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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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State
Criteria Value in mg/1
Designated Stream Use
Michigan
(con't)
Minnesota
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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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State
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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