APPENDIX I 

List of EPA 

Water Quality Criteria Documents 

WATER QUALITY STANDARDS HANDBOOK 

SECOND EDITION 
Water Quality Criteria Documents 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published water quality criteria for toxic 

pollutant(s) categories. Copies of water quality criteria documents are available from the National 

Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Front Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, (703) 487-4650. 

Prices of individual documents may be obtained by contacting NTIS. Order numbers are listed 

below. Where indicated, documents may be obtained from the Water Resource Center, 401 M St., 

S.W. RC-4100, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-7786. 

Chemical NTIS Order No. EPA Document No. 

Acenaphthene 

Acrolein 

Acrylonitrile 

Aesthetics 

Aldrin/Dieldrin 

Alkalinity 

Aluminum 

Ammonia 

Ammonia (saltwater) 

Antimony 

Antimony (III) - aquatic 

(draft) 

Arsenic- 1980 

-1984 

Asbestos 

Bacteria - 1976 

- 1984 

Barium 

Benzene 

Benzidine 

Beryllium 

Boron 

Cadmium - 1980 

-1984 

Carbon Tetrachloride 

Chlordane 

Chloride 

Chlorinated Benzenes 

Chlorinated Ethanes 

Chlorinated Naphthalene 

Chlorinated Phenols 

PB 81-117269 

PB 81-117277 

PB 81-117285 

PB 263943 

PB 81-117301 

PB 263943 

PB 88-245998 

PB 85-227114 

PB 89-195242 

PB 81-117319 

resource center 

PB 81-117327 

PB 85-227445 

PB 81-117335 

PB 263943 

PB 86-158045 

PB 263943 

PB 81-117293 

PB 81-117343 

PB 81-117350 

PB 263943 

PB 81-117368 

PB 85-224031 

PB 81-117376 

PB 81-117384 

PB 88-175047 

PB 81-117392 

PB 81-117400 

PB 81-117426 

PB 81-117434 

EPA 440/5-80-015 

EPA 440/5-80-016 

EPA 440/5-80-017 

EPA 440/19-76-023 

EPA 440/5-80-019 

EPA 440/9-76-023 

EPA 440/5-86-008 

EPA 440/5-85-001 

EPA 440/5-88-004 

EPA 440/5-80-020 

EPA 440/5-80-021 

EPA 440/5-84-033 

EPA 440/5-80-022 

EPA 440/9-76-023 

EPA 440/5-84-002 

EPA 440/9-76-023 

EPA 440/5-80-018 

EPA 440/5-80-023 

EPA 440/5-80-024 

EPA 440/9-76-023 

EPA 440/5-80-025 

EPA 440/5-84-032 

EPA 440/5-80-026 

EPA 440/5-80-027 

EPA 440/5-88-001 

EPA 440/5-80-028 

EPA 440/5-80-029 

EPA 440/5-80-031 

EPA 440/5-80-032 
Chemical NTIS Order No. EPA Document No. 

Chlorine 

Chloroalkyl Ethers 

Chloroform 

2Chlorophenol 

Chlorophenoxy Herbicides 

ChlOrpyTifOS 

Chromium - 1980 

-1984 

Color 

Copper - 1980 

- 1984 

Cyanide 

Cyanides 

DDT and Metabolites 

Demeton 

Dichlorobenzenes 

Dichlorobenzidine 

Dichloroethylenes 

2,CDichlorophenol 

Dichloropropane/ 

Dichloropropene 

2.4Dimethylphenol 

Dinitrotoluene 

Diphenylhydrazine 

Di-2-Ethylhexyl Phthalate - 

aquatic (draft) 

Dissolved Oxygen 

Endosulfan 

Endrin 

Ethylbenzene 

Fluoranthene 

Gasses, Total Dissolved 

Guidelines for Deriving 

Numerical National 

Water Quality Criteria 

for the Protection of 

Aquatic Organisms and 

Their Uses 

Guthion 

HalOetherS 

Halomethanes 

Hardness 

Heptachlor 

Hexachlorobenzene - 

aquatic (draft) 

Hexachlorobutadiene 

Hexachlorocyclohexane 

PB 85227429 

PB 81-117418 

PB 81-117442 

PB 81-117459 

PB 263943 

PB 87- 105359 

PB 81-117467 

PB 85227478 

PB 263943 

PB 81-117475 

PB 85227023 

PB 85227460 

PB 81-117483 

PB 81-117491 

PB 263943 

PB 81-117509 

PB 81-117517 

PB 81-117525 

PB 81-117533 

PB 81-117541 

PB 81-117558 

PB 81-117566 

PB 81-117731 

resource center 

PB 86-208253 

PB 81-117574 

PB 81-117582 

PB 81-117590 

PB 81-117608 

PB 263943 

PB 85227049 

PB 263943 

PB al-117616 

PB 81-117624 

PB 263943 

PB 81-117632 

resource center 

PB 81-117640 

PB 81-117657 

EPA 440/S-84-030 

EPA 440/S-80-030 

EPA 440/ 5-80~33 

EPA 440 / S-80-034 

EPA 440 I 9-76423 

EPA440/546-005 

EPA 440 / S-80-035 

EPA 44Ol544-029 

EPA 44019-76-023 

EPA 4401 S-80-036 

EPA44Ol5-84-031 

EPA 44Ol5-84-028 

EPA 44015 M-037 

EPA 440 / S-80-038 

EPA 44019-76-023 

EPA 440 / S-80-039 

EPA 440/S-80-040 

EPA 4401 S-80-041 

EPA 440/S-80-042 

EPA 440/5-&l-043 

EPA 440/5-80-044 

EPA 440/S-80-045 

EPA 440 / S-80-062 

EPA 4401 S-86-003 

EPA 4401 S-80-046 

EPA 440 I S-80-047 

EPA 440/S-80-048 

EPA 440 / 5-80-049 

EPA 440/ 9-76-023 

EPA 440/ 9-76-023 

EPA 44Ol5-80-050 

EPA440/5-80051 

EPA 440 / 9-76-023 

EPA 440/5-80-052 

EPA 440/S-80-053 

EPA 440/S-80-054 
CkmiUl NTIS Order No. EPA Document No. 

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene PB 81-117665 

Iron PB 263943 

Isophorone PB al-117673 

Lead - 1980 PB al-117681 

-1984 PB 85-227437 

Malathion PB 263943 

Manganese PB 263943 

Mexrury- 1980 PB al-117699 

-1984 PB 85-227452 

Methoxychlor PB 263943 

Mirex PB 263943 

Naphthalene PB 81-117707 

Nickel - 1980 PB 81-117715 

-1986 PB 87-105359 

Nitrates/Nitrites PB 263943 

Nitrobenzene PB al-117723 

Nitrophenols PB al-117749 

Nitrosamines PB al-117756 

Oil and Grease PB 263943 

Parathion PB 87-105383 

Pentachlorophenol- 1980 PB al-117764 

- 1986 PB 87-105391 

PH PB 263943 

Phenanthrene - aquatic 

(&aft) resource center 

Phenol PB 81-117772 

Phosphorus PB 263943 

Phthalate Esters PB 81-117780 

PolychIorinated Biphenyls PB 81-117798 

Polynuclear Aromatic 

Hydrocarbons PB 81-117806 

Selenium - 1980 PB 81-117814 

-1987 PB 88- 142239 

Silver PB 81-117822 

Silver -aquatic (draft) resource center 

Solids (dissolved) and 

Salinity PB 263943 

Solids (suspended) and 

Turbidity PB 263943 

Sulfides/ Hydrogen Sulfide PB 263943 

Tainting Substances PB 263943 

Temperature PB 263943 

2,3,7,&Tetrachlorodibenz.oP-Dioxin PB 89.109825 

Tetrachloroethylene PB 81-117830 

Thallium PB Bl-117EiS 

Toluene PB 81-117863 

EPA 4401 S-80-055 

EPA 44019-76-023 

EPA 4401 S-80-056 

EPA 440 / S-8057 

EPA 440/S-84-027 

EPA 440/9-7m23 

EPA 440 / 9-76-023 

EPA 440/S-80-058 

EPA 440/S-84-026 

EPA 440 I 9-76-023 

EPA 44019-76-023 

EPA 4401 S-80-059 

EPA 440 / 5-80-060 

EPA 440 I S-86-004 

EPA 440/ 9-76-023 

EPA 440 / S-80-06 1 

EPA 440/S-80-063 

EPA 440 / S-80-064 

EPA 44019-76-023 

EPA 440 / S-86-007 

EPA 440 I S-80-065 

EPA 4401 S-85-009 

EPA 440 I 9-76-023 

EPA 440/S-80-066 

EPA 440 / 9-76-023 

EPA 440/S-80-067 

EPA 440 I S-80-068 

EPA 440 I S-80-069 

EPA 440 / 5-8OmO 

EPA 440/S-87-008 

EPA 4401 S-80-071 

EPA 44019-76-023 

EPA 44019-76423 

EPA 440 / 9-76-023 

EPA 44019-76-023 

EPA 44019-76-023 

EPA 440/S-84-007 

EPA 440 I s-80-073 

EPA 440 / S-80-074 

EPA 440/S-80-075 
NTIS Order No. EPA Document No. 

Toxaphene - 1980 

-1986 

Tributyltin - aquatic 

(draft) 

Trkhloroethylene 

2,4,5-‘Ikhlorophenolaquatic (draft) 

Vinyl Chloride 

zinc-1980 

-1987 

PB al-117863 

PB 87-105375 

EPA440/5-80-076 

EPA440/5-%006 

resource center 

PB al-117871 EPA44Ol540-077 

resource center 

PB 81-117889 EPA44Ol5-8omS 

PB 81-117897 EPA 44OlHO-079 

PB 87-143581 EPA 440/5-W-003