Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-1 - Water Quality Standards › Section 3745-1-34 - Water quality criteria for the protection of human health [fish consumption]

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory government publications,
				publications of recognized organizations and associations, federal rules and
				federal statutory provisions referenced in this rule, see rule
				3745-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A) The
			 chemical specific criteria listed in table 34-1 of this rule, or site-specific
			 modifications thereof, apply as "Outside Mixing Zone Averages" and shall apply
			 to all water bodies. For the purpose of setting water quality based effluent
			 limits, these criteria shall be met after the effluent and the receiving water
			 are reasonably well mixed as provided in rules
			 3745-1-06
			 and
			 3745-2-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B)
			 Water bodies located within the Ohio river drainage basin. Any methodologies
			 and procedures acceptable under 40 C.F.R. 131,
			 effective July 1, 2019 may be used when developing or revising human
			 health water quality criteria or implementing narrative criteria contained in
			 rule
			 3745-1-04
			 of the Administrative Code. For any pollutant for which it is demonstrated that
			 a methodology or procedure cited in this rule is not scientifically defensible,
			 the director may apply an alternative methodology or procedure acceptable under
			 40 C.F.R. 131 when developing water quality criteria.
(C) Water bodies located within the lake Erie
			 drainage basin. The methodologies contained in rules
			 3745-1-41
			 and
			 3745-1-42
			 of the Administrative Code shall be used when adopting or revising numeric
			 human health criteria and when implementing the narrative water quality
			 criteria contained in rule
			 3745-1-04
			 of the Administrative Code. For pollutants listed in table 34-2 of this rule,
			 any methodologies and procedures acceptable under 40 C.F.R. 131 may be used
			 when developing water quality criteria or implementing narrative criteria. For
			 any pollutant other than those in table 33-2 of this rule, for which it is
			 demonstrated that a methodology or procedure cited in this rule is not
			 scientifically defensible, the director may apply an alternative methodology or
			 procedure acceptable under 40 C.F.R. 131 when developing water quality
			 criteria.
Table 34-1. Water quality criteria for the protection of human
				health [fish consumption].
OMZA3
Chemical
Form1
Units2
Ohio river
Lake Erie
Acenaphthene
T
µg/l
90
--
Acrolein
T
µg/l
400
--
Acrylonitrile5
T
µg/l
70
--
Aldrin5
T
µg/l
7.7 *10-6
--
Anthracene
T
µg/l
400
--
Antimony
TR
µg/l
640
--
Benzene5
T
µg/l
160
160
Benzidine5
T
µg/l
0.11
--
Benzo(a)anthracene5
T
µg/l
0.013
--
Benzo(a)pyrene5
T
µg/l
0.0013
--
Benzo(b)fluoranthene5
T
µg/l
0.013
--
Benzo(k)fluoranthene5
T
µg/l
0.13
--
Beryllium
TR
µg/l
280
--
Bromoform5
T
µg/l
1,200
--
Butylbenzyl phthalate
T
µg/l
1.0
--
Carbon tetrachloride5
T
µg/l
50
--
Chlordane5
T
µg/l
0.0032
0.00025
Chlorobenzene
T
µg/l
800
800
Chlorodibromomethane5
T
µg/l
210
--
Bis(2-Chloro-1-methylethyl)ether
T
µg/l
4,000
Bis(2-Chloroethyl)ether5
T
µg/l
22
--
Chloroform5
T
µg/l
20,000
--
bis(2-Chloromethyl)ether5
T
µg/l
0.17
--
2-Chloronaphthalene
T
µg/l
1,000
--
2-Chlorophenol
T
µg/l
800
--
Chrysene5
T
µg/l
1.3
--
Cyanide
free
µg/l
400
400
2,4-D
						  (2,4-Dichlorophenoxy-acetic acid)
T
µg/l
12,000
4,4'-DDD5
T
µg/l
0.0012
--
4,4'-DDE5
T
µg/l
0.00018
--
4,4'-DDT5
T
µg/l
0.0003
0.00015
Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene5
T
µg/l
0.0013
--
Di-n-butyl phthalate
T
µg/l
30
--
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
T
µg/l
3,000
--
1,3-Dichlorobenzene
T
µg/l
10
--
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
T
µg/l
900
--
3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine5
T
µg/l
1.5
--
Dichlorobromomethane5
T
µg/l
270
--
1,2-Dichloroethane5
T
µg/l
6,500
--
1,1-Dichloroethylene
T
µg/l
20,000
--
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
T
µg/l
4,000
--
2,4-Dichlorophenol
T
µg/l
60
--
1,2-Dichloropropane5
T
µg/l
310
--
1,3-Dichloropropene5
T
µg/l
120
--
Dieldrin5
T
µg/l
1.2 *10-5
0.0000065
Diethyl phthalate
T
µg/l
600
--
2,4-Dimethylphenol
T
µg/l
3,000
3,000
Dimethyl phthalate
T
µg/l
2,000
--
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol
						  (4,6-Dinitro-2-methylphenol)
T
µg/l
30
--
Dinitrophenols4
T
µg/l
1,000
2,4-Dinitrophenol
T
µg/l
300
300
2,4-Dinitrotoluene5
T
µg/l
17
--
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine5
T
µg/l
2.0
--
alpha-Endosulfan6
T
µg/l
30
--
beta-Endosulfan6
T
µg/l
40
--
Endosulfan sulfate6
T
µg/l
40
--
Endrin6
T
µg/l
0.03
--
Endrin aldehyde6
T
µg/l
1.0
--
Ethylbenzene
T
µg/l
130
--
bis(2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate5
T
µg/l
3.7
--
Fluoranthene
T
µg/l
20
--
Fluorene
T
µg/l
70
--
Heptachlor5
T
µg/l
5.9 *10-5
--
Heptachlor epoxide5
T
µg/l
0.00032
--
Hexachlorobenzene5
T
µg/l
0.00079
0.00045
Hexachlorobutadiene5
T
µg/l
0.1
--
alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane5
T
µg/l
0.0039
--
beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane5
T
µg/l
0.14
--
gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane
						  (Lindane)5
T
µg/l
44
0.50
Hexachlorocyclohexane - technical
						  grade5
T
µg/l
0.1
--
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
T
µg/l
4.0
--
Hexachloroethane5
T
µg/l
1.0
1.0
Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene5
T
µg/l
0.013
--
Isophorone5
T
µg/l
18,000
--
Methoxychlor
T
µg/l
0.02
Mercury
TR
µg/l
0.012
0.0031
3-Methyl-4-Chlorophenol
TR
µg/l
2,000
Methyl bromide
T
µg/l
10,000
--
Methylene chloride5
T
µg/l
10,000
2,600
Nickel
TR
µg/l
4,600
--
Nitrobenzene
T
µg/l
600
--
Nitrosoamines5
T
µg/l
12.4
--
N-Nitrosodibutylamine5
T
µg/l
2.2
--
N-Nitrosodiethylamine5
T
µg/l
12.4
--
N-Nitrosodimethylamine5
T
µg/l
30
--
N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine5
T
µg/l
5.1
--
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine5
T
µg/l
60
--
N-Nitrosodipyrrolidine5
T
µg/l
340
--
Pentachlorobenzene
T
µg/l
0.1
--
Pentachlorophenol5
T
µg/l
0.4
--
Phenol
T
µg/l
300,000
--
Polychlorinated
						  biphenyls5
T
µg/l
0.00064
0.000026
Pyrene
T
µg/l
30
--
Selenium
TR
µg/l
4,200
--
Silvex
						  (2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxypropionic acid)
T
µg/l
400
1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene
T
µg/l
0.03
--
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin5
T
pg/l
0.051
0.0086
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane5
T
µg/l
30
--
Tetrachloroethylene5
T
µg/l
290
--
Toluene
T
µg/l
520
520
Toxaphene5
T
µg/l
0.0071
0.000068
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene5
T
µg/l
0.76
--
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
T
µg/l
200,000
1,1,2-Trichloroethane5
T
µg/l
89
--
Trichloroethylene5
T
µg/l
70
70
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
T
µg/l
600
--
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol5
T
µg/l
28
--
Vinyl chloride5
T
µg/l
16
--
Zinc
T
µg/l
26,000
--
1 S = soluble; T = total; TR = total
				recoverable.
2 mg/l = milligrams per liter (parts
				per million); µg/l = micrograms per liter (parts per billion); pg/l = picograms
				per liter (parts per quadrillion).
3 OMZA = outside mixing zone
				average.
4 The criteria for this chemical
				apply to the sum of all dinitrophenols.
5 Criteria for this chemical are
				based on a carcinogenic endpoint.
6 The criteria for this chemical
				apply to the sum of alpha-endosulfan, beta-endosulfan and endosulfan
				sulfate.
7 The criteria for this chemical
				apply to the sum of endrin and endrin aldehyde.
Table 34-2. Pollutants subject to any methodologies and
				procedures acceptable under 40 C.F.R. 131 for water bodies located in the lake
				Erie drainage basin.
Alkalinity
Ammonia
Bacteria
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
Chlorine
Color
Dissolved oxygen
Dissolved solids
pH
Phosphorus
Salinity
Temperature
Total and suspended solids
Turbidity