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b. Adding an entry for ‘‘Lehigh
County’’ before the entry for ‘‘Luzerne
County’’;
■ c. Adding an entry for ‘‘Monroe
County’’ before the entry for ‘‘Montour
County’’;
d. Adding an entry for ‘‘Northampton
County’’ before the entry for
‘‘Northumberland County’’; and
■ e. Adding an entry for ‘‘Pike County’’
before the entry for ‘‘Potter County’’.
The additions read as follows:
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PENNSYLVANIA—2015 8-HOUR OZONE NAAQS
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any Indian country in each county or area, unless otherwise specified. EPA is not determining the boundaries of any area of Indian
country in this table, including any area of Indian country located in the larger designation area. The inclusion of any Indian country in the designation area is not a determination that the state has regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act for such Indian country.
2 This date is August 3, 2018, unless otherwise noted.
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ACTION:
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[FR Doc. 2018–22396 Filed 10–15–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
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Water Quality Standards; Withdrawal
of Certain Federal Water Quality
Criteria Applicable to California: Lead,
Chlorodibromomethane, and
Dichlorobromomethane
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
16:24 Oct 15, 2018
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking final action to
amend the Federal regulations to
withdraw certain freshwater acute and
chronic aquatic life water quality
criteria and certain human health (water
and organisms) water quality criteria,
applicable to certain waters of California
because California adopted, and the
Agency approved, criteria for these
parameters that are protective of the
uses for the waterbodies. In this action,
the EPA is amending the Federal
regulations to withdraw those certain
criteria applicable to California as
described in the December 11, 2017
proposed rule. The withdrawal will
enable California to implement their
EPA-approved water quality criteria.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
November 15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2017–
0303, at https://www.regulations.gov.
For additional information about the
EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the www.regulations.gov
index. Although listed in the index,
SUMMARY:
10. In § 81.347, the table titled
‘‘Virginia—2015 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS
[Primary and Secondary]’’ is amended
by:
■ a. Moving the entry for
‘‘Fredericksburg City’’ below the entry
for ‘‘Franklin City’’; and
■ b. Moving the entry for ‘‘Winchester
City’’ below the entry for ‘‘Williamsburg
City.’’
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some information is not publicly
available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, will be publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically in
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
two Docket Facilities. The Office of
Water (‘‘OW’’) Docket Center is open
from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket telephone number
is (202) 566–2426 and the Docket
address is OW Docket, EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20004. The Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is
(202) 566–1744. Publicly available
docket materials are also available in
hard copy at the U.S. EPA Region 9
address. Docket materials can be
accessed from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information with respect to California,
contact Diane E. Fleck, P.E. Esq., U.S.
EPA Region 9, WTR–2, 75 Hawthorne
St., San Francisco, CA 94105
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(telephone: (415) 972–3527 or email:
Fleck.Diane@epa.gov). For general and
administrative concerns, contact Bryan
‘‘Ibrahim’’ Goodwin, U.S. EPA
Headquarters, Office of Science and
Technology, 1200 Pennsylvania,
Avenue NW, Mail Code 4305T,
Washington, DC 20460 (telephone: (202)
566–0762 or email: Goodwin.Bryan@
epa.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
II. Background
A. What are the applicable Federal
statutory and regulatory requirements?
B. What are the applicable Federal water
quality criteria that the EPA is
withdrawing?
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing
Regulations and Controlling Regulatory
Costs
C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks
I. Executive Order 13211: Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
J. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act
K. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions
To Address Environmental Justice in
Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations
L. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
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I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
No one is affected by the final action
contained in this document. This final
action would merely serve to withdraw
certain Federal water quality criteria
that have been applicable to California
and are no longer needed in light of the
EPA-approved state water quality
criteria. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the person
identified in the preceding section
entitled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
II. Background
A. What are the applicable Federal
statutory and regulatory requirements?
On May 18, 2000, the EPA
promulgated a final rule known as the
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‘‘California Toxics Rule’’ (‘‘CTR’’) at 40
CFR 131.38. The CTR final rule
established numeric water quality
criteria for priority toxic pollutants for
the State of California, because the State
had not complied fully with Section
303(c)(2)(B) of the Clean Water Act
(CWA) (65 FR 31682).
Consistent with the basic tenet of the
CWA, the EPA developed its water
quality standards program emphasizing
State primacy. Although in the CTR the
EPA promulgated toxic criteria for
California, the Agency prefers that states
maintain primacy, revise their own
standards, and achieve full compliance
(see 57 FR 60860, December 22, 1992).
As described in the preamble to the
final CTR (see 65 FR 31682 (May 18,
2000)), when California adopts, and the
EPA approves, water quality criteria that
meet the requirements of the CWA, the
Agency will issue a rule amending the
CTR to withdraw the Federal criteria
applicable to California.
On December 11, 2017, the EPA
proposed the withdrawal of certain
freshwater aquatic life (acute and
chronic) water quality criteria and
certain federally promulgated human
health (water and organisms) water
quality criteria, applicable in California
(see 82 FR 58156, December 11, 2017).
The EPA received comments on the
proposed rule and a listing of the
comments, and the Agency’s responses,
are contained in the document
‘‘Response to Comments for Water
Quality Standards; Withdrawal of
Certain Federal Water Quality Criteria
Applicable to California: Lead,
Chlorodibromomethane and
Dichlorobromomethane,’’ which can be
accessed at OW docket number EPA–
HQ–OW–2017–0303. Today, the EPA is
taking final action on its proposal. The
withdrawal of the federally promulgated
criteria will enable California to
implement its EPA-approved water
quality criteria for these parameters.
B. What are the applicable Federal
water quality criteria that the EPA is
withdrawing?
As discussed in the proposal (see 82
FR 58156, December 11, 2017), this final
rule amends the Federal regulations in
the CTR to withdraw the following
criteria: freshwater acute and chronic
aquatic life criteria for lead for the Los
Angeles River and its tributaries; and
human health (water & organisms)
criteria for chlorodibromomethane and
dichlorobromomethane for a segment of
New Alamo Creek and a segment of
Ulatis Creek. The EPA approved the
State’s criteria for lead and for
chlorodibromomethane and
dichlorobromomethane for these waters
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because the Agency determined that the
State’s criteria were scientifically sound
and protective of the designated uses for
these certain waters and met the
requirements of the CWA and the
Agency’s implementing regulations at
40 CFR part 131. The State calls these
criteria site-specific water quality
objectives or site-specific objectives.
More information on the EPA’s actions
which approved the California’s sitespecific objectives can be accessed at
OW docket number EPA–HQ–OW–
2017–0303.
This final rule will result in the
withdrawal of the federally promulgated
criteria for these certain waters under
the CTR. However, the criteria for lead,
chlorodibromomethane, and
dichlorobromomethane for other waters
in California that are currently part of
the CTR remain in the Federal
promulgation.
No changes to this final rule were
made in response to the comments
received on the proposed rule. The EPA
received nine comments on the
proposed rule through the public docket
which are described in more detail in
this section. Two anonymous comments
and one environmental group opposed
the proposed rule to withdraw certain
Federal criteria because California’s
criteria are higher numerically than the
Federal criteria. Regarding the State’s
aquatic life criteria for lead, the EPA
indicated that the State has provided
analyses that show the criteria are
protective of aquatic life, and that the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed
that the criteria would not likely
adversely affect any listed threatened or
endangered species or their critical
habitat. Regarding the State’s human
health criteria for
chlorodibromomethane and
dichlorobromomethane, the EPA
indicated in its response that, as
described in Agency’s Record of
Decision supporting the approval of the
state’s criteria, states and authorized
tribes have the flexibility to adopt water
quality criteria that result in a risk level
higher than 10¥6, up to the 10¥5 level.
That flexibility is constrained, however,
by the need for careful consideration of
the associated exposure parameter
assumptions, and whether the resulting
criteria would expose sensitive
subpopulations consuming fish at
higher rates to no more than a 10¥4
cancer risk. The EPA determined that
these certain state criteria assure that
cancer risk to the most highly exposed
population would not exceed a 10¥4
cancer risk level. In addition, the
consumption of the water and fish/
shellfish from the affected waterbody
segments does not currently occur, nor
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is it expected to occur in the future. The
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles
County supported the proposed rule.
Four comments were outside the scope
of the proposed rule; and, one
comment’s position was not clear. Two
emails were sent directly to the EPA
after the comment period closed for the
proposed rule, inquiring about how
water quality criteria under the CWA
are determined compared to the
Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs)
under the Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA); the Agency’s response, also
included in the docket, stated that the
CWA does not allow for consideration
of costs and technological feasibility in
the calculation of CWA water quality
criteria, unlike SDWA MCLs. The EPA’s
‘‘Response to Comments for Water
Quality Standards; Withdrawal of
Certain Federal Water Quality Criteria
Applicable to California: Lead,
Chlorodibromomethane and
Dichlorobromomethane’’ can be
accessed at OW docket number EPA–
HQ–OW–2017–0303.
III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
This action is not a significant
regulatory action and was therefore not
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review.
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B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing
Regulations and Controlling Regulatory
Costs
This action is a deregulatory action
under Executive Order 13771. This rule
is expected to provide meaningful
burden reduction by withdrawal of
certain federally promulgated criteria in
certain waters of California.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This action does not impose any new
information collection burden under the
PRA because it is administratively
withdrawing Federal requirements that
are no longer needed in California. It
does not include any information
collection, reporting, or recordkeeping
requirements. The OMB has previously
approved the information collection
requirements contained in the existing
regulations at 40 CFR part 131 and has
assigned OMB control number 2040–
0286.
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
generally requires an agency to prepare
a regulatory flexibility analysis of any
rule subject to notice and comment
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rulemaking requirements under the
Administrative Procedure Act or any
other statute unless the agency certifies
that the rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities
include small businesses, small
organizations, and small governmental
jurisdictions.
For purposes of assessing the impacts
of this rule on small entities, small
entity is defined as: (1) A small business
as defined by the Small Business
Administration’s (SBA) regulations at 13
CFR 121.201; (2) a small governmental
jurisdiction that is a government of a
city, county, town, school district or
special district with a population of less
than 50,000; and (3) a small
organization that is any not-for-profit
enterprise which is independently
owned and operated and is not
dominant in its field.
I certify that this action will not have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the RFA. This action will not
impose any requirements on small
entities.
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
This action does not contain any
unfunded mandate as described in
UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, and does
not significantly or uniquely affect small
governments. As this action withdraws
certain federally promulgated criteria,
the action imposes no enforceable duty
on any state, local, or tribal
governments, or the private sector.
F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism
implications. It will not have substantial
direct effects on the States, on the
relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government. This rule imposes
no regulatory requirements or costs on
any state or local governments. Thus,
Executive Order 13132 does not apply
to this action.
In the spirit of Executive Order 13132,
and consistent with the EPA policy to
promote communications between the
Agency and state and local
governments, the Agency specifically
solicited comment on this action from
state and local officials.
G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
This action does not have tribal
implications, as specified in Executive
Order 13175. This rule imposes no
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regulatory requirements or costs on any
tribal government. It does not have
substantial direct effects on tribal
governments, the relationship between
the Federal Government and tribes, or
on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal
Government and tribes. Thus, Executive
Order 13175 does not apply to this
action.
H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks
This action is not subject to Executive
Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23,
1997) because it is not economically
significant as defined in Executive
Order 12866, and because the Agency
does not believe the environmental
health or safety risks addressed by this
action present a disproportionate risk to
children.
I. Executive Order 13211: Actions That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
This rule is not subject to Executive
Order 13211, because it is not a
significant regulatory action under
Executive Order 12866.
J. National Technology Transfer
Advancement Act
This rulemaking does not involve
technical standards.
K. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) establishes Federal
executive policy on environmental
justice. Its main provision directs
Federal agencies, to the greatest extent
practicable and permitted by law, to
make environmental justice part of their
mission by identifying and addressing,
as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or
environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority
populations and low-income
populations in the United States.
The EPA believes that this action does
not have disproportionately high and
adverse human health or environmental
effects on minority populations, lowincome populations and/or indigenous
peoples, as specified in Executive Order
12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
The EPA has previously determined,
based on the most current science and
the Agency’s CWA Section 304(a)
recommended criteria, that California’s
adopted and the Agency-approved
criteria are protective of human health.
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L. Congressional Review Act
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. The EPA will
submit a report containing this rule and
other required information to the U.S.
Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the United States prior to
publication of the rule in the Federal
Register. A major rule cannot take effect
until 60 days after it is published in the
Federal Register. This action is not a
‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2). This rule will be effective
November 15, 2018.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 131
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Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
Dated: October 4, 2018.
Andrew R. Wheeler,
Acting Administrator.
§ 131.38 Establishment of numeric criteria
for priority toxic pollutants for the State of
California.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble title 40, chapter I, part 131 of
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1. The authority citation for part 131
continues to read as follows:
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1. Antimony .....................................................
2. Arsenic b .....................................................
3. Beryllium .....................................................
4. Cadmium b ..................................................
5a. Chromium (III) ...........................................
5b. Chromium (VI) b ........................................
6. Copper b ......................................................
7. Lead b .........................................................
8. Mercury b ....................................................
9. Nickel b ........................................................
10. Selenium b ................................................
11. Silver b ......................................................
12. Thallium .....................................................
13. Zinc b .........................................................
14. Cyanide b ..................................................
15. Asbestos ...................................................
16. 2,3,7,8-TCDD (Dioxin) ..............................
17. Acrolein .....................................................
18. Acrylonitrile ................................................
19. Benzene ....................................................
20. Bromoform ................................................
21. Carbon Tetrachloride ................................
22. Chlorobenzene ..........................................
23. Chlorodibromomethane .............................
24. Chloroethane .............................................
25. 2-Chloroethylvinyl Ether ............................
26. Chloroform ................................................
27. Dichlorobromomethane .............................
28. 1,1-Dichloroethane ....................................
29. 1,2-Dichloroethane ....................................
30. 1,1-Dichloroethylene .................................
31. 1,2-Dichloropropane ..................................
32. 1,3-Dichloropropylene ...............................
33. Ethylbenzene ............................................
34. Methyl Bromide .........................................
35. Methyl Chloride .........................................
36. Methylene Chloride ...................................
37. 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane .........................
38. Tetrachloroethylene ..................................
39. Toluene .....................................................
40. 1,2-Trans-Dichloroethylene .......................
41. 1,1,1-Trichloroethane ................................
42. 1,1,2-Trichloroethane ................................
43. Trichloroethylene .......................................
44. Vinyl Chloride ............................................
45. 2-Chlorophenol ..........................................
46. 2,4-Dichlorophenol ....................................
47. 2,4-Dimethylphenol ...................................
48. 2-Methyl-4,6-Dinitrophenol ........................
49. 2,4-Dinitrophenol .......................................
50. 2-Nitrophenol .............................................
51. 4-Nitrophenol .............................................
PART 131—WATER QUALITY
STANDARDS
Environmental protection,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Water pollution control.
A
Number compound
the Code of Federal Regulation is
amended as follows:
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2. Amend § 131.38 by revising the
table in paragraph (b)(1) to read as
follows:
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52. 3-Methyl-4-Chlorophenol ...........................
53. Pentachlorophenol ....................................
54. Phenol .......................................................
55. 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol ................................
56. Acenaphthene ...........................................
57. Acenaphthylene ........................................
58. Anthracene ................................................
59. Benzidine ..................................................
60. Benzo(a)Anthracene .................................
61. Benzo(a)Pyrene ........................................
62. Benzo(b)Fluoranthene ..............................
63. Benzo(ghi)Perylene ...................................
64. Benzo(k)Fluoranthene ...............................
65. Bis(2-Chloroethoxy)Methane ....................
66. Bis(2-Chloroethyl)Ether .............................
67. Bis(2-Chloroisopropyl)Ether ......................
68. Bis(2-Ethylhexyl)Phthalate ........................
69. 4-Bromophenyl Phenyl Ether ....................
70. Butylbenzyl Phthalate ...............................
71. 2-Chloronaphthalene .................................
72. 4-Chlorophenyl Phenyl Ether ....................
73. Chrysene ...................................................
74. Dibenzo(a,h)Anthracene ...........................
75. 1,2 Dichlorobenzene .................................
76. 1,3 Dichlorobenzene .................................
77. 1,4 Dichlorobenzene .................................
78. 3,3′-Dichlorobenzidine ...............................
79. Diethyl Phthalate .......................................
80. Dimethyl Phthalate ....................................
81. Di-n-Butyl Phthalate ..................................
82. 2,4-Dinitrotoluene ......................................
83. 2,6-Dinitrotoluene ......................................
84. Di-n-Octyl Phthalate ..................................
85. 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine ..............................
86. Fluoranthene .............................................
87. Fluorene ....................................................
88. Hexachlorobenzene ..................................
89. Hexachlorobutadiene ................................
90. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene ......................
91. Hexachloroethane .....................................
92. Indeno(1,2,3-cd) Pyrene ...........................
93. Isophorone ................................................
94. Naphthalene ..............................................
95. Nitrobenzene .............................................
96. N-Nitrosodimethylamine ............................
97. N-Nitrosodi-n-Propylamine ........................
98. N-Nitrosodiphenylamine ............................
99. Phenanthrene ............................................
100. Pyrene .....................................................
101. 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene ...........................
102. Aldrin .......................................................
103. alpha-BHC ...............................................
104. beta-BHC ................................................
105. gamma-BHC ...........................................
106. delta-BHC ................................................
107. Chlordane ................................................
108. 4,4′-DDT ..................................................
109. 4,4′-DDE .................................................
110. 4,4′-DDD .................................................
111. Dieldrin ....................................................
112. alpha-Endosulfan ....................................
113. beta-Endosulfan ......................................
114. Endosulfan Sulfate ..................................
115. Endrin ......................................................
116. Endrin Aldehyde ......................................
117. Heptachlor ...............................................
118. Heptachlor Epoxide .................................
119–125. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ..
126. Toxaphene ..............................................
59507
87865
108952
88062
83329
208968
120127
92875
56553
50328
205992
191242
207089
111911
111444
108601
117817
101553
85687
91587
7005723
218019
53703
95501
541731
106467
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84662
131113
84742
121142
606202
117840
122667
206440
86737
118741
87683
77474
67721
193395
78591
91203
98953
62759
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129000
120821
309002
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319857
58899
319868
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50293
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a 21,000
a c 2.1
a 1,200
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a 9,600
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a c 0.0044
a c 0.0044
a c 0.0044
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a 1,400
a c s 1.8
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a 3,000
a 1,700
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s 313,000
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a c s 1.9
a c 0.0044
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a c 0.014
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a c 0.00059
a c 0.00059
a c 0.00083
a c 0.00014
a 110
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a 0.76
a 0.76
a c 0.00021
a c 0.00010
c v 0.00017
a c 0.00073
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a j t 4,600,000
a c 6.5
a 2,700
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a 110,000
a c t 0.00054
a c 0.049
a c 0.049
a c 0.049
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a c 0.049
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a c t 1.4
a t 170,000
a c t 5.9
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a 5,200
a 4,300
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a c 0.049
a c 0.049
a 17,000
2,600
2,600
a c t 0.077
a t 120,000
t 2,900,000
a t 12,000
c t 9.1
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a 370
a 14,000
a c 0.00077
a c t 50
a j t 17,000
a c t 8.9
a c 0.049
c t 600
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a j t 1,900
a c t 8.1
a 1.4
a c t 16
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a 11,000
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a c 0.00014
a c 0.013
a c 0.046
c 0.063
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a c 0.00059
a c 0.00059
a c 0.00059
a c 0.00084
a c 0.00014
a 240
a 240
a 240
a j 0.81
a j 0.81
a c 0.00021
a c 0.00011
c v 0.00017
a c 0.00075
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21
22
20
92
90
Footnotes to Table in Paragraph (b)(1):
a Criteria revised to reflect the Agency q1* or RfD, as contained in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) as of October 1, 1996. The fish tissue bioconcentration factor (BCF) from the 1980 documents was retained in each case.
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b Criteria apply to California waters except for those waters subject to objectives in Tables III–2A and III–2B of the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control
Board’s (SFRWQCB) 1986 Basin Plan that were adopted by the SFRWQCB and the State Water Resources Control Board, approved by the EPA, and which continue to apply. For copper and nickel, criteria apply to California waters except for waters south of Dumbarton Bridge in San Francisco Bay that are subject to the objectives in the SFRWQCB’s Basin Plan as amended by SFRWQCB Resolution R2–2002–0061, dated May 22, 2002, and approved by the State Water Resources
Control Board. The EPA approved the aquatic life site-specific objectives on January 21, 2003. The copper and nickel aquatic life site-specific objectives contained in
the amended Basin Plan apply instead.
c Criteria are based on carcinogenicity of 10 (¥6) risk.
d Criteria Maximum Concentration (CMC) equals the highest concentration of a pollutant to which aquatic life can be exposed for a short period of time without deleterious effects. Criteria Continuous Concentration (CCC) equals the highest concentration of a pollutant to which aquatic life can be exposed for an extended period
of time (4 days) without deleterious effects. μg/L equals micrograms per liter.
e Freshwater aquatic life criteria for metals are expressed as a function of total hardness (mg/L) in the water body. The equations are provided in matrix at paragraph (b)(2) of this section. Values displayed above in the matrix correspond to a total hardness of 100 mg/l.
f Freshwater aquatic life criteria for pentachlorophenol are expressed as a function of pH, and are calculated as follows: Values displayed above in the matrix correspond to a pH of 7.8. CMC = exp(1.005(pH)¥4.869). CCC = exp(1.005(pH)¥5.134).
g This criterion is based on Clean Water Act (CWA) 304(a) aquatic life criterion issued in 1980, and was issued in one of the following documents: Aldrin/Dieldrin
(EPA 440/5–80–019), Chlordane (EPA 440/5–80–027), DDT (EPA 440/5–80–038), Endosulfan (EPA 440/5–80–046), Endrin (EPA 440/5–80–047), Heptachlor (440/5–
80–052), Hexachlorocyclohexane (EPA 440/5–80–054), Silver (EPA 440/5–80–071). The Minimum Data Requirements and derivation procedures were different in the
1980 Guidelines than in the 1985 Guidelines. For example, a ‘‘CMC’’ derived using the 1980 Guidelines was derived to be used as an instantaneous maximum. If assessment is to be done using an averaging period, the values given should be divided by 2 to obtain a value that is more comparable to a CMC derived using the
1985 Guidelines.
h These totals simply sum the criteria in each column. For aquatic life, there are 23 priority toxic pollutants with some type of freshwater or saltwater, acute or
chronic criteria. For human health, there are 92 priority toxic pollutants with either ‘‘water + organism’’ or ‘‘organism only’’ criteria. Note that these totals count chromium as one pollutant even though the EPA has developed criteria based on two valence states. In the matrix, the EPA has assigned numbers 5a and 5b to the criteria for chromium to reflect the fact that the list of 126 priority pollutants includes only a single listing for chromium.
i Criteria for these metals are expressed as a function of the water-effect ratio, WER, as defined in paragraph (c) of this section. CMC = column B1 or C1 value ×
WER; CCC = column B2 or C2 value × WER.
j No criterion for protection of human health from consumption of aquatic organisms (excluding water) was presented in the 1980 criteria document or in the 1986
Quality Criteria for Water. Nevertheless, sufficient information was presented in the 1980 document to allow a calculation of a criterion, even though the results of
such a calculation were not shown in the document.
k The CWA 304(a) criterion for asbestos is the MCL.
l [Reserved].
m These freshwater and saltwater criteria for metals are expressed in terms of the dissolved fraction of the metal in the water column. Criterion values were calculated by using the EPA’s Clean Water Act 304(a) guidance values (described in the total recoverable fraction) and then applying the conversion factors in
§ 131.36(b)(1) and (2).
n The EPA is not promulgating human health criteria for these contaminants. However, permit authorities should address these contaminants in NPDES permit actions using the State’s existing narrative criteria for toxics.
o These criteria were promulgated for specific waters in California in the National Toxics Rule (‘‘NTR’’), at § 131.36. The specific waters to which the NTR criteria
apply include: Waters of the State defined as bays or estuaries and waters of the State defined as inland, i.e., all surface waters of the State not ocean waters. These
waters specifically include the San Francisco Bay upstream to and including Suisun Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This section does not apply instead
of the NTR for this criterion.
p A criterion of 20 μg/l was promulgated for specific waters in California in the NTR and was promulgated in the total recoverable form. The specific waters to which
the NTR criterion applies include: Waters of the San Francisco Bay upstream to and including Suisun Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and waters of Salt
Slough, Mud Slough (north) and the San Joaquin River, Sack Dam to the mouth of the Merced River. This section does not apply instead of the NTR for this criterion.
The State of California adopted and the EPA approved a site specific criterion for the San Joaquin River, mouth of Merced to Vernalis; therefore, this section does not
apply to these waters.
q This criterion is expressed in the total recoverable form. This criterion was promulgated for specific waters in California in the NTR and was promulgated in the
total recoverable form. The specific waters to which the NTR criterion applies include: Waters of the San Francisco Bay upstream to and including Suisun Bay and
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and waters of Salt Slough, Mud Slough (north) and the San Joaquin River, Sack Dam to Vernalis. This criterion does not apply
instead of the NTR for these waters. This criterion applies to additional waters of the United States in the State of California pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section.
The State of California adopted and the EPA approved a site-specific criterion for the Grassland Water District, San Luis National Wildlife Refuge, and the Los Banos
State Wildlife Refuge; therefore, this criterion does not apply to these waters.
r These criteria were promulgated for specific waters in California in the NTR. The specific waters to which the NTR criteria apply include: Waters of the State defined as bays or estuaries including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta within California Regional Water Board 5, but excluding the San Francisco Bay. This section
does not apply instead of the NTR for these criteria.
s These criteria were promulgated for specific waters in California in the NTR. The specific waters to which the NTR criteria apply include: Waters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and waters of the State defined as inland (i.e., all surface waters of the State not bays or estuaries or ocean) that include a MUN use
designation. This section does not apply instead of the NTR for these criteria.
t These criteria were promulgated for specific waters in California in the NTR. The specific waters to which the NTR criteria apply include: Waters of the State defined as bays and estuaries including San Francisco Bay upstream to and including Suisun Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and waters of the State defined as inland (i.e., all surface waters of the State not bays or estuaries or ocean) without a MUN use designation. This section does not apply instead of the NTR
for these criteria.
u PCBs are a class of chemicals which include aroclors 1242, 1254, 1221, 1232, 1248, 1260, and 1016, CAS numbers 53469219, 11097691, 11104282, 11141165,
12672296, 11096825, and 12674112, respectively. The aquatic life criteria apply to the sum of this set of seven aroclors.
v This criterion applies to total PCBs, e.g., the sum of all congener or isomer or homolog or aroclor analyses.
w This criterion has been recalculated pursuant to the 1995 Updates: Water Quality Criteria Documents for the Protection of Aquatic Life in Ambient Water, Office of
Water, EPA–820–B–96–001, September 1996. See also Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Criteria Documents for the Protection of Aquatic Life in Ambient Water,
Office of Water, EPA–80–B–95–004, March 1995.
x The State of California has adopted and the EPA has approved site specific criteria for the Sacramento River (and tributaries) above Hamilton City; therefore,
these criteria do not apply to these waters.
y The State of California adopted and the EPA approved a site-specific criterion for New Alamo Creek from Old Alamo Creek to Ulatis Creek and for Ulatis Creek
from Alamo Creek to Cache Slough; therefore, this criterion does not apply to these waters.
z The State of California adopted and the EPA approved a site-specific criterion for the Los Angeles River and its tributaries; therefore, this criterion does not apply
to these waters.
General Notes To Table In Paragraph (b)(1)
1. The table in this paragraph (b)(1) lists all of the EPA’s priority toxic pollutants whether or not criteria guidance are available. Blank spaces indicate the absence
of national section 304(a) criteria guidance. Because of variations in chemical nomenclature systems, this listing of toxic pollutants does not duplicate the listing in appendix A to 40 CFR part 423—126 Priority Pollutants. The EPA has added the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry numbers, which provide a unique identification for each chemical.
2. The following chemicals have organoleptic-based criteria recommendations that are not included on this chart: zinc, 3-methyl-4-chlorophenol.
3. Freshwater and saltwater aquatic life criteria apply as specified in paragraph (c)(3) of this section.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
50 CFR Part 635
[Docket No. 180117042–8884–02]
RIN 0648–XG551
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; General
category October–November fishery for
2018; fishery reopening.
AGENCY:
NMFS has determined that a
reopening of the Atlantic bluefin tuna
(BFT) General category fishery is
warranted. This action is intended to
provide a reasonable opportunity to
harvest the full annual U.S. bluefin tuna
quota without exceeding it, while
maintaining an equitable distribution of
fishing opportunities across time
periods; help achieve optimum yield in
the bluefin tuna fishery; and optimize
the ability of all permit categories to
harvest their full bluefin tuna quota
allocations. This action applies to
Atlantic tunas General category
(commercial) permitted vessels and
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
(HMS) Charter/Headboat category
permitted vessels with a commercial
sale endorsement when fishing
commercially for BFT.
DATES: Effective 12:30 a.m., local time,
October 15, 2018, through 11:30 p.m.,
local time, October 16, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah McLaughlin or Brad McHale,
978–281–9260.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations implemented under the
authority of the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act (ATCA; 16 U.S.C. 971 et
seq.) and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act; 16 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.) governing the harvest of BFT by
persons and vessels subject to U.S.
jurisdiction are found at 50 CFR part
635. Section 635.27 subdivides the U.S.
BFT quota recommended by the
International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
and as implemented by the United
States among the various domestic
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fishing categories, per the allocations
established in the 2006 Consolidated
Highly Migratory Species Fishery
Management Plan (2006 Consolidated
HMS FMP) (71 FR 58058, October 2,
2006), as amended by Amendment 7 to
the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP
(Amendment 7) (79 FR 71510, December
2, 2014). NMFS is required under ATCA
and the Magnuson-Stevens Act to
provide U.S. fishing vessels with a
reasonable opportunity to harvest the
ICCAT-recommended quota.
NMFS recently published a final rule
(i.e., the ‘‘quota rule’’ (83 FR 51391,
October 11, 2018)) that increased the
baseline U.S. bluefin tuna quota from
1,058.79 mt to 1,247.86 mt and
accordingly increased the subquotas for
2018, including an increase in the
General category October through
November period subquota from 60.7 mt
to 70.2 mt, consistent with the annual
bluefin tuna quota calculation process.
On October 4, 2018, NMFS transferred
55 mt to the General category and closed
the General category fishery effective
October 5, 2018, based on projections
that landings would meet or exceed the
adjusted October through November
subquota of 127.2 mt by that date (83 FR
50857, October 10, 2018).
General Category Reopening
As of October 11, 2018, reports show
that the General category landed 81.8 mt
before closing. This represents 64
percent of the adjusted October through
November subquota of 127.2 mt. Based
on early October landings rates, NMFS
has determined that reopening the
General category fishery for two days is
appropriate given the amount of unused
October through November subquota
(i.e., 45.4 mt).
Therefore, the General category
fishery will reopen at 12:30 a.m.,
October 15, 2018, and close at 11:30
p.m., October 16, 2018. The General
category daily retention limit during
this reopening remains the same as prior
to closing: one large medium or giant
bluefin tuna per vessel per day/trip.
This action applies to those vessels
permitted in the General category, as
well as to those HMS Charter/Headboat
permitted vessels with a commercial
sale endorsement when fishing
commercially for BFT. Retaining,
possessing, or landing large medium or
giant BFT by persons aboard vessels
permitted in the General and HMS
Charter/Headboat categories must cease
at 11:30 p.m. local time on October 16,
2018.
The General category will reopen
automatically on December 1, 2018, for
the December 2018 subquota period at
the default one-fish level. In December
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2017, NMFS adjusted the General
category base subquota for the December
2018 period to 10 mt (82 FR 60680,
December 22, 2017), although this
amount increased to 14.6 mt with
finalization of the quota rule. Based on
quota availability in the Reserve, NMFS
may consider transferring additional
quota to the December subquota period,
as appropriate.
Fishermen may catch and release (or
tag and release) BFT of all sizes, subject
to the requirements of the catch-andrelease and tag-and-release programs at
§ 635.26. All BFT that are released must
be handled in a manner that will
maximize their survival, and without
removing the fish from the water,
consistent with requirements at
§ 635.21(a)(1). For additional
information on safe handling, see the
‘‘Careful Catch and Release’’ brochure
available at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/
hms/.
Monitoring and Reporting
NMFS will continue to monitor the
BFT fishery closely. Dealers are required
to submit landing reports within 24
hours of a dealer receiving BFT. Late
reporting by dealers compromises
NMFS’ ability to timely implement
actions such as quota and retention
limit adjustment, as well as closures,
and may result in enforcement actions.
Additionally, and separate from the
dealer reporting requirement, General
and HMS Charter/Headboat category
vessel owners are required to report the
catch of all BFT retained or discarded
dead within 24 hours of the landing(s)
or end of each trip, by accessing
hmspermits.noaa.gov, using the HMS
Catch Reporting app, or calling (888)
872–8862 (Monday through Friday from
8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.).
Depending on the level of fishing
effort and catch rates of BFT, NMFS
may determine that additional
adjustments are necessary to ensure
available subquotas are not exceeded or
to enhance scientific data collection
from, and fishing opportunities in, all
geographic areas. If needed, subsequent
adjustments will be published in the
Federal Register. In addition, fishermen
may call the Atlantic Tunas Information
Line at (978) 281–9260, or access
hmspermits.noaa.gov, for updates on
quota monitoring and inseason
adjustments.
Classification
The Assistant Administrator for
NMFS (AA) finds that it is impracticable
and contrary to the public interest to
provide prior notice of, and an
opportunity for public comment on, this
action for the following reasons:
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52163-52169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22170]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 131
[EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0303; FRL-9985-34-OW]
RIN 2040-AF71
Water Quality Standards; Withdrawal of Certain Federal Water
Quality Criteria Applicable to California: Lead, Chlorodibromomethane,
and Dichlorobromomethane
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final
action to amend the Federal regulations to withdraw certain freshwater
acute and chronic aquatic life water quality criteria and certain human
health (water and organisms) water quality criteria, applicable to
certain waters of California because California adopted, and the Agency
approved, criteria for these parameters that are protective of the uses
for the waterbodies. In this action, the EPA is amending the Federal
regulations to withdraw those certain criteria applicable to California
as described in the December 11, 2017 proposed rule. The withdrawal
will enable California to implement their EPA-approved water quality
criteria.
DATES: This final rule is effective on November 15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action identified
by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0303, at https://www.regulations.gov.
For additional information about the EPA's public docket, visit the
EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at two Docket Facilities. The
Office of Water (``OW'') Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. until
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
telephone number is (202) 566-2426 and the Docket address is OW Docket,
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744. Publicly available docket
materials are also available in hard copy at the U.S. EPA Region 9
address. Docket materials can be accessed from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information with respect to
California, contact Diane E. Fleck, P.E. Esq., U.S. EPA Region 9, WTR-
2, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105
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(telephone: (415) 972-3527 or email: [email protected]). For general
and administrative concerns, contact Bryan ``Ibrahim'' Goodwin, U.S.
EPA Headquarters, Office of Science and Technology, 1200 Pennsylvania,
Avenue NW, Mail Code 4305T, Washington, DC 20460 (telephone: (202) 566-
0762 or email: [email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
II. Background
A. What are the applicable Federal statutory and regulatory
requirements?
B. What are the applicable Federal water quality criteria that
the EPA is withdrawing?
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and
Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulations and Controlling
Regulatory Costs
C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With
Indian Tribal Governments
H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From
Environmental Health and Safety Risks
I. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
J. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
K. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations
L. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
No one is affected by the final action contained in this document.
This final action would merely serve to withdraw certain Federal water
quality criteria that have been applicable to California and are no
longer needed in light of the EPA-approved state water quality
criteria. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the person identified in the
preceding section entitled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
II. Background
A. What are the applicable Federal statutory and regulatory
requirements?
On May 18, 2000, the EPA promulgated a final rule known as the
``California Toxics Rule'' (``CTR'') at 40 CFR 131.38. The CTR final
rule established numeric water quality criteria for priority toxic
pollutants for the State of California, because the State had not
complied fully with Section 303(c)(2)(B) of the Clean Water Act (CWA)
(65 FR 31682).
Consistent with the basic tenet of the CWA, the EPA developed its
water quality standards program emphasizing State primacy. Although in
the CTR the EPA promulgated toxic criteria for California, the Agency
prefers that states maintain primacy, revise their own standards, and
achieve full compliance (see 57 FR 60860, December 22, 1992). As
described in the preamble to the final CTR (see 65 FR 31682 (May 18,
2000)), when California adopts, and the EPA approves, water quality
criteria that meet the requirements of the CWA, the Agency will issue a
rule amending the CTR to withdraw the Federal criteria applicable to
California.
On December 11, 2017, the EPA proposed the withdrawal of certain
freshwater aquatic life (acute and chronic) water quality criteria and
certain federally promulgated human health (water and organisms) water
quality criteria, applicable in California (see 82 FR 58156, December
11, 2017). The EPA received comments on the proposed rule and a listing
of the comments, and the Agency's responses, are contained in the
document ``Response to Comments for Water Quality Standards; Withdrawal
of Certain Federal Water Quality Criteria Applicable to California:
Lead, Chlorodibromomethane and Dichlorobromomethane,'' which can be
accessed at OW docket number EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0303. Today, the EPA is
taking final action on its proposal. The withdrawal of the federally
promulgated criteria will enable California to implement its EPA-
approved water quality criteria for these parameters.
B. What are the applicable Federal water quality criteria that the EPA
is withdrawing?
As discussed in the proposal (see 82 FR 58156, December 11, 2017),
this final rule amends the Federal regulations in the CTR to withdraw
the following criteria: freshwater acute and chronic aquatic life
criteria for lead for the Los Angeles River and its tributaries; and
human health (water & organisms) criteria for chlorodibromomethane and
dichlorobromomethane for a segment of New Alamo Creek and a segment of
Ulatis Creek. The EPA approved the State's criteria for lead and for
chlorodibromomethane and dichlorobromomethane for these waters because
the Agency determined that the State's criteria were scientifically
sound and protective of the designated uses for these certain waters
and met the requirements of the CWA and the Agency's implementing
regulations at 40 CFR part 131. The State calls these criteria site-
specific water quality objectives or site-specific objectives. More
information on the EPA's actions which approved the California's site-
specific objectives can be accessed at OW docket number EPA-HQ-OW-2017-
0303.
This final rule will result in the withdrawal of the federally
promulgated criteria for these certain waters under the CTR. However,
the criteria for lead, chlorodibromomethane, and dichlorobromomethane
for other waters in California that are currently part of the CTR
remain in the Federal promulgation.
No changes to this final rule were made in response to the comments
received on the proposed rule. The EPA received nine comments on the
proposed rule through the public docket which are described in more
detail in this section. Two anonymous comments and one environmental
group opposed the proposed rule to withdraw certain Federal criteria
because California's criteria are higher numerically than the Federal
criteria. Regarding the State's aquatic life criteria for lead, the EPA
indicated that the State has provided analyses that show the criteria
are protective of aquatic life, and that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service agreed that the criteria would not likely adversely affect any
listed threatened or endangered species or their critical habitat.
Regarding the State's human health criteria for chlorodibromomethane
and dichlorobromomethane, the EPA indicated in its response that, as
described in Agency's Record of Decision supporting the approval of the
state's criteria, states and authorized tribes have the flexibility to
adopt water quality criteria that result in a risk level higher than
10-6, up to the 10-5 level. That flexibility is
constrained, however, by the need for careful consideration of the
associated exposure parameter assumptions, and whether the resulting
criteria would expose sensitive subpopulations consuming fish at higher
rates to no more than a 10-4 cancer risk. The EPA determined
that these certain state criteria assure that cancer risk to the most
highly exposed population would not exceed a 10-4 cancer
risk level. In addition, the consumption of the water and fish/
shellfish from the affected waterbody segments does not currently
occur, nor
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is it expected to occur in the future. The Sanitation Districts of Los
Angeles County supported the proposed rule. Four comments were outside
the scope of the proposed rule; and, one comment's position was not
clear. Two emails were sent directly to the EPA after the comment
period closed for the proposed rule, inquiring about how water quality
criteria under the CWA are determined compared to the Maximum
Contaminant Levels (MCLs) under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA); the
Agency's response, also included in the docket, stated that the CWA
does not allow for consideration of costs and technological feasibility
in the calculation of CWA water quality criteria, unlike SDWA MCLs. The
EPA's ``Response to Comments for Water Quality Standards; Withdrawal of
Certain Federal Water Quality Criteria Applicable to California: Lead,
Chlorodibromomethane and Dichlorobromomethane'' can be accessed at OW
docket number EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0303.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
This action is not a significant regulatory action and was
therefore not submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review.
B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulations and Controlling
Regulatory Costs
This action is a deregulatory action under Executive Order 13771.
This rule is expected to provide meaningful burden reduction by
withdrawal of certain federally promulgated criteria in certain waters
of California.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This action does not impose any new information collection burden
under the PRA because it is administratively withdrawing Federal
requirements that are no longer needed in California. It does not
include any information collection, reporting, or recordkeeping
requirements. The OMB has previously approved the information
collection requirements contained in the existing regulations at 40 CFR
part 131 and has assigned OMB control number 2040-0286.
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency
to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to
notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative
Procedure Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that the
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses,
small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions.
For purposes of assessing the impacts of this rule on small
entities, small entity is defined as: (1) A small business as defined
by the Small Business Administration's (SBA) regulations at 13 CFR
121.201; (2) a small governmental jurisdiction that is a government of
a city, county, town, school district or special district with a
population of less than 50,000; and (3) a small organization that is
any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated
and is not dominant in its field.
I certify that this action will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the RFA. This
action will not impose any requirements on small entities.
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
This action does not contain any unfunded mandate as described in
UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, and does not significantly or uniquely affect
small governments. As this action withdraws certain federally
promulgated criteria, the action imposes no enforceable duty on any
state, local, or tribal governments, or the private sector.
F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have
substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between
the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government. This rule
imposes no regulatory requirements or costs on any state or local
governments. Thus, Executive Order 13132 does not apply to this action.
In the spirit of Executive Order 13132, and consistent with the EPA
policy to promote communications between the Agency and state and local
governments, the Agency specifically solicited comment on this action
from state and local officials.
G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
This action does not have tribal implications, as specified in
Executive Order 13175. This rule imposes no regulatory requirements or
costs on any tribal government. It does not have substantial direct
effects on tribal governments, the relationship between the Federal
Government and tribes, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal Government and tribes. Thus,
Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this action.
H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health and Safety Risks
This action is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885,
April 23, 1997) because it is not economically significant as defined
in Executive Order 12866, and because the Agency does not believe the
environmental health or safety risks addressed by this action present a
disproportionate risk to children.
I. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use
This rule is not subject to Executive Order 13211, because it is
not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.
J. National Technology Transfer Advancement Act
This rulemaking does not involve technical standards.
K. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994) establishes
Federal executive policy on environmental justice. Its main provision
directs Federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law, to make environmental justice part of their mission
by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income
populations in the United States.
The EPA believes that this action does not have disproportionately
high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority
populations, low-income populations and/or indigenous peoples, as
specified in Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). The
EPA has previously determined, based on the most current science and
the Agency's CWA Section 304(a) recommended criteria, that California's
adopted and the Agency-approved criteria are protective of human
health.
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L. Congressional Review Act
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. The EPA will submit a report containing this rule and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2). This rule will be effective November 15, 2018.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 131
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Water pollution control.
Dated: October 4, 2018.
Andrew R. Wheeler,
Acting Administrator.
For the reasons set out in the preamble title 40, chapter I, part
131 of the Code of Federal Regulation is amended as follows:
PART 131--WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
0
1. The authority citation for part 131 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
0
2. Amend Sec. 131.38 by revising the table in paragraph (b)(1) to read
as follows:
Sec. 131.38 Establishment of numeric criteria for priority toxic
pollutants for the State of California.
* * * * *
(b)(1) * * *
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A B Freshwater C Saltwater D Human health (10-6 risk for
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- carcinogens) for consumption of:
Criterion Criterion Criterion Criterion ------------------------------------
maximum continuous maximum continuous Water and
Number compound CAS No. conc.d conc.d conc.d conc.d organisms ([mu]g/ Organisms only
([mu]g/L) B1 ([mu]g/L) B2 ([mu]g/L) C1 ([mu]g/L) C2 L) D1 ([mu]g/L) D2
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1. Antimony................................... 7440360 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 14 a t 4300
2. Arsenic b.................................. 7440382 i m w 340 i m w 150 i m 69 i m 36 .................. ...............
3. Beryllium.................................. 7440417 ............ ............ ............ ............ (n) (n)
4. Cadmium b.................................. 7440439 e i m w x e i m w 2.2 i m 42 i m 9.3 (n) (n)
4.3
5a. Chromium (III)............................ 16065831 e i m o 550 e i m o 180 ............ ............ (n) (n)
5b. Chromium (VI) b........................... 18540299 i m w 16 i m w 11 i m 1100 i m 50 (n) (n)
6. Copper b................................... 7440508 e i m w x 13 e i m w 9.0 i m 4.8 i m 3.1 1300 ...............
7. Lead b..................................... 7439921 e i m z 65 e i m z 2.5 i m 210 i m 8.1 (n) (n)
8. Mercury b.................................. 7439976 [Reserved] [Reserved] [Reserved] [Reserved] a 0.050 a 0.051
9. Nickel b................................... 7440020 e i m w 470 e i m w 52 i m 74 i m 8.2 a 610 a 4600
10. Selenium b................................ 7782492 p [Reserved] q 5.0 i m 290 i m 71 (n) (n)
11. Silver b.................................. 7440224 e i m 3.4 ............ i m 1.9 ............ .................. ...............
12. Thallium.................................. 7440280 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 1.7 a t 6.3
13. Zinc b.................................... 7440666 e i m w x e i m w 120 i m 90 i m 81 .................. ...............
120
14. Cyanide b................................. 57125 o 22 o 5.2 r 1 r 1 a 700 a j 220,000
15. Asbestos.................................. 1332214 ............ ............ ............ ............ k s 7,000,000 ...............
fibers/l
16. 2,3,7,8-TCDD (Dioxin)..................... 1746016 ............ ............ ............ ............ c 0.000000013 c 0.000000014
17. Acrolein.................................. 107028 ............ ............ ............ ............ s 320 t 780
18. Acrylonitrile............................. 107131 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.059 a c t 0.66
19. Benzene................................... 71432 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 1.2 a c 71
20. Bromoform................................. 75252 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 4.3 a c 360
21. Carbon Tetrachloride...................... 56235 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.25 a c t 4.4
22. Chlorobenzene............................. 108907 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 680 a j t 21,000
23. Chlorodibromomethane...................... 124481 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c y 0.41 a c 34
24. Chloroethane.............................. 75003 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
25. 2-Chloroethylvinyl Ether.................. 110758 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
26. Chloroform................................ 67663 ............ ............ ............ ............ [Reserved] [Reserved]
27. Dichlorobromomethane...................... 75274 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c y 0.56 a c 46
28. 1,1-Dichloroethane........................ 75343 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
29. 1,2-Dichloroethane........................ 107062 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.38 a c t 99
30. 1,1-Dichloroethylene...................... 75354 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.057 a c t 3.2
31. 1,2-Dichloropropane....................... 78875 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 0.52 a 39
32. 1,3-Dichloropropylene..................... 542756 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 10 a t 1,700
33. Ethylbenzene.............................. 100414 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 3,100 a t 29,000
34. Methyl Bromide............................ 74839 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 48 a 4,000
35. Methyl Chloride........................... 74873 ............ ............ ............ ............ (n) (n)
36. Methylene Chloride........................ 75092 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 4.7 a c 1,600
37. 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane................. 79345 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.17 a c t 11
38. Tetrachloroethylene....................... 127184 ............ ............ ............ ............ c s 0.8 c t 8.85
39. Toluene................................... 108883 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 6,800 a 200,000
40. 1,2-Trans-Dichloroethylene................ 156605 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 700 a 140,000
41. 1,1,1-Trichloroethane..................... 71556 ............ ............ ............ ............ (n) (n)
42. 1,1,2-Trichloroethane..................... 79005 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.60 a c t 42
43. Trichloroethylene......................... 79016 ............ ............ ............ ............ c s 2.7 c t 81
44. Vinyl Chloride............................ 75014 ............ ............ ............ ............ c s 2 c t 525
45. 2-Chlorophenol............................ 95578 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 120 a 400
46. 2,4-Dichlorophenol........................ 120832 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 93 a t 790
47. 2,4-Dimethylphenol........................ 105679 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 540 a 2,300
48. 2-Methyl-4,6-Dinitrophenol................ 534521 ............ ............ ............ ............ s 13.4 t 765
49. 2,4-Dinitrophenol......................... 51285 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 70 a t 14,000
50. 2-Nitrophenol............................. 88755 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
51. 4-Nitrophenol............................. 100027 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
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52. 3-Methyl-4-Chlorophenol................... 59507 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
53. Pentachlorophenol......................... 87865 f w 19 f w 15 13 7.9 a c 0.28 a c j 8.2
54. Phenol.................................... 108952 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 21,000 a j t 4,600,000
55. 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol..................... 88062 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 2.1 a c 6.5
56. Acenaphthene.............................. 83329 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 1,200 a 2,700
57. Acenaphthylene............................ 208968 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
58. Anthracene................................ 120127 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 9,600 a 110,000
59. Benzidine................................. 92875 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.00012 a c t 0.00054
60. Benzo(a)Anthracene........................ 56553 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.0044 a c 0.049
61. Benzo(a)Pyrene............................ 50328 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.0044 a c 0.049
62. Benzo(b)Fluoranthene...................... 205992 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.0044 a c 0.049
63. Benzo(ghi)Perylene........................ 191242 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
64. Benzo(k)Fluoranthene...................... 207089 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.0044 a c 0.049
65. Bis(2-Chloroethoxy)Methane................ 111911 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
66. Bis(2-Chloroethyl)Ether................... 111444 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.031 a c t 1.4
67. Bis(2-Chloroisopropyl)Ether............... 108601 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 1,400 a t 170,000
68. Bis(2-Ethylhexyl)Phthalate................ 117817 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 1.8 a c t 5.9
69. 4-Bromophenyl Phenyl Ether................ 101553 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
70. Butylbenzyl Phthalate..................... 85687 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 3,000 a 5,200
71. 2-Chloronaphthalene....................... 91587 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 1,700 a 4,300
72. 4-Chlorophenyl Phenyl Ether............... 7005723 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
73. Chrysene.................................. 218019 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.0044 a c 0.049
74. Dibenzo(a,h)Anthracene.................... 53703 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.0044 a c 0.049
75. 1,2 Dichlorobenzene....................... 95501 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 2,700 a 17,000
76. 1,3 Dichlorobenzene....................... 541731 ............ ............ ............ ............ 400 2,600
77. 1,4 Dichlorobenzene....................... 106467 ............ ............ ............ ............ 400 2,600
78. 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine.................... 91941 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.04 a c t 0.077
79. Diethyl Phthalate......................... 84662 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 23,000 a t 120,000
80. Dimethyl Phthalate........................ 131113 ............ ............ ............ ............ s 313,000 t 2,900,000
81. Di-n-Butyl Phthalate...................... 84742 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 2,700 a t 12,000
82. 2,4-Dinitrotoluene........................ 121142 ............ ............ ............ ............ c s 0.11 c t 9.1
83. 2,6-Dinitrotoluene........................ 606202 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
84. Di-n-Octyl Phthalate...................... 117840 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
85. 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine..................... 122667 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.040 a c t 0.54
86. Fluoranthene.............................. 206440 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 300 a 370
87. Fluorene.................................. 86737 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 1,300 a 14,000
88. Hexachlorobenzene......................... 118741 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.00075 a c 0.00077
89. Hexachlorobutadiene....................... 87683 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.44 a c t 50
90. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene................. 77474 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 240 a j t 17,000
91. Hexachloroethane.......................... 67721 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 1.9 a c t 8.9
92. Indeno(1,2,3-cd) Pyrene................... 193395 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.0044 a c 0.049
93. Isophorone................................ 78591 ............ ............ ............ ............ c s 8.4 c t 600
94. Naphthalene............................... 91203 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
95. Nitrobenzene.............................. 98953 ............ ............ ............ ............ a s 17 a j t 1,900
96. N-Nitrosodimethylamine.................... 62759 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 0.00069 a c t 8.1
97. N-Nitrosodi-n-Propylamine................. 621647 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 0.005 a 1.4
98. N-Nitrosodiphenylamine.................... 86306 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c s 5.0 a c t 16
99. Phenanthrene.............................. 85018 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
100. Pyrene................................... 129000 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 960 a 11,000
101. 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene................... 120821 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
102. Aldrin................................... 309002 g 3 ............ g 1.3 ............ a c 0.00013 a c 0.00014
103. alpha-BHC................................ 319846 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.0039 a c 0.013
104. beta-BHC................................. 319857 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.014 a c 0.046
105. gamma-BHC................................ 58899 w 0.95 ............ g 0.16 ............ c 0.019 c 0.063
106. delta-BHC................................ 319868 ............ ............ ............ ............ .................. ...............
107. Chlordane................................ 57749 g 2.4 g 0.0043 g 0.09 g 0.004 a c 0.00057 a c 0.00059
108. 4,4'-DDT................................. 50293 g 1.1 g 0.001 g 0.13 g 0.001 a c 0.00059 a c 0.00059
109. 4,4'-DDE................................. 72559 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.00059 a c 0.00059
110. 4,4'-DDD................................. 72548 ............ ............ ............ ............ a c 0.00083 a c 0.00084
111. Dieldrin................................. 60571 w 0.24 w 0.056 g 0.71 g 0.0019 a c 0.00014 a c 0.00014
112. alpha-Endosulfan......................... 959988 g 0.22 g 0.056 g 0.034 g 0.0087 a 110 a 240
113. beta-Endosulfan.......................... 33213659 g 0.22 g 0.056 g 0.034 g 0.0087 a 110 a 240
114. Endosulfan Sulfate....................... 1031078 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 110 a 240
115. Endrin................................... 72208 w 0.086 w 0.036 g 0.037 g 0.0023 a 0.76 a j 0.81
116. Endrin Aldehyde.......................... 7421934 ............ ............ ............ ............ a 0.76 a j 0.81
117. Heptachlor............................... 76448 g 0.52 g 0.0038 g 0.053 g 0.0036 a c 0.00021 a c 0.00021
118. Heptachlor Epoxide....................... 1024573 g 0.52 g 0.0038 g 0.053 g 0.0036 a c 0.00010 a c 0.00011
119-125. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)..... ........... ............ u 0.014 ............ u 0.03 c v 0.00017 c v 0.00017
126. Toxaphene................................ 8001352 0.73 0.0002 0.21 0.0002 a c 0.00073 a c 0.00075
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Total Number of Criteria h................ ........... 22 21 22 20 92 90
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Footnotes to Table in Paragraph (b)(1):
\a\ Criteria revised to reflect the Agency q1* or RfD, as contained in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) as of October 1, 1996. The fish
tissue bioconcentration factor (BCF) from the 1980 documents was retained in each case.
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\b\ Criteria apply to California waters except for those waters subject to objectives in Tables III-2A and III-2B of the San Francisco Regional Water
Quality Control Board's (SFRWQCB) 1986 Basin Plan that were adopted by the SFRWQCB and the State Water Resources Control Board, approved by the EPA,
and which continue to apply. For copper and nickel, criteria apply to California waters except for waters south of Dumbarton Bridge in San Francisco
Bay that are subject to the objectives in the SFRWQCB's Basin Plan as amended by SFRWQCB Resolution R2-2002-0061, dated May 22, 2002, and approved by
the State Water Resources Control Board. The EPA approved the aquatic life site-specific objectives on January 21, 2003. The copper and nickel aquatic
life site-specific objectives contained in the amended Basin Plan apply instead.
\c\ Criteria are based on carcinogenicity of 10 (-6) risk.
\d\ Criteria Maximum Concentration (CMC) equals the highest concentration of a pollutant to which aquatic life can be exposed for a short period of time
without deleterious effects. Criteria Continuous Concentration (CCC) equals the highest concentration of a pollutant to which aquatic life can be
exposed for an extended period of time (4 days) without deleterious effects. [mu]g/L equals micrograms per liter.
\e\ Freshwater aquatic life criteria for metals are expressed as a function of total hardness (mg/L) in the water body. The equations are provided in
matrix at paragraph (b)(2) of this section. Values displayed above in the matrix correspond to a total hardness of 100 mg/l.
\f\ Freshwater aquatic life criteria for pentachlorophenol are expressed as a function of pH, and are calculated as follows: Values displayed above in
the matrix correspond to a pH of 7.8. CMC = exp(1.005(pH)-4.869). CCC = exp(1.005(pH)-5.134).
\g\ This criterion is based on Clean Water Act (CWA) 304(a) aquatic life criterion issued in 1980, and was issued in one of the following documents:
Aldrin/Dieldrin (EPA 440/5-80-019), Chlordane (EPA 440/5-80-027), DDT (EPA 440/5-80-038), Endosulfan (EPA 440/5-80-046), Endrin (EPA 440/5-80-047),
Heptachlor (440/5-80-052), Hexachlorocyclohexane (EPA 440/5-80-054), Silver (EPA 440/5-80-071). The Minimum Data Requirements and derivation
procedures were different in the 1980 Guidelines than in the 1985 Guidelines. For example, a ``CMC'' derived using the 1980 Guidelines was derived to
be used as an instantaneous maximum. If assessment is to be done using an averaging period, the values given should be divided by 2 to obtain a value
that is more comparable to a CMC derived using the 1985 Guidelines.
\h\ These totals simply sum the criteria in each column. For aquatic life, there are 23 priority toxic pollutants with some type of freshwater or
saltwater, acute or chronic criteria. For human health, there are 92 priority toxic pollutants with either ``water + organism'' or ``organism only''
criteria. Note that these totals count chromium as one pollutant even though the EPA has developed criteria based on two valence states. In the
matrix, the EPA has assigned numbers 5a and 5b to the criteria for chromium to reflect the fact that the list of 126 priority pollutants includes only
a single listing for chromium.
\i\ Criteria for these metals are expressed as a function of the water-effect ratio, WER, as defined in paragraph (c) of this section. CMC = column B1
or C1 value x WER; CCC = column B2 or C2 value x WER.
\j\ No criterion for protection of human health from consumption of aquatic organisms (excluding water) was presented in the 1980 criteria document or
in the 1986 Quality Criteria for Water. Nevertheless, sufficient information was presented in the 1980 document to allow a calculation of a criterion,
even though the results of such a calculation were not shown in the document.
\k\ The CWA 304(a) criterion for asbestos is the MCL.
\l\ [Reserved].
\m\ These freshwater and saltwater criteria for metals are expressed in terms of the dissolved fraction of the metal in the water column. Criterion
values were calculated by using the EPA's Clean Water Act 304(a) guidance values (described in the total recoverable fraction) and then applying the
conversion factors in Sec. 131.36(b)(1) and (2).
\n\ The EPA is not promulgating human health criteria for these contaminants. However, permit authorities should address these contaminants in NPDES
permit actions using the State's existing narrative criteria for toxics.
\o\ These criteria were promulgated for specific waters in California in the National Toxics Rule (``NTR''), at Sec. 131.36. The specific waters to
which the NTR criteria apply include: Waters of the State defined as bays or estuaries and waters of the State defined as inland, i.e., all surface
waters of the State not ocean waters. These waters specifically include the San Francisco Bay upstream to and including Suisun Bay and the Sacramento-
San Joaquin Delta. This section does not apply instead of the NTR for this criterion.
\p\ A criterion of 20 [mu]g/l was promulgated for specific waters in California in the NTR and was promulgated in the total recoverable form. The
specific waters to which the NTR criterion applies include: Waters of the San Francisco Bay upstream to and including Suisun Bay and the Sacramento-
San Joaquin Delta; and waters of Salt Slough, Mud Slough (north) and the San Joaquin River, Sack Dam to the mouth of the Merced River. This section
does not apply instead of the NTR for this criterion. The State of California adopted and the EPA approved a site specific criterion for the San
Joaquin River, mouth of Merced to Vernalis; therefore, this section does not apply to these waters.
\q\ This criterion is expressed in the total recoverable form. This criterion was promulgated for specific waters in California in the NTR and was
promulgated in the total recoverable form. The specific waters to which the NTR criterion applies include: Waters of the San Francisco Bay upstream to
and including Suisun Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and waters of Salt Slough, Mud Slough (north) and the San Joaquin River, Sack Dam to
Vernalis. This criterion does not apply instead of the NTR for these waters. This criterion applies to additional waters of the United States in the
State of California pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section. The State of California adopted and the EPA approved a site-specific criterion for the
Grassland Water District, San Luis National Wildlife Refuge, and the Los Banos State Wildlife Refuge; therefore, this criterion does not apply to
these waters.
\r\ These criteria were promulgated for specific waters in California in the NTR. The specific waters to which the NTR criteria apply include: Waters of
the State defined as bays or estuaries including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta within California Regional Water Board 5, but excluding the San
Francisco Bay. This section does not apply instead of the NTR for these criteria.
\s\ These criteria were promulgated for specific waters in California in the NTR. The specific waters to which the NTR criteria apply include: Waters of
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and waters of the State defined as inland (i.e., all surface waters of the State not bays or estuaries or ocean) that
include a MUN use designation. This section does not apply instead of the NTR for these criteria.
\t\ These criteria were promulgated for specific waters in California in the NTR. The specific waters to which the NTR criteria apply include: Waters of
the State defined as bays and estuaries including San Francisco Bay upstream to and including Suisun Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and
waters of the State defined as inland (i.e., all surface waters of the State not bays or estuaries or ocean) without a MUN use designation. This
section does not apply instead of the NTR for these criteria.
\u\ PCBs are a class of chemicals which include aroclors 1242, 1254, 1221, 1232, 1248, 1260, and 1016, CAS numbers 53469219, 11097691, 11104282,
11141165, 12672296, 11096825, and 12674112, respectively. The aquatic life criteria apply to the sum of this set of seven aroclors.
\v\ This criterion applies to total PCBs, e.g., the sum of all congener or isomer or homolog or aroclor analyses.
\w\ This criterion has been recalculated pursuant to the 1995 Updates: Water Quality Criteria Documents for the Protection of Aquatic Life in Ambient
Water, Office of Water, EPA-820-B-96-001, September 1996. See also Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Criteria Documents for the Protection of
Aquatic Life in Ambient Water, Office of Water, EPA-80-B-95-004, March 1995.
\x\ The State of California has adopted and the EPA has approved site specific criteria for the Sacramento River (and tributaries) above Hamilton City;
therefore, these criteria do not apply to these waters.
\y\ The State of California adopted and the EPA approved a site-specific criterion for New Alamo Creek from Old Alamo Creek to Ulatis Creek and for
Ulatis Creek from Alamo Creek to Cache Slough; therefore, this criterion does not apply to these waters.
\z\ The State of California adopted and the EPA approved a site-specific criterion for the Los Angeles River and its tributaries; therefore, this
criterion does not apply to these waters.
General Notes To Table In Paragraph (b)(1)
1. The table in this paragraph (b)(1) lists all of the EPA's priority toxic pollutants whether or not criteria guidance are available. Blank spaces
indicate the absence of national section 304(a) criteria guidance. Because of variations in chemical nomenclature systems, this listing of toxic
pollutants does not duplicate the listing in appendix A to 40 CFR part 423--126 Priority Pollutants. The EPA has added the Chemical Abstracts Service
(CAS) registry numbers, which provide a unique identification for each chemical.
2. The following chemicals have organoleptic-based criteria recommendations that are not included on this chart: zinc, 3-methyl-4-chlorophenol.
3. Freshwater and saltwater aquatic life criteria apply as specified in paragraph (c)(3) of this section.
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