3745-1-03 Analytical methods and availability of documents.

 

 

 

3745-1-03                    Analytical methods and availability of documents.

 

 

 

(A)  Analytical methods.

 

(1)    All methods of analysis used in applying any of the chemical-specific and bacteriological criteria in this chapter shall be in accordance with those prescribed in 40 C.F.R. 136, "Manual of Ohio EPA Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures, Volumes I, II and III," and "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," as cited in paragraph (B) of this rule., except for chlorophyll a and pheophytin a, which shall be in accordance with EPA method 445.0, and free cyanide, which shall be in accordance with ASTM D7237-10, as cited in paragraph (B) of this rule.

 

(2)   All methods of sample collection and preservation used in applying any of the chemical-specific and bacteriological criteria in this chapter shall be in accordance with "Manual of Ohio EPA Surveillance Methods and Quality Assurance PracticesSurface Water Field Sampling Manual for water quality parameters and flows" as cited in paragraph (B) of this rule.

 

(3)   Methods for conducting whole-effluent toxicity tests shall be in accordance with those prescribed in 40 C.F.R. 136, and "Manual of Ohio EPA Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures, Volume IV," as cited in paragraph (B) of this rule.

 

(4)    Mixing zones for thermal discharges will be determined in accordance with "Guidelines for the Submittal of Demonstrations Pursuant to Sections 316(a) and 316(b) of the Clean Water Act and Chapter 3745-1 of the Administrative Code," as cited in paragraph (B) of this rule.

 

(5)     Methods, data collection and data analysis requirements for applying the biological criteria in rule 3745-1-07 of the Administrative Code shall be in accordance with "Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life," and "Manual of Ohio EPA Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures, Volumes I, II, III and IV," as cited in paragraph (B) of this rule.

 

(B)  Availability of documents. The following documents are cited in this chapter.

 

(1)    Code of Federal Regulations (CFRC.F.R.) references. The Code of Federal Regulations can generally be found in public libraries, and can be viewed electronically                                 online                                             at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.htmlhttp://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ and purchased by writing to: "Superintendent of Documents. Attn: New Orders, PO Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954." The regulations listed in this paragraph are those effective June 1, 2007July 1, 2014, except for 50 C.F.R.

 

 

17, which is effective October 1, 2014.

(a)    40 C.F.R. 124.8, "Procedures for Decisionmaking, Subpart A - General Program Requirements - Fact Sheet."

(b)   40 C.F.R. 124.56, "Procedures for Decisionmaking, Subpart D - Specific Procedures Applicable to NPDES Permits - Fact Sheets."

(c)   40 C.F.R. 131, "Water Quality Standards."

(d)40 C.F.R. 132, "Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System."

(d)(e)  40  C.F.R.  136,  "Guidelines  Establishing  Test  Procedures  for  the Analysis of Pollutants."

(e)(f) 40 C.F.R. 230.10, "Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines for Specification of Disposal Sites for Dredged or Fill Material - Restrictions on discharge."

(f)(g)  40  C.F.R.  400  to  471,  "Subchapter  N  -  Effluent  Guidelines  and Standards."

(g)(h) 50 C.F.R. 17, "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants."

(2)   Federal statute references. These laws can generally be found in public libraries, and     can       be                 viewed     electronically               online                       at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.htmlhttp://www.gpo.gov/fdsys and purchased by writing to: "Superintendent of Documents. Attn: New Orders, PO Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954." The laws listed in this paragraph are those as amended through June 1, 2007July 1, 2014.

(a)   "Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act)," 33 U.S.C. sections 1251 et seqto 1387.

(b)   "Endangered Species Act," 16 U.S.C. sections 1531 et seqto 1544.

(c)   "Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act," 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

(d)  "Safe Drinking Water Act," 42 U.S.C. sections 300f et seqto 300j-26.

(3)    Other references. The availability of these documents is provided with each paragraph.

(a)   "Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life." These documents are     available                   on                         the              internet       at http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/bioassess/BioCriteriaProtAqLife.html http://epa.ohio.gov/dsw/bioassess/BioCriteriaProtAqLife.aspx.

(i)    "Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life: Volume I: The Role of Biological Data in Water Quality Assessment, Ohio EPA, Ecological Assessment Section, Division of Water Quality Planning & Assessment, July 24, 1987, updated February 15, 1988."

(ii)    "Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life: Volume II: Users Manual for Biological Field Assessment of Ohio Surface Waters, Ohio EPA, Ecological Assessment Section, Division of Water Quality Planning & Assessment, October 30, 1987, updated January 1, 1988, amended September 30, 1989, updated November 8, 2006."

(iii)    "Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life: Volume III: Standardized Biological Field Sampling and Laboratory Methods for Assessing Fish and Macroinvertebrate Communities, Ohio EPA, Ecological Assessment Section, Division of Water Quality

Planning  &  AssessmentSurface  Water, updated November 8, 2006June 26, 2015."

September  30,  1989,

(iv)      "The Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index [QHEI]: Rationale, Methods, and Application, Ohio EPA, Ecological Assessment Section, Division of Water Quality Planning & Assessment, November 6, 1989."

(v)     "Methods for Assessing Habitat in Flowing Waters: Using the Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI), Ohio EPA Technical Bulletin EAS/2006-06-1, Ohio EPA, Division of Surface Water, June 2006."

(vi) "Methods for Assessing Habitat in Lake Erie Shoreline Waters Using the Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI) Approach (Version 2.1), Ohio EPA, Division of Surface Water, June 2010."

(b)   "Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wetlands Research Program Technical Report Y-87-1, January   1987."   This   document   is   available   on   the   internet   at

http://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/permits/wetlands/ http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/elpubs/pdf/wlman87.pdf.

(c)      "Guidance  for  Water  Quality-based  Decisions  and  the:  The  TMDL Process, U.S. EPA Office of Water, EPA 440/4-91-001, April 1991." This             document         is               available         on      the                  internet            at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/pc/watqual.htmlhttp://water.epa.gov/ lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/tmdl/decisions_index.cfm.

(d)   "Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment Forum,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/630/P-03/001F, March 2005." This document is available on the internet                                at

http://www.epa.gov/iris/backgr-d.htmhttp://www2.epa.gov/osa/guidelines- carcinogen-risk-assessment.

(e)     "Guidelines for the Submittal of Demonstrations Pursuant to Sections 316(a) and 316(b) of the Clean Water Act and Chapter 3745-1 of the Administrative Code, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of  Industrial  Wastewater,  September  30,  1978."  This  document  is available                             on         the                                  internet           at http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/guidance/guidance.html http://epa.ohio.gov/dsw/guidance/guidance.aspx.

(f)"Inland Lakes Sampling Procedure Manual, Ohio EPA, Division of Surface Water, 2015." This document is available on the internet at http://epa.ohio.gov/dsw/document_index/docindx.aspx.

(f)"Manual of Ohio EPA Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures, Volumes I, II, III and IV, 2002." These documents are available from "Ohio EPA, Division of Environmental Services, 8995 East Main Street, Building #22, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068."

(g) "Manual of Ohio EPA Surveillance Methods and Quality Assurance Practices 2006, Ohio EPA, Division of Surface Water, Division of Environmental Services." This document is available on the internet at http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/document_index/docindx.html.

(h)(g) "Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health (2000), Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA-822-B-00-004, October 2000." This document is available on the                                               internet at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/humanhealth/method/index.html.

(h) "Methods for Determination of Chemical Substances in Marine and Estuarine Matrices - 2nd Edition. Method 445.0 In Vitro Determination of Chlorophyll a and Pheophytin a in Marine and Freshwater Algae by Fluorescence, Microbiological and Chemical Exposure Assessment Research Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, EPA-600-R-97-072, September 1997." This document is available on the internet at http://www.epa.gov/microbes/documents/marinmet.pdf.

(i)    "Recommendations for and Documentation of Biological Values for Use in  Risk  Assessment  (U.S.  EPA,  1988),  EPA/600/6-87/008."  This document          is                          available                       on          the           internet          at http://www.epa.gov/iris/backgr-d.htm http://www.epa.gov/iris/backgrd.html.

(j)    "Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1997)." This document    is           available                          on         the                   internet  at http://0-www.cdc.gov.mill1.sjlibrary.org/niosh/97-119.html http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/97-119/.

(k) "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 21st Edition, American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation, 2005." This document is available on the internet at http://www.standardmethods.org/.

(l)(k) "Standard PracticeGuide for Conducting Bioconcentration Tests with Fishes and Saltwater Bivalve Molluscs. Standard E 1022. Molluscs. Designation E 1022 - 8494. Pages 606-622. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA. (1990)ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2013." This document is available on the internet at www.astm.org.

(l) "Standard Test Method for Free Cyanide with Flow Injection Analysis (FIA) Utilitizing Gas Diffusion Separation and Amperometric Detection. Standard D7237-10. ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2010." This document is available on the internet at www.astm.org.

(m) "Surface Water Field Sampling Manual for water quality parameters and flows, Ohio EPA, Division of Surface Water, July 2015." This document is available on the internet at http://epa.ohio.gov/dsw/document_index/docindx.aspx.

(m)(n)  "Water  Quality  Standards  Handbook,  U.S.  EPA  Office  of  Water, EPA-823-B-94-005EPA-820-B-14-008,  August   1994January   2015."

This        document       is        available        on        the        internet       at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/policy.htm http://water.epa.gov/scitech/swguidance/standards/handbook/index.cfm.

(n)(o) "The Wildlife Exposure Factors Handbook (U.S. EPA, 1993), EPA/600/R-93/187." This document is available on the internet at http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=2799.

Effective:   Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:	08/10/2016   02/25/2016 and 02/25/2021
CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Certification
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Date
Promulgated Under:	119.03
Statutory Authority:	6111.041
Rule Amplifies:	6111.041
Prior Effective Dates:	2/14/1978, 4/4/1985, 5/1/1990, 7/31/1999, 10/5/2007