3745-1-34 Water quality criteria for the Ohio river drainage basin.

(A) This rule applies in addition to the requirements contained in rule 3745-1-07 of the Administrative Code to water bodies within the Ohio river drainage basin. Except as provided in paragraph (D) of this rule, the methodologies contained in rule 3745-1-36 of the Administrative Code shall be used when adopting or revising numeric aquatic life water quality criteria and when implementing the narrative aquatic life water quality criteria contained in rule 3745-1-04 of the Administrative Code for water bodies located in the Ohio river drainage basin. Any methodologies and procedures acceptable under 40 C.F.R. 131 may be used when developing or revising human health water quality criteria or implementing narrative criteria contained in rule 3745-1-04 of the Administrative Code for water bodies located in the Ohio river drainage basin.

(B) The chemical-specific criteria listed in this rule apply as “Outside Mixing Zone Averages”. For the purpose of setting water quality based effluent limits, these criteria shall be met after the effluent and the receiving water are reasonably well mixed as provided in rules 3745-2-05 and 3745-2-08 of the Administrative Code.

(C) The water quality criteria adopted in, or developed pursuant to, this rule shall apply as follows:

(1) To protect against adverse reproductive effects on wildlife, “the Outside Mixing Zone Average” criteria for polychlorinated biphenyls is 1.0 ng/l. In addition, any whole sample of any representative aquatic organisms shall not exceed 0.64 mg/kg (wet weight). These criteria, or site-specific modifications thereof, shall apply to all water bodies of the Ohio river drainage basin.

(2) The water quality criteria for protection of human health, or site-specific modifications thereof, are “Outside Mixing Zone Average” water quality criteria and shall apply as follows:

(i) The “Drinking” water quality criteria for the protection of human health shall apply to all water bodies located in the Ohio river drainage basin within five hundred yards of drinking water intakes.

(ii) The “Nondrinking” water quality criteria for the protection of human health shall apply to all water bodies located in the Ohio river drainage basin other than those specified in paragraph (C)(3)(i) of this rule.

(D) For any pollutant for which it is demonstrated that a methodology or procedure cited in this rule is not scientifically defensible, the director may apply an alternative methodology or procedure acceptable under 40 C.F.R. 131 when developing water quality criteria.

Table 34-1. Ohio river drainage basin water quality criteria for the protection of human health.

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OMZA 3

Chemical Form 1 Units2 Drinking Nondrinking

Acenaphthene T µg/l 1,200 2,700

Acrolein T µg/l 320 780

Acrylonitrile 5 T µg/l 0.596.6

Alachlor T µg/l 2.0 a -

Aldicarb 6 T µg/l 7.0 a -

Aldicarb sulfone 6 T µg/l 7.0 a -

Aldicarb sulfoxide 6 T µg/l 7.0 a -

Aldrin 5 T µg/l 0.00130.0014

Anthracene T µg/l 9,600 110,000

Antimony TR µg/l 6.0 a 4,300

Arsenic TR µg/l 10 a -

Asbestos T Mf/l 7.0 a -

Atrazine T µg/l 3.0 a -

Barium TR µg/l 2,000 a -

Benzene 5 T µg/l 5.0 a 710

Benzidine 5 T µg/l 0.00120.0054

Benzo (a) anthracene 5 T µg/l 0.0440.49

Benzo (a) pyrene 5 T µg/l 0.0440.49

Benzo (b) fluoranthene 5 T µg/l 0.0440.49

Benzo (k) fluoranthene 5 T µg/l 0.0440.49

Beryllium TR µg/l 4.0 a 280

Bromate T µg/l 10 a -

Bromoform 5 T µg/l 43 3,600

Butylbenzyl phthalate T µg/l 3,000 5,200

Cadmium TR µg/l 5.0 a -

Carbofuran T µg/l 40 a -

Carbon tetrachloride 5 T µg/l 2.5 44

Chloramine T µg/l 4,000 a -

Chlordane 5 T µg/l 0.0210.022

Chlorides T mg/l 250 a -

Chlorine T µg/l 4,000 a -

Chlorine dioxide T µg/l 800 a -

Chlorite T µg/l 1,000 a -

Chloroacetic acid 7 T µg/l 60a -

Chlorobenzene T µg/l 100 a 21,000

Chlorodibromomethane 5 T µg/l 4.1 340

Bis (2-Chloroethyl) ether 5 T µg/l 0.31 14

Chloroform 5 T µg/l 57 4,700

bis (2-Chloroisopropyl) ether T µg/l 1,400 170,000

bis (2-Chloromethyl) ether 5 T µg/l 0.00130.0078

2-Chloronaphthalene T µg/l 1,700 4,300

2-Chlorophenol T µg/l 120 400

Chromium TR µg/l 100 a -

Chrysene 5 T µg/l 0.0440.49

Copper TR µg/l – 1,300

Cyanide free µg/l 200 a 220,000

2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxy-

acetic acid) T µg/l 70 a -

Dalapon T µg/l 200 a -

4,4’-DDD 5 T µg/l 0.00830.0084

4,4’-DDE 5 T µg/l 0.00590.0059

4,4’-DDT 5 T µg/l 0.00590.0059

Dibenzo (a,h) anthracene 5 T µg/l 0.0440.49

Dibromochloropropane T µg/l 0.2 a -

Di-n-butyl phthalate T µg/l 2,700 12,000

Dichloroacetic acid 7 T µg/l 60a -

1,2-Dichlorobenzene T µg/l 600 a 17,000

1,3-Dichlorobenzene T µg/l 400 2,600

1,4-Dichlorobenzene T µg/l 75 a 2,600

3,3’-Dichlorobenzidine 5 T µg/l 0.400.77

Dichlorobromomethane 5 T µg/l 5.6 460

1,2-Dichloroethane 5 T µg/l 3.8 990

1,1-Dichloroethylene 5 T µg/l 0.57 32

cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene T µg/l 70 a -

trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene T µg/l 100 a 140,000

2,4-Dichlorophenol T µg/l 93 790

1,2-Dichloropropane 5 T µg/l 5.0 a 390

1,3-Dichloropropene T µg/l 10 1,700

Dieldrin 5 T µg/l 0.00140.0014

Di (2-ethylhexyl) adipate T µg/l 400 a -

Diethyl phthalate T µg/l 23,000 120,000

2,4-Dimethylphenol T µg/l 540 2,300

Dimethyl phthalate T µg/l 310,000 2,900,000

4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol

(4,6-Dinitro-2-methylphenol) T µg/l 13 770

Dinitrophenols 4 T µg/l 70 14,000

2,4-Dinitrotoluene 5 T µg/l 1.1 91

Dinoseb T µg/l 7.0 a -

1,2-Diphenylhydrazine 5 T µg/l 0.405.4

Diquat T µg/l 20 a -

Dissolved solids T µg/l 750/500 a,b -

alpha-Endosulfan 8 T µg/l 110 240

beta-Endosulfan 8 T µg/l 110 240

Endosulfan sulfate 8 T µg/l 110 240

Endothall T µg/l 100 a -

Endrin 9 T µg/l 0.760.81

Endrin aldehyde 9 T µg/l 0.760.81

Ethylbenzene T µg/l 700 a 29,000

Ethylene dibromide (EDB) T µg/l 0.050 a -

bis (2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate 5 T µg/l 6.0 a 59

Fluoranthene T µg/l 300 370

Fluorene T µg/l 1,300 14,000

Fluoride T µg/l 4,000 a -

Glyphosate T µg/l 700 a -

Heptachlor 5 T µg/l 0.00210.0021

Heptachlor epoxide 5 T µg/l 0.00100.0011

Hexachlorobenzene 5 T µg/l 0.00750.0077

Hexachlorobutadiene 5 T µg/l 4.4 500

alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane 5 T µg/l 0.0390.13

beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane 5 T µg/l 0.140.46

gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane

(Lindane) 5 T µg/l 0.190.63

Hexachlorocyclohexane-

technical grade 5 T µg/l 0.120.41

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene T µg/l 50 a 17,000

Hexachloroethane 5 T µg/l 19 89

Indeno (1,2,3-c,d) pyrene 5 T µg/l 0.0440.49

Iron S µg/l 300 a -

Isophorone 5 T µg/l 360 26,000

Mercury TR µg/l 0.0120.012

Methoxychlor T µg/l 40 a -

Methyl bromide T µg/l 48 4,000

Methylene chloride 5 T µg/l 5.0 a 16,000

Nickel TR µg/l 610 4,600

Nitrate-N + Nitrite-N T µg/l 10,000 a -

Nitrite-N T µg/l 1,000 a -

Nitrobenzene T µg/l 17 1,900

Nitrosoamines 5 T µg/l 0.0080 12

N-Nitrosodibutylamine 5 T µg/l 0.0645.9

N-Nitrosodiethylamine 5 T µg/l 0.0080 12

N-Nitrosodimethylamine 5 T µg/l 0.0069 81

N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine 5 T µg/l 0.050 14

N-Nitrosodiphenylamine 5 T µg/l 50 160

N-Nitrosodipyrrolidine 5 T µg/l 0.16 920

Oxamyl (Vydate) T µg/l 200 a -

Pentachlorobenzene T µg/l 3.54.1

Pentachlorophenol 5 T mg/l 1.0 a 82

Phenol T µg/l 21,000 4,600,000

Picloram T µg/l 500 a -

Polychlorinated biphenyls 5 T µg/l 0.00170.0017

Pyrene T µg/l 960 11,000

Selenium TR µg/l 50 a 11,000

Silvex (2,4,5-TP, 2-[2,4,5-

Trichlorophenoxy] propionic

acid T µg/l 10 -

Simazine T µg/l 4.0 a -

Styrene T µg/l 100 a -

Sulfates T mg/l 250 a -

1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene T µg/l 2.32.9

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-

p-dioxin 5 T pg/l 0.130.14

1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 5 T µg/l 1.7 110

Tetrachloroethylene 5 T µg/l 5.0 a 89

Thallium TR µg/l 1.76.3

Toluene T µg/l 1,000 a 200,000

Toxaphene 5 T µg/l 0.00730.0075

Trichloroacetic acid 7 T µg/l 60a -

1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene T µg/l 70 a 940

1,1,1-Trichloroethane T µg/l 200 a -

1,1,2-Trichloroethane 5 T µg/l 5.0 a 420

Trichloroethylene 5 T µg/l 5.0 a 810

2,4,5-Trichlorophenol T µg/l 2,600 9,800

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 5 T µg/l 21 65

Vinyl chloride 5 T µg/l 2.0 a 5,300

Xylenes T µg/l 10,000 a -

Zinc T µg/l 9,100 69,000

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1 S = soluble; T = total; TR = total recoverable.

2 mg/l = milligrams per liter (parts per million); µg/l = micrograms per liter (parts per billion); ng/l = nanograms per liter (parts per trillion); pg/l = picograms per liter (parts per quadrillion); Mf/l = million fibers per liter.

3 OMZA = outside mixing zone average.

4 The criteria for this chemical apply to the sum of all dinitrophenols.

5 Criteria for this chemical are based on a carcinogenic endpoint.

6 The criterion for this chemical applies to the sum of aldicarb, aldicarb sulfone and aldicarb sulfoxide.

7 The criterion for this chemical applies to the sum of chloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid and trichloroacetic acid.

8 The criteria for this chemical apply to the sum of alpha-endosulfan, beta-endosulfan and endosulfan sulfate.

9 The criteria for this chemical apply to the sum of endrin and endrin aldehyde.

a This criterion is the maximum contaminant level (MCL) developed under the “Safe Drinking Water Act”.

b Equivalent 25& 176;C specific conductance values are 1200 micromhos/cm as a maximum and 800 micromhos/cm as a thirty-day average.

Eff 2-14-78; 4-4-85; 8-19-85; 4-30-87; 5-1-90; 4-26-97; 10-31-97; 7-31-98; 7-31-99; 2-22-02; 12-30-02

Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03

Rule authorized by: RC 6111.041

Rule amplifies: RC 6111.041

R.C. Section 119.032 rule review date: 3/25/2002