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The permit, as proposed, also would

not uniquely affect small governments

because compliance with the proposed

permit conditions affects small

governments in the same manner as any

other entities seeking coverage under

the permit. Additionally, EPA does not

expect small governments to operate

facilities authorized to discharge by this

permit.

National Environmental Policy Act

When it was proposed, EPA

determined that issuance of the now

expired NPDES New Source General

Permit for the Western Portion of the

Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of

Mexico was a major Federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. Thus, pursuant to

the National Environmental Policy Act

of 1969, evaluation of the potential

environmental consequences of the

permit action in the form of an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

was required. The Minerals

Management Service had previously

examined the environmental

consequences in their final EIS which

was conducted for oil and gas lease

sales 142 and 143 in the OCS Region of

the Gulf of Mexico. EPA adopted that

EIS and prepared a Supplemental EIS

(SEIS) to allow for additional

consideration and evaluation of

potential impacts on air quality, water

quality, including radium in produced

water, and cumulative effects. The Final

SEIS was completed in December 1994

and the Record of Decision was

prepared and dated September 28, 1995.

The Minerals Management Service has

also subsequently examined the effects

of these activities in EIS’s for additional

lease sales.

Modification of the NPDES general

permit for New and Existing Sources in

the Western Portion of the Outer

Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico

will not result in any new impacts

which were not subjected to NEPA

analysis in either Mineral Management

Service’s EIS or the SEIS produced by

EPA Region 6. All discharges proposed

to be authorized by the permit were

addressed in those NEPA Reviews. Thus

EPA does not propose to prepare a

supplemental environmental impact

statement for this action.

Sam Becker,

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection

Division, Region 6.

[FR Doc. 01–13947 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6989–7]

State and Tribal Water Quality

Standards: Notice of EPA Approvals

and Announcement of EPA Internet

Repository

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document contains a

listing of State and Tribal submissions

of new or revised water quality

standards that EPA approved during the

period April 1, 1998 through May 30,

2000. Additionally, this notice contains

a listing of Indian Tribes that obtained

EPA approval to administer a water

quality standards program during the

same period. It also contains a list of

EPA actions to promulgate or remove

Federal water quality standards during

the same period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cara

Lalley, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

Mail Code 4305, Washington, DC 20460;

(202) 260–0314; lalley.cara@epa.gov; or

see the EPA Regional Water Quality

Standards Contacts table in

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION to contact

your Regional Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

document contains a list of State and

Tribal water quality standards adoptions

and revisions which EPA approved

during the period beginning on April 1,

1998 and ending on May 30, 2000. The

most recent list was published on

October 7, 1998 (63 FR 53911),

reflecting State and Tribal submissions

of new or revised water quality

standards that EPA approved during the

period September 1, 1995 through

March 31, 1998.

For each EPA approval action, this

document provides a reference to the

State’s or Tribe’s regulations that

contain the State and Tribal water

quality standards, followed by the date

of State and Tribal adoption and/or

effectiveness, the date of EPA approval,

and a brief description of EPA’s

approval. Additionally, this notice

contains a listing of Tribes that have

obtained EPA approval to administer a

water quality standards program. It also

contains a listing of federal water

quality standards rulemakings.

This document does not include the

following information: (1) The actual

text of the water quality standards, (2)

any exceptions or conditions that apply

to EPA’s approval, such as portions of

the State and Tribal standards

submissions on which EPA did not take

action or EPA disapproved, (3) whether

approvals were made subject to the

results of consultation under the

Endangered Species Act, (4) Tribal

application materials submitted to EPA

for authorization to administer the water

quality standards program, or (5) the

text of the federal water quality

standards rulemakings. The text of a

State’s or Tribe’s standards and copies

of the approval letters may be obtained

from the State’s or Tribe’s pollution

control agency or the appropriate EPA

Regional Office (See ‘‘EPA Regional

Water Quality Standards Contacts’’

table). Proprietary publications such as

those of the Bureau of National Affairs,

Inc. also contain the text of State and

Tribal water quality standards.

Due to recent changes in EPA’s water

quality standards regulations commonly

referred to as the Alaska Rule, this will

be the last list of water quality standard

approvals published as a Federal

Register notice. The Alaska Rule

(published in the Federal Register on

April 27, 2000 and effective as of May

30, 2000) requires that new and revised

State and Tribal water quality standards

be approved by EPA before they become

effective for Clean Water Act purposes.

Prior to the Alaska Rule, water quality

standards were Clean Water Acteffective once they were adopted by

states and authorized tribes, regardless

of EPA approval. The new regulations

replaced the requirement for an annual

publication of EPA approvals (formerly

contained at 40 CFR 131.21(d)) with the

establishment of a repository of Clean

Water Act-effective water quality

standards (referred to as the Clean Water

Act Water Quality Standards Docket in

the Alaska Rule preamble). (See 65 FR

24641.) With this Federal Register

notice, EPA is announcing the

availability of the Internet version of

this repository for all water quality

standards effective under the Clean

Water Act. The public may view the

effective Federal, State, Territory, and

Tribal water quality standards at http:/

/www.epa.gov/ost/wqs. This Internet

repository will be updated periodically

to include new and revised water

quality standards approved by EPA in

the future.

In addition, EPA Regional offices

continue to maintain hard copies of the

effective water quality standards of the

States and authorized Tribes within

their jurisdiction. You may view hard

copy versions of the effective water

quality standards by contacting the

appropriate Regional EPA Office (See

‘‘EPA Regional Water Quality Standards

Contacts’’ table). With the availability of

the effective State, Territory, and Tribal

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water quality standards on EPA’s web

site and through EPA’s Regional Offices,

the Federal Register notice of EPA

approvals is now redundant and

unnecessary.

For further information on specific

approval actions described in this

notice, please contact the corresponding

EPA Regional Office:

State EPA regional office EPA contact

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode

Island, and Vermont.

EPA Region 1, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100, CWQ, Boston, MA 02114–2023.Bill Beckwith,

617–918–

1544.

New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands ................. EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007 ............. Wayne Jackson,

212–637–

3807.

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103–

2029.

Denise

Hakowski,

215–814–

5726.

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee.EPA Region 4, Water Division—15th Floor, Atlanta Federal

Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.

Fritz Wagener,

404–562–

9267.

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin ........... EPA Region 5, Water Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, IL 60604–3507.

David Pfeifer,

312–353–

9024.

Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas .............. EPA Region 6, Water Division, 1445 Ross Avenue, First

Interstate Bank Tower, Dallas, TX 75202.

Russell Nelson,

214–665–

6646.

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska ............................................ EPA Region 7, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS

66101.

Ann Jacobs,

913–551–

7930.

Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming.EPA Region 8, 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO

80202–2466.

Bill Wuerthele,

303–312–

6943.

Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam EPA Region 9, Water Division, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, Ca 94105.

Gary Wolinsky,

415–744–

1978.

Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington .......................................... EPA Region 10, Water Division, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,

WA 98101.

Lisa Macchio,

206–553–

1834.

Water Quality Standards Approvals

EPA Region 1

Connecticut

Water quality standards for the State

of Connecticut adopted pursuant to

section 22a-426 of the Connecticut

General Statutes.

Effective Date: October 22, 1997 and

March 30, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on September

17, 1999.

For the surface waters in the

Housatonic and Southwest Coastal

Basins, Connecticut reclassified ten

waterbodies from Class AA to Class A,

one waterbody segment from Class A to

Class AA, and upgraded 11 coastal and

marine waters from Class SB to Class

SA.

Massachusetts

Water quality standards for the State

of Massachusetts as adopted pursuant to

the Massachusetts Water Quality

Standards Regulations.

Adopted by the State: September 2,

1998.

EPA Action: Approval on September

10, 1998.

EPA’s Boston Harbor enforcement

case required that the Massachusetts

Water Resources Authority (MWRA)

design and construct facilities to reduce

combined sewer overflows (CSO) to the

Charles River. Massachusetts

Department of Environmental Protection

issued a temporary variance to water

quality standards for those discharges

remaining after the CSO control

facilities are constructed. The two-year

variance includes a number of

requirements designed to ensure the

implementation of CSO controls. The

variance also requires the MWRA to

participate in an extensive study of

water quality problems in the Charles

River.

Rhode Island

Water quality standards for the State

of Rhode Island as adopted pursuant to

the Department of Environmental

Management’s Water Quality

Regulations.

Adopted by the State: March 25, 1999.

Effective Date: April 14, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on January 26,

2000.

Rhode Island revised its surface water

quality standards by upgrading the

waters around the recently eliminated

Fort Adams marine sewer outfall, and

by revising its freshwater ammonia

criteria.

Adopted by the State: August 6, 1997.

Effective Date: August 26, 1997.

EPA Action: January 15, 1999.

Rhode Island revised its surface water

quality standards by: Clarifying that full

‘‘goal’’ uses of the Clean Water Act at

Section 101(a)(2) are included in use

classifications where appropriate;

upgrading numerous waters to provide

for primary contact recreation;

including a narrative criteria for

maintaining instream flow conditions;

clarifying variance provisions; adopting

freshwater dissolved oxygen criteria for

protection of spawning and early life

stages of cold water species; adopting a

narrative nutrient criterion protecting

marine waters and a numeric

phosphorus criterion for certain fresh

waters; adopting numeric criteria for

protection of human health; revising its

metals criteria for aquatic life

protection; adopting a ‘‘Tier 2.5 Special

Resource Protection Water’’

antidegradation provision; including an

antidegradation implementation policy;

adopting a partial use classification to

accommodate waterbody segments that

are unable to attain full Clean Water Act

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Section 101(a)(2) ‘‘goal’’ uses due to

combined sewer overflow discharges;

removing the prohibition of certain new

discharges to Class A and SA waters

(and other waters that meet Class A and

SA standards); and adopting sitespecific criteria for certain metals

applicable to specified segments of the

Pawtuxet River.

Vermont

Water quality standards for the State

of Vermont as adopted pursuant to

Vermont state law at 3 V.S.A.

Adopted by the State: June 10, 1999.

Effective Date: July 2, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on December

22, 1999.

Vermont revised its surface water

quality standards by: Changing some of

its terms/definitions; adopting a water

conservation policy; adopting a riparian

vegetation policy; adopting an

important antidegradation provision;

deleting a provision which caused

concerns that indirect discharges of

sewage could be exempt from the State’s

High Quality Waters and Outstanding

Resource Waters antidegradation

provisions; adopting additional

narrative criteria concerning water

quality within mixing zones; deleting an

assumption that an ambient water

quality criterion for a toxic pollutant

was met in a waterbody if the

concentration of that pollutant in a

discharge was less than the analytical

limit of detection; including conditions

governing site-specific studies used to

establish instream flow requirements for

the protection of aquatic habitat and

uses; including conditions specifically

recognizing the need to control human

induced water level fluctuations and

high flows, in addition to human

induced low flows, as necessary to

protect uses; dividing Class A waters

into Class A(1) Ecological and Class

A(2) Water Supply; creating three Class

B ‘‘Water Management Types’’ for future

division of Class B waters; and adopting

a narrative biological criteria for each

use classification or management type.

EPA Region 2

New York

Water quality standards for the State

of New York as adopted pursuant to

Title 6 of the New York State Code of

Rules and Regulations (6NYCRR) Parts

800–941.

Adopted by the State: May 31, 1996.

Effective Date: May 31, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on February

18, 1999.

The amended surface water

classifications for the four New York

City water supply reservoirs consist of

the reclassification of all or portions of

the Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton,

and Schoharie Reservoirs from Class

‘‘A’’ to Class ‘‘AA,’’ such that all

portions of these four reservoirs are now

classified as Class ‘‘AA.’’

Adopted by the State: January 5, 1991.

Effective Date: January 5, 1991.

EPA Action: Approval on February

18, 1999.

The amended surface water

classifications for the Susquehanna

River drainage basin consist of the

reclassification of a total of 1,276

segments in the basin to higher

classifications, including the upgrade of

1,229 segments from Class ‘‘D.’’

Adopted by the State: February 2,

1991.

Effective Date: February 2, 1991.

EPA Action: Approval on February

18, 1999.

The amended surface water

classifications for the Chemung River

drainage basin consist of the

reclassification of a total of 248

segments in the basin to higher

classifications, including the upgrade of

209 segments from Class ‘‘D.’’

Adopted by the State: January 12,

1992.

Effective Date: January 12, 1992.

EPA Action: Approval on February

18, 1999.

The amended surface water

classifications for the Upper Hudson

River drainage basin consist of the

reclassification of a total of 857

segments in the basin to higher

classifications, including the upgrade of

629 segments from Class ‘‘D.’’

Adopted by the State: May 23, 1991.

Effective Date: May 23, 1991.

EPA Action: Approval on February

18, 1999.

The amended surface water

classifications for the Lake Ontario

drainage basin consist of the

reclassification of a total of 606

segments in the basin to higher

classifications, including the upgrade of

518 segments from Class ‘‘D.’’

Adopted by the State: May 23, 1991.

Effective Date: May 23, 1991.

EPA Action: Approval on February

18, 1999.

The amended surface water

classifications for the Lake Erie/Niagara

River drainage basin consist of the

reclassification of a total of 333

segments in the basin to higher

classifications, including the upgrade of

297 segments from Class ‘‘D.’’ The most

significant result of these

reclassification actions is the upgrade of

the numerous segments in these

drainage basins from Class ‘‘D,’’ which

provides protection for fish survival, to

higher classifications which are

protective of both fish survival and fish

propagation. The designated uses for the

above-referenced segments are now

fully consistent with the ‘‘fishable/

swimmable’’ goals of the Clean Water

Act. In those cases where NYSDEC has

determined that a particular water body

segment was unable to support fish

propagation, and the Class ‘‘D’’

designation was retained, the State

provided individual use attainability

analyses (UAAs) to support these

determinations.

New Jersey

Water quality standards for the State

of New Jersey are adopted pursuant to:

New Jersey Administrative Code 7:9B.

Adopted by the State: December 6,

1993.

Effective Date: December 6, 1993.

EPA Action: Approval on March 17,

2000.

New Jersey adopted revisions to

several water body classifications based

on trout fisheries data; designated the

Rockaway River as a Category 1 water

for antidegradation purposes; made

numerous editorial/clarification

changes; adopted provisions to set

thermal criteria to restrict thermal

dissipation in lakes, ponds and

reservoirs classified as FW2–TP;

adopted thermal criteria for estuaries;

included wetlands in the definition of

State waters; adopted a provision which

will allow for the issuance of

compliance schedules for water-quality

based effluent limits; adopted a

provision to prohibit mixing zones for

bacterial indicators; revised the steadystate design flows for establishing

critical low flows applicable to the

attainment of acute and chronic aquatic

life-based criteria, and carcinogenic and

non-carcinogenic human health-based

criteria; revised the State’s steady-state

design flows; and adopted chemicalspecific numeric criteria for toxic

pollutants of concern in the State.

EPA Region 3

Delaware

Water Quality Standards for the State

of Delaware are contained in: 7 DE Code

Section 6010, Surface Water Quality

Standards.

Adopted by the State: July 15, 1999.

Effective Date: August 11, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on December 2,

1999.

The State of Delaware adopted

revisions to its surface water quality

standards to address EPA’s April 1998

disapproval. The State deleted intake

credit and erosion/corrosion provisions,

modified low flow waters language, and

specified that its metals criteria are

expressed as total recoverable.

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District of Columbia

Water quality standards for the

District of Columbia are contained in:

Chapter 11 of Title 21 DCMR, Water

Quality Standards of the District of

Columbia.

Adopted by the District: January 12,

2000.

Effective Date: January 21, 2000.

EPA Action: Approval on April 18,

2000.

The District of Columbia revised its

variance and mixing zone provisions,

and adopted appropriate conversion

factors for its metals criteria. These

revisions addressed earlier

disapprovals.

Pennsylvania

Water quality standards for the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are

contained in: Title 25, Environmental

Protection, Department of

Environmental Protection, Chapter 93.

Water Quality Standards.

Adopted by the Commonwealth:

December 20, 1994.

Effective Date: September 9, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 28,

1998.

Pennsylvania revised a number of

stream designations statewide (Chapter

93, section 93.9).

Adopted by the Commonwealth:

August 20, 1996.

Effective Date: November 9, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on June 3,

1998.

Pennsylvania revised a number of

stream redesignations statewide

(Chapter 93, section 93.9).

Adopted by the Commonwealth: July

15, 1997.

Effective Date: October 11, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on June 3,

1998.

Pennsylvania revised a number of

stream redesignations statewide

(Chapter 93, section 93.9).

Adopted by the Commonwealth: May

19, 1999.

Effective Date: July 17, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on March 17,

2000.

Pennsylvania revised its

antidegradation regulation in response

to EPA’s 1994 disapproval. EPA’s action

approved the modifications to its Tier 1

and Tier 2 provisions.

West Virginia

Water quality standards for the State

of West Virginia are contained in: Title

46, Legislative Rule, Environmental

Quality Board, Series 1, Requirements

Governing Water Quality Standards.

Adopted by the State: June 1, 1998.

Effective Date: July 1, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on June 22,

1999.

West Virginia adopted revisions to its

water quality standards for the state’s

mixing zone policy, site-specific

criteria, variances, designated uses, and

specific water quality criteria. EPA

approved these revisions, many of

which pertain to the removal of a

number of site-specific criteria and

variances.

EPA Region 4

Alabama

Water quality standards for the State

of Alabama are contained in: Rules of

Alabama Department of Environmental

Management, Water Division, Water

Quality Program, Chapter 335–6–10

(Water Quality Criteria) and Chapter

335–6–11 (Water Use Classifications for

Interstate and Intrastate Waters).

Adopted by the State: June 8, 1999.

Effective Date: October 19, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on February 9,

2000.

The State of Alabama adopted

revisions to its water quality standards

to reclassify the Outstanding Alabama

Water designation for Tensaw River,

Briar Lake, and Tensaw Lake.

Florida

Water quality standards for the State

of Florida are contained in: Florida

Administrative Code, Chapter 62–302

(Surface Water Quality Standards).

Adopted by the State: January 30,

1995.

Effective Dates: April 4, 1995 and

April 12, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on August 31,

1998.

Florida adopted revisions to its water

quality standards to designate the

Hillsborough Riverine system as an

Outstanding Florida Water.

Adopted by the State: November 30,

1995.

Effective Date: November 30, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 26,

2000.

Florida adopted revisions to its water

quality standards to remove the aquatic

life chronic criterion for marine waters

for silver.

Effective Date: May 3, 1994.

EPA Action: September 16, 1999.

The Everglades Forever Act (EFA)

provides a compliance schedule for the

existing narrative criteria for nutrients

in Florida water quality standards as

applied to agricultural activities in the

Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA).

EPA approved that provision of the EFA

as a change to water quality standards.

Georgia

Water quality standards for the State

of Georgia are contained in: Rules and

Regulations for Water Quality Control,

Chapter 391–3–6–.03, Water Use

Classification and Water Quality

Standards.

Adopted by the State: October 21,

1998.

Effective Date: November 23, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on July 15,

1999.

Georgia adopted revisions to its water

quality standards including modified

aquatic life chronic criteria for metals

(i.e., from the total recoverable to

dissolved concentration), and added

acute dissolved criteria for the same

metals.

Adopted by the State: April 23, 1997.

Effective Date: May 22, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on May 19,

2000.

Georgia adopted revisions to its water

quality standards including the

modification of additional narrative

turbidity criteria to protect the State’s

water bodies from impacts due to manmade activities.

Miccosukee Tribe of Florida

The Water Quality Standards are

contained in: The Miccosukee

Environmental Protection Code Subtitle

B: Water Quality Standards for Surface

Waters of the Miccosukee Tribe of

Indians of Florida.

Adopted by the Tribe: December 19,

1997 and March 4, 1998.

Effective Date: December 19, 1997 and

March 4, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on May 25,

1999.

The Miccosukee Tribe adopted the

initial Tribal Water Quality Standards

for the Miccosukee’s Federal

Reservation including designated uses,

supporting criteria, an antidegradation

policy, and implementing provisions.

Mississippi

Water quality standards for the State

of Mississippi are contained in: State of

Mississippi Water Quality Criteria for

Intrastate, Interstate, and Coastal

Waters.

Adopted by the State: February 24,

1994 and November 16, 1995.

Effective Date: February 24, 1994 and

November 16, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on December

28, 1998.

Mississippi adopted revisions of state

water quality standards based on its

triennial review. Revisions include

establishment of the water effects ratio

for the derivation of site specific

criteria, stream flow for the

establishment of storm water permit

limits, and adoption of dissolved

numeric criteria for metals.

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North Carolina

Water Quality Standards for the State

of North Carolina are contained in: 15

NCAC 2B .0100 Procedures for

Assignment of Water Quality Standards

and .0200 Classifications and Water

Quality Standards Applicable to Surface

Waters of North Carolina.

Adopted by the State: March 30, 1998.

Effective Date: May 1, 1996 and

December 31, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on September

21, 1998.

North Carolina adopted revisions to

its water quality standards including

revised recreational and water supply

use designations.

Adopted by the State: February 1,

1999.

Effective Date: August 1, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on September

10, 1999.

North Carolina adopted revisions to

its water quality standards adding

subcategories of recreational use, water

supply use, high quality and

outstanding resource water

designations.

Seminole Tribe of Florida

Water quality standards for the

Seminole of Florida are contained in:

Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Rules,

Chapter B, Part 12, Water Quality

Standards for Surface Waters.

Adopted by the Tribe: March 25,

1998.

Effective Date: March 25, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on November

19, 1998.

The Seminole of Florida adopted

revisions to its water quality standards

to extend the protection of the Tribal

Water Quality Standards to the Brighton

Reservation.

South Carolina

Adopted by the State: May 8, 1998.

Effective Date: June 26, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on May 26,

2000.

South Carolina adopted revisions to

its water quality standards based on its

triennial review, including allowance

for a zone of initial dilution, defining

allowable dissolved oxygen deficit in

areas with naturally low dissolved

oxygen, and updating toxics criteria.

Adopted by the State: May 8, 1998.

Effective Date: June 26, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on September

21, 1998.

South Carolina adopted revisions to

its water quality standards including

redesignation of selected streams in the

Little, Middle Saluda, Toxaway,

Keowee, Oolenoy, South Pacolet, South

Saluda, and Tugaloo river basins to

Outstanding Resource Waters or to

protect trout populations.

Tennessee

Water quality standards for the State

of Tennessee are contained in: State of

Tennessee Water Quality Standards,

Rules of the Department of Environment

and Conservation, Bureau of

Environment, Division of Water

Pollution Control Chapter 1200–4–3

General Water Quality Criteria and

Chapter 1200–4–4 Use Classifications

for Surface Waters.

Adopted by the State: June 22, 1999.

Effective Date: October 11, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on March 14,

2000.

Tennessee adopted revisions to its

water quality standards including:

Additional high quality and outstanding

resource water designations, addition of

recreational use E. coli bacteriological

criteria, fish and aquatic life criteria

revisions for pH and mercury, recreation

human health use criteria revisions for

seven toxics, antidegradation revisions,

and flow criteria.

EPA Region 5

Illinois

Water quality standards for the State

of Illinois are contained in: 35 Illinois

Administrative Code 302 and 304.

Adopted by the State: July 29, 1999

EPA Action: March 16, 2000.

Illinois adopted site specific criteria

for chlorine and total suspended solids

for the North Branch of the Chicago

River.

Adopted by the State: June 25, 1999.

EPA Action: December 1, 1999.

Illinois revised its water quality

criteria and implementation procedures

for ammonia, and revised its water

quality criteria for lead and mercury.

Michigan

Water quality standards for the State

of Michigan are contained in:

Department of Environmental Quality

General Rules Part IV and Michigan

Administrative Code 323.

Adopted by the State: April 5, 1999.

EPA Action: May 21, 2000.

Michigan updated its uses and revised

its antidegradation policy for Lake

Superior.

Ohio

Water quality standards for the State

of Ohio are contained in: Ohio

Administrative Code 3745.

Adopted by the State: July 22, 1999.

EPA Action: November 12, 1999.

Ohio updated the designated uses for

its surface waters.

EPA Region 6

Arkansas

Water Quality Standards for the State

of Arkansas are contained in: Regulation

No. 2—Regulation Establishing Water

Quality Standards for Surface Waters of

the State of Arkansas.

Adopted by the State: September 29,

1995.

Effective Date: November 27, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on April 28,

1999.

Interim revision (due to a third party

request): Arkansas deleted its domestic

water supply use designation for

Hurricane Creek and its tributaries,

Holly Creek, Dry Lost Creek and its

tributary, and Lost Creek. The State also

revised its sulfate, chloride, and total

dissolved solids criteria on Hurricane

Creek and its tributaries, Dry Lost Creek

and its tributary, Lost Creek, and the

East Fork of the Saline River bifurcation.

Holly Creek’s chloride criterion was also

revised.

Adopted by the State: March 27, 1998.

Effective Date: May 2, 1998.

EPA Approval: Approval on April 28,

1999.

Through this interim revision,

Arkansas deleted the domestic water

supply use designation for Horsehead

Creek and its tributary, and revised the

sulfate, chloride, and total dissolved

solids criteria for Horsehead Creek and

its tributary, and for Bayou Dorcheat.

Louisiana

Water quality standards for the State

of Louisiana are contained in: Louisiana

Administrative Code, Title 33, Part IX,

Chapter 11.

Adopted by the State: April 20, 1998.

Effective Date: April 20, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on August 13,

1998.

Through this interim revision,

Louisiana established a seasonal

recreational period for bacteria criteria.

Adopted by the State: November 20,

1998.

Effective Date: November 20, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on January 7,

1999.

Louisiana revised its seasonal

dissolved oxygen (DO) criterion for

several waterbodies in the Mermentau

River Basin (Bayou Nezpique, Bayou

Plaquemine Brule, Bayou des Cannes,

Mermentau River, Bayou Queue de

Tortue, and Bayou Lacassine).

Adopted by the State: December 20,

1999.

Effective Date: December 20, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on May 12,

2000.

In this triennial revision, Louisiana

added definitions and updated criteria

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for Dieldrin, Endrin, and Arsenic. A

table listing conversion factors for

dissolved metals was added. Citations

and references were updated with a new

section added to cite additional toxicity

testing. Clerical errors were corrected in

the table containing numeric criteria

and designated uses. Four subsegments

were consolidated into two

subsegments. Four streams in the

Mermentau River Basin were designated

as naturally dystrophic waters with

seasonal dissolved oxygen (DO) criteria

(Bayou Blue, Castor Creek, Bayou Joe

Marcel, and Bayou Mallet).

Oklahoma

Water Quality Standards for the State

of Oklahoma are contained in: OAC

785:45, Oklahoma’s Water Quality

Standards.

Adopted by State: May 8, 1997.

Effective Date: July 7, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on June 18,

1999.

In its triennial revision, Oklahoma

changed its use designations, removed

the arsenic criteria for protection of

human health, and adopted dissolved

metals criteria.

Adopted by State: March 10, 1998.

Effective Date: April 21, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on March 3,

2000.

Oklahoma changed its use

designations, established new

definitions, clarified its antidegradation

policy, and corrected clerical errors.

Adopted by State: March 9, 1999.

Effective Date: April 13, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on March 23,

2000.

Oklahoma revised its definitions,

expanded its antidegradation policy

applicability, replaced equivalent terms

with identical terms, and established an

acute mixing zone policy.

Pueblo of San Juan

Water quality standards for the Pueblo

of San Juan are contained in the Pueblo

of San Juan Water Quality Code as

adopted pursuant to Tribal Resolution

98–05.

Adopted by the Tribe: March 11,

1998.

Effective Date: March 11, 1998.

EPA Action: June 4, 1998.

This was a triennial revision for the

Tribe which included updating aquatic

life and human health criteria,

conversion of dissolved metals, and

adoption of criteria for E. coli.

EPA Region 7

Iowa

Water quality standards for the State

of Iowa are contained in: 567 Iowa

Administrative Code, Chapter 61, Water

Quality Standards.

Adopted by the State: 17 separate

actions between June 1990 and January

1997.

Effective Date: (of last revision) March

19, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on July 1, 1999.

Through 17 separate water quality

standards actions, Iowa substantially

revised and restructured its designated

uses category for Class B waters for 770

stream segments. The State of Iowa also

adopted 112 water quality criteria for 61

pollutants to support both Class B and

Class C uses.

Kansas

Water quality standards for the State

of Kansas are contained in: Kansas

Administrative Regulations, Title 28,

Article 16, Section 28, Surface Water

Quality Standards.

Adopted by the State: June 29, 1999.

Effective Date: July 30, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on January 19,

2000.

Kansas substantially revised its

antidegradation regulations to include

the three levels of water quality

protection specified in 40 CFR 131.12.

The revisions to the antidegradation

regulations resolved an outstanding

disapproval. Kansas also revised its

antidegradation implementation

procedures to address many of EPA’s

1998 disapprovals. Kansas revised its

mixing zone policy to clarify mixing

zone limitations and to allow for

alternate mixing zones provided that the

proposal is scientifically defensible and

remains protective of designated uses.

Kansas added a provision to allow for

the development of alternate low flows

provided that the proposed alternate

low flow is scientifically defensible and

that water quality criteria are not

exceeded more often than once every

three years. The state revised its

recreational use terminology and added

boating and mussel harvesting to the list

of primary contact recreation activities.

Kansas also substantially revised its

water quality implementation

procedures to address newly added

provisions and to clarify existing

procedures. The designated beneficial

uses were upgraded for 24 stream

segments and 34 lakes. In addition, 15

lakes and 36 wetlands were also added

to the Kansas Surface Water Register.

Kansas adopted 29 water quality criteria

for 22 pollutants, which prompted EPA

to remove Kansas from the National

Toxics rule for several of these newly

adopted pollutants. Lastly, the State of

Kansas revised its site-specific criteria

and variance procedures.

EPA Region 8

Colorado

Water quality standards for the State

of Colorado are adopted by the Water

Quality Control Commission

(Commission) and are contained in the

following State regulations:

• The Basic Standards and

Methodologies for Surface Water.

Regulation No. 31.

• Classifications and Numeric

Standards for Arkansas River Basin.

Regulation No. 32.

• Classifications and Numeric

Standards for Upper Colorado River

Basin and North Platte River (Planning

Region 12). Regulation No. 33.

• Classifications and Numeric

Standards for San Juan River and

Dolores River Basins. Regulation No. 34.

• Classifications and Numeric

Standards for Gunnison and Lower

Dolores River Basins. Regulation No. 35.

• Classifications and Numeric

Standards for Rio Grande River Basin.

Regulation No. 36.

• Classifications and Numeric

Standards for Lower Colorado River

Basin. Regulation No. 37.

• Classifications and Numeric

Standards for South Platte River Basin;

Laramie River Basin; Republican River

Basin; Smoky Hill River Basin (the

South Platte Basin). Regulation No. 38.

Adopted by the State: July 11, 1994.

Effective Date: August 30, 1994.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Rio Grande River

Basin water quality standards were

adopted for segments 8, 9, and 11 of the

Closed Basin (Kerber Creek and its

tributaries).

Adopted by the State: October 11,

1994.

Effective Date: November 30, 1994.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Upper Colorado and

North Platte River Basin water quality

standards were adopted to extend the

temporary modification for ammonia

applicable to segment 6c of the Upper

Colorado River Basin (unnamed

tributary to Willow Creek).

Adopted by the State: January 10,

1995.

Effective Date: March 2, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Basic Standards and

Methodologies for Surface Waters were

adopted to clarify the antidegradation

rule and to update the human healthbased numeric standards for organics.

The chronic and ‘‘chronic trout’’ table

value standards for silver to protect

aquatic life were suspended for three

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years pending completion of studies.

Numeric standards for trihalomethanes

were also adopted.

Adopted by the State: February 13,

1995.

Effective Date: March 30, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the South Platte River

Basin water quality standards were

adopted, including dissolved oxygen

numeric standards to protect aquatic life

applicable to Segment 15 of the Upper

South Platte River Basin.

Adopted by the State: February 13,

1995.

Effective Date: March 30, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Gunnison and Lower

Dolores River Basin water quality

standards were adopted to extend

temporary modifications for cadmium

and zinc applicable to segments 12 and

13 of the Upper Gunnison River Basin.

Adopted by the State: July 10, 1995.

Effective Date: August 30, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the water quality

standards for South Platte, Lower

Colorado, Rio Grande, Gunnison and

Lower Dolores, San Juan and Dolores,

Upper Colorado and North Platte, and

Arkansas River Basins were adopted to

suspend for three years any numeric

standards for silver that were based on

the chronic and ‘‘chronic trout’’ table

value standards.

Adopted by the State: December 11,

1995.

Effective Date: January 30, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the South Platte Basin

water quality standards were adopted to

extend the temporary modifications for

cadmium, manganese, zinc, and radium

applicable to segment 5 of the Clear

Creek Basin.

Adopted by the State: December 11,

1995.

Effective Date: January 30, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Gunnison and Lower

Dolores River Basin water quality

standards were adopted to extend

temporary modifications for cadmium

and zinc applicable to segment 12 and

13 of Upper Gunnison River Basin.

Adopted by the State: December 11,

1995.

Effective Date: January 30, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Upper Colorado and

North Platte River Basin. Revisions were

adopted to reaffirm the acute and

chronic numeric standard for ammonia

and extend the temporary modification

for un-ionized ammonia for segment 6c

of the Upper Colorado River Basin.

Adopted by the State: December 9,

1996.

Effective Date: January 30, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Upper Colorado and

North Platte River Basin water quality

standards were adopted to make minor

changes and correct typographical

errors.

Adopted by the State: April 14, 1997.

Effective Date: May 30, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the South Platte River

Basin water quality standards were

adopted, including the dissolved oxygen

numeric standards applicable to

segment 15 of the Upper South Platte

basin.

Adopted by the State: May 12, 1997.

Effective Date: June 30, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the South Platte River

Basin water quality standards were

adopted to make minor changes to

temporary modifications, ambient-based

standards, dissolved metal standards,

and recreation uses and to correct

typographical errors for eight segments.

Adopted by the State: May 12, 1997.

Effective Date: June 30, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Rio Grande River

Basin water quality standards were

adopted for segments 9a and 9b of the

Closed Basin (Kerber Creek), including

revised numeric standards for cadmium

and selenium and temporary

modifications for cadmium, copper,

manganese, zinc.

Adopted by the State: September 8,

1997.

Effective Date: October 30, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Arkansas River Basin

water quality standards were adopted to

extend temporary modifications for

manganese, iron, pH, aluminum,

cyanide, and zinc applicable to Cripple

Creek and Arequa Gulch.

Adopted by the State: November 3,

1997.

Effective Date: December 30, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Upper Colorado and

North Platte River Basin water quality

standards were adopted to establish

temporary modifications for iron and

manganese on the Williams Fork River.

Adopted by the State: March 10, 1998.

Effective Date: April 30, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

1998.

Revisions to the Arkansas River Basin

water quality standards were adopted to

add a new segment 7 to the Fountain

Creek Basin to include Willow Springs

Pond # 1 and Willow Springs Pond # 2.

Segment 7 was assigned warmwater

Class 2 aquatic life, recreation Class 2

and agriculture designated uses and

accompanying table value standards.

The Commission also assigned human

health standards based on water and

fish ingestion and adopted a temporary

modification for tetrachloroethylene.

Adopted by the State: February 13,

1995 and December 8, 1997.

Effective Date: March 30, 1995 and

January 30, 1998, respectively.

EPA Action: Approval on March 6,

1995 and December 29, 1997,

respectively.

Revisions were made to the

classifications and numeric standards of

segments located in the Upper Animas

River Basin (San Juan and Dolores River

Basin).

Adopted by the State: September 14,

1998.

Effective Date: October 30, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on March 29,

1999.

Revisions were made to the

classifications and numeric standards

for segments of the Alamosa River and

tributaries (Rio Grande River Basin).

Adopted by the State: December 6,

1993.

Effective Date: January 31, 1994.

EPA Action: Approval on July 14,

1999.

Revisions to the Basic Standards and

Methodologies for Surface Waters

provided a statewide numeric standard

for diisopropylmethylphosphonate for

the protection of the water supply

designated use.

Adopted by the State: May 13, 1996.

Effective Date: June 30, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on July 14,

1999.

Revisions were made to the

classifications and numeric standards

for the South Platte River Basin to

extend the temporary modifications for

segment 5 of Big Dry Creek.

Adopted by the State: April 13, 1998.

Effective Date: May 30, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on July 14,

1999.

Revisions to the classifications and

numeric standards for the Gunnison and

Lower Dolores River basins corrected an

error in the listing of table value

standards and deleted the effective date

for the chronic silver table value

standard.

Adopted by the State: December 14,

1998.

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Effective Date: January 30, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on July 14,

1999.

Revisions were made to the

classifications and numeric standards

for the Gunnison and Lower Dolores

River basins to extend the temporary

modifications for various segments.

Adopted by the State: January 11,

1999.

Effective Date: March 2, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on July 14,

1999.

Revisions to the Basic Standards and

Methodologies for Surface Waters

corrected errors in the regulation.

Adopted by the State: February 8,

1994 (Rio Grande Basin) and April 10,

1995 (San Juan and Dolores River

Basins).

Effective Date: March 30, 1994 and

May 30, 1995, respectively.

EPA Action: Approval for all basins

on April 25, 2000.

Revisions were made to the

classifications and standards applicable

to the Rio Grande and San Juan and

Dolores River basins. These revisions

included: Water supply designated uses,

numeric standards for the protection of

water supply designated uses, numeric

standards for the protection of fish

consumption uses, recreation

designated uses, and numeric standards

for the protection of recreation

designated uses. EPA also approved

revisions to: agriculture designated uses,

numeric standards for the protection of

agriculture designated uses, aquatic life

designated uses, numeric standards for

the protection of aquatic life uses, and

other revisions, including the adoption

of temporary modifications and Use

Protected classifications, and revisions

that resulted in the re-segmentation, renaming and consolidation of segments.

Adopted by the State: October 11,

1995 and October 14, 1998 (Arkansas

River Basin).

Effective Date: November 30, 1995

and November 30, 1998, respectively.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

2000.

Revisions were made to: Water supply

designated uses, numeric criteria for the

protection of water supply designated

uses, numeric criteria for the protection

of fish consumption uses, recreation

designated uses, and numeric criteria

for the protection of recreation uses.

EPA also approved revisions to:

Numeric criteria for the protection of

agricultural uses and aquatic life,

aquatic life designated uses, and other

revisions, including the adoption of

temporary modifications, Outstanding

Waters classifications, and Use

Protected classifications, and revisions

that resulted in the re-segmentation, renaming and consolidation of segments.

Adopted by the State: July 14, 1997

(Gunnison and Lower Dolores Basin

Revisions) and October 12, 1999 (Upper

Colorado and North Platte Basin

Revisions).

Effective Date: August 30, 1997 and

November 30, 1999, respectively.

EPA Action: Approval on May 5,

2000.

Revisions were made to: Water supply

designated uses, numeric criteria for the

protection of water supply designated

uses, numeric criteria for the protection

of fish consumption uses, recreation

designated uses, and numeric criteria

for the protection of recreation uses.

EPA also approved revisions to:

Agriculture designated uses, numeric

criteria for the protection of agriculture

and aquatic life uses, aquatic life

designated uses, and other revisions,

including the adoption of temporary

modifications, Outstanding Waters and

Use Protected classifications for

individual segments, and revisions that

resulted in the re-segmentation, renaming and consolidation of segments.

Montana

Water quality standards for the State

of Montana are contained in the State’s

Water Quality Act and the following

regulations: Surface Water Quality

Standards—Sub-chapter 6, including

the numerical aquatic life criteria in

WQB–7 (adopted and incorporated by

reference in the water quality standards

regulation); Mixing Zones in Surface

and Ground Water—Sub-chapter 5; and

Nondegradation of Water Quality—Subchapter 7.

Adopted by the State: December 1995.

Effective Date: February 12, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on January 26,

1999.

Amendments were made to the

surface water quality standards, Subchapter 6. The principal element

addressed in this amendment was the

development and adoption of

Department Circular WQB–7. This

document establishes the numerical

criteria for toxic, carcinogenic and

harmful parameters in water and lists

criteria for the protection of human

health and aquatic life.

Adopted by the State: December 1995.

Effective Date: February 12, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on January 26,

1999.

This amendment to Sub-chapter 5

addressed adoption of a revised mixing

zone provision, including a detailed

implementation procedure.

Adopted by the State: August 11,

1997.

Effective Date: November 18, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on January 26,

1999.

This amendment to Sub-chapter 7

addressed adoption of a revised

nondegradation (antidegradation) and a

detailed implementation procedure.

In addition, EPA’s January 26, 1999

action approved the following elements

of Montana’s Water Quality Statute: (1)

Definitions of: high-quality waters,

outstanding resource waters, and state

waters; and (2) provisions for: Future

establishment of a new aquatic life

classification for waters not supporting

fish; future consideration of the

economics of waste treatment and

prevention in formulating and adopting

standards; establishment of risk levels of

10–3 for arsenic, with a maximum no

greater than EPA’s maximum

contaminant level for drinking water,

and establishment of a risk level of 10–5

for other carcinogens; development of

site-specific water quality standards,

based on federal regulations, guidelines

or criteria, upon application by a permit

applicant, permittee or person

potentially liable under any state or

federal environmental remediation

statute; adoption of temporary standards

and conditions for granting temporary

standards; a statement of basis for

Outstanding Resource Waters and

guidance for establishing rules for

designating Outstanding Resource

Waters; and (3) provisions for defining

the following classes of activities as

non-significant for nondegradation

purposes: Existing activities that are

nonpoint sources of pollution as of

April 29, 1993 and activities that are

nonpoint sources of pollution initiated

after April 29, 1993; acceptable uses of

agricultural chemicals; acceptable

changes in existing water quality

resulting from an emergency or remedial

activity; acceptable land application of

animal waste, domestic septage, or

waste from public sewage treatment

systems containing nutrients; acceptable

incidental leakage of water from a

public water supply system; acceptable

short-term changes in existing water

quality resulting from ordinary and

everyday activities of humans or

domesticated animals; allowable

hazardous waste management facilities,

solid waste management systems, motor

vehicle wrecking facilities, and county

motor vehicle graveyards; allowable

maintenance, repair, or replacement of

dams, diversions, weirs, or other

constructed works that are related to

existing water rights and that are within

wilderness areas; and a description of

any other activity that is non-significant

because of its low potential for harm to

human health or to the environment.

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Adopted by the State: 1999 Session of

the State Legislature.

Effective Date: May 10, 1999.

EPA Action: Approval on August 12,

1999.

Amendments were adopted to address

EPA disapproval actions dated

December 24, 1998 and January 26,

1999, including: Classes of activities

that are considered non-significant for

nondegradation review purposes; a new

definition for degradation; Outstanding

Resource Water classification rules,

criteria, limitations and procedures;

limits on short-term authorizations to

emergency remediation activities and

application of EPA-registered pesticides

when those pesticides are used to

control nuisance aquatic organisms or to

eliminate undesirable and nonnative

aquatic species; short-term water quality

standards for turbidity; a provision

describing when a discharge to surface

water of ground water that is not altered

from its ambient quality constitutes

degradation and requires an NPDES

permit.

South Dakota

Water quality standards for the State

of South Dakota are contained in the

State’s Water Quality Standards

Regulation, Chapters 74:51:01, 74:51:02,

and 74:51:03.

Adopted by the State: April 29, 1997.

Effective Date: November 12, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on August 25,

1998.

These amendments were adopted

during South Dakota’s triennial review

of its water quality standards. The

principal elements addressed in these

amendments include: Updated

numerical water quality standards for

toxic pollutants for the protection of

human health and aquatic life; language

clarifying the provisions governing the

in-zone quality for mixing zones;

clarification that the low flow cutoff for

low-quality fishery waters did not apply

to the numerical standards for toxicants

in Appendix B; repeal of the exemption

of stream segments from fish life

propagation categories; additional

language clarifying application of the

antidegradation provisions to

outstanding state waters, including a

process for nominating waters for this

designation; repeal of variations in

parameters found in samples; and

upgraded classifications for a number of

lakes and streams.

Adopted by the State: December 3,

1998.

Effective Date: January 27, 1999.

EPA Action: March 29, 2000.

These amendments were adopted by

South Dakota to address elements of its

water quality standards that were

disapproved by EPA on August 25,

1998. The principal elements addressed

in these amendments include: The

definition of the wildlife propagation

and stock watering beneficial use;

clarification that both existing and

designated uses are to be protected;

completion requirements for a beneficial

use analysis prior to renewing an

existing permit or issuing a new permit

to discharge to Class 9 waters;

application of criteria to protect existing

and attainable uses and application of

numerical criteria to Class 9 waters

where the discharge or presence of

pollutants could reasonably be expected

to interfere with existing and attainable

uses of Class 9 waters; provisions

governing the in-zone quality for mixing

zones, including development of the

Department’s Mixing Zone and Dilution

Implementation Procedures, August

1998; antidegradation provisions,

including development of the

Department’s Antidegradation

Implementation Procedures, October

1998; clarification that toxic pollutants

can include the priority pollutants and

any other toxic pollutants or substances

determined by the Secretary to be of

concern; upgraded the uses for a

number of lakes and streams; and

changed the uses for four lakes from

‘‘cold water marginal’’ to ‘‘warm water

permanent’’ based on an analysis

showing that the natural conditions and

a change in the Department of Game

Fish and Parks’ fishery management

policy preclude attainment of a cold

water fishery.

Utah

Water quality standards for the State

of Utah are adopted by the Water

Quality Board (Board) and are contained

in: Standards of Quality for Waters of

the State. R317–2, Utah Administrative

Code.

Adopted by the State: February 16,

1994; December 19, 1997; and March 17,

2000.

Effective Date: February 16, 1994;

December 19, 1997; and March 17, 2000,

respectively.

EPA Action: Approval on May 30,

2000 (Partial EPA Action taken on

November 29, 1995).

Revisions were made to: Domestic

water supply designated uses; numeric

criteria for the protection of human

health; recreation designated uses; and

numeric criteria for the protection of

recreation uses; antidegradation (317–2–

3), including the creation of high quality

waters—category 2 and high quality

waters—category 3; mixing zones (317–

2–5), including the size restrictions for

mixing zones and the list of factors to

be considered when making mixing

zone decisions; use designations (317–

2–6), including the removal of Class 6

and the creation of Class 5 and Class 3E;

high quality waters (317–2–12),

including the addition of Deer Creek to

the list of high quality waters—category

2 and the addition of the Provo River to

the list of high quality waters—category

3; classification of waters of the State

(317–2–13), including the adoption of

more stringent use designations for a

number of segments; and numeric

criteria (317–2–14), including the

revised total residual chlorine criteria

for all Class 3C waters and a portion of

Mill Race.

Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes

Water quality standards are adopted

by the Executive Board of the Fort Peck

Tribes and are contained in: Fort Peck

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Water

Quality Standards.

Adopted by the Tribes: December 22,

1997.

EPA Action: Approval on April 25,

2000.

The Tribes adopted public water

supply use designations, numeric water

quality criteria for the protection of

public water supply and fish

consumption uses, recreation use

designations, and numeric criteria for

the protection of recreation uses. EPA

also approved the following sections/

appendices of the standards: Purpose

and Authority (Section 1); Triennial

Review (Section 2); Definitions (Section

3); Antidegradation Policy (Section 4);

Narrative Water Quality Criteria

(Section 5); Narrative Biological Criteria

(Section 6); Water Quality Standards for

Wetlands (Section 7); Designated uses

(Section 8); Numeric criteria (Section 9);

Mixing Zone and Dilution Policy

(Section 10); Standards Implementation

(Section 11); Analytical Methods

(Section 12); Stream Beneficial Uses for

the Fort Peck Indian Reservation

(Appendix A); Fort Peck Numeric Water

Quality Standards (Appendix B);

Physical and Biological Criteria Table

for the Fort Peck Indian Reservation

(Appendix C); and Agricultural Uses

Water Quality Standards (Appendix D).

Wyoming

Water quality standards for the State

of Wyoming are contained in: Quality

Standards for Wyoming Surface Waters,

Water Quality Rules and Regulations,

Chapter 1.

Adopted by the State: August 24, 1998

and March 7, 2000.

Effective Date: October 15, 1998 and

March 9, 2000, respectively.

EPA Action: Approval on May 11,

2000.

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These amendments were adopted to:

Provide clarification on the prohibition

of new or increased point source

discharges to Class 1 waters, Wyoming’s

highest quality waters; create a new

section for site-specific criteria; and

revise certain numerical criteria.

EPA Region 9

Arizona

Water quality standards for the State

of Arizona are contained in: Arizona

Administrative Code Title 18, Chapter

11, Article 1.

Adopted by the State: March 22, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on December

31, 1998.

The State revised portions of its water

quality standards addressing the

application of the standards to waste

treatment systems, the Net Ecological

Benefit rule and its implementation,

antidegradation, narrative water quality

criteria for bottom deposits and oil and

grease, numeric standards and criteria

for other pollutants, natural background,

variances, and use designations.

California

The water quality standards for

California are contained in separate

Regional Board Water Quality Control

Plans, as described below.

Effective Date: July 23, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on October 9,

1998.

The Water Quality Control Plan for

Ocean Waters of California (Ocean Plan)

was amended by the State through

revision of the Ocean Plan list of critical

life stage protocols used in testing the

toxicity of waste discharge, and minor

changes in terminology to make the

Ocean Plan easier to understand and

implement.

Adopted by the State: September 27,

1993.

Effective Date: August 18, 1994.

EPA Action: Approval on May 2,

2000.

Revisions to the Water Quality

Control Plan for the North Coast Region

(Board 1) related to water quality

standards included changes to

antidegradation, beneficial uses, water

quality criteria and implementation of

those standards in surface waters.

Adopted by the State: July 20, 1995

and February 19, 1998.

Effective Date: November 13, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 29,

2000.

Resolution numbers 97–076 and 98–

014, containing revisions to the Water

Quality Control Plan for the San

Francisco Bay Basin (Regional Board 2),

addressed antidegradation, beneficial

uses, water quality criteria and

implementation of those standards in

surface waters.

Adopted by the State: May 19, 1994;

November 17, 1994; and August 17,

1995.

Effective Date: March 3, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 30,

2000.

State Board Resolutions 94–44, 94–

115, and 95–53 amended the Water

Quality Control Plan for the Central

Coast Region (Board 3) by addressing

antidegradation, beneficial uses, water

quality criteria, and implementation of

those standards in surface waters.

Adopted by the State: March 27, 1989;

October 22, 1990; June 13, 1994; and

January 27, 1997.

Effective Date: February 23, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 26,

2000.

Portions of the 1989, 1990, 1994, and

1997 Water Quality Control Plans for

the Los Angeles Region (Board 4) were

revised to address antidegradation,

beneficial uses, water quality objectives,

specific criteria for site-specific

determination of effluent limits, and the

strategic planning and implementation

of water quality standards for surface

waters.

Adopted by the State: May 3, 1996.

Effective Date: January 10, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on May 24,

2000.

State Board Resolution 96–078, the

‘‘Grassland Amendments’’ to the Water

Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento

River and San Joaquin River Basins

(Regional Board 5), addressed

antidegradation, beneficial uses, water

quality criteria, and implementation of

water quality standards for surface

waters.

Adopted by the State: March 22, 1990.

Effective Date: September 25, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 26,

2000.

State Board Resolution 90–28

reformatted and updated the Water

Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento

River and San Joaquin River Basins

(Regional Board 5) for the first time

since its original adoption in 1975.

Adopted by the State: February 15,

1990.

Effective Date: September 25, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 26,

2000.

State Board Resolution 90–20,

regarding the Water Quality Control

Plan for the Sacramento River and San

Joaquin River Basins (Regional Board 5),

revised the pesticide objectives for

inland surface waters covered by the

Plan and new provisions regarding their

implementation.

Adopted by the State: February 16,

1995.

Effective Date: May 9, 1995.

EPA Action: May 26, 2000.

State Board Resolution 95–12,

regarding the Water Quality Control

Plan for the Sacramento River and San

Joaquin River Basins (Regional Board 5),

updated and reformatted the standards,

and revised the beneficial uses, water

quality objectives, and implementation

programs.

Adopted by the State: July 20, 1995.

Effective Date: September 25, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 26,

2000.

The Water Quality Control Plan for

the Sacramento River and San Joaquin

River Basins (Regional Board 5) was

revised to include compliance

schedules in National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

permits under certain conditions.

Adopted by the State: November 15,

1995.

Effective Date: February 27, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on May 29,

2000.

State Board Resolution 95–86 revised

the Water Quality Control Plan for the

Tulare Lake Basin (Regional Board 5)—

Second Edition (1995), addressing

antidegradation, beneficial uses, water

quality criteria, and implementation of

those standards in surface waters.

Adopted by the State: October 1994.

Effective Date: March 31, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 29,

2000.

The Water Quality Control Plan for

the Lahonton Region (Board 6), which

was revised in September 1993, was

amended again in October 1994 by State

Board Resolution 95–3. The October

1994 Basin Plan sets forth the most

recent water quality standards for

surface and ground waters of the

Region, which include both designated

beneficial uses and the narrative and/or

numerical objectives which must be

maintained to protect those uses.

Adopted by the State: February 17,

1994.

Effective Date: August 3, 1994.

EPA Action: Approval on May 29,

2000.

State Board Resolution 94–18 revised

the Water Quality Control Plan for the

Colorado River Basin (Regional Board 7)

by addressing the antidegradation

policy, beneficial use designations,

water quality criteria, and procedures

for implementing surface water quality

standards.

Adopted by the State: April 17, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on December

27, 1999.

California adopted the ‘‘1996 ReviewWater Quality Standards for SalinityColorado River System Final Report’’

(June 1996) and ‘‘Supplemental Report’’

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(October 1996), and a plan to implement

the salinity standards.

Adopted by the State: July 21, 1994

and July 17, 1997.

Effective Date: January 24, 1995.

EPA Action: Approval on May 30,

2000.

State Board Resolution 94–60 revised

portions of the Water Quality Control

Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin

(Regional Board 8), addressing

antidegradation, beneficial uses, water

quality criteria, and implementation of

water quality standards for surface

waters.

Adopted by the State: September 8,

1994.

Effective Date: September 8, 1994.

EPA Action: Approval on May 29,

2000.

State Board Resolution 94–116, the

Water Quality Control Plan for the San

Diego Basin (Region Board 9), combined

all the separate amendments made to

the San Diego Basin Plan between

November 1987 and October 1994.

Nevada

Water quality standards for the State

of Nevada are contained in: Nevada

Administrative Code (NAC), Water

Pollution Control Provisions.

Adopted by the State: October 22,

1996.

Effective Date: August 17, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on November

20, 1998.

NAC 445A.1915 made revisions to

water quality standards for Lake Tahoe

and selected tributaries.

Adopted by the State: June 17, 1998

and September 9, 1999.

Effective Date: August 17, 1998 and

February 16, 2000, respectively.

EPA Action: Approval on May 2,

2000.

NAC 445A, 445A.121, 445A.194–

445A.201 and 445A.213 revised the

water quality standards for Las Vegas

Wash and Lake Mead and clarified

definitions in the State water pollution

control regulations.

Adopted by the State: March 25, 1998.

Effective Date: August 17, 1998 (and

an amendment on February 16, 2000).

EPA Action: Approval on March 28,

2000.

NAC 445A.194–197 and amendment

445A.143 added the ‘‘1996 Review—

Water Quality Standards for Salinity—

Colorado River System Final Report’’

(June 1996) and ‘‘Supplemental Report’’

(October 1996) to Nevada’s water

quality standards, as well as a plan to

implement the salinity standards.

EPA Region 10

Alaska

Water quality standards for the State

of Alaska are contained in: Alaska

Administrative Code (AAC), Chapter 70

(identified in 18 AAC 70).

Adopted by State: January 30, 1998.

Effective Date: March 1, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on April 6,

1998.

Alaska adopted site-specific criteria

(SSC) for total dissolved solids for the

aquaculture and aquatic life use

categories for Gold Creek, north of

Juneau Alaska. The site included Gold

Creek from the Gold Creek drainage

tunnel to Gastineau Channel.

Adopted by State: November 7, 1997.

Effective Date: December 12, 1997.

EPA Action: Approval on April 6,

1998.

Alaska adopted site-specific criteria

(SSC) for total dissolved solids for the

water supply (drinking water and

aquaculture) and aquatic life use

categories for Sherman and Camp

Creeks in Juneau, Alaska. The site

includes: Camp Creek below the

discharge from the Kensington Mine dry

tailings facility to tide water

(approximately 1,000 ft) and Sherman

Creek below the discharge of

Kensington Mine adit drainage to tide

water (approximately 1.5 miles).

Adopted by State: July 22, 1998.

Effective Date: July 22, 1998.

EPA Action: Approval on July 29,

1998.

Alaska adopted a site-specific

criterion (SSC) for the aquatic life use

for zinc. The site specific area includes

the mainstem Red Dog and Ikalukrok

Creeks. This SSC was based on data that

are representative of the natural

condition of these drainages.

Oregon

Water quality standards for the State

of Oregon are contained in: OAR 340–

41.

Adopted by State: January 11, 1996.

EPA Action: Approval on July 22,

1999.

EPA approved the following portions

of the Oregon Water Quality Standards:

dissolved oxygen, temperature (except

for the criteria for the lower Willamette),

pH, and bacteria. These standards were

developed to protect different life

history stages of salmonids, including

threatened and endangered salmonid

species.

Tribal Water Quality Standards

Program Authorizations

Confederated Tribes of the Warm

Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon

EPA Action: Approval on May 25,

1999

The Confederated Tribes of the Warm

Springs Indian Reservation submitted

an application to EPA requesting the

authority to administer the Water

Quality Standards program (section

303 of the Clean Water Act) and the

Water Quality Certification program

(section 401 of the Clean Water Act).

This application was submitted to EPA,

in accordance with Section 518 of the

Clean Water Act, for treatment in the

same manner as a state.

Federal Water Quality Standards

Rulemakings

For purposes of informing the public,

EPA is listing those federal water

quality standards rulemakings taken

pursuant to section 303(c)(4) of the

CWA for the period of April 1, 1998

through May 30, 2000. For the full text

of the rules, the reader is referred to the

Federal Register notices cited.

Alaska

Date of Rule: April 1, 1998.

Reference: 62 FR 10140.

In 1992, EPA promulgated federal

regulations (The National Toxics Rule)

establishing water quality criteria for

toxic pollutants for several states,

including Alaska (40 CFR 131.36). One

of the toxic pollutants included in that

rule was arsenic. In this final rule, EPA

withdrew the applicability to Alaska’s

waters of the federal human health

criteria for arsenic.

District of Columbia, Idaho, Kansas,

Rhode Island, Vermont

Date of Rule: April 12, 2000.

Reference: 65 FR 19659.

In 1992, EPA promulgated Federal

regulations (the National Toxics Rule)

establishing water quality criteria for

toxic pollutants for several States,

including Rhode Island, Vermont, the

District of Columbia, Kansas and Idaho.

These States have adopted, and EPA has

approved, human health and aquatic life

water quality criteria that are no less

stringent than the Federal Criteria.

Therefore, in this final rule, EPA

amended the Federal regulations to

withdraw certain human health and

aquatic life criteria applicable to these

States.

California

Date of Rule: May 18, 2000.

Reference: 65 FR 31681.

This final rule promulgated: Numeric

aquatic life criteria for 23 priority toxic

pollutants; numeric human health

criteria for 57 priority toxic pollutants;

and a compliance schedule provision

which authorizes the State to issue

schedules of compliance for new or

revised National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System permit limits based

on the federal criteria when certain

conditions are met.

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EPA promulgated this rule based on

the Administrator’s determination that

numeric criteria are necessary in the

State of California to protect human

health and the environment. The Clean

Water Act requires States to adopt

numeric water quality criteria for

priority toxic pollutants for which EPA

has issued criteria guidance, the

presence or discharge of which could

reasonably be expected to interfere with

maintaining designated uses.

EPA promulgated this rule to fill a gap

in California water quality standards

that was created in 1994 when a State

court overturned the State’s water

quality control plans which contained

water quality criteria for priority toxic

pollutants. Thus, the State of California

was without numeric water quality

criteria for many priority toxic

pollutants as required by the Clean

Water Act, necessitating this action by

EPA. These Federal criteria are legally

applicable in the State of California for

inland surface waters, enclosed bays

and estuaries for all purposes and

programs under the Clean Water Act.

Dated: May 27, 2001.

Geoffrey H. Grubbs,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

May 23, 2001.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection(s), as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. No person shall be subject to

any penalty for failing to comply with

a collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before July 5, 2001. If

you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 1–C804, 445 12th

Street, SW., DC 20554 or via the Internet

to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s), contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via the

Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No.: 3060–0411.

Title: Procedures for Formal

Complaints Filed Against Common

Carriers.

Form No.: FCC Form 485.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, business or other for-profit,

not-for-profit institutions, federal

government, and state, local or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 11,283.

Estimated Time Per Response: .50

hours to 20 hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement, third party

disclosure requirement, and

recordkeeping requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 16,966 hours.

Total Annual Cost: $6,600.

Needs and Uses: The information is

filed pursuant to 47 CFR 1.720 et seq.

is provided either with or in response to

a formal complaint to determine

whether there has been a violation of

the Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, or the Commission’s Rules or

Orders. Complainants file the FCC Form

485 to file a formal complaint with the

Commission. The information is used to

determine the validity of the complaint

and to resolve the merits of disputes

between parties. This information

collection request was modified to add

a pre-filing letter requirement.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission,

Comments Requested

May 23, 2001.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. No person shall be subject to

any penalty for failing to comply with

a collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before August 3, 2001.

If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Les

Smith, Federal Communications

Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Room 1–A804, Washington, DC 20554

or via the Internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Les

Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the

Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060–0629.

Title: Section 76.987 New Product

Tiers.

Form Number: n/a.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business and other forprofit entities.