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<p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal !important; font-variant-east-asian: normal !important; font-stretch: normal !important; line-height: normal !important;'>Ohio's water quality standards, set forth in <a href='https://epa.ohio.gov/dsw/rules/3745_1.aspx' style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: none; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(26, 13, 171); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;' target='_self'>Chapter 3745-1</a> of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC), include four major components:</p><ul><li>beneficial use designations,</li><li>narrative "free froms",</li><li>numeric criteria, and</li><li>antidegradation provisions.</li></ul><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal !important; font-variant-east-asian: normal !important; font-stretch: normal !important; line-height: normal !important;'>Brief summaries of these components are below. For a more detailed summary, see:</p><ul><li><a href='https://epa.ohio.gov/portals/35/wqs/WQS_overview_Apr04.pdf' style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: none; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(26, 13, 171); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;' target='_blank'>Ohio Water Quality Standards Overview (OAC 3745-1)</a> </li><li>Handouts referenced in the overview<ul><li><a href='https://epa.ohio.gov/Portals/35/wqs/UseDesSummary_Aug18.pdf' style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: none; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(26, 13, 171); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;' target='_blank'>Summary of Ohio's Beneficial Use Designations </a></li><li><a href='https://epa.ohio.gov/portals/35/wqs/criteria_summary.pdf' style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: none; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(26, 13, 171); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;' target='_blank'>Summary of Ohio's Numerical Water Quality Criteria</a> </li><li><a href='https://epa.ohio.gov/Portals/35/wqs/AntiDegSum_Aug18.pdf' style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: none; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(26, 13, 171); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;' target='_blank'>Summary of Ohio's Antidegradation Waterbody Classification System </a></li></ul></li></ul><p style='margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal !important; font-variant-east-asian: normal !important; font-stretch: normal !important; line-height: normal !important;'>Implementation of Ohio's water quality standards set forth in <a href='https://epa.ohio.gov/dsw/rules/3745_2.aspx' style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: none; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(26, 13, 171); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;' target='_self'>Chapter 3745-2 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC)</a>, includes rules for developing water quality based effluent limitations in NPDES permits for point sources and total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for discharges of any pollutant requiring control, including toxic, carcinogenic, and organoleptic pollutants.</p>
Water quality standards beneficial use designations for Ohio rivers and streams.
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