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8/11/2019 Water Quality Planning and Management
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The Water Quality Management
(WQM) This subpart establishes policies and program
requirements for water quality planning, managementand implementation under sections 106, 205(j), non-construction management 205(g), 208, 303 and 305 ofthe Clean Water Act.
The Water Quality Management(WQM) processdescribed in the Act and in this regulation provides theauthority for a consistent national approach formaintaining, improving and protecting water quality whileallowing States to implement the most effective
individual programs. The process is implemented jointly by EPA, the States,
interstate agencies, and areawide, local and regionalplanning organizations.
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WQM plans
This report and other assessments of waterquality are used in the State's WQM plans toidentify priority water quality problems.
These plans also contain the results of theState's analyses and management decisionswhich are necessary to control specific sourcesof pollution.
The plans recommend control measures anddesignated management agencies (DMAs) toattain the goals established in the State's waterquality standards.
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Evaluation
These control measures are implemented byissuing permits, building publicly-ownedtreatment works (POTWs), instituting bestmanagement practices for nonpoint sources ofpollution and other means.
After control measures are in place, the Stateevaluates the extent of the resulting improve-ments in water quality, conducts additional datagathering and planning to determine neededmodifications in control measures and againinstitutes control measures.
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This process is a dynamic one, in which
requirements and emphases vary over time.
At present, States have completed WQM plans
which are generally comprehensive ingeographic and programmatic scope.
Technology based controls are being
implemented for most point sources of pollution.
However, WQS have not been attained in many
water bodies and are threatened in others.
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Present continuing planning requirements serve toidentify these critical water bodies, develop plans forachieving higher levels of abatement and specifyadditional control measures.
Consequently, this regulation reflects a programmaticemphasis on concentrating planning and abatementactivities on priority water quality issues and geographicareas.
EPA will focus its grant funds on activities designed to
address these priorities. Annual work programsnegotiated between EPA and State and interstateagencies will reflect this emphasis.
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Water quality standards
A water quality standard (WQS) defines the water quality goals of a waterbody, or portion thereof, by designating the use or uses to be made of thewater and by setting criteria necessary to protect the uses.
States and EPA adopt WQS to protect public health or welfare, enhance thequality of water and serve the purposes of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Serve the purposes of Act (as defined in sections 101(a)(2) and 303(c) of
the Act) means that WQS should, wherever attainable, provide water qualityfor the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish and wildlife and forrecreation in and on the water and take into consideration their use andvalue for public water supplies, propagation of fish, shellfish, wildlife,recreation in and on the water, and agricultural, industrial and otherpurposes including navigation. Such standards serve the dual purposesof establishing the water quality goals for a specific water body and servingas the regulatory basis for establishment of water quality-based treatmentcontrols and strategies beyond the technology-based level of treatmentrequired by sections 301(b) and 306 of the Act. States shall review andrevise WQS in accordance with applicable regulations and, as appropriate,update their Water Quality Management (WQM) plans to reflect suchrevisions. Specific WQS requirements are found in 40 CFR part 131.
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Water quality monitoring
In accordance with section 106(e)(1), States
must establish appropriate monitoring methods
and procedures (including biological monitoring)
necessary to compile and analyze data on thequality of waters of the United States and, to the
extent practicable, ground-waters.
However, any monitoring and/or analysis
activities undertaken by a Tribe must beperformed in accordance with EPA's quality
assurance/quality control guidance.
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The State's water monitoring program shall includecollection and analysis of physical, chemical andbiological data and quality assurance and controlprograms to assure scientifically valid data.
The uses of these data include determining abatementand control priorities; developing and reviewing waterquality standards, total maximum daily loads, wasteloadallocations and load allocations; assessing compliancewith National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permits by dischargers; reporting informationto the public through the section 305(b) report andreviewing site-specific monitoring efforts.
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Water quality management (WQM)
plans
WQM plans consist of initial plans produced inaccordance with sections 208 and 303(e) of the Act andcertified and approved updates to those plans.
Continuing water quality planning shall be based uponWQM plans and water quality problems identified in thelatest 305(b) reports.
State water quality planning should focus annually onpriority issues and geographic areas and on thedevelopment of water quality controls leading toimplementation measures.
Water quality planning directed at the removal ofconditions placed on previously certified and approvedWQM plans should focus on removal of conditions whichwill lead to control decisions.
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Use of WQM plans
WQM plans draw upon the water quality
assessments to identify priority point and
nonpoint water quality problems, consider
alternative solutions and recommend controlmeasures, including the financial and
institutional measures necessary for
implementing recommended solutions.
State annual work programs shall be basedupon the priority issues identified in the State
WQM plan
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WQM plan elements
Total maximum daily loads
Effluent limitations
Municipal and industrial waste treatment, includingfacilities for treatment of stormwater-induced combined
sewer overflows. Nonpoint source management and control
Management agencies
Implementation measures
Dredge or fill program Basin plans
Ground water
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Total maximum daily loads (TMDL) and individual
water quality-based effluent limitations
The process for identifying water quality limitedsegments still requiring wasteload allocations, loadallocations and total maximum daily loads (WLAs/LAsand TMDLs), setting priorities for developing theseloads; establishing these loads for segments identified,
including water quality monitoring, modeling, dataanalysis, calculation methods, and list of pollutants to beregulated; submitting the State's list of segmentsidentified, priority ranking, and loads established(WLAs/LAs/TMDLs) to EPA for approval; incorporating
the approved loads into the State's WQM plans andNPDES permits; and involving the public, affecteddischargers, designated areawide agencies, and localgovernments in this process shall be clearly described inthe State Continuing Planning Process (CPP)
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Water quality report
A description of the water quality of all waters of the United States and theextent to which the quality of waters provides for the protection andpropagation of a balanced population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife andallows recreational activities in and on the water.
An estimate of the extent to which CWA control programs have improvedwater quality or will improve water quality for the purposes of paragraph(b)(1) of this section, and recommendations for future actions necessaryand identifications of waters needing action.
An estimate of the environmental, economic and social costs and benefitsneeded to achieve the objectives of the CWA and an estimate of the date ofsuch achievement.
A description of the nature and extent of nonpoint source pollution andrecommendations of programs needed to control each category of nonpoint
sources, including an estimate of implementation costs. An assessment of the water quality of all publicly owned lakes, including the
status and trends of such water quality as specified in section 314(a)(1) ofthe Clean Water Act
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Nonpoint source management and
control
Residual waste
Land disposal
Agricultural and silvicultural Mines
Construction
Saltwater intrusion Urban stormwater
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Program management
State agencies may apply for grants under sections 106, 205(j) and 205(g)to carry out water quality planning and management activities. Interstateagencies may apply for grants under section 106 to carry out water qualityplanning and management activities. Local or regional planningorganizations may request 106 and 205(j) funds from a State for planningand management activities. Grant administrative requirements for thesefunds appear in 40 CFR parts 25, 29, 30, 33 and 35, subparts A and J.
Grants under section 106 may be used to fund a wide range of activities,including but not limited to assessments of water quality, revision of waterquality standards (WQS), development of alternative approaches to controlpollution, implementation and enforcement of control measures anddevelopment or implementation of ground water programs. Grants undersection 205(j) may be used to fund water quality management (WQM)planning activities but may not be used to fund implementation of controlmeasures (see part 35, subpart A). Section 205(g) funds are used primarilyto manage the wastewater treatment works construction grants programpursuant to the provisions of 40 CFR part 35, subpart J. A State may alsouse part of the 205(g) funds to administer approved permit programs undersections 402 and 404, to administer a statewide waste treatmentmanagement program under section 208(b)(4) and to manage wastetreatment construction grants for small communities.
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Grant work programs for water quality planning and managementshall describe geographic and functional priorities for use of grantfunds in a manner which will facilitate EPA review of the grantapplication and subsequent evaluation of work accomplished withthe grant funds. A State's 305(b) Report, WQM plan and other waterquality assessments shall identify the State's priority water quality
problems and areas. The WQM plan shall contain an analysis ofalternative control measures and recommendations to controlspecific problems. Work programs shall specify the activities to becarried out during the period of the grant; the cost of specificactivities; the outputs, for example, permits issued, intensivesurveys, wasteload allocations, to be produced by each activity; andwhere applicable, schedules indicating when activities are to becompleted.
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State work programs under sections 106, 205(j) and205(g) shall be coordinated in a manner which indicatesthe funding from these grants dedicated to majorfunctions, such as permitting, enforcement, monitoring,
planning and standards, nonpoint sourceimplementation, management of construction grants,operation and maintenance of treatment works,ground-water, emergency response and program management.States shall also describe how the activities funded by
these grants are used in a coordinated manner toaddress the priority water quality problems identified inthe State's water quality assessment under section305(b)
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EPA, States, areawide agencies, interstate agencies,local and Regional governments, and designatedmanagement agencies (DMAs) are joint participants inthe water pollution control program. States may enterinto contractual arrangements or intergovernmental
agreements with other agencies concerning theperformance of water quality planning and managementtasks. Such arrangements shall reflect the capabilities ofthe respective agencies and shall efficiently utilizeavailable funds and funding eligibilities to meet Federal
requirements commensurate with State and localpriorities. State work programs under section 205(j) shallbe developed jointly with local, Regional and othercomprehensive planning organizations.