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Triennial Review of New Mexico's Water Quality Standards
for Interstate and Intrastate Surface Waters, 20.6.4 NMAC - WQCC 08-13(R)
Pleading Log Entry Item 48:
NMED's Notice Of Intent
& Associated Exhibits

Public Notice Aviso Publico
WQCC-APPROVED STANDARDS
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TRIENNIAL REVIEW AMENDMENTS
Effective December 1, 2010

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EPA Approval Letter - April 18, 2011. All TR amendments were approved except 20.6.4.10.D(1)(e), 20.6.4.13.J, 20.6.4.52, and revised criteria for aluminum, cadmium, zinc in 20.6.4.900.I and J(2).

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TRIENNIAL REVIEW PROCESS FINDINGS
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NOTICE OF TRANSCRIPT FILING

The Public is hereby notified that the transcript of the December 8-11, 2009 hearing in the Triennial Review of Standards for Interstate and Intrastate Surface Waters, 20.6.4 NMAC, has been filed. Certain post-hearing deadlines are triggered, pursuant to the Scheduling Order filed April 15, 2009, by the filing of this Notice. The transcript is available for review or duplication at the Water Quality Control Commission Office, New Mexico State Environment Department, Runnels Building Rm. N2150, 1190 S. St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505. A copy can also be obtained from Kathy Townsend Court Reporters, 110 Twelfth Street, NW Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102, or (505) 243-5018.
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The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) petitioned the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) at its December 16, 2008 meeting to conduct the triennial review of New Mexico’s Water Quality Standards, 20.6.4 NMAC. A review of the Standards on a three-year basis is required by section 303(c) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). Along with the petition, NMED presented its proposed amendments and narrative explanation.

The Boards & Commissions Administrator docketed the matter as WQCC 08-13 (R) and prepared a pleading log, which was maintained throughout the course of the proceeding.  The Hearing Officer finalized the Scheduling Order and Hearing Guidelines.  NMED filed its revised petition on July 6, 2009.  The general public presented non-technical testimony at the hearing. The hearing began on December 8 and ended on December 11, 2009.   The WQCC conducted its deliberations on this matter in 2010.

The pleading log filed includes some entry items with multiple exhibits - such as this one.  Entry Item 48, the New Mexico Environment Department's NOI and all of its supporting exhibits listed below are available here for presentation, reviewing, and downloading purposes.

PLEADING LOG ITEM 48
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No. Document File size
  NMED's NOI & Testimonies
1.5 MB
 
a. List of exhibit entries
37 kb
 1. WQCC Public Meeting Minutes, August 11-12, 2008; Letter from Glenn Saums to Miguel I. Flores. Initiation of Triennial Review of New Mexico’s Water Quality Standards, August 11, 2008.
 69 kb
 2. Affidavits of Public Notice.
 6.1 MB
 3. The International System of Units. Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (International Bureau of Weights and Measures). 8th Edition, 2006, pp. 95-97, 117-118. 105 kb
 4. Proposed Coolwater Aquatic Life Use. Surface Water Quality Bureau. August 2009. 171 kb
 5. Proposed Temperature Criteria Modifications. Surface Water Quality Bureau. August 2009. 46 kb
 6. Memorandum. EPA Office of Science and Technology Establishing Site-Specific Aquatic Life Criteria Equal to Natural Background. November 5, 1997 http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/library/naturalback.pdf. 457 kb
 7. Municipal Water Supply vs. Proposed Public Water Supply. 16 kb
 8. Proposed Public Water Supply Segments. 22 kb
9. Sections 1-22, 40 CFR Part 131 - Water Quality Standards
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_08/40cfr131_08.html.		 323 kb
10. State of New Mexico Continuing Planning Process, Appendix A
Antidegradation Policy Implementation Procedure (excluding appendices). December 14, 2004. http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/swqb/Planning/Water_Quality_Management_Plan/index.html.		 109 kb
11. Draft Proposal to Nominate Waters within U.S. Forest Service Wilderness Areas as Outstanding National Resource Waters. Surface Water Quality Bureau. June 18, 2009. 99 kb
12. Map of the Valle Vidal ONRWs. 243 kb
13. Derivation of the 1985 Aquatic Life Criteria - Appendix H. EPA Water Quality Standards Handbook. Second Edition, August 1994.
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/handbook.		 1 MB
14. Site-Specific Aquatic Life Criteria - Section 3.7. EPA Water Quality Standards Handbook.
Second Edition, August 1994.
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/handbook.		 603 kb
15. Streamlined Water-Effect Ratio Procedure for Discharges of Copper (excluding appendices).
EPA-822-R-01-005. March 2001.
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/copper/copper.pdf.		 106 kb
16. Aquatic Life Ambient Freshwater Quality Criteria – Copper 2007 Revision (excluding appendices). EPA-822-R-07-001. February 2007.
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/copper/index.htm.		 271 kb
17. Notice of Availability – Revisions to the Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health. 65 Fed.Reg. 66449 (November 3, 2000). 206 kb
18. Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – Water Quality Standards Regulation.
63 Fed.Reg. 36761 (July 7, 1998).		 22 kb
19. Letter from Jane Watson to Glenn Saums. EPA Region 6 Comments on New Mexico’s Triennial Review Petition. June 9, 2009. 1.9 MB
20. Evolution of Section 11.A - Waters Created by Discharge. 14 kb
21. Mixing Zones - Section 5.1. EPA: Water Quality Standards Handbook. Second Edition, August 1994.
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/handbook.		 575 kb
22. Letter from Miguel I. Flores to Ron Curry. Approval and Record of Decision for Revisions to New Mexico’s Standards for Interstate and Intrastate Surface Waters. EPA. December 29, 2006. 739 kb
23. An Overview of Performance by BMP Category and Common Pollutant Type. International Stormwater Best Management Practices Database. Geosyntec Consultants and Water Wright Engineers, Inc. June 2008. http://www.bmpdatabase.org/Docs/Performance%20Summary%20Cut%20Sheet%20June%202008.pdf. 74 kb
24. National Menu of Stormwater Best Management Practices. EPA
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/menuofbmps/index.cfm.		 294 kb
25. Guidance for 2006 Assessment, Listing and Reporting Requirements Pursuant to Sections 303(d), 305(b) and 314 of the Clean Water Act (pp. 29-30). EPA. July 29, 2005. http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/2006IRG. 17 kb
26. Statewide Water Quality Management Plan, Work Element 10. Water Quality Control Commission. December 17, 2002. 53 kb
27. Memorandum. Compliance Schedules for Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations in NPDES Permits.
EPA. May 10, 2007.		 146 kb
28. 40 CFR 122.47 – Schedules of Compliance.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_08/40cfr122_08.html.		 48 kb
29. Summary of Aquatic Life Turbidity Effects. Draft Technical Basis for Revising Turbidity Criteria (pp. 37-39). Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, October 2005. http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/standards/turbidity.html. 48 kb
30. Level III Ecoregions of New Mexico. Griffith, G.E., et al. 2006.
ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/nm/nm_pg_3.pdf.		 1.1 MB
31. Memorandum. Application of Jacobi et al. (2006) SCI for Bioassessment of New Mexico Waters (attaching Benthic Macroinvertebrate Stream Condition Indices for New Mexico Wadeable Streams (excluding appendices), G.Z. Jacobi, et al.) Surface Water Quality Bureau. April 2006. ftp://ftp.nmenv.state.nm.us/www/swqb/MAS/Biology/M-SCI2006Report.pdf. 483 kb
32. Technical Support Manual for Waterbody Surveys and Assessments for Conducting Use Attainability Analyses (p. I-1). EPA. November 1983. 761 kb
33. Hydrology Protocol for the Determination of Ephemeral, Intermittent, and Perennial Waters. Public Comment Draft. Surface Water Quality Bureau. August 2009. 587 kb
34. Photos of Ephemeral Streams. 253 kb
35. Pecos River Salinity Proposal: Calculation of Flow-Weighted Average Total Dissolved Solids Values. Surface Water Quality Bureau. June 2009. 15 kb
36. Statement of Reasons for Amendment of Standards (pp. 1, 41-44).  Water Quality Control Commission. May 13, 2005. 122 kb
37. Proposed Rule - Water Quality Standards for Coastal and Great Lakes Recreation Waters. 69 Fed.Reg. 41724 (July 9, 2004). 580 kb
38. Draft Implementation Guidance for Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria - Background and Introduction. EPA. November 2003. 819 kb
39. Recreation - Section 2.1.3. EPA Water Quality Standards Handbook. Second Edition, August 1994. http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/handbook. 146 kb
40. Summary of Information on Contact Uses – Segment 101. 25 kb
41. Segment-specific Criteria (pH and Specific Conductance) for Sulphur Creek, from Redondo Creek to San Antonio Creek. Surface Water Quality Bureau. July 2009. 108 kb
42. USGS Dissolved Oxygen Saturation Tables.
http://water.usgs.gov/software/DOTABLES.		 215 kb
43. Proposed Temperature Criteria Modifications for Segments 114, 403, 504 and 806. 28 kb
44. Radionuclides in the Rio Grande. 14 kb
45. Cancer Risk Coefficients for Environmental Exposure to Radionuclides – Federal Guidance Report 13 (excluding appendices). EPA 402-R-99-001. September 1999. http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/federal/techdocs.html#report13. 2.1 MB
46. Transuranic Radionuclides. Human Health Fact Sheet. Argonne National Laboratory. August 2005. www.ead.anl.gov/pub/doc/transuranics.pdf. 109 kb
47. Use Attainability Analysis for Water Located on Los Alamos National Laboratory as described in Sections 20.6.4.126 and 128 NMAC. Surface Water Quality Bureau. August 2007. 584 kb
48. Map - Proposed Changes for Rio Puerco. 273 kb
49. Photos of Rio Puerco. 483 kb
50. Map - Proposed Changes for Rio Grande (Klauer) Spring. 134 kb
51. Memorandum. Boron - Segment 201 Segment-specific Criterion. Surface Water Quality Bureau. December 1, 2008. 38 kb
52. Use Attainability Analysis of the Contact Uses of Pecos Arroyo, Segment 20.6.4.221 NMAC. Surface Water Quality Bureau. July 2008. 279 kb
53. Map - Proposed Changes for Lake Alice and Lake Maloya. 87 kb
54. Water Quality and Biological Assessment Surveys of Lake Maloya and Lake Alice. Surface Water Quality Bureau. 2006. 395 kb
55. Map - Proposed Changes for Lake Farmington. 121 kb
56. Water Quality and Biological Assessment Survey of Lake Farmington (Beeline). Surface Water Quality Bureau. 2002.
http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/swqb/Surveys/LakeWaterQualityAssessments2002.pdf.		 159 kb
57. Map - Proposed Changes for Waters in Zuni Watershed. 180 kb
58. Water Quality Survey Summary of the Rio Nutria and Rio Pescado Watersheds Above and Within Zuni Pueblo (excluding appendices). Surface Water Quality Bureau. 2004. http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/swqb/Surveys/ZuniSurveySummary2004.pdf. 321 kb
59. Water Quality and Biological Assessment Survey of Ramah Lake. Surface Water Quality Bureau. 2004. http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/swqb/Surveys/LakeWaterQualityAssessments2004.pdf. 213 kb
60. National Recommended Water Quality Criteria. EPA. 2009.
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/wqctable/index.html#content.		 201 kb
61. National Recommended Water Quality Criteria (pp. 5-6). EPA. EPA-822-R-02-047. 2002. 21 kb
62. Memorandum. Dioxin Expressed as Toxicity Equivalents. Surface Water Quality Bureau. August 6, 2008. 42 kb
63. Notice of Availability – National Recommended Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health. 68 Fed.Reg. 75507 (December 31, 2003). 72 kb
64. Notice of Availability of National Water Quality Criteria for Acrolein and Phenol. 74 Fed.Reg. 27535 (June 10, 2009). 41 kb
65. Memorandum. Justification for Domestic Water Supply Criteria Revisions. Surface Water Quality Bureau. August 14, 2009. 67 kb
66. Memorandum. Cyanide, Modifications to Table 900.J, 20.6.4 NMAC. Surface Water Quality Bureau. July 6, 2009. 47 kb
67. Notices of Availability of Final Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Diazinon and Nonylphenol. 71 Fed.Reg. 9336 (February 23, 2006). 55 kb
68. Memorandum. Summary of Aquatic Life Criteria Review – Diazinon and Nonylphenol. Surface Water Quality Bureau. April 15, 2008. 46 kb
69. Technical Comments on Criteria Proposal by Chevron Mining, Inc. EPA. July 30, 2009. 45 kb
70. Fact Sheet: Perchlorate Supplemental Request for Comments. EPA. August 2009. 22 kb
    

Contact information for the Hearing Officer appointed in this matter is as follows:

Felicia Orth, Hearing Officer
c/o Carmella Casados, Boards & Commissions Administrator
New Mexico Environment Department
1190 S. St. Francis Drive, N2153
P.O. Box 5469
Santa Fe, New Mexico USA 87502
E-mail: Carmella.Casados1@state.nm.us

Tel.  (505) 827-2425

(505) 827-2836 Fax.

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