New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Chapter X - DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Subchapter A - GENERAL
Article 2 - CLASSIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND PURITY
Part 702 - Derivation and use of Standards and Guidance Values
Section 702.3 - Procedures for deriving standards and guidance values based on specific mcls and principal organic contaminant classes

(a) The standard or guidance value shall be equal to the value of a Specific MCL unless the Specific MCL is based solely on aesthetic considerations.

(b) For a substance belonging to any of the principal organic contaminant classes and for which there is no Specific MCL, the standard or guidance value shall be 5 ug/L or a less stringent value as determined by the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health.