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EPA/WATER RIN: 2040-AC44 Publication ID: Fall 2000 
Title: Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for the State of California 
Abstract: Several municipal entities and one industry in California sued the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) in State court over whether the SWRCB's water quality control plans for inland surface waters and enclosed bays and estuaries were adopted in compliance with authorizing State law. The court issued its final decision in March 1994; the Court agreed with the plaintiffs and found that the plans could not remain in effect. The SWRCB was ordered to rescind its plans which contain the State's numeric criteria for priority toxic pollutants. In the absence of State criteria, the Clean Water Act requires the Administrator to promulgate water quality criteria for priority toxic pollutants where EPA has issued section 304(a) criteria guidance when the discharge of such pollutants could reasonably be expected to interfere with the State's designated uses. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131   
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1313 CWA 303   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  EPA is required to promulgate 90 days after proposal.  11/03/1997 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/05/1997  62 FR 42160   
Final Action  05/18/2000  65 FR 31681   
Additional Information: SAN No. 3504
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
William Morrow
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4305,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 260-3657
Fax:202 260-9830
Email: morrow.william@epa.gov

Matt Mitchell
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
Region IX,
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone:415 744-2007
Fax:415 744-1873
Email: mitchell.matthew@epa.gov