Water Quality Standards Handbook: Second Edition
(EPA-823-B-94-005) August 1994
Complete
Handbook (PDF, 18MB)
Complete
Appendixes (PDF, 47MB)
- Cover Page, Table of Contents, and
Glossary -- (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Introduction -- (PDF, 1.5MB)
- Chapter 1: General Provisions
-- (PDF, 2.1MB)
- Chapter 2: Designation of Uses
-- (PDF, 2.8MB)
- Chapter 3: Water Quality Criteria
-- (PDF, 4.4MB)
- Chapter 4:Antidegradation --
(PDF, 1.4MB)
- Chapter 5: General Policies --
(PDF, 1.2MB)
- Chapter 6: Provision for Review
and Revision of Water Quality Standards-- (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Chapter 7: The Water-Quality Based
Approach to Pollution Control -- (PDF, 1.2MB)
- References -- (PDF, 644KB)
- Appendix A: Water Quality Standards
Regulation -- (PDF, 2.3MB)
- Appendix B: Chronological Summary
of Federal Water Quality Standards Promulgation Acts --
(PDF, 242KB)
- Appendix C: Biological Criteria:
National Program Guidance for Surface Waters -- (PDF, 4.5MB)
- Appendix D: National Guidance:
National Quality Standards for Wetlands -- (PDF, 4.5MB)
- Appendix E: An Approach for Evaluating
Numeric Water Quality Criteria for Wetlands Protection --
(PDF, 2.9MB)
- Appendix F: Coordination between
the EPA, Fish & Wildlife Services and National Marine Fisheries
Service -- (PDF, 886KB)
- Appendix G: Questions and Answers
on Antidegradation-- (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Appendix H: Derivation of the
1985 Aquatic Life Criteria -- (PDF, 1.5MB)
- Appendix I: List of EPA Water
Quality Criteria Documents -- (PDF, 224KB)
- Appendix J: Attachments of Office
to Water Policy and Technical Guidance on Interpretation and
Implementation of Aquatic Life Metals Criteria -- (PDF,
1.4MB)
- Appendix K: Procedures for the
Initiation of Narrative Biological Criteria -- (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Appendix L: Interim Guidance on
Determination and use of Water-Effect Ratios for Meals --
(PDF, 13.3 MB)
- Appendix M: Reserved -- (PDF,
22KB)
- Appendix N: Integrated Risk Information
System Background Paper-- (PDF, 1.0MB)
- Appendix O: Reserved -- (PDF,
22KB)
- Appendix P: list of 126 CWA Section
307(a) Priority Toxic Pollutants -- (PDF, 150KB)
- Appendix Q: Wetlands and 401 Certification
-- (PDF, 4.8MB)
- Appendix R: Policy on the use
of Biological Assessments and Criteria in the Water Quality
Program -- (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Appendix S: Reserved -- (PDF,
22KB)
- Appendix T: Use Attainability
Analysis -- (PDF, 4.1MB)
- Appendix U: list of EPA Regional
Water Quality Standards Coordinators -- (PDF, 96KB)
- Appendix V: Water Quality Standards
Program Document Request Forms -- (PDF, 984KB)
- Appendix W: Update Request Form
for WQS Handbook: 2nd Edition -- (PDF, 99KB)
- Appendix X: Summary of Updates--
(PDF, 21KB)
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