REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

• 303(d) and TMDL
• 40 CFR
• Basin Plans
• Bay-Delta,Ocean and Thermal Plans
• Clean Water Act
• Miscellaneous References (Form 200, Public Records, etc.)
• National Toxics Rule & California Toxics Rule
• Other Laws, Regulations and Policies
• State Water Board and U.S. EPA Agreements
• State Water Board Resolutions
• U.S. EPA Documents and Guidance
• Water Quality Petitions
• Whole Effluent Toxicity

• 303(d) List
• Total Maximum Daily Load website
  

• 40 CFR Part 122 – U.S.EPA Administered Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
• 40 CFR Part 123 – State Program Requirements
• 40 CFR Part 124 – Procedures for Decision Making
• 40 CFR Part 125 – Criteria and Standards
• 40 CFR Part 129 – Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards
• 40 CFR Part 130 – Water Quality Planning and Management
• 40 CFR Part 131 – Water Quality Standards
• 40 CFR Part 133 – Secondary Treatment Regulation
• 40 CFR Part 135 – Citizen Suits
• 40 CFR Part 136 – Analytical Procedures
• 40 CFR Part 401 – General Provisions
• 40 CFR Part 403 – General Pretreatment Regulations
• 40 CFR Part 501 – State Sludge Management Program Regulations
• 40 CFR Part 503 – Standards for Use & Disposal of Sludge

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• Region 1 Basin Plan
• Region 2 Basin Plan
• Region 3 Basin Plan
• Region 4 Basin Plan
• Region 5 Basin Plan -Tulare Lake and Sacramento/San Joaquin Basins
• Region 6 Basin Plan
• Region 7 Basin Plan
• Region 8 Basin Plan
• Region 9 Basin Plan

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• Bay-Delta Plan
• California Ocean Plan
• Water Quality Control Plan for Control of Temperature in the Coastal and Interstate Waters and Enclosed Bays and Estuaries of California – The Thermal Plan

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• Clean Water Act Title I (Sections 101 – 121)
• Clean Water Act Title II (Sections 201 – 221)
• Clean Water Act Title III (Sections 301 – 320)
• Clean Water Act Title IV (Sections 401 – 406)
• Clean Water Act Title V (Sections 501 – 519)
• Clean Water Act Title VI (Sections 601 – 607)

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• Compilation of EPA Mixing Zone Documents
• Compilation of Water Quality Goals
• Form 200
• NPDES Permit Rating Worksheet
• Public Records Requests

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• NTR - 40 CFR 131.36 (For Applicability to California Waters see (d)(10))
• U.S. EPA Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for the State of California; Rule (California Toxics Rule)
• Typographical Corrections to CTR
• Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants; States' Compliance--Revision of Metals Criteria

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• California Health Laws Related to Recycled Water (The Purple Book)
• California Water Code - Porter Cologne Act
• Endangered Species Act
• Policy for Implementation of Toxics Standards for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries of California (SIP)

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• California Clean Water Partnership Agreement
• Memorandum of Agreement

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• Anti-Degradation Policy - Resolution 68-16
• Policy with Respect to Water Reclamation in California Resolution No. 77-01
• Water Quality Control Policy on the Use and Disposal of Inland Waters Used for Powerplant Cooling Resolution No. 75-58

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• U.S. EPA Current National Recommended Water Quality Criteria 2004 (4304T)
• U.S. EPA Effluent Guidelines Webpage
• U.S. EPA Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal (The Green Book) February 1991, EPA/503/8-91/001
• U.S. EPA Generalized Methodology for Conducting Industrial Toxicity Reduction Evaluations TREs April 1989, EPA/600/2-88/070
• U.S. EPA Guidance for Developing Best Management Practices October 1993 EPA 833-B-93-004
• U.S. EPA Interim Revised Clean Water Act Settlement Penalty Policy Issued
• U.S. EPA Issuance of Guidance Interpreting ‘Single Operational Upset’ September 27, 1989
• U.S. EPA Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations - Phase 1 Toxicity Characterization Procedures February 1991 EPA/600/6-91/003
• U.S. EPA Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations - Phase 2 Toxicity Identification Procedures for Samples Exhibiting Acute & Chronic Toxicity September 1993 EPA/600/R-92/080
• U.S. EPA Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations - Phase 3 Toxicity Confirmation Procedures for Samples Exhibiting Acute & Chronic Toxicity September 1991 EPA/600/R-92/081
• U.S. EPA NPDES Permit Writers’ Manual December 1996 EPA 833-B-96-003
• U.S. EPA’s Online Training for Watershed Management
• U.S. EPA’s Technical Support Document for Water Quality-based Toxics Control (TSD) March 1991 EPA/505/2-90-01, PB91-127415
• U.S. EPA Toxicity Reduction Evaluation Guidance for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants August 1999 EPA/833B-99/002
• U.S. EPA Quality Criteria for Water 1986 (The Gold Book) May 1, 1986 EPA 440/5-86-001
• U.S. EPA Quality Criteria for Water 1976 (The Red Book) July 1976
• U.S. EPA Water Quality Standards; Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for the State of California; Rule (California Toxics Rule)

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• Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Western States Petroleum Association, Communities for a Better Environment, and Bay Area Clean Water Agencies, WQO-2002-0011
• City of Stockton, WQO 2003-0002
• City of Woodland, WQO 2004-0010
• City of Yuba City, WQO 2004-0013
• County Sanitation District of Los Angeles, Los Coyotes Wastewater Reclamation Plant and Long Beach Wastewater Reclamation Plant, WQO 2003-0012
• County Services District No. 2 of Los Angeles County, Whittier Narrows Wastewater Reclamation Plant, WQO 2003-0013
• East Bay Municipal Utility District and Bay Area Clean Water Agencies, WQO-2002-0012
• Napa Sanitation District, Bay Area Clean Water Agencies, and San Francisco Baykeeper, WQO-2001-16
• Original Sixteen to One Mine, WQO 2003-0006
• Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant, WQO 2002-0013
• The City of Turlock, Municipal Services Department, WQO-2002-0016
• Vacaville’s Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant, WQO-2002-0015
• Waste Discharge Requirements for the Avon Refinery (Tosco), WQO-2001-06

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• Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Whole Effluent Toxicity Methods
  • Fact Sheet (October 2002, EPA-821-F-02-024)
  • Final Rule (November 19, 2002)
• Method Guidance and Recommendations for Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing (40 CFR part 136) (July 2000, EPA 821-B-00-004)
• Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater and Marine Organisms  (Fifth Edition, October 2002, EPA-821-R-02-012)
• Regions 9 and 10 Guidance for Implementing Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing Programs
• Short-Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater Organisms (Fourth Edition, October 2002, EPA-821-R-02-013)
• Short-Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Marine and Estuarine Organisms (Third Edition, October 2002, EPA-821-R-02-014)
• Technical Support Document for Water Quality Based Toxins Control (TSD) (March 1991, EPA/505/2-90-001)
• Toxicity Training Tool (November 2007)
• Understanding and Accounting for Method Variability in Whole Effluent Toxicity Applications Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program (June 2000, EPA 833-R-00-003)
• U.S. Court of Appeals WET Decision

( updated 12/13/07 )