United States
             Environmental Protection
             Agency
Office of Water
Regulations and Standards
Washington, DC 20460
October 1980
             Water
&EPA     Organics
             Water Quality Standards
             Criteria Summaries
             A Compilation
             of State/Federal Criteria

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                 ORGANIC
         Water Quality Standards
           Criteria Summaries
 A Compilation of State/Federal Criteria
              October 1980
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water Regulations and Standards
        Washington, D. C.  20460

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               NATIONAL SUMMARY
                      OF
        STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS


                   ORGANICS


                 OCTOBER, 1980


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INTRODUCTION
This digest is compiled to provide general information to the public as well as to
Federal, State, and local  officials.   It contains excerpts from the individual
Federal-State water quality standards establishing pollutant specific criteria for
interstate surface waters. The water quality standards program is implemented by
the  U. S.  Environmental Protection Agency  where responsibility for providing
water quality recommendations, approving State-adopted standards for interstate
waters, evaluating  adherence to  the standards,  and overseeing enforcement of
standards compliance, has been mandated by Congress.

Standards, a nationwide  strategy for surface water quality management, contain
three  major elements: the  use (recreation,  drinking  water,  fish  and  wildlife
propagation, industrial, or agricultural) to be made of the navigable water; criteria
to protect these uses; and  an antidegradation statement to protect existing high
quality waters, from degradation by the addition of pollutants.

Water quality  criteria  (numerical  or   narrative specifications)  for  physical,
chemical, temperature, and biological constituents are stated in the July 1976 U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency publication Quality Criteria  for Water (QCW),
available from the Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. The 1976 QCW,
commonly referred  to as the "Red  Book,"  is the  most current  compilation of
scientific information used by the  Agency as a basis for assessing water quality.
This publication is  subject  to periodic  updating and  revisions in light  of new
scientific and technical information.
This digest summarizes three organic compounds which  are usually incorporated
into State  Water Quality  Standards.   They  are:  phenol,  phthalate  esters, and
polychorinated 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 occuring.  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 occuring.  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% 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 Water (1976).

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The criteria are as follows:

Phenol
1 ug/1 for domestic water supply (welfare),
and to protect against fish flesh tainting.
Phthalate esters   3 ug/1 for freshwater aquatic life.
Polychlorinated
Biphenyls
0.001  ug/1  for  freshwater  and  marine
aquatic life and for consumers thereof.

Every reasonable effort should be made to
minimize human exposure.
Since water  quality standards experience revisions  and upgrading  from time  to
time, following procedures set forth in the Clean Water Act, individual entries in
this digest may  be superseded.  As these revisions are accomplished and allowing
for the States to revise their standards accordingly, this digest will be updated and
reissued.  Because this publication is not intended for use other than as a general
information resource, to obtain the latest information and for special purposes and
applications,  the reader  needs  to refer to  the  current approved  water quality
standards.  These can be obtained from the State  water pollution control agencies
or the EPA or Regional Offices.

Individual State-adopted criteria follow:

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                         REFERENCES

A
     California Water Quality Standards by River Basins, c.a. 1975

     For more detailed information on selected basins, sub-basins
     and stretches of streams and coastal areas refer to California
     State Water Quality Standards.
D
     Delaware Water Quality Standards, March 25, 1979

     Idaho Water Quality Standards, c.a. September, 1979

     Missouri Water  Quality Standards, c.a. February, 1978

     American Samoa Water Quality Standards,
     Revised July, 1973

F    Territory of Guam Water Quality Standards, Sept. 1975

     Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Water Quality
     Standards, October 21, 1973

H    Virgin Islands Water Quality Standards, Aug. 1973
ENVIRONMENT REPORTER. The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Washington, D. C. 20037

1    Pages 701:0501-0509, February 16,1979

2    Pages 706:1004-1008, July 20, 1979

3    Pages 711:0542-0544, August 5, 1977

4    Pages 716:0603, March 26, 1976

5    Pages 726:1005, 1011-1013, March 7, 1980

     Basic Water Quality Standards adopted May 22, 1979,
     have not yet been submitted to EPA for formal approval.

6    Pages 731:1002-1009, September  8,1978

7    Pages 746:1008-1014, October 19, 1979

8    Pages 751:0504-0505, January 25,1980

9    Pages 765:0512-0515, January 30, 1976

10   Page 761:0503-0504,  1973

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 11   Page 766:0504-0509, October 5, 1979


 12   Pages 771:0502-0504, September 29, 1978


 13   Pages 776:0504-0506, April 10, 1979


 14   Pages 781:0501-0502, May 18, 1979


 15   Pages 786:0501-0502, August 29, 1975


 16   Page 791:0583, May 26, 1978


 17   Pages 796:0103-0108, February 16, 1979


 18   Pages 801:1001-1002, Sept. 29,. 1978

 19
      Page 806:1003, March 30, 1979

 ?n
      Page 811:1043, 1974


 21
     Pages 816:0602-0607, 0642-0648, 1974




23
22
     Pages 821:0502-0505, June 30, 1978
     Pages 831:0501-0510, February 21, 1975


24   Page 836:0502, June 30, 1978

25
     Pages 841:0507-0537, December 7, 1979

oc
     Pages 846:0501-0508, November 17, 1978

27
     Pages 851:1001-1023, December 15, 1978

28
     Pages 856:1001-1002, July 18, 1978

29
     Pages 861:1002-1007, August 11, 1979

30
     Pages 866:1004-1009, December 28, 1979


     Pages 871:0501-0506, November 25, 1977

32
     Pages 876:1001-1043, May 26, 1978

33
     Pages 881:1001-1007, September 21, 1979

34
     Pages 886:0513-0524, August 29, 1975

35
     Pages 891:1001-1129, November 16, 1979

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og
     Pages 901:0501-0505, November 3,1978


37   Pages 906s0501-0506, October 13, 1978

38
     Pages 911:0501-0507, June 22, 1979

39
     Pages 916:0541-0544, April 14, 1978

40
     Pages 921:1001-1003, August 13, 1976


41   Pages 926:0541-0563, January 26, 1979

42
     Pages 931:0501-0508, May 26, 1978

43
     Pages 936:1001-1003, June 27, 1975


44   Pages 941:1001-1005, May 26, 1978

45
     Pages 946:0501-0520, July 14, 1978


46   Pages 951:1002-1003, April 28, 1978


47   Pages 956:1001-1007, January 11, 1980


48   Page 741:1002, November 23, 1979

40
     Pages 896:0301-0310, March 31,1978

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                  OR PANICS, INCLUDING PHTHALATES. PCB'S PHENOL
State

Alabama
Criteria Values in mgA

Not specified
           •
Toxic  Substances  narrative:   only such
amounts, whether alone or in combination
with other substances as will  not  render
the  waters unsafe  or  unsuitable  as  a
source of  water supply  for  drinking  or
food-processing purposes,  or injurious to
fish, wildlife and aquatic life.

Toxic  Substances  narrative:   only such
amounts, whether alone or in combination
with other substances or  wastes, as will
not:  render the water unsafe or unsuit-
able  for   swimming and  water-contact
sports; be  injurious to fish, wildlife  and
aquatic life or, where applicable, shrimp
and crabs; impair the waters for any other
usage established for this classification.

Toxic  substances  narrative:   Only such
amounts, whether alone or in combination
with other  substances,  as will  not:   be
injurious to fish and aquatic life,  including
shrimp and crabs; exceed one-tenth of the
96-hour median tolerance limit  for fish,
aquatic life or shellfish,  including shrimp
and crabs.

Toxic  Substances  narrative:   Only such
amounts, whether alone or in combination
with other  substances,  as will  not:   be
injurious to fish and aquatic life  including
shrimp  and  crabs   in estuarine or  salt
waters or the propagation thereof; not to
exceed one-tenth  of the 96-hour median
tolerance limit for  fish and aquatic life
including  shrimp and crabs in  salt and
estuarine  waters   except  that   other
limiting concentrations may be used when
factually justified  and  approved by  the
Commission.
Designated Stream Use

All

Public water supply
                                                                Swimming and other whole
                                                                body water-contact sports
                                                                 Shellfish harvesting
                                                                Fish and wildlife
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State
Criteria Value in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Alabama
  (con't)
Alaska
      2.
Only such amounts as will not render the
waters unsuitable for agricultural irriga-
tion, livestock watering, industrial cool-
ing, industrial  process water supply pur-
poses, and fish survival, nor interfere with
downstream uses.

Only such amounts as will not render the
waters unsuitable for industrial cooling
and industrial  process water supply pur-
poses,  nor  interfere  with  downstream
water uses.

Only such amounts as will not render the
waters unsuitable for agricultural irriga-
tion, livestock watering, industrial cool-
ing, and  industrial process water supply
purposes,  where  applicable nor  interfere
with downstream water use.

Not specified

Toxic  substances narrative:   shall  not
exceed Alaska Drinking Water Standards
or EPA Quality Criteria for Water.
                   Toxic  substances  narrative:   same  as  I.
                   (A) (i) where contact with a product des-
                   tined for subsequent human consumption
                   is present.   Same as  I. (C) or  FWPCA
                   Water Quality Criteria as applicable to
                   substances for stockwaters.  Concentra-
                   tions   for  irrigation   waters   shall  not
                   exceed FWPCA Water Quality  Criteria or
                   WQC 1972.

                   Toxic  substances  narrative:   shall not
                   individually or in combination exceed 0.01
                   times  the lowest measured 96-hour L
                   for life stages of species identified by
                   department as being the most sensivtive,
                   biologically important to the situation or
                   exceed  criteria  cited  in EPA  Quality
                   Criteria for  Water  or Alaska Drinking
                   Water Standards  whichever concentration
                   is less.
Agricultural  and industrial
water supply
                                                                Industrial operations
                                                                 Navigation
All

I.  Fresh water
   (A)  water supply
        (i) drinking, culinary
and food processing

        (ii)     agriculture,
including  irrigation   and
stock watering
                                                     (iii) aquaculture
                                           -2-

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State
Criteria Value in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Alaska
  (con't)
Toxic  substances narrative:  substances
shall not be present  which pose hazards to
worker contact.
        (iv)      industrial,
including  any  water  sup-
plies  used  in association
with  a  manufacturing  or
production enterprise other
than    food   processing),
including   mining,  placer
mining, energy production
or development
                    Toxic substances narrative: same as I. (A)
                    (0.
                                                 (B) water recreation
                                                     (i) contact recrea-
                                                     tion.
                    Toxic  substances  narrative:  substances
                    shall not be present which pose hazards to
                    incidental human contact.

                    Toxic substances narrative: shall not in-
                    dividually or in combination exceed  0.01
                    times the lowest measured  96 hour LC
                    for life stages of species identified by the
                    department as being  the most sensitive,
                    biologically important to the location, or
                    exceed criteria cited in EPA Quality  Cri-
                    teria for Water or Alaska Drinking Water
                    Standards whichever concentration is less.

                    Toxic substances narrative:  same as I. (A)
                    (Hi).
                    Toxic substances narrative:  shall not ex-
                    ceed  EPA Quality Criteria  for  Water  as
                    applicable to the substance.

                    Toxic substances narrative:
                    same as I. (A) (iv).
                                                      (ii) secondary
                                                      recreation
                                                 (C)  growth and  propa-
                                              gation  of  fish,  shellfish,
                                              other   aquatic   life,   and
                                              wildlife  including   water-
                                              fowl and furbearers
                                              n.Marine water
                                                 (A) water supply
                                                   (i) aquaculture

                                                   (ii) seafood processing
                                                 (iii) industrial, including
                                              any  water supplies used in
                                              association with  a manu-
                                              facturing  or   production
                                              enterprise (other than food
                                              processing) including  min-
                                              ing,  placer mining, energy
                                              production or development
                                            -3-

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State

Alaska
  (con't)
Arizona"
Arkansas
Criteria Value in mg/1

Toxic  substances  narrative:  same as n.
                   Toxic substances narrative:  same as I. (B)
                   Toxic substances narrative:
                   same as I. (C).
Toxic substances narrative:same as I. (C)
but  excluding  the  phrase  "or  Alaska
Drinking Water Standards."

Phthalates: Not specified

PCB: Not specified

Phenol: 0.001

Other organics:  Not specified

Toxic  substances  narrative:  Toxic sub-
stances shall be kept below levels which
are deleterious to  human, animal, plant or
aquatic life, or in amounts sufficient to
interfere with the beneficial use  of the
water.  As a minimum evaluation for the
presence of toxic  substances,  a  water
shall  be evaluated by use of a 96-hour
bioassay, guided by  the document Stan-
dard Methods for the Examination  of Wa-
ter and Wastewater.  The survival of the
test organisms shall not be less than that
in controls which  utilize appropriate ex-
perimental water.

Not specified

Toxic substances narrative: Toxic mate-
rials attributable to municipal, industrial,
agricultural, or other waste discharges,
shall not be present in receiving  waters in
such quantities as to be toxic to human,
Designated Stream Use

    (B) water recreation

        (i) contact
        recreation

        (ii) secondary
           recreation

    (C)  growth  and propa-
gation  of  fish,  shellfish,
aquatic  life, and wildlife
including seabirds,  water-
fowl and furbearers

    (D) harvesting for con-
sumption of raw mollusks
or other raw aquatic life

All

All

All except agricultural

All
All

All

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State
Criteria Value in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Arkansas
  (con't)
CaliforniaA
Colorado*
animal, plant or aquatic life or to inter-
fere with the normal propagation of aqua-
tic life.   For any  toxicants, concentra-
tions in the receiving waters after mixing
shall not exceed 0.01 of the 96-hour TLm,
unless they  can  be shown  to  be  non-
persistant  and  noncumulative,   and  to
exhibit no synergistic  interactions  with
other waste  or stream components. In no
case shall  concentrations  exceed 0.05 of
the 96-hour TLm.

CAE - m 3.0

CCE - m 0.7

MBAS 0.5

No individual pesticide or combination of
pesticides  shall be  present in concentra-
tions  that  adversely  affect beneficial
uses.  There shall be no  bioaccumulation
in  pesticide  concentrations   found  in
bottom sediments or aquatic life.

Total identifiable chlorinated hydrocarbon
pesticides shall not  be present at concen-
trations detectable within the accuracy of
analytical  methods prescribed in Standard
Methods for the Examination  of Water
and Wastewater,  latest edition,  or other
equivalent   methods  approved   by   the
Executive Officer.

(See California Basin Plan Standards for
specific limits)

PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) 0.000001

Cnlorophenol 0.001

Monohydric phenol 0.5

Benzidine 0.0001
Municipal supply

Municipal supply

Municipal supply
Aquatic life

Aquatic life

Aquatic life

Aquatic Life
                   PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) Not specified  Domestic water supply
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State

Colorado
  (con't)
Connecticut
           6
Delaware
         B
Criteria Value in mg/I

Chlorophenol 0.001

Monohydric phenol 0.001

Benzidine 0.0001

Not specified

The waters shall  be free  from chemical
constituents in  concentrations or combi-
nations which would be harmful to human,
animal or aquatic life for the most sensi-
tive  and  governing  water  use  class.
Criteria for  chemical constituents con-
tained in the "Quality Criteria for Water"
published by the  Environmental  Agency
shall be considered and used as guidance.
In areas where fisheries are the governing
considerations and approved  limits.have
not been established, bioassays are neces-
sary  to  establish  limits  on toxic sub-
stances, the recommendations for bio-
assay procedures  contained  in "Standard
Methods for  the  Examination of Water
and  Waste water"  and  the  application
factors contained  in "Quality Criteria  for
Water" shall be considered.   For public
drinking water  supplies,  the raw water
sources must be of such quality that U. S.
Environmental  Protection  Agency limits
as defined by the Safe Drinking Water Act
(Public Law  93-523), or state limits if
more stringent,  for finished water can be
met after conventional treatment.

Toxic substances narrative:  None in con-
centrations or combinations which would
be harmful to human,  animal or  aquatic
life or which would make  the waters un-
safe or unsuitable for fish or shellfish or
their propagation or impair the waters  for
any other uses.  (See Note 4. above).

Phenols: Shall not exceed 0.01 mg/1 at any
time  except  where  natural  conditions
cause this value  to be increased.
Designated Stream Use

Domestic water supply

Domestic water supply

Domestic water supply

All

All
                                                               Coastal and marine
                                                               water uses
All
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State

Delaware
  (con't)
Florida7
Georgia

Hawaii9
Criteria Value in mg/1

Synthetic detergents (MBAS) 0.5

PCB: Not specified

Phthalates: Not specified

Phenolic compounds  as listed - Chlori-
nated phenols  including trichlorophenols;
chlorinated creosols;  2-chlorophenol; 2, 4-
dichlorophenol and pentachlorophenol; 2,
4-dinitrophenol; phenol - shall not exceed
1.0  micrograms per  litre  (ug/1)  unless
higher values are shown not to  be chro-
nically toxic.  Such higher values shall be
approved   in  writing by  the Secretary.
Phenolic compounds other  than those pro-
duced  by  the natural decay  of  plant
material,  named  or  unnamed, shall not
taint the flesh of edible fish or shellfish
or produce objectinable taste or  odor in a
drinking water supply.

Phthalate esters 0.003
                    PCB 0.000001
Other organics: Not specified

Not specified

Not specified

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 mini-
mum, evaluation by use of  a 96-hour bio-
assay described in the most recent edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination
Designated Stream Use

All

All

All

All
Drinking   water   supply,
recreation,  fish and wild-
life

Drinking   water   supply,
shellfish  harvesting,   re-
creation, fish or wildlife

All

All

All

All
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State
Criteria Value in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Hawaii
  (con't)
Idaho
     10
Illinois11
of   Water  and  Wastewater  shall  be
conducted.   Survival of  test  organisms
shall not be  less  than that in controls
which utilize  appropriate  experimental
water.

Not specified

A material or  combination of materials
which, if discharged  in any  quantity into
State  waters,  presents  a  substantial
present  or  potential hazard  to  human
health,   the   public  health,   or   the
environment.  Unless otherwise specified,
published guides such as Quality Criteria
for Water (1976) by E.P.A., Water Quality
Criteria  (Second  Edition,  1963)  by  the
State of  California Water Quality Control
Board, their  subsequent  revisions,  and
more recent research papers, regulations
and guidelines will be used in identifying
individual and specific materials  and in
evaluating the tolerance of the identified
materials   for    the  beneficial   uses
indicated.

Phenol 0.001
                   Phenol 0.3


                   Phenols: 0.1 mg/1




                   PCB: Not specified

                   Phthalates: Not specified

                   Other organics: Not specified

                   Any substance toxic to aquatic life shall
                   not exceed l/10th  of the 96-hour median
                   tolerance  limit (96-hr  TL  ) for native
                   fish  or   essential  fish  food  organisms
All
Water supply after treat-
ment

Secondary contact, indige-
nous aquatic life

All waters except water
supply and secondary
contact and indigenous
aquatic life

All

All

All
                                           -8-

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State

Illinois
  (con't)
Indiana
       12
Criteria Value in mg/1

except  for USEPA registered pesticides
approved   for   aquatic   application  and
applied   pursuant   to    the   following
conditions:

(i) Applications  shall be made in strict
accordance with label directions.

(ii) Applicator shall be properly certified
under   the  provisions  of  the  Federal
Insecticide  Fungicide,  and  Rodenticide
Act, 7 U.S.C. 135 etseq. (1972)

(iii)  Application  of  aquatic  pesticides
must be  in  accordance  with the  laws,
regulations and  guidelines of all State and
Federal agencies  authorized by  law to
regulate,   use,   or  supervise  pesticide
applications, among which are  included
the  Illinois Department  of Conservation
pursuant to HI.  Rev. Stat. Ch.  56, Sees.
1.1-250 (1976);  the Illinois Department of
Agriculture and the Illinois Department of
Public Health pursuant to  m. Rev. Stat.,
Ch.5, Sees. 256-257 (1976); and the Illinois
Natural History Survey  pursuant  to HI.
Rev. Stat., Ch. 127, Sec.  58-14 (1976).

(iv)  No aquatic pesticide shall be applied
to   water   affecting  public   or  food
processing water supplies unless a permit
to apply the pesticide has been obtained
from the  Illinois Environmental Protec-
tion Agency.  All permits shall be issued
so as not to  cause a violation of the Act
or of any of the  Board's rules or regu-
lations. To aid  applicators in determining
their  responsibilities  under   this  sub-
section, a list  of waters affecting public
water supplies will be published and main-
tained by the Agency's Division of Public
Water Supplies.

Not specified

Toxic   Substance  Narrative:   Concen-
trations of  toxic substances  shall  not
Designated Stream Use
All
                                            -9-

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State
Criteria Value in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Indiana
  (con't)
Iowa
    13
Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine17
         15

         16
exceed one-tenth of the 96-hour median
lethal concentration for important indige-
nous  aquatic  species.   More stringent
application  factors shall  be  used  when
justified on  the basis of available evi-
dence  and approved  by the  Board after
public    notice   and  opportunity   for
hearings.

Persistent   or   Bioconcentrating   Sub-
stances:    Concentrations   of  organic
contaminants which can be demonstrated
to be  persistent, to  have a  tendency to
bioconcentrate in the aquatic biota,  and
are likely  to be  toxic on  the basis  of
available scientific  evidence, shall  be
limited as determined by the Board after
public  notice and opportunity for hearing.
(Note:   For subsections 6  (b)(2) and 6  (b)
(3),  The United   States  Environmental
Protection    Agency     Administrators'
Quality Criteria for Water will be among
the documents  used in establishing water
quality standards  for toxic  and/or  per-
sistent substances)

Phenol 0.05
PCB: Not specified

Phthalates: Not specified

Other organics: Not specified

Not specified

Not specified

Not specified

Not specified

Toxic substances narrative: no waste sub-
stances containing chemical constituents
which  would be harmful to  humans, ani-
mal or aquatic life.
Public water  supply,  fish
and aquatic life, secondary
recreation

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All
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State
Maryland
         18
Massachusetts
              19
 Michigan
         20
Criteria Value in mg/1

Not specified

Not specified

Toxic  substances narrative:  free  from
pollutants in concentrations or  combina-
tions that are toxic to humans or aquatic
life.

For each  class, the most sensitive benefi-
cial uses  are identified and minimum cri-
teria   for water quality  in  the  water
column are  established.   The  minimum
criteria in Reg. 3.4  have been developed
by applying the  criteria  contained  in the
EPA   publication  Quality  Criteria for
Water (EPA-440/9-76-023) to account for
local  conditions including, but not limited
to:

(a)  The  characteristics  of the  biological
community
                    (b)     Temperature,
                    characteristics, and
                      weather  and  flow
(c)  Synergistic and antagonistic effects
of combinations of pollutants.

The Division will use the EPA publication
entitled  Quality  Criteria  for  Water,
EPA-440/9-76-023 as guidance in establi-
shing  case-by-case  discharge  limits  for
pollutants not specifically listed in  these
standards but included under the heading
"Other Constituents" in  Regulation 3.4,
for   identifying  bioassay   application
factors and for interpretations  of narra-
tive criteria.   Where  the minimum cri-
teria specifically listed  by a Division in
thfe part differ from those  contained in
the federal criteria, the  provisions of the
specifically listed criteria in these  stan-
dards shall apply.

Not Specified.

Toxic substances narrative:   (1) toxicity
of undefined toxic substances not included
Designated Stream Use

All

All

All
 All

 All
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Criteria Value in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Michigan
  (con't)
Minnesota
         21
in (2) and (3) below shall be determined by
development of  96-hour TLm's  or other
appropriate, effect end points obtained by
continuous-flow or in situ bioassays using
suitable test organisms.   Shall not exceed
safe  concentrations  as  determined  by
applying an application  factor,  based on
knowledge of behavior of toxic substances
and  organisms to  be protected,  to  the
TLm  or  other  appropriate  effect  end
point.

(2)  defined  toxic  substances  shall  be
limited by  application  of recommenda-
tions  contained in the chapter on Fresh-
water Organisms, Report of the  NTAC to
Secretary of the Interior, WQC.  1968, or
by application of any toxic effluent stan-
dard,  limitation  or prohibition   promul-
gated by EPA pursuant to  section 307(a)
of PL92-500,  whichever  is more restric-
tive.

(3) shall not exceed the permissible inor-
ganic chemicals  criteria for  raw public
water supply in  Report  of the NTAC to
Secretary of the Interior, WQC, 1968.

Phenol: 0.001

0.01 - None that could impart  odor or
taste  to  fish flesh or other fresh water
edible  products such as  crayfish, clams,
prawns  and  like creatures.   Where it
seems  probable  that  a discharge  may
result in tainting of edible aquatic pro-
ducts, bioassays  and taste  panels will be
required to determine  whether tainting is
likely or present.

0.1 - None that could impart odor or taste
to fish flesh or other  fresh water edible
products such as crayfish,  clams, prawns
and like creatures.  Where it seems prob-
able that a discharge may result in taint-
ing of edible aquatic  products, bioassays
and taste panels will be required  to deter-
mine whether tainting is likely  or present.
                                                                All
                                                                Public water supply
Drinking water supply

Fisheries   and  recreation
(Classes A and B)
                                                                Fisheries and recreation
                                                                (Class C)
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State
Criteria Value in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Minnesota
  (con't)
          oo
Mississippi^
Missouri
Montana
        23
Nebraska

Nevada25
         24
New Hampshire
               26
Questions  concerning   the  permissible
levels,  or  changes  in  the  same,  of a
substance,  or combination of substances,
of undefined toxicity  to fish  or  other
Biota shall be resolved in accordance with
the latest  methods recommended by  the
U. S.  Environmental Protection Agency.
The  recommendations  of  the  National
Technical Advisory Committee  appointed
by the U.  S.  Environmental  Protection
Agency shall be used as official guidelines
in all aspects where the recommendations
may be applicable. Toxic substances shall
not exceed 1/10  of the  96-hour median
tolerance limit  (TLM) as a water quality
standard except that other more stringent
application  factors  shall be used  when
justified  on  the  basis  of   available
evidence.

Phenol 0.05

Phenol 0.001

Other organics: Not specified

PCB: 0.0

Phenol: 0.001


Other organics: Not specified

Not specified

Not specified

(see   Article   4.5.2.,    Nevada   Water
Pollution Control Regs,  for  numerical
water  quality  standards  for  selected
waters of the State)

Phenol: 0.001

Phenol 0.002

PCB: Not specified

Phthalates: Not specified
Fish and wildlife

Public water supply

All

All

Aquatic life
Drinking water supply

All

All

All

All
Water supply, recreation

Boating, fishing, industrial

All

All
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State

New Hampshire
  (con't)
New Jersey
           27
           28
New Mexico
New York
         29
North Carolina
              30
Criteria Value in mg/1

Other organics: Not specified

Toxic  substances  narrative: none  unless
naturally occurring

Toxic substances narrative: Not in toxic
concentrations of combinations
Phenols: 0.005
                   Phenols: 0.02
                   Phenols: 0.01
Toxic  or Deleterious  Substances, includ-
ing but  not limited  to  Mineral  Acids,
Caustic Alkali, Cyanides,  Heavy  Metals,
Carbon Dioxide, Ammonia or Ammonium
Compounds, Chlorine, Phenols, Pesticides,
etc.-None, either alone or  in combination
with other  substances, in such concen-
trations as to affect humans or be detri-
mental to  the  natural   aquatic  biota,
produce undesirable aquatic life, or which
would  render the  waters unsuitable  for
the designated uses.   Where source of
public  water supply  is a  potential  use,
none  which  would cause   standards  for
drinking   water   to  be  exceeded after
appropriate treatment.

Not specified

Phenolic compounds: 0.001

No other organics specified

Phenol: 0.001
                   Phenol: 0.005
Designated Stream Use

All

Water supply (after  disin-
fection)

Water supply  (after ade-
quate  treatment),  recrea-
tion,  fish  habitat,  swim-
ming, industrial

All uses  Delaware  River
main  stem  and  Delaware
Bay, Zones 1, 2, and 3

All uses Delaware River
Zone 4

All uses Delaware River,
Zones 5 and 6

All
All

Drinking water supply

All

Drinking   water   supply
Class AA

Drinking   water   supply
Class A
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State

North Carolina
  (con't)
North Dakota
             31
Ohio32
Criteria Value in mg/1

MBAS 0.5

Other organics: Not specified

PCB's: 0.001

Phenols 0.01

Other organics: Not specified

Phthalate esters: 0.003
                   PCB's:  Not to exceed 0.000001 mg/1 at
                   any time in a water sample, or 0.01 mgA
                   (wet weight) in any whole sample of any
                   representative aquatic organism.

                   PCB's:  Total PCB shall not exceed  0.001
                   ugA; however, when the level is less than
                   the practical laboratory  quantification
                   level (currently 0.1 ug/1) a fish flesh body
                   burden  level in excess of 2  ug/g shall be
                   cause   for  concern  and   further  inve-
                   stigation.

                   Absent

                   Phenol  (Phenolic Material): 0.01

                   Phenolic compounds:  0.01

                   Phenolic compounds: 0.001


                   Phenolic Compounds: .001
                    MBAS: 0.5
                    Other organics: Not specified
Designated Stream Use

Drinking water supply

All

All

All

All

Warmwater habitat,  cold-
water habitat, Ohio River,
Lake Erie

Warmwater habitat,  cold-
water habitat



Ohio River
                                             Public water stpply

                                             Ohio River

                                             Warmwater habitat

                                             Coldwater  habitat,  public
                                             water supply

                                             Exceptional  warm  water
                                             habitat,  as well as  cold
                                             water  habitat  and  public
                                             water  supply  and   Lake
                                             Erie.

                                             Warmwater  habitat, cold-
                                             water habitat

                                             All
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State
Oklahoma'
         33
Oregon
      34
          .  35
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
           36
Criteria Value in mgA

Detergents (total): 0.2

Methylene blue active substances: 0.5

Phthalate esters: 0.003

Cyanide: 0.2

PCB: 0.3

Phenols: 0.001
Other organics: Hot specified

Phenolics: 0.005

MBAS: 0.5

MBAS2:1.0 mg/1

Other organics: Not specified

None  in concentrations  or  combinations
which would be harmful to human, animal
or aquatic life or which would make the
waters unsafe or  unsuitable for fish or
shellfish or their propagation, impair the
palatability of same, or impair the waters
for any other uses.

None  in concentrations  on  combinations
which would be harmful to human, animal
or aquatic life or which would make the
waters  unsafe or  unsuitable for fish of
shellfish or  their  propagation, or impair
the water for any other usage assigned to
this Class.
Designated Stream Use

Drinking water supply
Drinking water supply

All

All uses of Main stem Kla-
mmath  River; Multnomah
Channel; Main stem Willia-
mette  River;  Main  stem
Columbia    River    from
eastern Oregon-Washington
border westward to Pacific
Ocean;  Main stem  Grande
Ronde  River;  Main  stem
Walla  Walla  River;  Main
stem  Snake  River  in and
adjacent to Oregon; Rouge
River Basin; Umpqua River
Basin;   McKenzie   River
Basin; Santiam River Basin

All

All

All

All

AU

Class SA/SAm
                                                               Class SB
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 Rhode Island
  (con't)
South Carolina
              37
 Criteria Value in mg/1

 None  in  concentrations  or combinations
 which would be harmful to  human, animal
 or  aquatic life  or  which would make the
 waters unsafe or  unsuitable for fish or
 shellfish  or  their  propagation, or impair
 the water for any other usage assigned to
 this Class.

 Waters shall be free from  chemical con-
 stitutents in concentrations  or combi-
 nations which would be harmful to human,
 animal, or aquatic life for the appropriate
 most sensitive and governing water class
 use or unfavorably alter the biota.

 In areas where fisheries are the governing
 considerations and approved limits have
 not been established,  bioassays shall be
 performed as required by the appropriate
 agencies. The latest edition of the fede-
 ral publication Water Quality Criteria  will
 be  considered  the  interpretation   and
 application  of bioassay result. Bioassays
 shall be performed according to the latest
 edition  of   Standard  Methods  for  the
 Examination of  Water and  Waste water
 (APHA).

 For public  drinking  water supplies,  the
 limit  prescribed by  the  United  States
 Environmental Protection Agency will be
 used where not superseded by more strin-
gent state requirements.

Not specified

Toxic substances narrative: none (zero).
                   Toxic  substances  narrative:    none  in
                   amounts exceeding limitations established
                   and adopted by the Department of Health
                   and Environmental Control.
 Designated Stream Use

 Class SC
                                                                 Class A, B, C, and D
All

Domestic  and  food  pro-
cessing;  trout fishing; out-
standing  recreational   or
ecological resources

Direct   water    contact
(swimming);      domestic
supply; propagation of fish;
industrial; agricultural
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State
 Criteria Value in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
South Carolina
  (eon't)
South Dakota
             38
Tennessee
         39
Toxic substances narrative:  none alone or
in combination  with other substances or
wastes  in  sufficient amounts to be inju-
rious to edible  fish or shellfish  or the
culture or propagation thereof.

Toxic substances narrative:  shall be free
from  toxic  substances  attributable  to
sewage, industrial waste,  or other  waste
in concentrations or combinations  which
are  harmful to human, animal, plant or
aquatic life.

PCB's: 0.000001
Other organics: Not specified

Concentrations  of  chemicals  toxic  to
humans, animals, plants, or the  most sen-
sitive  stage  or  form  of aquatic  life,
greater than 0.1  times the median toler-
ance limit for short residual compounds or
0.01 times the median tolerance limit for
an accumulative  substance or substances
exhibiting a residual life exceeding thirty
days in the receiving  waters.   Median
tolerance limits  shall  be determined in
accordance   with  section   34:04:02:06.
Concentrations specified for  toxic mate-
rials shall be based on daily averages, but
the concentrations shall not  exceed  one
hundred and  twenty-five per  cent of the
value specified in this section at any time
or at any point in the receiving water.

Not specified

Toxic substances  narrative: No  toxic sub-
stances added that will produce toxic con-
ditions that  materially affect man or ani-
mals;  impair the safety of a  conven-
tionally treated water  supply; affect  the
water  for  industrial  processing,  fish  or
aquatic life,  man or animal, livestock and
wildlife, navigation, irrigation.
Shellfish harvesting;  direct
water contact (swimming);
crabbing; commercial fish-
ing; propagation of marine
fauna and flora

All
All except domestic water
supply

All

All
All

All
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State
Texas
     40
Utah
     41
Vermont
        42
Criteria Value in mg/1

Not specified

Toxic substances narrative:  the surface
waters of the State shall be maintained so
that they will not  be toxic to  man, fish
and wildlife, and any other  terrestrial and
aquatic life.

Toxic substances narrative:  toxic mate-
rials  not removable by  ordinary water
treatment techniques  shall  not exceed
USPHS Drinking Water Standards or those
established  by EPA pursuant to the  Safe
Drinking Water Act.  For a general guide,
with  respect  to fish toxicity, "receiving
waters  outside mixing zones should not
have a concentration of nonpersistent to-
xic materials exceeding 0.1 of the 96-hour
TLm, where the bioassay  is made using
fish indigenous to  the receiving waters.
For  persistent  toxicants,  concentrations
should not  exceed  0.05  of the  96-hour
TLm.

Phenol: 0.01

Other organics: Not specified

PCB: Prohibited

Wastes  discharged  to waters of the State
shall  contain  no chemical  or radiological
constituents which would be inconsistent
with  the  water uses associated with the
assigned water class.
               I
Discharge  of  radioactive  material  to
waters of the  State  shall not exceed the
lowest practicable  limits after  utilization
of  the latest  technological development
and equipment for control of radioactive
emissions. In no event shall the discharge
of  such  materials  exceed  the limits
established  by the  Agency  of Human
Services.

There shall be no  discharge  of  wastes
containing  any of  the  prohibited  sub-
stances in detectable amounts   either  to
waters  of the  State or to  a  municipal
Designated Stream Use

All

All
                                                                 Public drinking water
                                                                 supplies
Aquatic life

All

All
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State
Criteria Value in mgA
Designated Stream Use
Vermont
  (eon't)
Virginia
       43
wastewater collection and  /or  treatment
facility except in those cases where a
process water contains an incoming level
of a prohibited substance due  to natural
or  other   causes.    In  such   cases  the
concentration of the  prohibited substance
or  substances   in   the  actual  wastes
discharged shall not be increased.

The    Secretary  shall   determine   in
accordance with the provisions  of Section
1259 of Title  10 V.S.A.  the appropriate
limits  for discharges  containing chemical
and other  substances  when such limits are
not otherwise specified by these regula-
tions.     In  establishing  such effluent
limitations, the  Secretary  shall use the
current edition  of  the  United  States
Environmental  Protection Agency  publi-
cation  Quality  Criteria for  Water  as a
guideline  and  reference  and  shall give
consideration to concentrations of  prohi-
bited substances and other constituents in
the receiving waters and to  any syner-
gistic  relationship   which  may   exist
between the various substances being dis-
charged   and   those  existing  in  the
receiving  waters.

Phenols: 0.001

MBAS: 0.5

Phenol: 1  ug/1
                   Phalate Ester: 3 ug/1

                   (3 ug/1 is a goal for class I & n waters
                   pending additional effect date)

                   PCB's: None

                   Other organics: Not specified
Public water supply

Public water supply

All waters, Class I,  n,  III,
IV, V, & VI waters

Class HI, IV, V, & VI waters
                                              All

                                              All
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State
Washington
           44
West Virginia
             45
Wisconsin
         46
 Criteria Value in mg/1

 Not Specified

 Toxic substances narrative: toxic material
 concentrations shall be below those which
 adversely affect public health, and  the
 natural aquatic environment.

 Toxic substances narrative:   toxic mate-
 rial concentrations shall be below those
 which  adversely affect  public health, or
 which  may cause acute  or chronic toxic
 conditions to the aquatic biota.

 Deleterious  concentrations of  toxic,  or
 other nonradioactive materials, shall  be
 determined  by the department in consi-
 deration  of  the  "Quality Criteria  for
 Water," published  by EPA 1976,   and as
 revised,  as  the  authoritative source  for
 criteria  and/or  other  relevant  infor-
 mation, if justified.

 Phenol: 0.001

 Other organics: Not specified

 Not specified

 Toxic substances narrative: substances in
 concentrations or combinations which are
 toxic or  harmful to humans  shall not be
 present in amounts found to be of public
 health significance, nor which are acutely
 harmful to animal, plant or aquatic life.

 Toxic substances narrative:   the  intake
 water supply will  by  appropriate  treat-
 ment and adequate  safeguards  meet the
 PHS Drinking Water Standards, 1962.

 (d) Unauthorized concentrations of sub-
 stances are not permitted that alone or in
 combination  with other materials present
 are toxic to fish or other aquatic life.
 The  determination  of the toxicity of a
substance shall  be  based  upon  the
 available     scientific     date     base.
Designated Stream Use

All

All uses for extraordinary
(class  AA)  and lake  class
waters
                                                                 All uses for excellent
                                                                 (class A), good
                                                                 (class B), and fair
                                                                 (class C) waters
All

All

All

All
                                                                 Public water supply
                                                                 All
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State
Criteria Value in mgA
Designated Stream Use
Wisconsin
  (con't)
Wyoming
        .47
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-R-
73-003.   National Academy  of  Sciences,
National Academy of Engineering.  United
State   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 with
the methods specified in  "Water Quality
Criteria 1972."   "Standard  Methods for
the   Examination   of    Water    and
Wastewater"    14th   Edition,    1975
(American Public Health Assciation, New
York) or other methods approved by the
Department of Natural Resources.

Benzedine: 0.0001

Other organics: Not specified

Toxic substances narrative:  none in con-
centrations  or  combinations attributable
to or influenced by the activities  of man
which would damage or impair the normal
growth,  function or reproduction of hu-
man, animal, plant or aquatic life.  Maxi-
mum allowable  concentrations shall be
based on latest edition of Quality Criteria
for Water by EPA and/or  more generally
accepted scientific information.
All

All

All
                E
 American Samoa   Not specified
                                             All
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State
District of
  Columbia
48
Guam
Puerto Rico
           49
Criteria Value in mg/1
Detergents (linear alkylate  sulfonates  -
LAS) - 0.2 mg/1 of 96 hr. LC5Q
Oil, grease: 96 hr LCgo x 0.01
PCB: 0.000001 mg/1 max.
Phenol: 0.001 mg/1 max.
Phalate Esters: 0.003 mg/1 max.
Oil, grease: essential free
Phenol: 0.001 mg/1 max.
Toxic substances  narrative:   The waters
shall  at  all times be free  from:  toxic
substances attributable to sewage, indus-
trial waste, or other waste in concentra-
tions or combinations which  interfere di-
rectly  or indirectly with water  uses, or
which  are  harmful  to  human,  animal,
plant, or aquatic life.
PCB's: 0.0005 mg/kilogram of wet weight
of aquatic organisms or 0.000002 mg/1
Phenol: 0.0001 or 0.05 times  the  96-hour
LC50
LAS: 0.02 or 0.05 times the 96-hour LC50
MB AS: 0.5
CCE: 0.3
CAE: 1.5
Phenols: 0.001
Phenols: 0.010
MBAS: 0.1
MB AS: 0.5
CCE: 0.15
CCE: 28.0
Other organics: Not specified
Designated Stream Use
All

All
All
All
All
Domestic water supply
Domestic Water Supply
                                                    All

                                                    All

                                                    All
                                                    Drinking water supply
                                                    Drinking water supply
                                                    Drinking water supply
                                                    All surface waters
                                                    All coastal waters
                                                    All surface waters
                                                    All coastal waters
                                                    All surface waters
                                                    All coastal waters
                                                    All
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State               Criteria Value in mg/1                         Designated Stream Use

                f*
Trust Territories    Phenol: None (zero)                           Drinking water supply

  of the Pacific

  Islands            MBAS: Virtually absent                        Drinking water supply


                    CCE: 0.025                                    Drinking water supply


                    Other organics: Not specified                  All


Virgin Islands11      Not specified                                  All
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