ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX FOR EPA 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 Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez summarizing a list 

of potential revisions to be discussed during the conference call with 

EQB on May 7th.

3 May 8, 2008 E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty 

and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing May 7th conference call.

4 May 12, 2008 E-mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko transmitting 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 10th

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 10th 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 25th conference call.

9 June 26, 2008 E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty 

and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing June 25th 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.

11 July 3, 2008 E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko with a proposed 

agenda for July 9th conference call and EQB’s draft 2.1 revisions.

12 July 15, 2008 E-mail from Wayne Jackson to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty, 

Denise Laabes and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing July 9th

conference call and action items

13 July 23, 2008 E-mail from Wayne Jackson to Phyllis Feinmark and Eduardo 

Gonzalez of EPA to discuss an issue regarding the applicability of 

WQS “beyond 3 miles” related to bacteria criteria

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko and Wayne Jackson 
DOCUMENT DATE DESCRIPTION

14 July 28, 2008 transmitting comments for Rule 1303.

15 July 29, 2008 E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting 

information on surfactants.

16 July 31, 2008 E-mail from Wayne Jackson to Claudia Fabiano and Danielle Fuligni 

to address issues of standards for groundwaters and mercury.

17 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.

18 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.

19 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. 26th.

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, 2009 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, 2009 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 

work on 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 1st.

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 Musumeci 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 Mrs. 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 4thletter.

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, 2009 E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Felix Lopez of US FWS 
DOCUMENT DATE DESCRIPTION

transmitting the requested information (per June 9th letter).

46 June 30, 2009 Letter from Mr. Edwin Muniz (US FWS) to Mrs. Grace Musumeci 

providing written concurrence that the revisions to the PRWQS 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, 2009 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 

most recent copies of the following documents: Public Notice, 

WQSR, and Fact Sheet.

51 August 28, 2009 E-mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko informing that the 

public notices were published on August 28th. Copies of public 

notices were attached.

52

October 7, 2009

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez to follow up on the 

public hearing process and adoption schedule.

53

October 7, 2009

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko informing that the 

Public Hearing took place on Sept. 30th and that the public comment 

period was extended to Oct. 30th.

54

November 4, 2009

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez to follow up on the 

public review/comments process and adoption schedule.

55

November 6, 2009

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 4th and January 8th

56

December 22, 2009

Letter from Mrs. Grace Musumeci to Mr. David M. Bernhart 

(NOAA) providing the additional information relative to ESA

informal consultation on PRWQSR revisions

57

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 31st.

60

April 21, 2010

Letter from Mr. David M. Bernhart (NOAA) to Mrs. Grace 

Musumeci re: PRWQSR
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, 2010 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, 2010 E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Annette Feliberty requesting an 

English version of the “Responsiveness to Comments” document and 

the response that document is not available

64 May 18, 2010 E-mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko and Wayne 

Jackson requesting a justification 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)

66

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 10th. Memo was followed-up with conference call during which 

EQB commited to provide document by July 7th.

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 revisions to the PRWQS adopted on 

March 31, 2010.