Withdrawal of Certain Federal Water Quality Criteria Applicable to Washington
water-quality · Rule · Published 2020-05-13 · Effective 2020-06-12 · WA · 85 FR 28494
Document
Document number
2020-08497
Federal Register citation
85 FR 28494
CFR reference
40 CFR 131
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
water-quality
Publication date
2020-05-13
Effective date
2020-06-12
State
WA
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0174
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is taking final action to amend the federal regulations to withdraw certain human health water quality criteria applicable to waters in the State of Washington. The EPA is taking this action because the State adopted, and the EPA approved, human health criteria that the Agency determined are protective of Washington's designated uses for its waters. In this action, the EPA is amending the federal regulations to withdraw those certain human health criteria applicable to Washington but promulgated by the Agency, as described in the August 6, 2019 proposed rule. The withdrawal will enable Washington to implement its EPA-approved human health criteria, submitted on August 1, 2016, and approved on May 10, 2019, as applicable criteria for Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act) purposes.