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Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONPart I - Department of Environmental ProtectionSubpart C - Protection of Natural ResourcesArticle II - Water ResourcesChapter 93 - WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
DESIGNATED WATER USES AND WATER QUALITY CRITERIA
Section 93.9 - Designated water uses and water quality criteria

25 Pa. Code § 93.9

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Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 19, May 11, 2024
Section 93.9 - Designated water uses and water quality criteria
(a) The tables in §§ 93.9a-93.9z display designated water uses and water quality criteria in addition to the water uses and criteria specified in Tables 2 and 3. Designated uses shall be protected in accordance with Chapters 95 and 96 (relating to wastewater treatment requirements; and water quality standards implementation) and any other applicable State and Federal laws and regulations. The tables also indicate specific exceptions to Tables 2 and 3 on a stream-by-stream or segment-by-segment basis by the words "add" or "delete" followed by the appropriate symbols described elsewhere in this chapter. The county column in §§ 93.9a-93.9z indicates the county in which the mouth of the stream or the downstream limit of the zone described for that entry is located. Abbreviations used in the Stream and the "Zone" columns are as follows:

FAS-Federal Aid Secondary Highway

I-Interstate Highway

LR-Pennsylvania Legislative Route

RM-River Mile; river miles are used to indicate the distance from a point on the waterbody to its mouth and are based on the DEP's River Mile Index

SR-Pennsylvania State Route

T-Township Road

UNT-Unnamed Tributaries

US-United States Federal Route

(b) When appropriate, "Exceptions to Specific Criteria" provide reference to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) water quality regulations, Orsanco (Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission) pollution control standards and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) which specify the criteria that apply if a water quality standard is more stringent than those in this title. The applicable criteria can be obtained from the following:

Delaware River Basin Commission

P. O. Box 7360

West Trenton, New Jersey 08628

(609) 883-9500

Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission

5735 Kellogg Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45228

(513) 231-7719

GLWQA: International Joint Commission

Great Lakes Regional Office

100 Ouellette Ave., 8th Floor

Windsor Ontario, Canada N9A 6T3

(519) 257-6700

(c) With respect to hydrological order, the numbers appearing on the left-hand column of the drainage lists represent stream entries to aid in identifying hydrological order: 1 identifies the most downstream hydrologic order; 2 is triburary to 1; 3 is tributary to 2, and so on.
(d) An overview appears as follows:

Delaware River Basin
§ 93.9a.Drainage List A.PA-NY State Border to Lackawaxen River.
§ 93.9b.Drainage List B.Lackawaxen River Basin.
§ 93.9c.Drainage List C.Lackawaxen River to Lehigh River.
§ 93.9d.Drainage List D.Lehigh River Basin.
§ 93.9e.Drainage List E.Lehigh River to Schuylkill River.
§ 93.9f.Drainage List F.Schuylkill River Basin.
§ 93.9g.Drainage List G.Schuylkill River to PA-DE State Border.
Susquehanna River Basin
§ 93.9h.Drainage List H.Tioga River Basin.
§ 93.9i.Drainage List I.PA-NY State Border to Lackawanna River.
§ 93.9j.Drainage List J.Lackawanna River Basin.
§ 93.9k.Drainage List K.Lackawanna River to West Branch.
§ 93.9l.Drainage List L.West Branch Susquehanna River Basin.
§ 93.9m.Drainage List M.West Branch to Juniata River.
§ 93.9n.Drainage List N.Juniata River Basin.
§ 93.9o.Drainage List O.Juniata River to PA-MD State Border.
Ohio River Basin
§ 93.9p.Drainage List P.Allegheny River Basin, PA-NY State Border to Tunungwant Creek.
§ 93.9q.Drainage List Q.Allegheny River Basin, Tunungwant Creek to Clarion River.
§ 93.9r.Drainage List R.Clarion River Basin.
§ 93.9s.Drainage List S.Allegheny River Basin, Clarion River to Kiskiminetas River.
§ 93.9t.Drainage List T.Kiskiminetas River Basin.
§ 93.9u.Drainage List U.Allegheny River Basin, Kiskiminetas River to Monongahela River.
§ 93.9v.Drainage List V.Monongahela River Basin.
§ 93.9w.Drainage List W.Confluence of Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers to PA-OH State Border.
Lake Erie
§ 93.9x.Drainage List X.Lake Erie Basin.
Genesee River Basin
§ 93.9y.Drainage List Y.Genesee River Basin.
Potomac River Basin
§ 93.9z.Drainage List Z.Potomac River Basin.

25 Pa. Code § 93.9

The provisions of this § 93.9 amended through September 4, 1987, effective 9/5/1987, 17 Pa.B. 3602 and 3604; amended September 9, 1988, effective 9/10/1988, 18 Pa.B. 4089; amended November 25, 1988, effective 11/26/1988, 18 Pa.B. 5260; corrected December 9, 1988, effective 11/26/1988, 18 Pa.B. 5260; amended March 10, 1989, effective 3/11/1989, 19 Pa.B. 968; corrected March 24, 1989, effective 2/25/1989, 19 Pa.B. 1288; amended May 19, 1989, effective 5/20/1989, 19 Pa.B. 2158; amended June 23, 1989, effective 6/24/1989, 19 Pa.B. 2645; amended June 28, 1991, effective 6/29/1991, 21 Pa.B. 2885; amended November 29, 1991, effective 11/30/1991, 21 Pa.B. 5511; amended March 6, 1992, effective 3/7/1992, 22 Pa.B. 1037; amended November 17, 2000, effective 11/18/2000, 30 Pa.B. 6059; amended October 31, 2003, effective 11/1/2003, 33 Pa.B. 5420; amended February 11, 2005, effective 2/12/2005, 35 Pa.B. 1197.

The provisions of this § 93.9 amended under sections 5(b)(1) and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.5(b)(1) and 691.402); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-20).

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 71.64 (relating to small flow treatment facilities); 25 Pa. Code § 250.309 (relating to MSCs for surface water); 25 Pa. Code § 250.406 (relating to relationship to surface water quality requirements); and 25 Pa. Code § 269a.50 (relating to environmental assessment considerations). Click to view image