DAR File No. 27593
Environmental Quality, Water Quality
R317-2
Standards of Quality for Waters of the State
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE
DAR File No.: 27593
Filed: 12/15/2004, 05:07
Received by: NL
RULE ANALYSIS
Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:
The proposed amendments are being made to bring Utah's Water Quality Standards into conformance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidance.
Summary of the rule or change:
The changes are: 1) the description beneficial uses designation for the Great Salt Lake (Class 5) is changed to be more descriptive; 2) Willard Creek is removed from the Bear River drainage; 3) the reference to site specific criteria for total ammonia for the Jordan River be removed; 4) secondary recreation beneficial use classification designation be added to all National Wildlife Refuges and State Waterfowl Management Areas; 5) E. coli bacteriological criteria be added to the standards with the concurrent removal of total and fecal coliform bacteria; 6) numeric criteria changes and additions in Class 1C waters (Domestic Source); 7) 21 river segments be given site-specific Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) criteria; 8) numeric criteria changes for Nickel and Total Residual Chlorine in Class 3 waters; 9) the pollution indicator total phosphorus is added to Class 3A waters and removed from Class 3C waters; 10) correction of formula for determining where Fish Early Life Stages are absent; 11) correction of formula to convert dissolved sulfide to un-disassociated hydrogen sulfide; 12) correction of a value for acute ammonia in one of the tables; 13) redefining the caption of Table 2.14.3a and Table 2.14.3b to clarify the intent of the table; 14) correction of a formula for determining the Chromium III standard; and 15) various numeric criteria for aquatic wildlife and human health criteria were adjusted.
State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:
Section 19-5-104
Anticipated cost or savings to:
the state budget:
There is no anticipated cost or savings to state budget. The proposed amendments will be implemented using existing resources.
local governments:
In general, the proposed amendments are editorial in nature or to correct errors. The addition of site specific TDS standards for 21 waterbodies could result in a large potential saving to local governments operating treatment plants on those waterbodies. The addition of an E. coli standard will require a small initial capital cost ($3,500) to local wastewater service districts or cities to purchase equipment for E. coli testing. However, analysis costs should be less then current costs, resulting in no net cost.
other persons:
No significant costs to other persons. In general, the proposed amendments are editorial in nature or to correct errors. The addition of site specific TDS standards for 21 waterbodies could result in a large potential saving to other persons discharging to those waters.
Compliance costs for affected persons:
The addition of an E. coli standard will require a small initial capital cost ($3,500) to local wastewater service districts or cities to purchase equipment for E. coli testing. However, analysis costs should be less then current costs, resulting in no net cost. No other compliance costs are anticipated.
Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:
The proposed amendments are largely editorial in nature or are made to correct errors. No significant fiscal impacts to businesses are anticipated.
The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:
Water Quality
CANNON HEALTH BLDG
288 N 1460 W
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84116-3231
Direct questions regarding this rule to:
Dave Wham at the above address, by phone at 801-538-6052, by FAX at 801-538-6016, or by Internet E-mail at dwham@utah.gov
Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:
01/31/2005
Interested persons may attend a public hearing regarding this rule:
1/12/2005 at 3:00 PM, City Library, West Room, 303 N 100 E , Cedar City, UT; 1/13/2005 at 1:00 PM, Southeastern Utah Dist. Health Dept., 28 S 100 E, Price, UT; and 1/14/2005 at 2:00 PM, Cannon Health Building, 288 N 1460 W, Room 125, Salt Lake City, UT
This rule may become effective on:
03/01/2005
Authorized by:
Dianne R. Nielson, Executive Director
RULE TEXT
R317. Environmental Quality, Water Quality.
R317-2. Standards of Quality for Waters of the State.
R317-2-3. Antidegradation Policy.
3.1 Maintenance of Water Quality
Waters whose existing quality is better than the established standards for the designated uses will be maintained at high quality unless it is determined by the Board, after appropriate intergovernmental coordination and public participation in concert with the Utah continuing planning process, allowing lower water quality is necessary to accommodate important economic or social development in the area in which the waters are located. However, existing instream water uses shall be maintained and protected. No water quality degradation is allowable which would interfere with or become injurious to existing instream water uses.
In those cases where potential water quality impairment associated with a thermal discharge is involved, the antidegradation policy and implementing method shall be consistent with Section 316 of the Federal Clean Water Act.
. . . . . . .
e. Public Notice
The public will be provided notice and an opportunity to comment on the conclusions of all completed antidegradation reviews. Where possible, public notice on the antidegradation review conclusions will be combined with the public notice on the proposed permitting action. In the case of UPDES permits, public notice will be provided through the normal permitting process, as all draft permits are public noticed for 30 days, and public comment solicited, before being issued as a final permit. The Statement of Basis for the draft UPDES permit will contain information on how the ADR was addressed including results of the Level I and Level II reviews. In the case of Section 404 permits from the Corps of Engineers, the Division of Water Quality will develop any needed 401 Certifications and the public notice will be published in conjunction with the US Corps of Engineers public notice procedures. Other permits requiring a Level II review will receive a separate public notice according to the normal State public notice procedures.
R317-2-6. Use Designations.
The Board as required by Section 19-5-110, shall group the waters of the state into classes so as to protect against controllable pollution the beneficial uses designated within each class as set forth below. Surface waters of the state are hereby classified as shown in R317-2-13.
6.1 Class 1 -- Protected for use as a raw water source for domestic water systems.
a. Class 1A -- Reserved.
b. Class 1B -- Reserved.
c. Class 1C -- Protected for domestic purposes with prior treatment by treatment processes as required by the Utah Division of Drinking Water
6.2 Class 2 -- Protected for recreational use and aesthetics.
a. Class 2A -- Protected for primary contact recreation such as swimming.
b. Class 2B -- Protected for secondary contact recreation such as boating, wading, or similar uses.
6.3 Class 3 -- Protected for use by aquatic wildlife.
a. Class 3A -- Protected for cold water species of game fish and other cold water aquatic life, including the necessary aquatic organisms in their food chain.
b. Class 3B -- Protected for warm water species of game fish and other warm water aquatic life, including the necessary aquatic organisms in their food chain.
c. Class 3C -- Protected for nongame fish and other aquatic life, including the necessary aquatic organisms in their food chain.
d. Class 3D -- Protected for waterfowl, shore birds and other water-oriented wildlife not included in Classes 3A, 3B, or 3C, including the necessary aquatic organisms in their food chain.
e. Class 3E -- Severely habitat-limited waters. Narrative standards will be applied to protect these waters for aquatic wildlife.
6.4 Class 4 -- Protected for agricultural uses including irrigation of crops and stock watering.
6.5 Class 5 -- The Great Salt Lake. Protected
for primary and secondary contact recreation, [aquatic wildlife]waterfowl,
shore birds and other water-oriented wildlife including their necessary aquatic
organisms in their food chain, and mineral extraction.
R317-2-13. Classification of Waters of the State (see R317-2-6).
13.1 Upper Colorado River Basin
a. Colorado River Drainage
TABLE
Paria River and tributaries,
from state line to headwaters 2B 3C 4
All tributaries to Lake
Powell, except as listed below 2B 3B 4
Escalante River and
tributaries, from Lake
Powell to confluence with
Boulder Creek 2B 3C 4
Escalante River and
tributaries, from confluence
with Boulder Creek, including
Boulder Creek, to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Dirty Devil River and
tributaries, from Lake
[Posell]Powell to Fremont River 2B 3C 4
Deer Creek and tributaries,
from confluence with Boulder
Creek to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Fremont River and
tributaries, from confluence
with Muddy Creek to Capitol
Reef National Park, except as
listed below 1C 2B 3C 4
Pleasant Creek and
tributaries, from confluence
with Fremont Rive to East
boundary of Capitol Reef
National Park 2B 3C 4
Pleasant Creek and
tributaries, from East
boundary of Capitol Reef
National Park to headwaters 1C 2B 3A
Fremont River and
tributaries, through Capitol
Reef National Park to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A 4
Muddy Creek and tributaries,
from confluence with Fremont
River to Highway U-10
crossing, except as listed
below 2B 3C 4
Quitchupah Creek and
Tributaries, from Highway
U-10 crossing to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Ivie Creek and tributaries,
from Highway U-10 to
headwaters 2B 3A 4
Muddy Creek and tributaries,
from Highway U-10 crossing
to headwaters 1C 2B 3A 4
San Juan River and
Tributaries, from Lake
Powell to state line except As
listed below: 1C 2B 3B 4
Johnson Creek and
tributaries, from confluence
with Recapture Creek to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A 4
Verdure Creek and tributaries,
from Highway US-191 crossing
to headwaters 2B 3A 4
North Creek and tributaries,
from confluence with Montezuma
Creek to headwaters 1C 2B 3A 4
South Creek and tributaries,
from confluence with Montezuma
Creek to headwaters 1C 2B 3A 4
Spring Creek and tributaries,
from confluence with Vega
Creek to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Montezuma Creek and tributaries,
from U.S. Highway 191 to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A 4
Colorado River and tributaries,
from Lake Powell to state line
except as listed below 1C 2B 3B 4
Indian Creek and tributaries,
through Newspaper Rock State
Park to headwaters 1C 2B 3A 4
Kane Canyon Creek and
tributaries, from confluence with
Colorado River to headwaters 2B 3C 4
Mill Creek and tributaries, from
confluence with Colorado River to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A 4
Dolores River and tributaries,
from confluence with Colorado
River to state line 2B 3C 4
Roc Creek and tributaries, from
confluence with Dolores River to
headwaters 2B 3A 4
LaSal Creek and tributaries,
from state line to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Lion Canyon Creek and
tributaries, from state line to
headwaters 2B 3A 4
Little Dolores River and
tributaries, from confluence
with Colorado River to state line 2B 3C 4
Bitter Creek and tributaries,
from confluence with Colorado
River to headwaters 2B 3C 4
. . . . . . .
13.3 Bear River Basin
a. Bear River Drainage
TABLE
Bear River and tributaries, from
Great Salt Lake to Utah-Idaho
border, except as listed below: 2B 3B 3D 4
[Willard Creek, from Willard Bay
Reservoir to headwaters 2B 3A 4]
Perry Canyon Creek from U.S.
Forest boundary to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Box Elder Creek from confluence
with Black Slough to Brigham
City Reservoir (the Mayor's Pond) 2B 3C 4
Box Elder Creek, from Brigham
City Reservoir (the Mayor's Pond)
to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Malad River and tributaries,
from confluence with Bear River
to state line 2B 3C
Little Bear River and
tributaries, from Cutler
Reservoir to headwaters 2B 3A 3D 4
Logan River and tributaries,
from Cutler Reservoir to
headwaters 2B 3A 3D 4
Blacksmith Fork and tributaries,
from confluence with Logan River
to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Newton Creek and tributaries,
from Cutler Reservoir to Newton
Reservoir 2B 3A 4
Clarkston Creek and tributaries,
from Newton Reservoir to
headwaters 2B 3A 4
Birch Creek and tributaries, from
confluence with Clarkston Creek
to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Summit Creek and tributaries,
from confluence with Bear River
to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Cub River and tributaries, from
confluence with Bear River to
state line, except as listed
below: 2B 3B 4
High Creek and tributaries,
from confluence with Cub River
to headwaters 2B 3A 4
All tributaries to Bear Lake from
Bear Lake to headwaters, except as
listed below 2B 3A 4
Swan Springs tributary to Swan
Creek 1C 2B 3A
Bear River and tributaries in
Rich County 2B 3A 4
Bear River and tributaries, from
Utah-Wyoming state line to
headwaters (Summit County) 2B 3A 4
Mill Creek and tributaries, from
state line to headwaters (Summit
County) 2B 3A 4
. . . . . . .
13.5 Utah Lake-Jordan River Basin
a. Jordan River Drainage
TABLE
Jordan River, from Farmington
Bay to North Temple Street,
Salt Lake City 2B 3B * 3D 4
Jordan River, from North Temple
Street in Salt Lake City to
confluence with Little
Cottonwood Creek 2B 3B * 4
Surplus Canal from Great Salt
Lake to the diversion from the
Jordan River 2B 3B * 3D 4
Jordan River from confluence with
Little Cottonwood Creek to
Narrows Diversion 2B 3A 4
Jordan River, from Narrows
Diversion to Utah Lake 1C 2B 3B 4
City Creek, from Memory Park
in Salt Lake City to City Creek
Water Treatment Plant 2B 3A
City Creek, from City Creek Water
Treatment Plant to headwaters 1C 2B 3A
Red Butte Creek and tributaries,
from Red Butte Reservoir to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A
Emigration Creek and tributaries,
from Foothill Boulevard in Salt
Lake City to headwaters 2B 3A
Parley's Creek and tributaries,
from 1300 East in Salt Lake City
to Mountain Dell Reservoir to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A
Parley's Creek and tributaries,
from Mountain Dell Reservoir to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A
Mill Creek (Salt Lake County)
from confluence with Jordan
River to Interstate Highway 15 2B 3C 4
Mill Creek (Salt Lake County)
and tributaries from Interstate
Highway 15 to headwaters 2B 3A 4
Big Cottonwood Creek and
tributaries, from confluence
with Jordan River to Big Cottonwood
Water Treatment Plant 2B 3A 4
Big Cottonwood Creek and
tributaries, from Big Cottonwood
Water Treatment Plant to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A
Deaf Smith Canyon Creek and
tributaries 1C 2B 3A 4
Little Cottonwood Creek and
tributaries, from confluence
with Jordan River to Metropolitan
Water Treatment Plant 2B 3A 4
Little Cottonwood Creek and
tributaries, from Metropolitan
Water Treatment Plant to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A
Bell Canyon Creek and tributaries,
from lower Bell's Canyon reservoir
to headwaters 1C 2B 3A
Little Willow Creek and
tributaries, from Draper
Irrigation Company diversion to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A
Big Willow Creek and tributaries,
from Draper Irrigation Company
diversion to headwaters 1C 2B 3A
South Fork of Dry Creek and
tributaries, from Draper
Irrigation Company diversion to
headwaters 1C 2B 3A
All permanent streams on east
slope of Oquirrh Mountains (Coon,
Barney's, Bingham, Butterfield,
and Rose Creeks) 2B 3D 4
Kersey Creek from confluence of C-7
Ditch to headwaters 2B 3D
* Site specific criteria for [total ammonia and]dissolved
oxygen. See Table 2.14.5.
. . . . . . .
13.11 National Wildlife Refuges and State
Waterfowl Management Areas
TABLE
Bear River National Wildlife
Refuge, Box Elder County 2B 3B 3D
Brown's Park Waterfowl Management
Area, Daggett County 2B 3A 3D
Clear Lake Waterfowl Management
Area, Millard County 2B 3C 3D
Desert Lake Waterfowl Management
Area, Emery County 2B 3C 3D
Farmington Bay Waterfowl
Management Area, Davis and
Salt Lake Counties 2B 3C 3D
Fish Springs National
Wildlife Refuge, Juab County 2B 3C 3D
Harold Crane Waterfowl
Management Area, Box Elder
County 2B 3C 3D
Howard Slough Waterfowl
Management Area, Weber County 2B 3C 3D
Locomotive Springs Waterfowl
Management Area, Box Elder County 2B 3B 3D
Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management
Area, Weber County 2B 3C 3D
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge,
Uintah County 2B 3B 3D
Powell Slough Waterfowl
Management Area, Utah County 2B 3C 3D
Public Shooting Grounds Waterfowl
Management Area, Box Elder County 2B 3C 3D
Salt Creek Waterfowl Management
Area, Box Elder County 2B 3C 3D
Stewart Lake Waterfowl Management
Area, Uintah County 2B 3B 3D
Timpie Springs Waterfowl
Management Area, Tooele County 2B 3B 3D
. . . . . . .
R317-2-14. Numeric Criteria.
TABLE 2.14.1
NUMERIC CRITERIA FOR DOMESTIC,
RECREATION, AND AGRICULTURAL USES
Parameter Domestic Recreation and Agri-
Source Aesthetics culture
1C 2A 2B 4
BACTERIOLOGICAL
(30-DAY GEOMETRIC
MEAN) (NO.)/100 ML) (7)
[Max. Total Coliforms 5000 1000 5000
Max. Fecal Coliforms 2000 200 200]
E. coli 206 126 206
MAXIMUM
(NO.)/100 ML) (7)
E. coli 940 576 940
PHYSICAL
pH (RANGE) 6.5-9.0 6.5-9.0 6.5-9.0 6.5-9.0
Turbidity Increase
(NTU) 10 10
METALS (DISSOLVED, MAXIMUM
MG/L) (2)
Arsenic (Trivalent) 0.01 0.1
Barium 1.0
Beryllium <0.004
Cadmium 0.01 0.01
Chromium 0.05 0.10
Copper 0.2
Lead [0.05] 0.015 0.1
Mercury 0.002
Selenium 0.05 0.05
Silver 0.05
INORGANICS
(MAXIMUM MG/L)
Bromate 0.01
Boron 0.75
Chlorite <1.0
Fluoride (3) 1.4-2.4
Nitrates as N 10
Total Dissolved
Solids (4) Irrigation 1200
Stock Watering 2000
RADIOLOGICAL
(MAXIMUM pCi/L)
Gross Alpha 15 15
Gross Beta 4 mrem/yr
Radium 226, 228
(Combined) 5
Strontium 90 8
Tritium 20000
Uranium 30
ORGANICS
(MAXIMUM UG/L)
Chlorophenoxy
Herbicides
2,4-D [100] 70
2,4,5-TP 10
Methoxychlor [100] 40
POLLUTION
INDICATORS (5)
[Gross Beta (pCi/L) 50 50]
BOD (MG/L) 5 5 5
Nitrate as N (MG/L) 4 4
Total Phosphorus as P
(MG/L)(6) 0.05 0.05
FOOTNOTES:
(1) Reserved
(2) The dissolved metals method involves filtration of the
sample in the field, acidification of the sample in the field, no
digestion process in the laboratory, and analysis by atomic
absorption or inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectrophotometry.
(3) Maximum concentration varies according to the daily
maximum mean air temperature.
TEMP (C) MG/L
12.0 2.4
12.1-14.6 2.2
14.7-17.6 2.0
17.7-21.4 1.8
21.5-26.2 1.6
26.3-32.5 1.4
(4) Total dissolved solids (TDS) limits may be adjusted if
such adjustment does not impair the designated beneficial use of
the receiving water. The total dissolved solids (TDS) standards
shall be at background where it can be shown that natural or
un-alterable conditions prevent its attainment. In such cases
rulemaking will be undertaken to modify the standard accordingly.
Site Specific Standards for Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
Castle Creek from confluence with the Colorado River to Seventh Day Adventist
Diversion: 1,800 mg/l;
Cottonwood Creek from the confluence with Huntington Creek to I-57: 3,500 mg/l;
Ferron Creek from the confluence with San Rafael River to Highway 10: 3,500 mg/l;
Gordon Creek from the confluence with Price River to headwaters: 3,800 mg/l;
Huntington Creek and tributaries from the confluence with Cottonwood Creek to U-10:
4,800 mg/l;
Ivie Creek and its tributaries from the confluence with Muddy Creek to U-10: 2,600 mg/l;
Lost Creek from the confluence with Sevier River to U.S. Forest Service Boundary: 4,600 mg/l;
Muddy Creek and tributaries from the confluence with Quitchupah Creek to U-10: 2,600 mg/l;
Muddy Creek from confluence with Fremont River to confluence with Quitchupah Creek: 5,800 mg/l;
North Creek from the confluence with Virgin River to headwaters: 2,035 mg/l;
Onion Creek[: C] from the confluence with Colorado River to road crossing above Stinking Springs[,]: 3000 mg/l[.];
Brine Creek-Petersen Creek, from the confluence with the Sevier River to U-119 Crossing: 9,700 mg/l;
Pinnacle Creek from the confluence with Price River to headwaters: 3,800 mg/l;
Price River and tributaries from the confluence with Coal Creek to Carbon Canal Diversion: 1,700 mg/l;
Price River and tributaries from the confluence with Green River to confluence with Soldier Creek: 3,000 mg/l;
Quitchupah Creek from the confluence with Ivie Creek to U-10: 2,600 mg/l;
Rock Canyon Creek from the confluence with Cottonwood Creek to headwaters: 3,500 mg/l;
San Pitch River from below Gunnison Reservoir to the Sevier River: 2,400 mg/l;
San Rafael River from the confluence with the Green River to Buckhorn Crossing: 4,100 mg/l;
San Rafael River from the Buckhorn Crossing to the confluence with Huntington Creek and Cottonwood Creek: 3,500 mg/l;
Sevier River between Gunnison Bend Reservoir and DMAD Reservoir: 1,725 mg/l;
Sevier River from Gunnison Bend Reservoir to Clear Lake: 3,370 mg/l;
Virgin River from the Utah/Arizona border to Pah Tempe Springs: 2,360 mg/l
(5) Investigations should be conducted to develop more
information where these pollution indicator levels are exceeded.
(6) Total Phosphorus as P (mg/l) indicator for
lakes and reservoirs shall be 0.025.
(7) Where the criteria are exceeded and there is a reasonable
basis for concluding that the indicator bacteria are primarily from
natural sources (wildlife), e.g., in National Wildlife Refuges and
State Waterfowl Management Areas, the criteria may be considered
attained. Exceedences of bacteriological numeric criteria from
nonhuman nonpoint sources will generally be addressed through
appropriate Federal, State, and [L]local nonpoint source programs.
TABLE 2.14.2
NUMERIC CRITERIA FOR AQUATIC WILDLIFE
Parameter Aquatic Wildlife
3A 3B 3C 3D
PHYSICAL
Total Dissolved
Gases (1) (1)
Minimum Dissolved Oxygen
(MG/L) (2)
30 Day Average 6.5 5.5 5.0 5.0
7 Day Average 9.5/5.0 6.0/4.0
1 Day Average 8.0/4.0 5.0/3.0 3.0 3.0
Max. Temperature(C)(3) 20 27 27
Max. Temperature
Change (C)(3) 2 4 4
pH (Range) 6.5-9.0 6.5-9.0 6.5-9.0 6.5-9.0
Turbidity Increase
(NTU) 10 10 15 15
METALS (4)
(DISSOLVED,
UG/L)(5)
Aluminum
4 Day Average (6) 87 87 87 87
1 Hour Average 750 750 750 750
Arsenic (Trivalent)
4 Day Average 150 150 150 150
1 Hour Average 340 340 340 340
Cadmium (7)
4 Day Average 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
1 Hour Average 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Chromium
(Hexavalent)
4 Day Average 11 11 11 11
1 Hour Average 16 16 16 16
Chromium
(Trivalent) (7)
4 Day Average 74 74 74 74
1 Hour Average 570 570 570 570
Copper (7)
4 Day Average 9 9 9 9
1 Hour Average 13 13 13 13
Cyanide (Free)
4 Day Average 5.2 5.2 5.2
1 Hour Average 22 22 22 22
Iron (Maximum) 1000 1000 1000 1000
Lead (7)
4 Day Average 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
1 Hour Average 65 65 65 65
Mercury
4 Day Average 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.012
1 Hour Average 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4
Nickel (7)
4 Day Average 52 52 52 52
[1 Hour Average 470 470 470 470]
1 Hour Average 468 468 468 468
Selenium
4 Day Average 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6
1 Hour Average 18.4 18.4 18.4 18.4
Silver
1 Hour Average (7) 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Zinc (7)
4 Day Average 120 120 120 120
1 Hour Average 120 120 120 120
INORGANICS
(MG/L) (4)
Total Ammonia as N (9)
30 Day Average (9a) (9a)
1 Hour Average (9b) (9b) (9b) (9b)
Chlorine (Total
Residual)
4 Day Average 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.011
1 Hour Average 0.019 0.019 0.019 [(7)]0.019
Hydrogen Sulfide (13)
(Undissociated,
Max. UG/L) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Phenol (Maximum) 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
RADIOLOGICAL
(MAXIMUM pCi/L)
Gross Alpha (10) 15 15 15 15
ORGANICS (UG/L) (4)
Aldrin
1 Hour Average 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Chlordane
4 Day Average 0.0043 0.0043 0.0043 0.0043
1 Hour Average 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
4,4' -DDT
4 Day Average 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010 0.0010
1 Hour Average 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.55
Dieldrin
4 Day Average 0.056 0.056 0.056 0.056
1 Hour Average 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24
Alpha-Endosulfan
4 Day Average 0.056 0.056 0.056 0.056
1 Hour Average 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
beta-Endosulfan
4 Day Average 0.056 0.056 0.056 0.056
1 Day Average 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
Endrin
4 Day Average 0.036 0.036 0.036 0.036
1 Hour Average 0.086 0.086 0.086 0.086
Heptachlor
4 Day Average 0.0038 0.0038 0.0038 0.0038
1 Hour Average 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26
Heptachlor epoxide
4 Day Average 0.0038 0.0038 0.0038 0.0038
1 Hour Average 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26
Hexachlorocyclohexane
(Lindane)
4 Day Average 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
1 Hour Average 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Methoxychlor
(Maximum) 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
Mirex (Maximum) 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001
Parathion
4 Day Average 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.013
1 Hour Average 0.066 0.066 0.066 0.066
PCB's
4 Day Average 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014
Pentachlorophenol (11)
4 Day Average 15 15 15 15
1 Hour Average 19 19 19 19
Toxaphene
4 Day Average 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002
1 Hour Average 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73
POLLUTION
INDICATORS (11)
Gross Beta (pCi/L) 50 50 50 50
BOD (MG/L) 5 5 5 5
Nitrate as N (MG/L) 4 4 4
Total Phosphorus as P
(MG/L) (12) 0.05 0.05 [0.05]
FOOTNOTES:
(1) Not to exceed 110% of saturation.
(2) These limits are not applicable to lower water levels
in deep impoundments. First number in column is for when
early life stages are present, second number is for when all
other life stages present.
(3) The temperature standard shall be at background where
it can be shown that natural or un-alterable conditions
prevent its attainment. In such cases rulemaking will be
undertaken to modify the standard accordingly.
Site Specific Standards for Temperature
Ken's Lake: From June 1st - September 20th, 27 degrees C.
(4) Where criteria are listed as 4-day average and
1-hour average concentrations, these concentrations should not
be exceeded more often than once every three years on the
average.
(5) The dissolved metals method involves filtration of
the sample in the field, acidification of the sample in the
field, no digestion process in the laboratory, and analysis by
atomic absorption spectrophotometry or inductively coupled
plasma (ICP).
(6) The criterion for aluminum will be implemented as
follows: Where the pH is equal to or greater than 7.0 and the
hardness is equal to or greater than 50 ppm as CaC03 in the
receiving water after mixing, the 87 ug/1 chronic criterion
(expressed as total recoverable) will not apply, and aluminum
will be regulated based on compliance with the 750 ug/1 acute
aluminum criterion (expressed as total recoverable).
(7) Hardness dependent criteria. 100 mg/l used.
Conversion factors for ratio of total recoverable metals to
dissolved metals must also be applied. In waters with a
hardness greater than 400 mg/l as CaC03, calculations will
assume a hardness of 400 mg/l as CaC03. See Table 2.14.3 for
complete equations for hardness and conversion factors.
(8) Reserved
(9) The following equations are used to calculate Ammonia
criteria concentrations:
(9a) The thirty-day average concentration of total ammonia
nitrogen (in mg/l as N) does not exceed, more than once every
three years on the average, the chronic criterion calculated
using the following equations.
Fish Early Life Stages are Present:
mg/l as N (Chronic)= ((0.0577/1+107.688-pH)+ (2.487/1+10PH-7.688))
* MIN (2.85, 1.45*100.028*(25-T))
Fish Early Life Stages are Absent:
mg/1 as N (Chronic) = ((0.0577/1+107.688-pH) + (2.487/1+10pH-7.688))
* [1.45*100.028* (25-MAX(T-7))] 1.45*100.028* (25-MAX(T,7)))
(9b) The one-hour average concentration of total ammonia
nitrogen (in mg/l as N) does not exceed, more than once every
three years on the average the acute criterion calculated
using the following equations.
Class 3A:
mg/l as N (Acute) = (0.275/(1+107.204-pH)) + (39.0/1+10pH-7.204))
Class 3B, 3C, 3D:
mg/l as N (Acute) = 0.411/(1+107.204-pH)) + (58.4/(1+10pH-7.204))
In addition, the highest four-day average within the 30-day
period should not exceed 2.5 times the chronic criterion.
The "Fish Early Life Stages are Present" 30-day average total
ammonia criterion will be applied by default unless it is
determined by the Division, on a site-specific basis, that it
is appropriate to apply the "Fish Early Life Stages are
Absent" 30-day average criterion for all or some portion of
the year. At a minimum, the "Fish Early Life Stages are
Present" criterion will apply from the beginning of spawning
through the end of the early life stages. Early life stages
include the pre-hatch embryonic stage, the post-hatch free
embryo or yolk-sac fry stage, and the larval stage for the
species of fish expected to occur at the site. The division
will consult with the Division of Wildlife Resources in making
such determinations. The Division will maintain information
regarding the waterbodies and time periods where application
of the "Early Life Stages are Absent" criterion is determined
to be appropriate.
(10) Investigation should be conducted to develop more
information where these levels are exceeded.
(11) pH dependent criteria. pH 7.8 used in table. See
Table 2.14.4 for equation.
(12) Total Phosphorus as P (mg/l) indicator for lakes and
reservoirs shall be 0.025.
(13) Formula to convert dissolved sulfide to un-disassociated
hydrogen sulfide is: H2S = Dissolved Sulfide * [e((1.92 + pH) + 12.85)]
e((-1.92 + pH) + 12.05)
TABLE
1-HOUR AVERAGE (ACUTE) CONCENTRATION OF
TOTAL AMMONIA AS N (MG/L)
pH Class 3A Class 3B, 3C, 3D
6.5 32.6 48.8
6.6 31.3 46.8
6.7 29.8 [44.8]44.6
6.8 28.1 42.0
6.9 26.2 39.1
7.0 24.1 36.1
7.1 22.0 32.8
7.2 19.7 29.5
7.3 17.5 26.2
7.4 15.4 23.0
7.5 13.3 19.9
7.6 11.4 17.0
7.7 9.65 14.4
7.8 8.11 12.1
7.9 6.77 10.1
8.0 5.62 8.40
8.1 4.64 6.95
8.2 3.83 5.72
8.3 3.15 4.71
8.4 2.59 3.88
8.5 2.14 3.20
8.6 1.77 2.65
8.7 1.47 2.20
8.8 1.23 1.84
8.9 1.04 1.56
9.0 0.89 1.32
. . . . . . .
TABLE 2.14.3a
EQUATIONS TO CONVERT TOTAL RECOVERABLE METALS STANDARD
WITH HARDNESS (1) DEPENDENCE TO DISSOLVED METALS STANDARD
BY APPLICATION OF A CONVERSION FACTOR (CF).
Parameter 4-Day Average (Chronic)
Concentration (UG/L)
CADMIUM CF * e ([1.0166]0.7409 (In(hardness)) -[3.924]4.719
CF = [1.136672]1.101672 - (In hardness) (0.041838)
CHROMIUM III
CF * e (0.8190(In(hardness)) + 0.6848 CF = 0.860
COPPER CF * e(0.8545(ln(hardness)) -1.702)
CF = 0.960
LEAD CF * e(1.273(ln(hardness))-4.705)
CF = 1.46203 - (ln hardness)(0.145712)
NICKEL CF * e(0.8460(ln(hardness))+0.0584)
CF = 0.997
SILVER N/A
ZINC Cf * e(0.8473(ln(hardness))+0.884) CF = 0.986
TABLE 2.14.3b
EQUATIONS TO CONVERT TOTAL RECOVERABLE METALS STANDARD
WITH HARDNESS (1) DEPENDENCE TO DISSOLVED METALS STANDARD
BY APPLICATION OF A CONVERSION FACTOR (CF).
Parameter 1-Hour Average (Acute)
Concentration (UG/L)
CADMIUM CF * e (1.0166(In(hardness))-3.924)
CF = 1.136672 - (ln hardness)(0.041838)
CHROMIUM (III) CF * e(0.8190(ln(hardness)) +3.7256)
CF = 0.316
COPPER CF * e(0.9422(ln(hardness))- 1.700)
CF = 0.960
LEAD CF * e(1.273(ln(hardness))-1.460)
CF = 1.46203 - (ln hardness)(0.145712)
NICKEL CF * e(0.8460(ln(hardness)) +2.255
CF= 0.998
SILVER CF * e(1.72(ln(hardness))- 6.59
CF = 0.85
ZINC CF * e(0.8473(ln(hardness)) +0.884
CF = 0.978
FOOTNOTE:
(1) Hardness as mg/l CaCO3.
. . . . . . .
TABLE 2.14.6
LIST OF HUMAN HEALTH CRITERIA (CONSUMPTION)
Chemical Parameter Water and Organism
Organism Only
(ug/L) (ug/L)
Class 1C Class 3A,3B,3C,3D
Antimony 5.6 640
Arsenic A A
Beryllium C C
Cadmium C C
Chromium III C C
Chromium VI C C
Copper 1,300
Lead C C
Mercury A A
Nickel [610]100 MCL 4,600
Selenium A 4,200
Silver
Thallium [1.7]0.24 [6.3]0.47
Zinc 7,400 26,000
Cyanide [700]140 [220,000]140
Asbestos 7 million
Fibers/L
2,3,7,8-TCDD Dioxin 5.0 E -9 B 5.1 E-9 B
Acrolein 190 290
Acrylonitrile 0.051 B 0.25 B
Alachlor 2.0
Atrazine 3.0
Benzene 2.2 B 51 B
Bromoform 4.3 B 140 B
Carbofuran 40
Carbon Tetrachloride 0.23 B 1.6 B
Chlorobenzene [680]100 MCL [21,000]1,600
Chlorodibromomethane 0.40 B 13 B
Chloroethane
2-Chloroethylvinyl Ether
Chloroform 5.7 B 470 B
Dalapon 200
Di(2ethylhexl)adipate 400
Dibromochloropropane 0.2
Dichlorobromomethane 0.55 B 17 B
1,1-Dichloroethane
1,2-Dichloroethane 0.38 B 37 B
1,1-Dichloroethylene [0.057 B]7 MCL [3.2 B]7,100
Dichloroethylene (cis-1,2) 70
Dinoseb 7.0
Diquat 20
1,2-Dichloropropane 0.50 B 15 B
1,3-Dichloropropene [10]0.34 [1,700]21
Endothall 100
Ethylbenzene [3,100]530 [29,000]2,100
Ethylene Dibromide 0.05
Glyphosate 700
Haloacetic acids 60 E
Methyl Bromide 47 1,500
Methyl Chloride F F
Methylene Chloride 4.6 B 590 B
Ocamyl (vidate) 200
Picloram 500
Simazine 4
Styrene 100
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 0.17 B 4.0 B
Tetrachloroethylene 0.69 B 3.3 B
Toluene [6,800]1,000 [200,000]15,000
1,2 -Trans-Dichloroethylene [700]100 MCL [140,000]10,000
1,1,1-Trichloroethane [F]200 MCL F
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 0.59 B 16 B
Trichloroethylene 2.5 B 30 B
Vinyl Chloride [2.0 B]0.025 [530 B]2.4
Xylenes 10,000
2-Chlorophenol 81 150
2,4-Dichlorophenol 77 290
2,4-Dimethylphenol 380 850
2-Methyl-4,6-Dinitrophenol 13.0 280
2,4-Dinitrophenol 69 5,300
2-Nitrophenol
4-Nitrophenol
3-Methyl-4-Chlorophenol
Penetachlorophenol 0.27 B 3.0 B
Phenol 21,000 1,700,000
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 1.4 B 2.4 B
Acenaphthene 670 990
Acenaphthylene
Anthracene 8,300 40,000
Benzidine 0.000086 B 0.00020 B
BenzoaAnthracene 0.0038 B 0.018 B
BenzoaPyrene 0.0038 B 0.018 B
BenzobFluoranthene 0.0038 B 0.018 B
BenzoghiPerylene
BenzokFluoranthene 0.0038 B 0.018 B
Bis2-ChloroethoxyMethane
Bis2-ChloroethylEther 0.030 B 0.53 B
Bis2-Chloroisopropy1Ether 1,400 65,000
Bis2-Ethyl[b]hexylPhthalate 1.2 B 2.2 B
4-Bromophenyl Phenyl Ether
Butylbenzyl Phthalate 1,500 1,900
2-Chloronaphthalene 1,000 1,600
4-Chlorophenyl Phenyl Ether
Chrysene 0.0038 B 0.018 B
Dibenzoa, hAnthracene 0.0038 B 0.018 B
1,2-Dichlorobenzene [2,700]420 [17,000]1,300
1,3-Dichlorobenzene 320 960
1,4-Dichlorobenzene [400]63 [2,600]190
3,3-Dichlorobenzidine 0.021 B 0.028 B
Diethyl Phthalate 17,000 44,000
Dimethyl Phthalate 270,000 1,100,000
Di-n-Butyl Phthalate 2,000 4,500
2,4-Dinitrotoluene 0.11 B 3.4 B
2,6-Dinitrotoluene
Di-n-Octyl Phthalate
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine 0.036 B 0.20 B
Fluoranthene 130 140
Fluorene 1,100 5,300
Hexachlorobenzene 0.00028 B 0.00029 B
Hexachlorobutedine 0.44 B 18 B
Hexachloroethane 1.4 B 3.3 B
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene [240]40 [17,000]1,100
Ideno 1,2,3-cdPyrene 0.0038 B 0.018 B
Isophorone 35 B 960 B
Naphthalene
Nitrobenzene 17 690
N-Nitrosodimethylamine 0.00069 B 3.0 B
N-Nitrosodi-n-Propylamine 0.005 B 0.51 B
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine 3.3 B 6.0 B
Phenanthrene
Pyrene 830 4,000
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene [260]35 [940]70
Aldrin 0.000049 B 0.000050 B
alpha-BHC 0.0026 B 0.0049 B
beta-BHC 0.0091 B 0.017 B
gamma-BHC (Lindane) [0.019 B]0.2 MCL [0.063 B]1.8
delta-BHC
Chlordane 0.00080 B 0.00081 B
4,4-DDT 0.00022 B 0.00022 B
4,4-DDE 0.00022 B 0.00022 B
4,4-DDD 0.00031 B 0.00031 B
Dieldrin 0.000052 B 0.000054 B
alpha-Endosulfan 62 89
beta-Endosulfan 62 89
Endosulfan Sulfate 62 89
Endrin [0.76]0.059 [0.81]0.060
Endrin Aldehyde 0.29 0.30
Heptachlor 0.000079 B 0.000079 B
Heptachlor Epoxide 0.000039 B 0.000039 B
Polychlorinated Biphenyls 0.000064 B,D 0.000064 B,D
PCB's
Toxaphene 0.00028 B 0.00028 B
Footnotes:
A. See Table 2.14.2
B. Based on carcinogenicity of 10-6 risk.
C. EPA has not calculated a human criterion for this
contaminant. [Hoever]However, permit authorities should address
this contaminant in NPDES permit actions using the State's existing
narrative criteria for toxics
D. This standard applies to total PCBs.
KEY: water pollution, water quality standards
[January 6, 2004]2005
Notice of Continuation October 7, 2002
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