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Policy & Guidance
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(P)olicy
or
(T)echnical |
Title |
EPA Number
(if assigned) |
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Response
to Sierra Club Petition (June 25, 2004) |
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| P |
Ambient
Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria - 1986 (PDF, 662KB) |
EPA-440/5-84-002 |
| P |
Answers
to Questions on Nonpoint Sources and WQS, March 7, 1986 (PDF,
69K) |
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| P |
Antidegradation
Policy, November 22, 1985 (PDF, 80K) |
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| P |
Antidegradation
Policy, December 10, 1985 (PDF, 293K) |
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| P |
Antidegradation
Policy, June 13, 1991 (PDF, 55K) |
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| P |
Antidegradation,
Wasteloads, and Permits, 1985 (PDF, 77K) |
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| P |
Applicability
of the Part 25 "Public Participation" Regulations to the
Approval of Variances from Water Quality Standards, September
4, 1980 (PDF, 38K) |
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| P |
Application
of Antidegradation Policy to the Niagara River, August 4, 1989
(PDF, 144K) |
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| P |
Clean
Water Act Authority Over Wetlands, April 19, 1985 (PDF, 68K) |
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| P |
Compendium
of Department of the Interior Statements on Non-degradation of Interstate
Waters, August 1, 1968 (PDF, 4M) |
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| P |
Decision
of the General Counsel on Matters of Law Pursuant to 40 CFR Section
125.35(m), June 22, 1976 (PDF, 341K) |
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| P |
Decision
of the General Counsel on Matters of Law Pursuant to 40 CFR Section
125.36(m), October 14, 1975 (PDF, 173K) |
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| P |
Decision
of the General Counsel on Matters of Law Pursuant to 40 CFR Section
125.36(m), March 29, 1977 (PDF, 541K) |
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| P |
Definitions
of WQS Terms, July 3, 1979 (PDF, 75K) |
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| P |
Designation
of Recreation Uses, September 7, 1989 (PDF, 297K) |
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| P |
Determination
of "Existing Uses" for Purposes of Water Quality Standards
Implementation, April 7, 1986 (PDF, 157K) |
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| P |
Downgrading
of Water Quality Standards, May 23, 1978 (PDF, 100K) |
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| P |
EPA
Designation of Outstanding National Resource Waters, May 25, 1989
(PDF, 409K) |
|
| P |
EPA
Guidance on Application of State Mixing Zone Policies in EPA-issued
NPDES Permits, August 6, 1996 (PDF, 471K) |
|
| P |
Federal
Rulemaking to Promulgate State Water Quality Standards, January
26, 1990 (PDF, 223 K) |
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| P |
Final
Policy on Biological Assessments and Criteria , June 19, 1991
(PDF, 2.4MB) |
|
| P |
Final
WQS Regulation Amendment Concerning Indian Tribes, December 5,
1991 (PDF, 86K) |
|
| P |
Guidance: Use of Fish and Shellfish Advisories and Classifications
in 303(d) and 305(b) Listing Decisions (October 24, 2000) (PDF,
68K) |
|
| P |
Guidance
on the Use of Criteria Contained in "Quality Criteria For Water"
During the Review of State Water Quality Standards Revisions,
January 16, 1978 (PDF, 124K) |
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| P |
Guidance
on Water Quality Standards and 401 Certification Programs Administered
by Indian Tribes, December 31, 1991 (PDF, 365K) |
|
| P |
Interim
Economic Guidance for Water Quality Standards: Workbook, March
1, 1995 (PDF, 9M) |
823/B-95-002 |
| P |
Interpretation
of the Term "Existing Uses" Under the Antidegradation Policy,
February 21, 1985 (PDF, 54K) |
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| P |
Letter:
Honorable Lois Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Application of Clean Water Act Section 401 State Water Quality Certification
to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Licenses, January
18, 1991 (PDF, 239K) |
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| P |
Letter:
Mr. Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General. Questions on Application of
Federal Environmental Programs on Indian Lands, September 9, 1988
(PDF, 382K) |
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| P |
Memorandum:
Development and Adoption of Nutrient Criteria into Water Quality Standards.,
November 14, 2001 (PDF 1MB) |
N/A |
| P |
Memorandum
of Agreement Between the Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and
Wildlife Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service Regarding
Enhanced Coordination Under the Clean Water Act and the Endangered
Species Act; Notice, February 22, 2001 (PDF 155KB) |
EPA-823-F-01-002 |
| P |
Memorandum
re. November 28, 1980 Toxic Criteria Recommendations, August 28,
1981 (PDF, 77K) |
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| P |
Memorandum
to Acting Director, Water Planning Division re: National Stream Use
Policy, October 25, 1972 (PDF, 18K) |
|
| P |
Memorandum
to Addressees re. Arsenic Decision, February 6, 1995 (PDF, 128K) |
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| P |
Memorandum
to Dale Vodehnal, Chief, Water Quality Branch and Christine Phillips,
Chief, Media Programs and General Law Branch, re. Request for Views
on Allowable Duration of Water Quality Standards Variances, January
24, 1992 (PDF, 242K) |
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| P |
Memorandum
to Fritz Wagener, Region IV Water Quality Standards Coordinator, re.
Option 3 of Section 303(c)(2)(B) Guidance, January 3, 1990 (PDF,
66K) |
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| P |
Memorandum
to Regional Water Management Division Directors, Regions I, II, IV-IX,
re. OST Expectations for Water Quality Standards for Indian Reservations
for Tribes Treated as States, April 20, 1992 (PDF, 246K) |
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| P |
Memorandum
to Water Division Directors re. Guidance for the Use of Conditional
Approvals for State Water Quality Standards, June 20, 1989 (PDF,
199K) |
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| P |
Memorandum
to Water Management Division Directors, Regions I-IX, re. Interpretation
of Federal Antidegradation Regulatory Requirement, February 22,
1994 (PDF, 449K) |
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| P |
Memorandum
and Interim Guidance on Determination and Use of Water-Effect ratios
for Metals, February 22, 1994 (PDF, 15M) |
823/B-94-001 |
| P |
Modifications to "Interim Guidance
on Determination and Use of Water-Effect ratios for Metals" and
EPA’s "Recalculation Procedure when Deriving Site-Specific
Criteria" (PDF, 215KB) |
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| P |
Memorandum
to Water Quality Standards Coordinators re. Water Quality Standards
Cooperative Agreements, August 22, 1989 (PDF, 231K) |
|
| P |
Memorandum
to William K. Reilly, Administrator, re. Favorable Supreme Court Decision
Concerning Interstate Water Pollution, February 27, 1992 (PDF,
2M) |
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| P |
Mixing
Zones, October 2, 1973 (PDF, 139K) |
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| P |
"Mixing
Zones" for Water Quality Standards, May 1, 1979 (PDF, 56K) |
|
| P |
National
Assessment of State Variance Procedures: Report, November 1, 1990
(PDF, 3M) |
|
| P |
Nonpoint
Source Controls and Water Quality Standards, August 19, 1987 (PDF,
644K) |
|
| P |
Questions
and Answers on Antidegradation, 1985 (PDF, 1M) |
|
| P |
Recalculation
of State Toxic Criteria, October 1, 1982 (PDF, 9M) |
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| P |
Reference
Guide to Water Quality Standards for Indian Tribes, January 2,
1990 (PDF, 3M) |
440/5-90-002 |
| P |
Revision
of Water Quality Standards and Implementation Plans Under [Section]
303 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, February 3, 1975
(PDF, 498K) |
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| P |
Seaward
Extent of State Water Quality Standards, October 31, 1985 (PDF,
183K) |
|
| P |
Section
401 Certification of Marinas, November 12, 1985 (PDF, 305K) |
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| P |
Selection
of Water Quality Criteria in State Water Quality Standards, February
28, 1985 (PDF, 177K) |
|
| P |
State
Authority to Allocate Water Quantities - Section 101(g) of the Clean
Water Act, November 7, 1978 (PDF, 182K) |
|
| T |
State
Water Quality Standard Summaries, September 1, 1988(PDF, 10M) |
440/5-88-031 |
| P |
State
Water Quality Standards Approvals Use Attainability Analysis Submittals,
November 28, 1984 (PDF, 14K) |
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| P |
Stream
Reclassification, March 28, 1984 (PDF, 45K) |
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| T |
Technical
Support Manual: Waterbody Surveys and Assessments for Conducting Use
Attainability Analysis, Volumes 1-3, 1983-84 (PDF, 37M) |
440/4-86-037
440/4-86-038
440/4-86-039 |
| T |
Three-Year
Quality Standards Review, (PDF, 42K) |
|
| P |
Transmittal
of Final "Guidance for State Implementation of Water Quality
Standards for CWA Section 303(c)(2)(B)", December 12, 1988
(PDF, 1M) |
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| P |
Variances
in Water Quality Standards, March 15, 1985 (PDF, 9K) |
|
| T |
Water
Quality Criteria and Standards for the 21st Century: Proceedings,
4th National Conference, September 13-15, 1994, January 1, 1995
(PDF, 54M) |
820/R-95-001 |
| P |
Water
Quality Standards, February 2, 1984 (PDF, 160K) |
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| P |
Water
Quality Standards and Underground Waters, May 29, 1979 (PDF, 222K) |
|
| T |
Water
Quality Standards for the 21st Century: Proceedings of a Conference,
December 10-12, 1990, Arlington, Virginia, May 1991 (PDF, 22M) |
|
| P |
Water
Quality Standards for the 21st Century: Proceedings of the Third National
Conference, August 31-September 3, 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada, December,
1992 (PDF, 23M ) |
823/R-92-009 |
| P |
Water
Quality Standards for Wetlands: National Guidance, July 1, 1990
(PDF, 5M) |
440/S-90-011 |
| T |
Water
Quality Standards Handbook: Second Edition, August 1, 1994 (PDF,
18M) |
823/B-94-005a |
| T |
Water
Quality Standards Handbook: Second Edition - Appendixes, August
1, 1994 (PDF, 47M) |
823/B-94-005b |
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