N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wq 1709.03
(d) If the department continues to believe after the public comment period that a change in designated use should be proposed, the department shall propose that the change in designated use be made.
Source. (See Revision Notes #1, #2, and #3 at chapter heading for Env-Wq 1700) #12042, eff 12-1-16; ss by #14203, eff 2-26-25
Appendix A: State or Federal Statutes or Regulations Implemented
Rule Section(s)
State Statute or Federal Statute or Regulation Implemented
Env-Wq 1701 (also see specific section listed below)
RSA 485-A:4, V; RSA 485-A:8, VI; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 40 CFR § 131.3(o); 40 CFR § 131.14
Env-Wq 1701.03
RSA 485-A:13, I(a); 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 40 CFR § 122.2; 40 CFR § 122.22; 40 CFR § 122.47
Env-Wq 1701.04
RSA 485-A:13, I(a); 40 CFR § 131.14
Env-Wq 1702
RSA 485-A:4, V; RSA 485-A:8, VI; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
Env-Wq 1703
RSA 485-A:4, V; RSA 485-A:8, I, II, & III; RSA 485-A:8, VI;
33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq; 40 CFR §131.10
Env-Wq 1704
RSA 485-A:4, V; RSA 485-A:8, VI; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq; 40 CFR § 122; 40 CFR § 130.7
Env-Wq 1705
RSA 485-A:4, V; RSA 485-A:6, VII; RSA 485-A:8, VI;
RSA 485-A:13, I(a); 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1314(a)(1); 40 CFR § 122.44(d); 40 CFR § 122.44(d)(1)(ii); 40 CFR § 130.7
Env-Wq 1706
RSA 485-A:4, V; RSA 485-A:8, VI; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq; 40 CFR § 136; 40 CFR § 141
Env-Wq 1707
RSA 485-A:4, V; RSA 485-A:8, VI; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq
Env-Wq 1708
RSA 485-A:4, V; RSA 485-A:8, VI; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq; 40 CFR § 131.12
Env-Wq 1709
RSA 485-A:4, V; RSA 485-A:8, VI; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq; 40 CFR § 131.10; 40 CFR § 131.10(g)
Env-Wq 1701 (also see specific section listed below)
RSA 485-A:4, V; RSA 485-A:8, VI; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 40 CFR § 131.3(o); 40 CFR § 131.14
Env-Wq 1701.03
RSA 485-A:13, I(a); 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 40 CFR § 122.2; 40 CFR § 122.22; 40 CFR § 122.47
Appendix B: Incorporated References
Rule (Env-Wq)
Reference
Obtain At:
1703.05(c)
“EPA Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control Policy”, EPA 830-B-94-001, dated April, 1994
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at
1703.22(d) intro
“Interim Guidance on Determination and Use of Water-Effect Ratios for Metals”, EPA-823-B-94-001, dated February 1994
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1703.22(d) (1)
“Streamlined Water-Effect Ratio procedure for Discharges of Copper”,
EPA-822-R-01-005, dated March 2001
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1703.22(d) (2)
“Aquatic Life Ambient Freshwater Quality Criteria - Copper”, EPA-822-R-07-001, dated February 2007
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1703.22(s)(1)
“Final Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria For Aluminum”, EPA-822-R-18-001, dated December 2018
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1703.22(s)(1)a.
The “Aluminum Criteria Calculator V2.0 (Excel)(xlsm)”, dated December 2018
Available at no charge from EPA at https://www.epa.gov/wqc/2018-final-aquatic-life-criteria-aluminum-freshwater
1703.22(s)(2)b.
The “Aluminum Criteria Calculator R Code and Data V2.0”, dated November 15, 2019
Available at no charge from EPA at https://www.epa.gov/wqc/2018-final-aquatic-life-criteria-aluminum-freshwater
1704.02 intro
“Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health,” EPA 822-B-00-004, dated October 2000
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1704.02(a)
“Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health (2000), Technical Support Document, Volume 1: Risk Assessment”, EPA 822-B-00-005, dated October 2000
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1704.02(b)
“Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health (2000) Technical Support Document Volume 2: Development of National Bioaccumulation Factors”, EPA-822-R-03-030, dated December 2003
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1704.02(c)
“Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health (2000) Technical Support Document Volume 3: Development of Site-Specific Bioaccumulation Factors”, EPA-822-R-09-008, dated September 2009
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1704.03(a)(4)
“Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual Rivers and Streams”, EPA-822-B-00-002 dated July 2000
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1704.03(a)(5)
“Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual Lakes and Reservoirs”, EPA-822-B00-001 dated April 2000
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1704.03(a)(6)
“Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual Estuary and Coastal Marine Waters”, EPA-822-B01-003 dated October 2001
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1704.03(a)(7)
“Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual Wetlands”, EPA-822-B-08-001 dated June 2008
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1704.03(a)(8)
“Using Stressor-response Relationships to Derive Numeric Nutrient Criteria”, EPA-820-S-10-001 dated November 2010
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1704.03(b)
“Guidance on the Development, Evaluation, and Application of Environmental Models”, EPA-100-K-09-003 dated March 2009
Available at no charge from EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications at https://www.epa.gov/nscep or directly at:
1707.04
“Technical Support Document for Water Quality-based Toxics Control”, EPA/505/2-90-001, dated March 1991
Available at no charge from:
https://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/owm0264.pdf
Appendix C: Statutory Definitions
RSA 485-A:2:
VI. “Industrial waste” means any liquid, gaseous or solid waste substance resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing trade or business or from development of any natural resources.
VIII. “Other wastes” means garbage, municipal refuse, decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, lime, ashes, offal, oil, tar, chemicals and other substances other than sewage or industrial wastes, and any other substance harmful to human, animal, fish or aquatic life.
X. “Sewage” means the water-carried waste products from buildings, public or private, together with such groundwater infiltration and surface water as may be present.
XIV. “Surface waters of the state” means perennial and seasonal streams, lakes, ponds, and tidal waters within the jurisdiction of the state, including all streams, lakes, or ponds bordering on the state, marshes, water courses, and other bodies of water, natural or artificial.
XVI. “Waste” means industrial waste and other wastes.
XIX. "Wastewater facilities" means the structures, equipment, and processes required to collect, convey, and treat domestic and industrial wastes, and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
XXIV. "7Q10" means the lowest average flow that occurs for 7 consecutive days on an annual basis with a recurrence interval of once in 10 years on average, expressed in terms of volume per time period.
RSA 482-A:2:
X. “Wetlands” means an area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal conditions does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
Appendix D: Federal Definitions
40 CFR 122.2:
Pollutant means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials (except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)), heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water. It does not mean:
(b) Water, gas, or other material which is injected into a well to facilitate production of oil or gas, or water derived in association with oil and gas production and disposed of in a well, if the well [that is] used either to facilitate production or for disposal purposes is approved by authority of the State in which the well is located, and if the State determines that the injection or disposal will not result in the degradation of ground or surface water resources.
(2) 153 E. coli per 100 milliliters in any one sample, unless naturally occurring.
Class B other than designated beach areas
Not more than:
(2) 406 E. coli per 100 milliliters in any one sample, unless naturally occurring.
Class A or Class B at designated beach areas
Not more than:
(2) 88 E. coli per 100 milliliters in any one sample, unless naturally occurring.
Tidal waters used for swimming
Not more than:
(2) 104 enterococci per 100 milliliters in any one sample, unless naturally occurring.
Tidal waters used for growing or taking of shellfish for human consumption
Same as for tidal waters used for swimming, PLUS must not
exceed a geometric mean most probable number (MPN) of 14 organisms per 100 ml for fecal coliform, nor shall more than 10 percent of the samples exceed an MPN of 28 per 100 ml for fecal coliform, or
other values of equivalent protection based on sampling and analytical methods used by the department of environmental services shellfish program and approved in the latest revision of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program, Guide For The Control of Molluscan Shellfish.
Appendix F: Criteria for Determination of Change in Designated Use
40 CFR §131.10 Designation of uses.
(g) States may remove a designated use which is not an existing use, as defined in § 131.3, or establish sub-categories of a use if the State can demonstrate that attaining the designated use is not feasible because:
Note: Radioactive materials covered by the Atomic Energy Act are those encompassed in its definition of source, byproduct, or special nuclear materials. Examples of materials not covered include radium and accelerator-produced isotopes. See Train v. Colorado Public Interest Research Group, Inc., 426 U.S. 1 (1976).
Appendix E: Summary of Bacteria Standards from RSA 485-A:8
Type of Waters
Standard
Class A other than designated beach areas
Not more than: