
	Water Quality Criteria

Rulemakings, Withdrawals, and Other Federal Register Notices

Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health

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Final

Fact Sheet about the final methodology
Announcement of final methodology published in the Federal Register (November 2000)
Final methodology document
Technical Support Document, Volume 1: Risk Assessment (PDF, 763kb, 101 pages)
Technical Support Document Volume 2: Development of National Bioaccumulation Factors (PDF, 2.8mb, 210 pages)
- Fact Sheet about the technical support document volume 2
Response to Peer Review Comments on the Draft Revisions to the Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health (PDF, 286kb, 57 pages)

Draft

Technical Support Document (PDF, 2.5mb, 383 pages) July 1998
Summary Report from the Peer Review Workshop (May 17 - 19, 1999, Springfield, Virginia)
Stakeholder Meeting Summary Report (May 20, 1999)

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