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Rule 3745-1-34 | Water quality criteria for the protection of human health [fish consumption].

 

[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory government publications, publications of recognized organizations and associations, federal rules and federal statutory provisions referenced in this rule, see rule 3745-1-03 of the Administrative Code.]

(A) The chemical specific criteria listed in table 34-1 of this rule, or site-specific modifications thereof, apply as "Outside Mixing Zone Averages" and shall apply to all water bodies. 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 3745-1-06 and 3745-2-05 of the Administrative Code.

(B) Water bodies located within the Ohio river drainage basin. Any methodologies and procedures acceptable under 40 C.F.R. 131, effective July 1, 2019 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 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.

(C) Water bodies located within the lake Erie drainage basin. The methodologies contained in rules 3745-1-41 and 3745-1-42 of the Administrative Code shall be used when adopting or revising numeric human health criteria and when implementing the narrative water quality criteria contained in rule 3745-1-04 of the Administrative Code. For pollutants listed in table 34-2 of this rule, any methodologies and procedures acceptable under 40 C.F.R. 131 may be used when developing water quality criteria or implementing narrative criteria. For any pollutant other than those in table 33-2 of this rule, 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.

OMZA3
ChemicalForm1Units2Ohio riverLake Erie
AcenaphtheneTµg/l90--
AcroleinTµg/l400--
Acrylonitrile5Tµg/l70--
Aldrin5Tµg/l7.7*10-6--
AnthraceneTµg/l400--
AntimonyTRµg/l640--
Benzene5Tµg/l160160
Benzidine5Tµg/l0.11--
Benzo(a)anthracene5Tµg/l0.013--
Benzo(a)pyrene5Tµg/l0.0013--
Benzo(b)fluoranthene5Tµg/l0.013--
Benzo(k)fluoranthene5Tµg/l0.13--
BerylliumTRµg/l280--
Bromoform5Tµg/l1,200--
Butylbenzyl phthalateTµg/l1.0--
Carbon tetrachloride5Tµg/l50--
Chlordane5Tµg/l0.00320.00025
ChlorobenzeneTµg/l800800
Chlorodibromomethane5Tµg/l210--
Bis(2-Chloro-1-methylethyl)etherTµg/l4,000
Bis(2-Chloroethyl)ether5Tµg/l22--
Chloroform5Tµg/l20,000--
bis(2-Chloromethyl)ether5Tµg/l0.17--
2-ChloronaphthaleneTµg/l1,000--
2-ChlorophenolTµg/l800--
Chrysene5Tµg/l1.3--
Cyanidefreeµg/l400400
2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxy-acetic acid)Tµg/l12,000
4,4'-DDD5Tµg/l0.0012--
4,4'-DDE5Tµg/l0.00018--
4,4'-DDT5Tµg/l0.00030.00015
Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene5Tµg/l0.0013--
Di-n-butyl phthalateTµg/l30--
1,2-DichlorobenzeneTµg/l3,000--
1,3-DichlorobenzeneTµg/l10--
1,4-DichlorobenzeneTµg/l900--
3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine5Tµg/l1.5--
Dichlorobromomethane5Tµg/l270--
1,2-Dichloroethane5Tµg/l6,500--
1,1-DichloroethyleneTµg/l20,000--
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneTµg/l4,000--
2,4-DichlorophenolTµg/l60--
1,2-Dichloropropane5Tµg/l310--
1,3-Dichloropropene5Tµg/l120--
Dieldrin5Tµg/l1.2*10-50.0000065
Diethyl phthalateTµg/l600--
2,4-DimethylphenolTµg/l3,0003,000
Dimethyl phthalateTµg/l2,000--
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol (4,6-Dinitro-2-methylphenol) Tµg/l30--
Dinitrophenols4Tµg/l1,000
2,4-DinitrophenolTµg/l300300
2,4-Dinitrotoluene5Tµg/l17--
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine5Tµg/l2.0--
alpha-Endosulfan6Tµg/l30--
beta-Endosulfan6Tµg/l40--
Endosulfan sulfate6Tµg/l40--
Endrin6Tµg/l0.03--
Endrin aldehyde6Tµg/l1.0--
EthylbenzeneTµg/l130--
bis(2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate5Tµg/l3.7--
FluorantheneTµg/l20--
FluoreneTµg/l70--
Heptachlor5Tµg/l5.9*10-5--
Heptachlor epoxide5Tµg/l0.00032--
Hexachlorobenzene5Tµg/l0.000790.00045
Hexachlorobutadiene5Tµg/l0.1--
alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane5Tµg/l0.0039--
beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane5Tµg/l0.14--
gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane (Lindane)5Tµg/l440.50
Hexachlorocyclohexane - technical grade5Tµg/l0.1--
HexachlorocyclopentadieneTµg/l4.0--
Hexachloroethane5Tµg/l1.01.0
Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene5Tµg/l0.013--
Isophorone5Tµg/l18,000--
MethoxychlorTµg/l0.02
MercuryTRµg/l0.0120.0031
3-Methyl-4-ChlorophenolTRµg/l2,000
Methyl bromideTµg/l10,000--
Methylene chloride5Tµg/l10,0002,600
NickelTRµg/l4,600--
NitrobenzeneTµg/l600--
Nitrosoamines5Tµg/l12.4--
N-Nitrosodibutylamine5Tµg/l2.2--
N-Nitrosodiethylamine5Tµg/l12.4--
N-Nitrosodimethylamine5Tµg/l30--
N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine5Tµg/l5.1--
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine5Tµg/l60--
N-Nitrosodipyrrolidine5Tµg/l340--
PentachlorobenzeneTµg/l0.1--
Pentachlorophenol5Tµg/l0.4--
PhenolTµg/l300,000--
Polychlorinated biphenyls5Tµg/l0.000640.000026
PyreneTµg/l30--
SeleniumTRµg/l4,200--
Silvex (2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxypropionic acid)Tµg/l400
1,2,4,5-TetrachlorobenzeneTµg/l0.03--
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin5Tpg/l0.0510.0086
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane5Tµg/l30--
Tetrachloroethylene5Tµg/l290--
TolueneTµg/l520520
Toxaphene5Tµg/l0.00710.000068
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene5Tµg/l0.76--
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneTµg/l200,000
1,1,2-Trichloroethane5Tµg/l89--
Trichloroethylene5Tµg/l7070
2,4,5-TrichlorophenolTµg/l600--
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol5Tµg/l28--
Vinyl chloride5Tµg/l16--
ZincTµg/l26,000--

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); pg/l = picograms per liter (parts per quadrillion).

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

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 6111.041
Amplifies: 6111.041
Five Year Review Date: 1/18/2026
Prior Effective Dates: 2/14/1978, 4/4/1985, 8/19/1985, 4/30/1987, 5/1/1990, 4/26/1997, 10/31/1997, 7/31/1998, 7/31/1999, 2/22/2002, 12/30/2002, 10/1/2014, 8/10/2016, 2/6/2017