Restoring Protective Human Health Criteria in Washington
other · Rule · Published 2022-11-18 · Effective 2022-12-19 · WA · 87 FR 69183
Document
Document number
2022-25150
Federal Register citation
87 FR 69183
CFR reference
40 CFR 131
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
2022-11-18
Effective date
2022-12-19
State
WA
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0174
Abstract
On April 1, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined that Washington's human health criteria (HHC) for certain pollutants were not protective of Washington's designated uses and were not based on sound scientific rationale and, accordingly, proposed to restore protective HHC for those pollutants in Washington's waters. EPA is finalizing protective and science-based Federal HHC in this final rule to protect Washington's waters, including waters where tribes hold treaty-reserved rights to fish.