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 703 - Surface Water and Groundwater Quality Standards and Groundwater Effluent Limitations
Section 703.1 - Substance form

A water quality standard, guidance value or groundwater effluent limitation includes all (total) forms of the substance, unless indicated otherwise. Where a standard or guidance value is for a specific form of the substance, water quality-based effluent limitations for SPDES permits may include other forms of the substance to account for changes in the substance that occur in the receiving water.