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Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONPart I - Department of Environmental ProtectionSubpart A - Preliminary ProvisionsArticle II - Statements of PolicyChapter 16 - WATER QUALITY TOXICS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY-STATEMENT OF POLICYSubchapter A - GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND WATER QUALITY CRITERIA FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES
GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AQUATIC LIFE CRITERIA
Section 16.23 - Sources of information

25 Pa. Code § 16.23

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Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 16.23 - Sources of information

The Department will use the following sources of information in establishing criteria for aquatic life protection:

(1) United States EPA 1986 Quality Criteria for Water (Goldbook).
(2) United States EPA Ambient Water Quality Criteria Development Documents and updates.
(3) Aquatic life toxicity data available in the published scientific literature.
(4) Aquatic life toxicity data available on EPA computerized databases (for example, ECOTOX, Great Lakes Initiative (GLI) Clearinghouse).

25 Pa. Code § 16.23

The provisions of this § 16.23 amended November 17, 1995, effective 11/18/1995, 25 Pa.B. 5067; amended December 26, 1997, effective 12/27/1997, 27 Pa.B. 6817; amended November 17, 2000, effective 11/18/2000, 30 Pa.B. 6111; amended July 10, 2020, effective 7/11/2020, 50 Pa.B. 3485.