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§132.6 Application of part 132 requirements in Great Lakes States and Tribes.

(a) Effective September 5, 2000, the requirements of Paragraph C.1 of Procedure 2 in Appendix F of this Part and the requirements of paragraph F.2 of Procedure 5 in Appendix F of this Part shall apply to discharges within the Great Lakes System in the State of Indiana.

(b) Effective September 5, 2000, the requirements of Procedure 3 in Appendix F of this Part shall apply for purposes of developing total maximum daily loads in the Great Lakes System in the State of Illinois.

(c) Effective September 5, 2000, the requirements of Paragraphs C.1 and D of Procedure 6 in Appendix F of this Part shall apply to discharges within the Great Lakes System in the States of Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

(d) Effective November 6, 2000, §132.4(d)(2) shall apply to waters designated as "Class D" under section 701.9 of Title 6 of the New York State Codes, Rules and Regulations within the Great Lakes System in the State of New York. For purposes of this paragraph, chronic water quality criteria and values for the protection of aquatic life adopted or developed pursuant to §132.4(a) through (c) are the criteria and values adopted or developed by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (see section 703.5 of Title 6 of the New York State Codes, Rules and Regulations) and approved by EPA under section 303(c) of the Clean Water Act.

(e) Effective November 6, 2000, the criteria for mercury contained in Table 4 of this part shall apply to waters within the Great Lakes System in the State of New York.

(f) Effective December 6, 2000, the acute and chronic aquatic life criteria for copper and nickel in Tables 1 and 2 of this part and the chronic aquatic life criterion for endrin in Table 2 of this part shall apply to the waters of the Great Lakes System in the State of Wisconsin.

(g) Effective February 5, 2001, the chronic aquatic life criterion for selenium in Table 2 of this part shall apply to the waters of the Great Lakes System in the State of Wisconsin.

(h) Effective December 6, 2000, the requirements of procedure 3 in appendix F of this part shall apply for purposes of developing total maximum daily loads in the Great Lakes System in the State of Wisconsin.

(i) Effective December 6, 2000, the requirements of paragraphs D and E of procedure 5 in appendix F of this part shall apply to discharges within the Great Lakes System in the State of Wisconsin.

(j) Effective December 6, 2000, the requirements of paragraph D of procedure 6 in appendix F of this part shall apply to discharges within the Great Lakes System in the State of Wisconsin.

[65 FR 47874, Aug. 4, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 59737, Oct. 6, 2000; 65 FR 66511, Nov. 6, 2000]




Tables to Part 132

Table 1 -- Acute Water Quality Criteria for Protection of Aquatic Life in Ambient Water

EPA recommends that metals criteria be expressed as dissolved concentrations (see appendix A, I.A.4 for more information regarding metals criteria).

(a)

 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Conversion
                    Chemical                      CMC (mg/L)    factor
                                                                 (CF)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arsenic (III)...................................  [SU]a,b[/       1.000
                                                  SU] 339.8
Chromium (VI)...................................  [SU]a,b[/       0.982
                                                  SU] 16.02
Cyanide.........................................  [SU]c[/SU]        n/a
                                                      22
Dieldrin........................................  [SU]d[/SU]        n/a
                                                       0.24
Endrin..........................................  [SU]d[/SU]        n/a
                                                       0.086
Lindane.........................................  [SU]d[/SU]        n/a
                                                       0.95
Mercury (II)....................................  [SU]a,b[/        0.85
                                                   SU] 1.694
Parathion.......................................  [SU]d[/SU]        n/a
                                                       0.065
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[SU]a[/SU] CMC=CMC[SU]tr[/SU].
[SU]b[/SU] CMC[SU]d[/SU]=(CMC[SU]tr[/SU]) CF. The CMC[SU]d[/SU] shall be
  rounded to two significant digits.
[SU]c[/SU] CMC should be considered free cyanide as CN.
[SU]d[/SU] CMC=CMC[SU]t[/SU].
 
Notes:
The term ``n/a'' means not applicable.
CMC is Criterion Maximum Concentration.
CMC[SU]tr[/SU] is the CMC expressed as total recoverable.
CMC[SU]d[/SU] is the CMC expressed as a dissolved concentration.
CMC[SU]t[/SU] is the CMC expressed as a total concentration.

(b)

 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Conversion
               Chemical                 m[INF]A[/  b[INF]A[/    factor
                                           INF]       INF]       (CF)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cadmium [SU]a,b[/SU]..................     1.128     -3.6867       0.85
Chromium (III) [SU]a,b[/SU]...........     0.819     +3.7256      0.316
Copper [SU]a,b[/SU]...................     0.9422    -1.700       0.960
Nickel [SU]a,b[/SU]...................     0.846     +2.255       0.998
Pentachlorophenol [SU]c[/SU]..........     1.005     -4.869         n/a
Zinc [SU]a,b[/SU].....................     0.8473    +0.884       0.978
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[SU]a[/SU] CMC[SU]tr[/SU]=exp { m[INF]A[/INF] [ln
  (hardness)]+b[INF]A[/INF]}.
[SU]b[/SU] CMC[SU]d[/SU]=(CMC[SU]tr[/SU]) CF. The CMC[SU]d[/SU] shall be
  rounded to two significant digits.
[SU]c[/SU] CMC[SU]t[/SU]=exp m[INF]A[/INF] { [pH]+b[INF]A[/
  INF]}. The CMC[SU]t[/SU] shall be rounded to two significant
  digits.
 
Notes:
The term ``exp'' represents the base e exponential function.
The term ``n/a'' means not applicable.
CMC is Criterion Maximum Concentration.
CMC[SU]tr[/SU] is the CMC expressed as total recoverable.
CMC[SU]d[/SU] is the CMC expressed as a dissolved concentration.
CMC[SU]t[/SU] is the CMC expressed as a total concentration.

[60 FR 15387, Mar. 23, 1995, as amended at 65 FR 35286, June 2, 2000]


Table 2 -- Chronic Water Quality Criteria for Protection of Aquatic Life in Ambient Water

EPA recommends that metals criteria be expressed as dissolved concentrations (see appendix A, I.A.4 for more information regarding metals criteria).

(a)

 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Conversion
                    Chemical                      CCC (mg/L)    factor
                                                                 (CF)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arsenic (III)..................................  [SU]a,b[/        1.000
                                                 SU] 147.9
Chromium (VI)..................................  [SU]a,b[/        0.962
                                                 SU] 10.98
Cyanide........................................  [SU]c[/SU]         n/a
                                                      5.2
Dieldrin.......................................  [SU]d[/SU]         n/a
                                                      0.056
Endrin.........................................  [SU]d[/SU]         n/a
                                                      0.036
Mercury (II)...................................  [SU]a,b[/         0.85
                                                  SU] 0.9081
Parathion......................................  [SU]d[/SU]         n/a
                                                      0.013
Selenium.......................................  [SU]a,b[/        0.922
                                                  SU] 5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[SU]a[/SU] CCC=CCC[SU]tr[/SU].
[SU]b[/SU] CCC[SU]d[/SU]=(CCC[SU]tr[/SU]) CF. The CCC[SU]d[/SU] shall be
  rounded to two significant digits.
[SU]c[/SU] CCC should be considered free cyanide as CN.
[SU]d[/SU] CCC=CCC[SU]t[/SU].
 
Notes:
The term ``n/a'' means not applicable.
CCC is Criterion Continuous Concentration.
CCC[SU]tr[/SU] is the CCC expressed as total recoverable.
CCC[SU]d[/SU] is the CCC expressed as a dissolved concentration.
CCC[SU]t[/SU] is the CCC expressed as a total concentration.

(b)

 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Conversion
               Chemical                 m[INF]c[/  b[INF]c[/    factor
                                           INF]       INF]       (CF)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cadmium[SU]a,b[/SU]...................    0.7852    -2.715        0.850
Chromium (III)[SU]a,b[/SU]............    0.819     +0.6848       0.860
Copper[SU]a,b[/SU]....................    0.8545    -1.702        0.960
Nickel[SU]a,b[/SU]....................    0.846     +0.0584       0.997
Pentachlorophenol[SU]c[/SU]...........    1.005     -5.134          n/a
Zinc[SU]a,b[/SU]......................    0.8473    +0.884        0.986
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[SU]a[/SU] CCC[SU]tr[/SU]=exp { m[INF]c[/INF][ln
  (hardness)]+b[INF]c[/INF]}.
[SU]b[/SU] CCC[INF]d[/INF]=(CCC[SU]tr[/SU]) (CF). The CCC[SU]d[/SU]
  shall be rounded to two significant digits.
[SU]c[/SU] CMC[SU]t[/SU]=exp { m[INF]A[/INF][pH]+b[INF]A[/
  INF]}. The CMC[SU]t[/SU] shall be rounded to two significant
  digits.
 
Notes:
The term ``exp'' represents the base e exponential function.
The term ``n/a'' means not applicable.
CCC is Criterion Continuous Concentration.
CCC[SU]tr[/SU] is the CCC expressed as total recoverable.
CCC[SU]d[/SU] is the CCC expressed as a dissolved concentration.
CCC[SU]t[/SU] is the CCC expressed as a total concentration.

                          Table 3_Water Quality Criteria for Protection of Human Health
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                          HNV (mg/L)             HCV (mg/L)
                             Chemical                              ---------------------------------------------
                                                                    Drinking  Nondrinking  Drinking  Nondrinking
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benzene...........................................................     1.9E1      5.1E2       1.2E1      3.1E2
Chlordane.........................................................    1.4E-3     1.4E-3      2.5E-4     2.5E-4
Chlorobenzene.....................................................     4.7E2      3.2E3
Cyanides..........................................................     6.0E2      4.8E4
DDT...............................................................    2.0E-3     2.0E-3      1.5E-4     1.5E-4
Dieldrin..........................................................    4.1E-4     4.1E-4      6.5E-6     6.5E-6
2,4-Dimethylphenol................................................     4.5E2      8.7E3
2,4-Dinitrophenol.................................................     5.5E1      2.8E3
Hexachlorobenzene.................................................    4.6E-2     4.6E-2      4.5E-4     4.5E-4
Hexachloroethane..................................................       6.0        7.6         5.3        6.7
Lindane...........................................................    4.7E-1     5.0E-1
Mercury [SU]1[/SU]................................................    1.8E-3     1.8E-3
Methylene chloride................................................     1.6E3      9.0E4       4.7E1      2.6E3
2,3,7,8-TCDD......................................................    6.7E-8     6.7E-8      8.6E-9     8.6E-9
Toluene...........................................................     5.6E3      5.1E4
Toxaphene.........................................................                           6.8E-5     6.8E-5
Trichloroethylene.................................................                            2.9E1      3.7E2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Includes methylmercury.

[60 FR 15387, Mar. 23, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 11731, Mar. 12, 1997; 62 FR 52924, Oct. 9, 1997]


        Table 4_Water Quality Criteria for Protection of Wildlife
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Chemical                         Criteria (mg/L)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DDT and metabolites........................  1.1E-5
Mercury (including methylmercury)..........  1.3E-3
PCBs (class)...............................  1.2E-4
2,3,7,8-TCDD...............................  3.1E-9
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[60 FR 15387, Mar. 23, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 11731, Mar. 12, 1997]


Table 5 -- Pollutants Subject to Federal, State, and Tribal Requirements

Alkalinity

Ammonia

Bacteria

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

Chlorine

Color

Dissolved oxygen

Dissolved solids

pH

Phosphorus

Salinity

Temperature

Total and suspended solids

Turbidity

Table 6 -- Pollutants of Initial Focus in the Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative

A. Pollutants that are bioaccumulative chemicals of concern (BCCs):

Chlordane

4,4'-DDD; p,p'-DDD; 4,4'-TDE; p,p'-TDE

4,4'-DDE; p,p'-DDE

4,4'-DDT; p,p'-DDT

Dieldrin

Hexachlorobenzene

Hexachlorobutadiene; hexachloro-1, 3-butadiene

Hexachlorocyclohexanes; BHCs

alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane; alpha-BHC

beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane; beta-BHC

delta-Hexachlorocyclohexane; delta-BHC

Lindane; gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane; gamma-BHC

Mercury

Mirex

Octachlorostyrene

PCBs; polychlorinated biphenyls

Pentachlorobenzene

Photomirex

2,3,7,8-TCDD; dioxin

1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorobenzene

1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene Toxaphene

B. Pollutants that are not bioaccumulative chemicals of concern:

Acenaphthene

Acenaphthylene

Acrolein; 2-propenal

Acrylonitrile

Aldrin

Aluminum

Anthracene

Antimony

Arsenic

Asbestos

1,2-Benzanthracene; benz[a]anthracene

Benzene

Benzidine

Benzo[a]pyrene; 3,4-benzopyrene

3,4-Benzofluoranthene; benzo[b]fluoranthene

11,12-Benzofluoranthene; benzo[k]fluoranthene

1,12-Benzoperylene; benzo[ghi]perylene

Beryllium

Bis(2-chloroethoxy) methane

Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether

Bis(2-chloroisopropyl) ether

Bromoform; tribomomethane

4-Bromophenyl phenyl ether

Butyl benzyl phthalate

Cadmium

Carbon tetrachloride; tetrachloromethane

Chlorobenzene

p-Chloro-m-cresol; 4-chloro-3-methylphenol

Chlorodibromomethane

Chlorethane

2-Chloroethyl vinyl ether

Chloroform; trichloromethane

2-Chloronaphthalene

2-Chlorophenol

4-Chlorophenyl phenyl ether

Chlorpyrifos

Chromium

Chrysene

Copper

Cyanide

2,4-D; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

DEHP; di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

Diazinon

1,2:5,6-Dibenzanthracene; dibenz[a,h]anthracene

Dibutyl phthalate; di-n-butyl phthalate

1,2-Dichlorobenzene

1,3-Dichlorobenzene

1,4-Dichlorobenzene

3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine

Dichlorobromomethane; bromodichloromethane

1,1-Dichloroethane

1,2-Dichloroethane

1,1-Dichloroethylene; vinylidene chloride

1,2-trans-Dichloroethylene

2,4-Dichlorophenol

1,2-Dichloropropane

1,3-Dichloropropene; 1,3-dichloropropylene

Diethyl phthalate

2,4-Dimethylphenol; 2,4-xylenol

Dimethyl phthalate

4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol; 2-methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol

2,4-Dinitrophenol

2,4-Dinitrotoluene

2,6-Dinitrotoluene

Dioctyl phthalate; di-n-octyl phthalate

1,2-Diphenylhydrazine

Endosulfan; thiodan

alpha-Endosulfan

beta-Endosulfan

Endosulfan sulfate

Endrin

Endrin aldehyde

Ethylbenzene

Fluoranthene

Fluorene; 9H-fluorene

Fluoride

Guthion

Heptachlor

Heptachlor epoxide

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene

Hexachloroethane

Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene; 2,3-o-phenylene pyrene

Isophorone

Lead

Malathion

Methoxychlor

Methyl bromide; bromomethane

Methyl chloride; chloromethane

Methylene chloride; dichloromethane

Napthalene

Nickel

Nitrobenzene

2-Nitrophenol

4-Nitrophenol

N-Nitrosodimethylamine

N-Nitrosodiphenylamine

N-Nitrosodipropylamine; N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine

Parathion

Pentachlorophenol

Phenanthrene

Phenol

Iron

Pyrene

Selenium

Silver

1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane

Tetrachloroethylene

Thallium

Toluene; methylbenzene

1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene

1,1,1-Trichloroethane

1,1,2-Trichloroethane

Trichloroethylene; trichloroethene

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol

Vinyl chloride; chloroethylene; chloroethene

Zinc


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