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Reference Library of Water Quality Standards Policy and Guidance Documents

This page contains an index of specific EPA documents related to water quality standards, including those referenced in the Water Quality Standards Handbook. You can sort the index alphabetically, by publication date, or by topic.

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Topic Title Publication Date EPA Number
(if assigned)
Antidegradation [See Tier 2 Antidegradation Reviews and Significance Thresholds Memo ] 2005/08/10  
Antidegradation [See Antidegradation Policy Approvals and Endangered Species Act Consultations, Memorandum from Geoffrey Grubbs ] 2005/01/27  
Antidegradation [See Interpretation of Federal Antidegradation Regulatory Requirement, Memorandum from Tudor Davies ] 1994/02/22  
Antidegradation [See Antidegradation Policy, Memorandum from William Diamond ] 1991/06/13  
Antidegradation [See Application of Antidegradation Policy to the Niagara River, Memorandum from Margaret Prothro ] 1989/08/04  
Antidegradation [See EPA Designation of Outstanding National Resource Waters, Memorandum from William Diamond ] 1989/05/25  
Antidegradation [See Antidegradation Policy, Memorandum from Margaret Prothro ] 1985/12/10  
Antidegradation [See Antidegradation Policy, Memorandum from Patrick Tobin ] 1985/11/22  
Antidegradation [See Questions and Answers on Antidegradation ] 1985/08  
Antidegradation [See Compendium of Department of the Interior Statements on Non-Degradation of Interstate Waters ] 1968/08/01  
Antidegradation [See Antidegradation, Wasteloads, and Permits, Memorandum from Edwin Johnson ] 1988/01/01  
Antidegradation [See Downgrading of Water Quality Standards ] 1978/05/23  
Arsenic [See Arsenic Decision, Memorandum from Robert Perciasepe ] 1995/02/06  
Assessment Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbiological Risk Assessment 2007/07/01  
Assessment Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology: Toward a Compendium of Best Practices 2002/07/01  
Assessment [See Biological Methods Manual (Biological Field and Laboratory Methods for Measuring the Quality of Surface Waters and Effluents) ] 1973/07/01 670-4-73-001
Assessment, Biological [See A Primer on Using Biological Assessments to Support Water Quality Management ] 2011/10 810-R-11-01
Assessment, chronic toxicity Short-Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater Organisms 2002/10/01 821-R-02-013
Assessment, chronic toxicity Short-Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Marine and Estuarine Organisms 2002/10/01 821-R-02-014
Assessment, toxicity Methods for Measuring Acute Toxicity of Effluents to Freshwater and Marine Organism 2002/10/01 821-R-02-012
Bacteria criteria Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria 1986/01/01 440/5-84-002
Biological criteria [See Biological Assessments: Key Terms and Concepts ] 2011/03/01 820-F-11/006
Biological criteria [See Summary of Biological Assessment Programs and Biocriteria Development for States, Tribes, Territories, and Interstate Commissions: Streams and Wadeable Rivers ] 2002/12/01 822-R-02-048
Biological criteria Using Biological Data as Indicators of Water Quality 2002/07/01  
Biological criteria [See Stressor Identification Guidance Document ] 2000/12/01 822-B-00-005
Biological criteria [See Summary of State Biological Assessment Programs for Streams and Rivers ] 1996/02/01 230-R-96-007
Biological criteria [See Final Policy Memo on Biological Assessments and Criteria ] 1991/06/19  
Biological criteria [See Application of Clean Water Act Section 401 State Water Quality Certification to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Licenses, Letter to the Honorable Lois Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ] 1991/01/18  
Biological criteria [See National Program Guidance For Surface Waters ] 1990/04/01 440/5-90-004
Biological criteria [See Biological Assessments and Criteria: Crucial Components of Water Quality Programs ] 2002/01/01 822-F-02-006
Biological criteria Lake and Reservoir Bioassessment and Biocriteria: Technical Guidance Document 1998/01/01 841-B-98-007
Biological criteria [See Procedures for Initiating Narrative Biological Criteria ] 1992/10 822-B-92-002
Chesapeake Bay Response to Petition from Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2005/06/13  
Conditional Approvals [See Guidance for the Use of Conditional Approvals for State Water Quality Standards, Memorandum from Margaret Prothro ] 1989/06/20  
Copper criteria [See Streamlined Water-Effect Ratio Procedure for Discharges of Copper ] 2001/03/01 822-R-01-005
Criteria Guidance Document on Expression of Aquatic Life Criteria as Dissolved Criteria (PDF) (49 pp, 1 MB) 1993/10/01  
Criteria [See Guidance on the Use of Criteria Contained in "Quality Criteria For Water" During the Review of State Water Quality Standards Revisions ] 1978/01/16  
Criteria National Recommended Water Quality Criteria Current  
Criteria List of EPA Water Quality Criteria Documents  1994/01/01  
Criteria Guidelines for Deriving Numerical National Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses 1985/01/01 PB85-227049
CERCLA CWA/CERCLA Site Specific Sample Memorandum of Understanding 2017-11-21  
Designated Uses [See Designating Attainable Uses Symposium, 2002 ] 2002/06/03  
Designated Uses [See EPA, DOI, Army Corp Federal Dams memo to Oregon ] 2005/05/04  
Designated Uses [See Plan for Supporting States and Tribes on Designated Use Issues, 2004 ] 2004/08/09  
Designated Uses-Recreation [See Designation of Recreation Uses ] 1989/09/07  
Dissolved oxygen criteria [See Ambient Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen (Saltwater): Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ] 2000/11/01 822-R-00-012
Downstream Topic Page: Protection of Downstream Waters in Water Quality Standards    
Downstream [See Response to Sierra Club Petition ] 2004/06/25  
Downstream [See Favorable Supreme Court Decision Concerning Interstate Water Pollution, Memorandum from Raymond Ludwiszewski (Arkansas v. Oklahoma) ] 1992/02/27  
Downstream Templates for Narrative Downstream Protection Criteria in State Water Quality Standards 2014/02/14 820-F-14-002
Downstream Protection of Downstream Waters in Water Quality Standards: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (12 pp, 567 K) 2014/6 820-F-14-001
Downstream Decision Tree Tool for Downstream Protection 2014/11/17  
Economic Interim Economic Guidance for Water Quality Standards: Workbook 1995/03/01 823/B-95-002
Emerging contaminants Aquatic Life: Contaminants of Emerging Concern White Paper 2008/06/03  
Endangered Species Act Consultation Memorandum of Agreement Between the Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service Regarding Enhanced Coordination Under the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act; Notice 2001/02/22  
Endangered Species Act Consultation Policy Guidance: Water Quality Standards and the Endangered Species Act (PDF) (2 pp, 803 K) 2001/02/22 823-F-01-003 
Endangered Species Act Consultation Endangered Species Consultation Handbook (PDF) (315 pp, 919 K) 1998/03/01  
Endangered Species Act Consultation Endangered Species Act Joint Guidance (PDF) (14 pp, 907 K) 1992/07/27  
Existing Uses [See Questions and Answers on EPA's Existing Use Policy, Letter to Mr. Derek Smithee, State of Oklahoma Water Resources Board ] 2008/09/05  
Existing Uses [See Determination of "Existing Uses" for Purposes of Water Quality Standards Implementation ]
Memorandum from Patrick Tobin
1986/04/07  
Existing Uses [See Interpretation of the Term "Existing Uses" Under the Antidegradation Policy ] 1985/02/21  
Fish and Shellfish Advisories [See Guidance: Use of Fish and Shellfish Advisories and Classifications in 303(d) and 305(b) Listing Decisions, Letter from Geoffrey Grubbs and Robert Wayland ] 2000/10/24  
Fish consumption [See Estimated per capita fish consumption in the United States ] 2002/08/01 821-C-02-003
Fish consumption National Guidance for Assessing Chemical Contaminant Data for Use in Fish Advisories 1996-2002 823-B-00-007, 823-B-00-008, 823-B-00-009, 823R95001
Recreational Criteria [See Water Quality Standards for Coastal Recreation Waters: Considerations for States as They Select Appropriate Risk Levels ] 2006/08/01 823-F-06-012
Great Lakes [See Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System: Supplementary Information Document (SID) ] 1995/03/01 820-B-95-001
Groundwater [See Water Quality Standards and Underground Waters, Memorandum from Joan Bernstein ] 1979/05/29  
Human health criteria Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health 2000/10/01 822-B-00-004
Human health criteria [See Human Health Ambient Water Quality Criteria and Fish Consumption Rates Frequently Asked Questions ] 2000  
Implementation Plans [See Revision of Water Quality Standards and Implementation Plans Under [Section] 303 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Memorandum from William Frick ] 1975/02/03  
Interstate Waters [See National Stream Use Policy, Memorandum to Acting Director, Water Planning Division ] 1972/10/15  
Marinas [See Section 401 Certification of Marinas, Memorandum from Catherine Winer ] 1985/11/12  
Marine pH criteria [See Letter on Marine pH Criteria: EPA to Center for Biological Diversity ] 2010/04/15  
Metals criteria [See Modifications to "Interim Guidance on Determination and Use of Water-Effect ratios for Metals" and EPA’s "Recalculation Procedure when Deriving Site-Specific Criteria" ] 1997/12/03  
Metals criteria [See Interim Guidance on Determination and Use of Water-Effect Ratios for Metals, Memorandum from Tudor Davies ] 1994/02/22 823-B-94-001
Metals criteria [See Office of Water Policy and Technical Guidance on Interpretation and Implementation of Aquatic Life Metals Criteria ] 1993/10/01 822-F-93-009
Mixing Zones [See Initial Zones of Dilution for Bacteria in Rivers and Streams, Memorandum from Ephraim King ] 2008/11/12  
Mixing Zones [See Compilation of EPA Mixing Zone Documents ] 2006/07/01 823-R-06-003
Mixing Zones [See EPA Guidance on Application of State Mixing Zone Policies in EPA-issued NPDES Permits, Memorandum from Robert Perciasepe ] 1996/08/06  
Mixing Zones [See Allocated Impact Zones for Areas of Non-Compliance ] 1995/03 EPA-823-R-95-003
Mixing Zones [See Mixing Zones for Water Quality Standards, Memorandum from Richard Stoll ] 1979/05/01  
Mixing Zones [See Decision no. 31 of the General Counsel on Matters of Law Pursuant to 40 CFR Section 125.36(m) ] 1975/10/14  
Mixing Zones [See Mixing Zones, Memorandum from Robert Zenner ] 1973/10/02  
Modeling Guidance Document on Dynamic Modeling and Translators (PDF) (30 pp, 1 MB) see page 18 1993/08/01  
Monitoring Guidance Document on Monitoring (PDF) (30 pp, 1 MB) see page 29 1993/10/01  
Monitoring [See State Water Monitoring and Waste Load Allocation ] 1985/10/01 440/4-85-031
Narrative Translator Criteria [See Option 3 of Section 303(c)(2)(B) Guidance, Memorandum from David Sabock ] 1990/01/03  
Natural Conditions [See A Framework for Defining and Documenting Natural Conditions for Development of Site-Specific Natural Background Aquatic Life Criteria for Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, and PH: Interim Document ] 2015/02/12 820-R-15-001
Natural Conditions Establishing Site Specific Aquatic Criteria Equal to Natural Background (“Tudor Davies Memo”) (1997) (PDF) 1997/11/05  
Nonpoint Sources Nonpoint Source Guidance 1996/05/01  
Nonpoint Sources [See Guidance Specifying Management Measures For Sources Of Nonpoint Pollution In Coastal Waters ]

1993/01/01

840-B-92-002
Nonpoint Sources [See Nonpoint Source Controls and Water Quality Standards, Memorandum from Carl Myers ] 1987/08/19 FY-87-49
Nonpoint Sources [See Answers to Questions on Nonpoint Sources and WQS ]
Memorandum from Lawrence Jensen
1986/03/07  
Nonpoint Sources Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Program Development and Approval Guidance (PDF) (68 pp, 654 K) 1993/01/01 841-B-93-003
Nutrients [See Bioconfirmation, Letter to Maine Department of Environmental Protection ] 2011/12/22  
Nutrients [See Response letter to the Mississippi River Petition, July 29, 2011 ] 2011/07/29  
Nutrients Technical Assistance for Developing Nutrient Site-Specific Alternative Criteria in Florida Exit 2011/06/01  
Nutrients [See March 2011 EPA Memo: Working in Partnership with States to Address Phosphorus and Nitrogen Pollution through Use of a Framework for State Nutrient Reductions ] 2011/03/16  
Nutrients [See Letter to New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, March 1, 2011 ] 2011/03/01  
Nutrients [See EPA Response to the Maine Congressional Delegation’s January 21, 2011 Letter ] 2011/02/15  
Nutrients Using Stressor-response Relationships to Derive Numeric Nutrient Criteria (PDF) (93 pp, 2 MB) 2010/11/01 820-S-10-001
Nutrients [See An Urgent Call to Action: Report of the State-EPA Nutrient Innovations Task Group (August 2009) ] 2009/08/27  
Nutrients [See EPA Needs to Accelerate Adoption of Numeric Nutrient Water Quality Standards, OIG Report 09-P-0223 ] 2009/08/26 09-P-0223
Nutrients Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance: Wetlands (PDF) (156 pp, 16 MB) 2008/06/01 822-B-08-001
Nutrients [See May 25, 2007 Policy Memo: Nutrient Pollution and Numeric Water Quality Standards ] 2007/05/25  
Nutrients [See Establishing numeric nutrient criteria, Letter from Ben Grumbles to the Natural Resources Defense Council ] 2004/03/05  
Nutrients Development and Adoption of Nutrient Criteria into Water Quality Standards, Memorandum from Geoffrey Grubbs (PDF) (21 pp, 67 K) 2001/11/14  
Nutrients Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters (PDF) (362 pp, 27 MB) 2001/10/01 822-B-01-003
Nutrients Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance: Rivers and Streams (PDF) (253 pp, 21 MB) 2000/07/07 822-B-00-002
Nutrients Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance: Lakes and Reservoirs (PDF) (232 pp, 16 MB) 2000/07/07 822-B-00-001
Nutrients National Strategy for the Development of Regional Nutrient Criteria (PDF) (53 pp, 278 K) 1998/06/01 822-R-98-002
Ocean Acidification Integrated Reporting and Listing Decisions Related to Ocean Acidification, Memorandum from Denise Keehner 2010/11/15  
Public Hearing [See Modernizing Public Hearings for Water Quality Standard Decisions Consistent with 40 CFR 25.5 ] 2019/06/13 823-F-19-005
Recreational Criteria Recreational Water Quality Criteria 2011/12/09 820-D-11-002
Recreational Criteria Summary of Stakeholder Meeting on EPA’s Development of New or Revised Recreational Water Quality Criteria June 14–15, 2011 – New Orleans, Louisiana 2011/06/14  
Recreational Criteria Recreational Water Criteria – Critical Path Science Plan 2007/08/31 823-R-08-002
Recreational Criteria Bacteria Rule for Coastal and Great Lakes Recreation Waters (BEACH Act rule) 2004/11/16  
Recreational Criteria Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 2000/01/24 PUBLIC LAW 106–284
Reporting [See Watershed Monitoring and Reporting Requirements for Section 319 National Monitoring Program Projects ] 1991/08/30 843-B-91-113
Reporting Integrated Reporting (IR) Guidelines under Sections 303(d), 305(b), and 314 of the Clean Water Act    
Seaward Extent of State WQS [See Seaward Extent of State Water Quality Standards, Memorandum from Cathy Winer ] 1985/10/31  
Sediment [See Promoting Water, Superfund and Enforcement Collaboration on Contaminated Sediments ] 2015/02/12  
Sediment [See EPA's Contaminated Sediment Management Strategy ] 1998/04/01 823-R-98-001
Sediment criteria [See Procedures for the Derivation of Equilibrium Partitioning Sediment Benchmarks (ESBs) for the Protection of Benthic Organisms: PAH Mixtures ] 2003/11 EPA-600-R-02-013
Site-specific criteria [See Establishing Site-Specific Aquatic Life Criteria Equal to Natural Background ] 1997/11/05  
Site-specific criteria [See Guidelines for Deriving Numerical Aquatic Site-Specific Water Quality Criteria by Modifying National Criteria ] 1984/12/01 600-S3-84-099
Standards, General [See Strategy for Water Quality Standards and Criteria ] 2003/08/03 823-R-03-010
Standards, General [See Fact Sheet: Strategy for Water Quality Standards and Criteria: Setting Priorities to Strengthen the Foundation for Protecting and Restoring the Nation's Waters ] 2003/08/03 823-F-03-011
Standards, General [See Memo from Geoff Grubbs: Questions and Answers on EPA’s “Alaska Rule” ] 2000/09/15  
Standards, General Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Water Quality Standards 1998/07/07 Federal Register Vol. 63, No.129 Pages 36741-36806
Standards, General Priorities for Water Quality Criteria and Standards Programs FY 2017-2018 2016/04/08  
Standards, General [See Water Quality Criteria and Standards Plan: Priorities for the Future ] 1998/06/01 822-R-98-003
Standards, General [See Water Quality Criteria and Standards for the 21st Century: Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference], September 13-15, 1994 1994/09/01 820-R-95-001
Standards, General [See Water Quality Standards for the 21st Century: Proceedings of the Third National Conference ], August 31-September 3, 1992 1992/12/01 823-R-92-009
Standards, General [See Water Quality Standards, Memorandum from Jack Raven ] 1984/02/02  
Standards, General NOTE: This document is not the current version and is provided for historical purposes only. See the online Water Quality Standards Handbook for the latest version. 1994/08 823-B-94-005a
Standards, General Memorandum: Policy for EPA Review and Action on Clean Water Act Program Submittals 2019/06/03  
Submitting new or revised water quality standards to EPA [See Information for States and Tribes on submittal of new and/or revised water quality standards to U.S. EPA for review under section 303(c) of the Clean Water Act and Federal regulations at 40 CFR 131 ] 2007/09/13  
TMDL [See Guidance for Water Quality-based Decisions: The TMDL Process ] 1991/04/01 440/4-91-001
Toxic criteria [See Guidance for State Implementation of Water Quality Standards for CWA Section 303(C)(2)(B) ] 1991/03/01 823-R-88-100
Toxic criteria [See Memorandum from LaJuana Wilcher Announcing Development of Federal Rulemaking to Promulgate State Water Quality Standards (National Toxics Rule) ] 1990/01/26  
Toxic criteria [See Compliance with CWA Section 303(c)(2)(B), Memorandum from Martha Prothro ] 1989/06/19  
Toxic criteria [See Guidance for State Implementation of Water Quality Standards for CWA Section 303(c)(2)(B), Memorandum from Rebecca Hanmer ] 1988/12/12 823-R-88-100
Toxic criteria [See Selection of Water Quality Criteria in State Water Quality Standards, Memorandum from Edwin Johnson ] 1985/02/28  
Toxic criteria [See Recalculation of State Toxic Criteria from October 1, 1982 ] 1982/10/01  
Toxic criteria [See Toxic Criteria Recommendations, Memorandum from Joseph Krivak re. November 28, 1980 ] 1981/08/28  
Tribes [See Strategy for Reviewing Tribal Eligibility Applications to Administer EPA Regulatory Programs (Strategy for Treatment in a Similar Manner to a State) ] 2008/01/23  
Tribes Tribal Grants under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act    
Tribes [See OST Expectations for Water Quality Standards for Indian Reservations for Tribes Treated as States, Memorandum from Tudor Davies ] 1992/04/20  
Tribes [See Guidance on Water Quality Standards and 401 Certification Programs Administered by Indian Tribes, Memorandum from Tudor Davies ] 1991/12/31  
Tribes [See Final WQS Regulation Amendment Concerning Indian Tribes, Memorandum from Tudor Davies ] 1991/12/05  
Tribes [See Reference Guide to Water Quality Standards for Indian Tribes ] 1990/01/02 440/5-90-002
Triennial Review [See Guidance: Coordinating CSO Long-Term Planning with Water Quality Standards Review ] 2001/07/31 833-R-01-002
Triennial Review [See Three-Year Quality Standards Review, Memorandum from Patrick Tobin ] 1983/09/06  
Use Attainability Analysis [See Improving the Effectiveness of the Use Attainability Analysis Process, Memorandum from Ephraim King ] 2006/03/13  
Use Attainability Analysis [See UAAs and Other Tools for Managing Designated Uses ]
Please note that the purpose of this document is to provide examples of UAAs that states have conducted. States may conduct UAAs and then choose not to finalize the use change. For example, MD never adopted a final use change for the Patapsco River following the UAA described on pg. 38 of the document.
2006/03/01 821-R-07-001
Use Attainability Analysis [See Water Quality Standards: Examples of Alternatives to Changing Long-term Designated Uses to Achieve Water Quality Goals ] 2005/03/01  
Use Attainability Analysis [See Technical Support Manual: Waterbody Surveys and Assessments for Conducting Use Attainability Analyses ] 1983/11 440/4-86-037
440/4-86-038
440/4-86-039
Use Attainment Framework for Incorporating Community Preferences in Use Attainment and Related Water Quality Decision-Making 2011/02/01 625-R-08-001F
Variances [See Checklist For Evaluating State Submission Of Discharger-Specific Water Quality Standards Variances ] 2016/02/29  
Variances [See Request for Views on Allowable Duration of Water Quality Standards Variances, Memorandum from Catherine Winer ] 1992/01/24  
Variances [See National Assessment of State Variance Procedures: Report ] 1990/11/01  
Variances [See Variances in Water Quality Standards, Memorandum from Edwin Johnson ] 1985/03/15  
Variances [See Applicability of the Part 25 "Public Participation" Regulations to the Approval of Variances from Water Quality Standards, Memorandum from Michele Corash ] 1980/09/04  
Variances Water Quality Standards Variance Building Tool 2017/08/23  
Variances [See Decision no. 58 of the General Counsel on Matters of Law Pursuant to 40 CFR Section 125.36(m) ] 1977/03/29  
Variances [See Decision no. 44 of the General Counsel on Matters of Law Pursuant to 40 CFR Section 125.35(m) ] 1976/06/22  
Variances and Downgrades [See Definitions of WQS Terms, Memorandum from Kenneth Mackenthun ] 1979/07/03  
Variances for Multiple Dischargers Developing Credible Rationales for Variances that Apply to Multiple Dischargers - Frequently Asked Questions (7 pp, 457 K) 2013/03/29 820-F-13-012
Waste Load Allocations Technical Guidance Manual for Performing Waste Load Allocations, Book 6, Design Conditions (PDF) (68 pp, 2 MB) 1986/09/01 440/4-87-004
Water Quantity [See State Authority to Allocate Water Quantities - Section 101(g) of the Clean Water Act ] 1978/11/07  
Waters of the US Clean Water Act Definition of “Waters of the United States” Current  
Wetlands [See Appendix E: An Approach for Evaluating Numeric Water Quality Criteria for Wetlands Protection ] 1991/07/08  
Wetlands Water Quality Standards for Wetlands: National Guidance (PDF) (60 pp, 3 MB) 1990/07/01 440-S-90-011
Wetlands [See Wetlands and 401 Certification: Opportunities for States and Eligible Indian Tribes ] 1989/04/01  
Wetlands [See Clean Water Act Authority Over Wetlands, Memorandum from Cathy Winer ] 1985/04/19  
Wetlands [See An Approach for Evaluating Numeric Water Quality Criteria for Wetlands Protection ] 1991/07/08  
Wetlands Templates for Developing Wetland Water Quality Standards 2016/05/12  
What is a New or Revised WQS [See What is a New or Revised Water Quality Standard Under CWA 303(c)(3)? - Frequently Asked Questions ] 2012/10/09 820-F-12-017

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