# Restoring Protective Human Health Criteria in Washington
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2022-11-18 · Effective 2022-12-19 · 87 FR 69183
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-25150
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 69183
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 131
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/18/2022-25150/restoring-protective-human-health-criteria-in-washington)
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