### ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX FOR E **PA REGION 2's REVIEW OF THE 2010**

**REVISIONS TO THE PUERTO RICO WATER QUALITY STANDARDS**  **REGULATION DOCUMENT**  **DATE DESCRIPTION**  1 May 1 , 2008 E -mail from Angel Melendez of EQB to Izabela Wojtenko initiating the triennial review process for PRWQSR . 2 May 6 , 2008 E -mail from Iz abela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez summarizing a list of potential revisions to be discussed during the conference call with EQB on May 7 th

. 3 May 8 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Ange l Melendez, Annette Feliberty and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing May 7 th conference call . 4 May 12 , 2008 E -mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko tran smitting a copy of the 2005 PR WQSR draft revisions to be used as the first draft for EPA review . 5 May 22 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Annette Feliberty transmitting EPA comments for the first WQSR draft . 6 June 9 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB with an agenda for June 10 th conference call and EPA comments for the WLA section, arsenic & mercury, criteria for bacteria & DO, and the NTR status. 7 June 10 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing June 10 th conference call and action items. 8 June 20 , 2008 E -mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko, Wayne Jackson and Yasmin Laguer transmitting the response to EPA comments and the proposed agenda for June 25 th conference call. 9 June 26 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing June 25 th conference call and action items. 10 July 1 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB suggesting to separate the adoption of nutrient criteria for PR lakes from the triennial WQSR process. 1 1 July 3 , 2008 E -mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko with a proposed agenda for July 9 th conference call and EQB’s draft 2.1 revisions. 1 2 July 15 , 2008 E -mail from Wayne Jackson to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty, Denise Laabes and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing July 9 th conference call and action items 1 3 July 23 , 2008 E -mail from Wayne Jackson to Phyllis Fe inmark and Eduardo Gonzalez of EPA to discuss an issue regarding the applicability of WQS “beyond 3 mile s ” related to bacteria criteria E -mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko and Wayne Jackson**DOCUMENT DATE**  **DESCRIPTION** 1 4 July 28 , 2008 transmitting comments for Rule 1303. 1 5 July 29 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting information o n surfactants. 1 6 July 31 , 2008 E -mail from Wayne Jackson to Claudia Fabiano and Danielle Fuligni to address issues of standards for groundwaters and mercury. 1 7 July 31 , 2008 E -mail from Wayne Jackson to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty, Denise Laabes and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing July 31st conference call and action items. 1 8 August 14 , 2008 E -mail from Denise Laabes to Izabela Wojtenko informing of Mr. Javier Rua as the new President of EQB and new dates for the upcoming conference call. 1 9 August 19 , 2008 E -mail from Wanda Garcia to EPA transmitting revisions to sections 1301, 1302, 1303, 1306, and 1310 of PRWQSR. 20 August 21 , 2008 E -mail from Antony Tseng to Izabela Wojtenko addressing the TMDLs issue. 21 August 26 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty, and Carmelo Vazquez transmitting the comments discussed during the call on Aug. 26 th

. 22 August 26 , 2008 E -mail from Wayne Jackson to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty, Denise Laabes and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing August 26th conference call and action items. 23 August 26 , 2008 E -mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko transmitting the final draft of the PRWQSR document 24 September 4 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting the EPA comments on the final draft WQSR document. 25 September 16 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting EPA’s draft revisions to its national recommended HH -based water quality criteria for acrolein and phenol for EQB’s consideration. 26 September 17 , 2008 E -mail from Denise Laabes to Izabela Wojtenko with a tentative schedule to finalize English and Spanish versions of the PRWQSR document by September 30, 2008. 27 October 7 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia seeking status of the PRWQSR revisions. 28 December 18 , 2008 E -mail from Wanda Garcia to Yasmin Laguer transmitting English and Spanish versions of the PRWQSR document and the revised submission schedule for June 30, 2009. 29 December 19 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting a first part of EPA comments on the English version of the WQSR document**DOCUMENT DATE**  **DESCRIPTION** 30 December 30 , 2008 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Yasmin Laguer addressing issue of “temporary exemptions”. 31 January 6 , 200 9 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting a second part of EPA comments on the English version of the WQSR document 32 February 9 , 200 9 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia scheduling a conference call for 2/12/09 to discuss the adoption schedule 33 February 10, 2009 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Lingard Knutson to initiate EPA wo rk o n informal consultation process under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with US FWS and NOAA. 34 February 17, 2009 E -mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko and Yasmin Laguer transmitting the following documents: English version of PRWQSR, the public notice, the fact sheet, and the Flexbility Analysis in Spanish. 35 February 24, 2009 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia with EPA comments on PRWQS, public notice, and fact sheet. 36 March 27, 2009 E -mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko with status of the adoption process. Status was discussed during the conference call on April 1 st

. 37 April 21, 2009 E -mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko informing that EPA request for status has been forwarded to Pedro Nieves, EQB Chairman 38 April 21, 2009 E -mail from Pedro Nieves to Izabela Wojtenko informing that his review of the PRWQSR revisions will be finalized soon. 38(a) April 22, 2009 E -mail from Ron Borsellino to Pedro Nieves. 39 May 4, 2009 Letter from Mrs. Grace Mu sumeci to Mr. Edwin Muniz (US FWS) and Dr. Lisamarie Carruba (NOAA) initiating the ESA informal consultation on the 2009 PRWQSR revisions. 40 June 9, 2009 Letter from Mr. Edwin Muniz (US FWS) to Mr s. Grace Musumeci requesting additional information. 41 June 9, 2009 Letter from Mr. David M. Bernhart (NOAA) to Mrs. Grace Musumeci requesting additional information re 2009 PRWQSR 42 June 10, 2009 E -mail from Lisamarie Carruba of NOAA to Stephanie Lamster including a preliminary response to May 4 th letter. 43 June 16, 2009 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Dana Thomas to engage the EPAHQ in the ESA consultation process. 44 June 18, 2009 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Janita Aguirre transmitting the PR WQSR revision document. 45 June 22, 2 009 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Felix Lopez of US FWS**DOCUMENT DATE**  **DESCRIPTION** transmitting the requested information (per June 9 th letter). 46 June 30, 2009 Letter from Mr. Edwin Muniz (US FWS) to Mrs. Grace Musumeci providing written concurrence that the revisions to the PR WQS are not likely to adversely affect threatened/endangered species. 47 August 18 , 2009 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Janita Aguirre and Sharon Frey to set up the conference call to discuss EPA’s response to NOAA 48 August 26 , 200 9 E -mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko transmitting final revisions done after the EQB completed its discussions with Chairman 49 August 27 , 2009 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia requesting final copies of WQSR and the Public Notice documents. 50 August 27 , 2009 E -mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko transmitting the mo st recent copies of the following documents: Public Notice, WQSR, and Fact Sheet. 51 August 28 , 20 09 E -mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko informing that the public notices were published on August 28 th . Copies of public notices were attached. 52 October 7 , 20 09 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez to follow up on the public hearing process and adoption schedule. 53 October 7 , 20 09 E -mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko informing that the Public Hearing took place on Sept. 30 th and that the public comment period was extended to Oct. 30 th

. 54 November 4 , 20 09 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez to follow up on the p ublic review/comments process and adoption schedule. 55 November 6 , 20 09 E -mail from Jeff Gratz to Wanda Garcia to follow up on the WQSR revisions/adoption schedule. Jeff followed up with additional e -mails on December 4 th and January 8th 56 Decemb er 22, 2009 Letter from Mrs. Grace Musumeci to Mr. David M. Bernhart (NOAA) providing the additional information relative to ESA inf ormal consultation on PR WQSR revisions 5 7 January 8 , 2010 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez requesting an update on the PRWQSR revisions adoption process 58 February 24 , 2010 E -mail from Angel Melendez to Izabela Wojtenko informing that the adoption process will be delayed 59 April 2 , 2010 E -mail from Jeff Gratz to Izabela Wojtenko informing that based on the conversation between Barbara Finazzo and Roberto Ayala, the EQB is committed to submit the final package by May 31 st

. 60 April 21 , 2010 Letter from Mr. David M. Bernhart (NOAA) to Mrs. Grace Musumeci re: PR

WQSR**DOCUMENT DATE**  **DESCRIPTION** 61 May 3 , 2010 E -mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko transmitting a copy of the Attorney General Certification 62 May 5 , 2010 E -mail from Annette Feliberty to Wayne Jackson and Izabela Wojtenko transmitting the electronic submittal package for the 2010 triennial PRWQSR revisions. The following documents were included in the submittal: 62 (a) April 30, 2010 Cover letter from EQB’s Executive Director, Pedro Nieves to Judith Enck , Regional Administrator, EPA - Region 2. 62 (b) Fact Sheet for Proposed Amendments to the PRWQSR 62 (c) March 31, 2010 Copy of the adopted PRWQSR 62 (d) April 27, 2010 The letter from Guillermo Somoza Colombani, Attorney General to Judith Enck certifying that the revisions to the PRWQSR were duly adopted pursuant to State law , as defined in 40 CFR 131.3. 62 (e) August 28, 20 10 Copies of two public notices published in “El Vocero” and the “Puerto Rico Daily Sun”. 62 (f) Spanish version of the “Responsiveness to Comments Summary” document 63 May 12, 20 10 E -mail from Izabela Wo jtenko to Annette Feliberty requesting an English version of the “Responsiveness to Comments” document and the response that document is not available 64 May 18 , 20 10 E -mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko and Wayne Jackson requesting a justif ication for the English version of “Response to Comments” being a part of the submission package 65 May 19, 2010 E -mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Annette Feliberty transmitting a requested information (re: 64) 6 6 June 1, 2010 E -mail from Jeff Gratz to Roberto Ayala requesting that EQB submit a summary of public comments and EQB’s responses in English by June 10 th . Memo was followed -up with conference call during which EQB commited to provide document by July 7 th

. 67 July 8, 2010 Memorandum to the File from Jeff Gratz, Chief Clean Water Regulatory Branch documenting EPA = s determination that EPA = s decision to approve the 2010 revisions to the PR Water Quality Standards Regulations (PRWQSR), subject to completion of Endangered Species Act consultation with the NOAA Fisheries is consistent with section 7(d) of the ESA. 68 July ....... , 2010 The Responsiveness Summary English translation 69 July...., 2010 Letter to the EQB’s Executive Director, Pedro Nieves from Mrs. Barbara Finazzo approving the revi si ons to the PRWQS adopted on March 31 , 2010.