823R93005 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS AND APPLIED SCIENCE DIVISION JANUARY 1993 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL WATER QUALITY STANDARDS PROMULGATION ACTIONS STATE 1. Kentucky DATE 12/2/74 >2. Arizona 3. Nebraska 4. Mississippi 6/22/76 6/6/78 4/30/79 I X STATUS REFERENCE ACTION Final 39 FR 41709 Established statement in WQS giving EPA Administrator authority to grant a temporary exception to stream classification and/or criteria after case-by-case studies. Also, estab- lished statement that streams not Isted in the WQS are understood to be classified as Aquatic Life and criteria for this use to be met. Final 41 FR 25000 Established nutrient standards for 11 streams. Final 43 FR 24529 Redesignated eight stream segments for full body contact recreation and three for partial body contact recreation and the protection of fish and wildlife. Final 44 FR 25223 Established dissolved oxygen criterion for all water uses recognized by the State. Estab- lished criterion for a daily average of not less than 5.0 mg/1 with a daily, instantaneous minimum of not less than 4.0 mg/1. ------- X STATE DATE STATUS REFERENCE ACTIOH 5S r ii^hAina 11/26/79 Proposed 44 FR 67442 Proposal to reestablish previously 5. Alabama ii/t°/ /* t- approved use classifications for * segments of four navigable water- ways, Five Mile Creek, Opossum Creek, Valley Creek, Village Creek and upgrade the use designation of segment of Village Creek from rive mile 30 to its source. 6 Alabama 2/14/80 Final 45 FR 9910 Established beneficial stream use 6. Alabama ^/ii/ou classification for 16 streams: 8 were designated for fish and wildlife, 7 were upgraded to a fis and wildlife classification, 1 was designated as agricultural and industrial water supply. Proposed streams classification rulemaking for 7 streams withdrawn. ,. north Carolina 4/1/80 Final 45 FR 21246 Welch Creek and reestablished the State's previous standard of 5 mg/ average, 4 mg/1 minimum, except fo lower concentrations caused by natural swamp conditions. ------- STATE DATE STATUS REFERENCE ACTION 8. Ohio V. Kentucky 10. North Carolina 11/10/81 11. Ohio 11/28/80 Final 45 FR 79053 (1) Established water use designa- tion, (2) establish a DO criterion of 5 mg/1 for wannwater use, (3) designated 17 streams as warmwater habitat, (4) placed 111 streams downgraded by Ohio into modified warmwater habitat, (5) revised certain provisions relating to mixing zones (principally on Lake Erie), (6) revised low flow and other exceptions to standards, (7) amended sampling and analytical protocols, and (8) withdrew EPA proposal to establish a new cyanide criterion. 12/9/80 Final 45 FR 81042 Withdrew the Federal promulgation (Withdrawal) action of 12/2/74 after adoption of appropriate water guality standards by the State. Final 46 FR 55520 Withdrew the Federal promulgation (Withdrawal) action of 4/1/80 following State adoption of a dissolved oxygen criterion consistent with the Federally promulgated standard. 2/16/82 Final 47 FR 29541 Withdrew FEderal promulgation of (Withdrawal) 11/28/80 because it was based on a portion of the water quality standards regulation that has been determined to be invalid. ------- STATE 12. Nebraska 13. Alabama 14. Idaho DATE STATUS 7/26/82 Final (Withdrawal) 11/26/82 Final (Withdrawal) 8/20/85 Proposed . Mississippi 16. Idaho 4/4/86 Final (Withdrawal) 7/14/86 Final (Withdrawal) REFERENCE ACTION 47 FR 32128 Withdrew Federal promulgation action of 6/6/78 after adoption of appropriate water quality standards by the State. 47 FR 53372 Withdrew the Federal promulgation action of 2/14/80 following State adoption of requirements consistent with the Federally promulgated standard. 50 FR 33672 Proposal to replace DO criterion downstream from dams, partially replace Statewide ammonia criterion, replace ammonia criterion for Indian Creek, and delete categorical exemp- tion of dams from Antidegradation Policy. 51 FR 11581 Withdrew the Federal promulgation of 4/30/79 following State adoption of requirements consistent with the Federally promulgated standard. 51 FR 25372 Withdrew portions of proposed rule to replace DO criterion downstream from dams and delete categorical exemptions of dams from antidegra- dation rule since State adopted acceptable standards in both instances. ------- STATE DATE STATUS REFERENCE ACTION 17. Kentucky 18. Idaho *19. Coleville Indian Reservation 20. Kentucky 3/20/87 7/25/88 Final (Withdrawal) 7/6/89 4/3/91 *21. 12 States 12/22/92 2 Territories Final 50 FR 9102 Established a chloride criterion of 600 mg/1 as a 30-day average, not to exceed a maximum of 1,200 mg/1 at any time. 53 FR 27882 Withdrew portion of proposed rule which would have established a Statewide ammonia criterion and a site-specific ammonia criterion applicable to lower Indian Creek since State adopted acceptable standards. Final 54 FR 28622 Established designated uses and criteria for all surface waters on the Reservation. Final 56 FR 13592 Withdrew the Federal promulgation (Withdrawal) of 3/20/87 after adoption of appropriate WQS by the State. Final 57 FR 60848 Established numeric water quality for toxic pollutants (aquatic life and human health). * Final Federal Rule Remains In Force ------- SUMMARY OF FEDERAL PROMULGATION ACTIONS Total Number of Proposed or Final Rules 21 Final Standards Promulgated 10 Withdrawal of Final Standards 7 Federal Rules Remaining In Force 3 No Action Taken on Proposals or Proposal Withdrawn 3 ------- |