewater.
Survivalof test organisms shall not be.less than that
in  controls  which utilize appropriate water.  Failure
to  determine  presence  of  toxic  substances  by this
method  shall  not  preclude determination of excessive
levels  of  toxic  substances  on  the  basis  of other
criteria or methods.
     Pollutant  discharges shall be controlled so as to
protect  not  only  the  waters receiving the discharge
directly,  but also those waters into which the initial
receiving waters may flow.
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SB, SC (Coastal Waters) Phenolic Substances - 10.0 ug/L
SD (Surface Waters)

All
Phenolic Substances - 1.00 ug/L

Toxic  substances narrative:  The waters of Puerto Rico
shall  not  contain  any  substance  in a concentration
which   is   toxic   or   which   produces  undesirable
physiological  responses in human, fish or other animal
life, and plants.

The  waters  of  Puerto  Rico  shall not contain tvo or
more  substances  whose  combination  is toxic or which
will    produce    chronic    or    other   undesirable
physiological   responses  in  humans,  fish  or  other
animal life and plants.
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Marine



Class 1 & 2



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Phenol - Limit 1 ug/L - Factor 0.01
Phthalate esters - Limit 3.4 ug/L - Factor 0.01
PCBs - Limit 0.001 ug/L - Factor 0.01

Phenol - Limit 1 ug/L - Factor 0.05
Phthalate esters - Limit 3 ug/L
PCBs - Limit 0.001 ug/L

Free  from  substances  and  conditions attributable to
the  activities  of  man  that  may  be  toxic or cause
irritation to humans, animals, or plants.

Toxic   substances   narrative:    Criteria  for  toxic
substances  are given as either a maximum concentration
or   are   determined   by   multiplying   the   stated
application  factor  by the concentration determined to
be  lethal  to  50%  of  the  most sensitive indigenous
organism  after  96  hours  of exposure (96 LC).  96 LC
values   shall   be   determined   by   using  bioassay
procedures  consistent  with  those  described  in  the
latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of  Water  and  Wastevater.    96 LC 50 values shall be
determinedby  .usingthe  most  sensitive  indigenous
organism  to  the  substance in question.  Vhen both an
application  factor  and  a  maximum  concentration are
given,  the  lesser  of  the  tvo  shall constitute the
vater quality standard.
     No  substance  or  combination of substances shall
be  present  in  surface  vaters in amounts that exceed
0.01  times  the 96 LCeQ concentration unless it can be
demonstrated  to  the Board that a higher concentration
has  no  adverse  effect,  chronic  or  acute,  on  the
                        intended uses of the vater body in question.

                        General  considerations:    (1)  All  methods of sample
                        collection,   preservation,   and   analysis   used  to
                        determine  compliance  with these standards shall be in
                        accordance  vith those specified in the current edition
                        of Standard Methods for the Examination of Vater and
                        Vastevater  or  methods  specified by the EPA in 40 CFR
                        Part 136, as appropriate.
                             Samples   should  be  collected  at  approximately
                        equal  intervals  and  under  those conditions of tide,
                        rainfall,  and  time  of  day  when  pollution  is most
                        likely to be a maximum.
                             (2)  Whenever  natural  conditions  are of a lower
                                 than  an  assigned vater quality criteria, the
                                 conditions  shall constitute the water quality
quality
natural
criteria.
     (3)
                                  Whenever  2 numeric criteria are  in  conflict,
                         the  more stringent criteria shall constitute  the water
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State and Water Use     Organ!cs Criteria Values
                        quality criteria.
                             (4)  Pollutant  discharges  to  either  surface or
                        ground  waters shall be controlled so as to protect not
                        only  the  receiving  water  but also those waters into
                        which the initial receiving waters may flow.
Virgin Islands57
All                     Not specified
                        All   surface   waters  shall  be  free  of  substances
                        attributable   to   municipal,   industrial,  or  other
                        discharges  or wastes in concentrations or combinations
                        which   are   toxic   or   which   produce  undesirable
                        physiological  responses  in  human,  fish,  and  other
                        animal life, and plants.
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