New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 6 - WATER QUALITY › Part 4 - STANDARDS FOR INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE SURFACE WATERS › Section 20.6.4.318 - CANADIAN RIVER BASIN

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Doggett creek.
A.
Designated uses:
Warm water
				aquatic life, livestock watering, wildlife habitat and primary
				contact.
B.
Criteria:
The use-specific criteria in
				20.6.4.900
				NMAC are applicable to the designated uses, except that the following
				site-specific criteria apply: the monthly geometric mean of E. coli bacteria
				206 cfu/100 mL or less, single sample 940 cfu/100 mL or less.
C.
Discharger-specific temporary
				standard:
(1)
Discharger:
City of Raton wastewater treatment plant
(2)
NPDES permit number:
NM0020273, Outfall 001
(3)
Receiving waterbody:
Doggett creek, 20.6.4.318 NMAC
(4)
Discharge
				latitude/longitude:
36° 52' 13.91" N / 104° 25' 39.18"
				W
(5)
Pollutant(s):
nutrients; total nitrogen and total phosphorus
(6)
Factor of issuance:
substantial and widespread economic and social impacts (40 CFR
				131.10(g)(6))
(7)
Highest attainable
				condition:
interim effluent condition of 8.0 mg/L total nitrogen and 1.6
				mg/L total phosphorus as 30-day averages. The highest attainable condition
				shall be either the highest attainable condition identified at the time of the
				adoption, or any higher attainable condition later identified during any
				reevaluation, whichever is more stringent (40 CFR
				131.14(b)(1)(iii))
				.
(8)
Effective date of
				temporary standard:
This temporary standard becomes effective for Clean
				Water Act purposes on the date of EPA approval.
(9)
Expiration date of temporary
				standard:
no later than 20 years from the effective date.
(10)
Reevaluation period:
at
				each succeeding review of water quality standards and at least once every five
				years from the effective date of the temporary standard (Paragraph (8) of
				Subsection H of
				20.6.4.10
				NMAC,
				40 CFR
				131.14(b)(1)(v)) . If the
				discharger cannot demonstrate that sufficient progress has been made the
				commission may revoke approval of the temporary standard or provide additional
				conditions to the approval of the temporary standard. If the reevaluation is
				not completed at the frequency specified or the Department does not submit the
				reevaluation to EPA within 30 days of completion, the underlying designated use
				and criterion will be the applicable water quality standard for Clean Water Act
				purposes until the Department completes and submits the reevaluation to EPA.
				Public input on the reevaluation will be invited during NPDES permit renewals
				or triennial reviews, as applicable, in accordance with the State's most
				current approved water quality management plan and continuing planning
				process.
(11)
Timeline for
				proposed actions.
Tasks and target completion dates are listed in the
				most recent, WQCC-approved version of the New Mexico Environment Department,
				Surface Water Quality Bureau's "Nutrient Temporary Standards for City of Raton
				Wastewater Treatment Plant, NPDES No. NM0020273 to Doggett Creek."