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Fort Belknap Indian CommunityExit

Water Quality Standards

WQS Information
The link to Fort Belknap Indian Community Aaniiih & Nakoda Tribes WQS that are in effect for Clean Water Act purposes are not currently available. Please contact their WQ Program for a copy and additional information.

• Aquatic Life Fishery, Cold-water
• Aquatic Life Fishery, Warm-water
• Aquatic Life, Non-fishery Cold-water
• Aquatic Life, Non-fishery Warm-water

Biological Criteria
_____ Narrative
_____ Numeric
__X__ No criteria

At this time the FBIC does not have specific, numeric biological standards or criteria, however, it is the intent of the Tribes to develop such criteria or standards as resources allow.

Antidegradation Policy
Biocriteria or bioassessment not used in antidegradation policy.

Biological Assessment

What biological assemblages are used in the bioassessment program?
Benthic macroinvertebrates, fish, and amphibians

Are bioassessments used to support 303(d) listings?
No.

How are assemblages used to make impairment decisions?
Not applicable.

Other uses of biocriteria or bioassessment within  the water quality program:
In the TWQS Draft, refining ALU, TMDL development and assessment, antidegradation, non-point source assessments, BMP evaluation, 303(d) water quality standards assessment, 305(b) surface water condition assessment, and restoration goals may be incorporated.

Technical Support Information and Documents:

Reference condition:
“Reference conditions” describe the characteristics of water body segments least impaired by human activities. As such, reference conditions can be used to describe attainable biological or habitat conditions for water body segments with common watershed/catchment characteristics within defined geographical regions.

Technical reference material:
TWQS Document

Biocriteria:
Not applicable.

Stressor identification/causal analysis approach:
Not applicable.
 

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