Wash. Admin. Code § 173-201A-240

Current through Register Vol. 24-09, May 1, 2024
Section 173-201A-240 - Toxic substances
(1) Toxic substances shall not be introduced above natural background levels in waters of the state which have the potential either singularly or cumulatively to adversely affect characteristic water uses, cause acute or chronic toxicity to the most sensitive biota dependent upon those waters, or adversely affect public health, as determined by the department.
(2) The department shall employ or require chemical testing, acute and chronic toxicity testing, and biological assessments, as appropriate, to evaluate compliance with subsection (1) of this section and to ensure that aquatic communities and the existing and designated uses of waters are being fully protected.
(3) USEPA Quality Criteria for Water, 1986, as revised, shall be used in the use and interpretation of the values listed in subsection (5) of this section.
(4) Concentrations of toxic, and other substances with toxic propensities not listed in Table 240 of this section shall be determined in consideration of USEPA Quality Criteria for Water, 1986, and as revised, and other relevant information as appropriate.
(5) The following criteria, found in Table 240, shall be applied to all surface waters of the state of Washington. Values are µg/L for all substances except ammonia and chloride which are mg/L, and asbestos which is million fibers/L. The department shall formally adopt any appropriate revised criteria as part of this chapter in accordance with the provisions established in chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act. The department shall ensure there are early opportunities for public review and comment on proposals to develop revised criteria.
(a)Aquatic life protection. The department may revise the criteria in Table 240 for aquatic life on a statewide or water body-specific basis as needed to protect aquatic life occurring in waters of the state and to increase the technical accuracy of the criteria being applied. The department shall formally adopt any appropriate revised criteria as part of this chapter in accordance with the provisions established in chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act.
(b)Human health protection. The following provisions apply to the human health criteria in Table 240. All waters shall maintain a level of water quality when entering downstream waters that provides for the attainment and maintenance of the water quality standards of those downstream waters, including the waters of another state. The human health criteria in the tables were calculated using a fish consumption rate of 175 g/day. Criteria for carcinogenic substances were calculated using a cancer risk level equal to one-in-one-million, or as otherwise specified in this chapter. The human health criteria calculations and variables include chronic durations of exposure up to seventy years. All human health criteria for metals are for total metal concentrations, unless otherwise noted. Dischargers have the obligation to reduce toxics in discharges through the use of AKART.

Table 240 Toxics Substances Criteria

Compound/ChemicalChemical Abstracts Service (CAS)#CategoryAquatic Life Criteria - FreshwaterAquatic Life Criteria -Marine WaterHuman Health Criteria for Consumption of:

Acute

Chronic

Acute

Chronic

Water & Organisms

Organisms Only

Metals:

Antimony

7440360

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

-

-

-

-

12

180

Arsenic

7440382

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

360.0 (c,dd)

190.0 (d,dd)

69.0 (c,ll,dd)

36.0 (d,cc,ll,dd)

10 (A)

10 (A)

Asbestos

1332214

Toxic pollutants and hazardous substances

-

-

-

-

7,000,000 fibers/L (C)

-

Beryllium

7440417

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cadmium

7440439

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

(i,c,dd)

(j,d,dd)

42.0 (c,dd)

9.3 (d,dd)

-

-

Chromium (III)

16065831

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

(m,c,gg)

(n,d,gg)

-

-

-

-

Chromium (VI)

18540299

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

15.0 (c,l,ii,dd)

10.0 (d,jj,dd)

1,100.0 (c,l,ll,dd)

50.0 (d,ll,dd)

-

-

Copper

7440508

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

(o,c,dd)

(p,d,dd)

4.8 (c,ll,dd)

3.1 (d,ll,dd)

1,300 (C)

-

Lead

7439921

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

(q,c,dd)

(r,d,dd)

210.0 (c,ll,dd)

8.1 (d,ll,dd)

-

-

Mercury

7439976

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

2.1 (c,kk,dd)

0.012 (d,ff,s)

1.8 (c,ll,dd)

0.025 (d,ff,s)

(G)

(G)

Methylmercury

22967926

Nonconventional

-

-

-

-

-

-

Nickel

7440020

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

(t,c,dd)

(u,d,dd)

74.0 (c,ll,dd)

8.2 (d,ll,dd)

150

190

Selenium

7782492

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

20.0 (c,ff)

5.0 (d,ff)

290 (c,ll,dd)

71.0 (d,x,ll,dd)

120

480

Silver

7440224

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

(y,a,dd)

-

1.9 (a,ll,dd)

-

-

-

Thallium

7440280

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

-

-

-

-

0.24

0.27

Zinc

7440666

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

(aa,c,dd)

(bb,d,dd)

90.0 (c,ll,dd)

81.0 (d,ll,dd)

2,300

2,900

Other chemicals:

1,1,1-Trichloroethane

71556

Volatile

-

-

-

-

47,000

160,000

1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane

79345

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.12 (B)

0.46 (B)

1,1,2-Trichloroethane

79005

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.44 (B)

1.8 (B)

1,1-Dichloroethane

75343

Volatile

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,1-Dichloroethylene

75354

Volatile

-

-

-

-

1200

4100

1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene

120821

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.12 (B)

0.14 (B)

1,2-Dichlorobenzene

95501

Volatile

-

-

-

-

2000

2500

1,2-Dichloroethane

107062

Volatile

-

-

-

-

9.3 (B)

120 (B)

1,2-Dichloropropane

78875

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.71 (B)

3.1 (B)

1,3-Dichloropropene

542756

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.24 (B)

2 (B)

1,2-Diphenylhydrazine

122667

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.015 (B)

0.023 (B)

1,2-Trans-Dichloroethylene

156605

Volatile

-

-

-

-

600

5,800

1,3-Dichlorobenzene

541731

Volatile

-

-

-

-

13

16

1,4-Dichlorobenzene

106467

Volatile

-

-

-

-

460

580

2,3,7,8-TCDD (Dioxin)

1746016

Dioxin

-

-

-

-

0.000000064

0.000000064

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol

88062

Acid compounds

-

-

-

-

0.25 (B)

0.28 (B)

2,4-Dichlorophenol

120832

Acid compounds

-

-

-

-

25

34

2,4-Dimethylphenol

105679

Acid compounds

-

-

-

-

85

97

2,4-Dinitrophenol

51285

Acid compounds

-

-

-

-

60

610

2,4-Dinitrotoluene

121142

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.039 (B)

0.18 (B)

2,6-Dinitrotoluene

606202

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

2-Chloroethyvinyl Ether

110758

Volatile

-

-

-

-

-

-

2-Chloronaphthalene

91587

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

170

180

2-Chlorophenol

95578

Acid compounds

-

-

-

-

15

17

2-Methyl-4,6-Dinitrophenol (4,6-dinitro-o-cresol)

534521

Acid compounds

-

-

-

-

7.1

25

2-Nitrophenol

88755

Acid compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine

91941

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.0031 (B)

0.0033 (B)

3-Methyl-4-Chlorophenol (parachlorometa cresol)

59507

Acid compounds

-

-

-

-

36

36

4,4'-DDD

72548

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

0.000036 (B)

0.000036 (B)

4,4'-DDE

72559

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

0.000051 (B)

0.000051 (B)

4,4'-DDT

50293

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

0.000025 (B)

0.000025 (B)

4,4'-DDT(and metabolites)

Pesticides/PCBs

1.1 (a)

0.001 (b)

0.13 (a)

0.001 (b)

-

-

4-Bromophenyl Phenyl Ether

101553

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

4-Chorophenyl Phenyl Ether

7005723

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

4-Nitrophenol

100027

Acid compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

Acenaphthene

83329

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

110

110

Acenaphthylene

208968

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

Acrolein

107028

Volatile

-

-

-

-

1.0

1.1

Acrylonitrile

107131

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.019 (B)

0.028 (B)

Aldrin

309002

Pesticides/PCBs

2.5 (a, e)

0.0019 (b,e)

0.71 (a,e)

0.0019 (b,e)

0.0000057 (B)

0.0000058 (B)

alpha-BHC

319846

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

0.0005 (B)

0.00056 (B)

alpha-Endosulfan

959988

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

9.7

10

Anthracene

120127

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

3,100

4,600

Benzene

71432

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.44 (B)

1.6 (B)

Benzidine

92875

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.00002 (B)

0.000023 (B)

Benzo(a) Anthracene

56553

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.014 (B)

0.021 (B)

Benzo(a) Pyrene

50328

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.0014 (B)

0.0021 (B)

Benzo(b) Fluoranthene

205992

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.014 (B)

0.021 (B)

Benzo(ghi) Perylene

191242

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

Benzo(k) Fluoranthene

207089

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.014 (B)

0.21 (B)

beta-BHC

319857

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

0.0018 (B)

0.002 (B)

beta-Endosulfan

33213659

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

9.7

10

Bis(2-Chloroethoxy) Methane

111911

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bis(2-Chloroethyl) Ether

111444

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.02 (B)

0.06 (B)

Bis(2-Chloroisopropyl) Ether

39638329

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate

117817

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.23 (B)

0.25 (B)

Bromoform

75252

Volatile

-

-

-

-

5.8 (B)

27 (B)

Butylbenzyl Phthalate

85687

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.56 (B)

0.58 (B)

Carbon Tetrachloride

56235

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.2 (B)

0.35 (B)

Chlordane

57749

Pesticides/PCBs

2.4 (a)

0.0043 (b)

0.09 (a)

0.004 (b)

0.000093 (B)

0.000093 (B)

Chlorobenzene

108907

Volatile

-

-

-

-

380

890

Chlorodibromomethane

124481

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.65 (B)

3 (B)

Chloroethane

75003

Volatile

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chloroform

67663

Volatile

-

-

-

-

260

1200

Chrysene

218019

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

1.4 (B)

2.1 (B)

Cyanide

57125

Metals, cyanide, and total phenols

22.0 (c,ee)

5.2 (d,ee)

1.0 (c,mm,ee)

(d,mm,ee)

19 (D)

270 (D)

delta-BHC

319868

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dibenzo(a,h) Anthracene

53703

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.0014 (B)

0.0021 (B)

Dichlorobromomethane

75274

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.77 (B)

3.6 (B)

Dieldrin

60571

Pesticides/PCBs

2.5 (a,e)

0.0019 (b,e)

0.71 (a,e)

0.0019 (b,e)

0.0000061 (B)

0.0000061 (B)

Diethyl Phthalate

84662

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

4,200

5,000

Dimethyl Phthalate

131113

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

92,000

130,000

Di-n-Butyl Phthalate

84742

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

450

510

Di-n-Octyl Phthalate

117840

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

Endosulfan

Pesticides/PCBs

0.22 (a)

0.056 (b)

0.034 (a)

0.0087 (b)

-

-

Endosulfan Sulfate

1031078

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

9.7

10

Endrin

72208

Pesticides/PCBs

0.18 (a)

0.0023 (b)

0.037 (a)

0.0023 (b)

0.034

0.035

Endrin Aldehyde

7421934

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

0.034

0.035

Ethylbenzene

100414

Volatile

-

-

-

-

200

270

Fluoranthene

206440

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

16

16

Fluorene

86737

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

420

610

Hexachlorocyclohexane (gamma-BHC; Lindane)

58899

Pesticides/PCBs

2.0 (a)

0.08 (b)

0.16 (a)

-

15

17

Heptachlor

76448

Pesticides/PCBs

0.52 (a)

0.0038 (b)

0.053 (a)

0.0036 (b)

0.0000099 (B)

0.00001 (B)

Heptachlor Epoxide

1024573

Pesticides/PCBs

-

-

-

-

0.0000074 (B)

0.0000074 (B)

Hexachlorobenzene

118741

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.000051 (B)

0.000052 (B)

Hexachlorobutadiene

87683

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.69 (B)

4.1 (B)

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene

77474

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

150

630

Hexachloroethane

67721

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.11 (B)

0.13 (B)

Indeno(1,2,3-cd) Pyrene

193395

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.014 (B)

0.021 (B)

Isophorone

78591

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

27 (B)

110 (B)

Methyl Bromide

74839

Volatile

-

-

-

-

520

2,400

Methyl Chloride

74873

Volatile

-

-

-

-

-

-

Methylene Chloride

75092

Volatile

-

-

-

-

16 (B)

250 (B)

Napthalene

91203

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

Nitrobenzene

98953

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

55

320

N-Nitrosodimethylamine

62759

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.00065 (B)

0.34 (B)

N-Nitrosodi-n-Propylamine

621647

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.0044 (B)

0.058 (B)

N-Nitrosodiphenylamine

86306

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

0.62 (B)

0.69 (B)

Pentachlorophenol (PCP)

87865

Acid compounds

(w,c)

(v,d)

13.0 (c)

7.9 (d)

0.046 (B)

0.1 (B)

Phenanthrene

85018

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

-

-

Phenol

108952

Acid compounds

-

-

-

-

18,000

200,000

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Pesticides/PCBs

2.0 (b)

0.014 (b)

10.0 (b)

0.030 (b)

0.00017 (E)

0.00017 (E)

Pyrene

129000

Base/neutral compounds

-

-

-

-

310

460

Tetrachloroethylene

127184

Volatile

-

-

-

-

4.9 (B)

7.1 (B)

Tol uen e

108883

Volatile

-

-

-

-

180

410

Toxaphene

8001352

Pesticides/PCBs

0.73 (c,z)

0.0002 (d)

0.21 (c,z)

0.0002 (d)

0.000032 (B)

0.000032 (B)

Trichloroethylene

79016

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.38 (B)

0.86 (B)

Vinyl Chloride

75014

Volatile

-

-

-

-

0.02 (B, F)

0.26 (B, F)

Ammonia (hh)

Nonconventional

(f,c)

(g,d)

0.233 (h,c)

0.035 (h,d)

-

-

Chloride (dissolved) (k)

Nonconventional

860.0 (h,c)

230.0 (h,d)

-

-

-

-

Chlorine (total residual)

Nonconventional

19.0 (c)

11.0 (d)

13.0 (c)

7.5 (d)

-

-

Chlorpyrifos

Toxic pollutants and hazardous substances

0.083 (c)

0.041 (d)

0.011 (c)

0.0056 (d)

-

-

Parathion

Toxic pollutants and hazardous substances

0.065 (c)

0.013 (d)

-

-

-

-

Footnotes for aquatic life criteria in Table 240:

a. An instantaneous concentration not to be exceeded at any time.
b. A 24-hour average not to be exceeded.
c. A 1-hour average concentration not to be exceeded more than once every three years on the average.
d. A 4-day average concentration not to be exceeded more than once every three years on the average.
e. Aldrin is metabolically converted to Dieldrin. Therefore, the sum of the Aldrin and Dieldrin concentrations are compared with the Dieldrin criteria.
f. Shall not exceed the numerical value in total ammonia nitrogen (mg N/L) given by:

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g. Shall not exceed the numerical concentration calculated as follows: Unionized ammonia concentration for waters where salmonid habitat is an existing or designated use:

0.80 ÷ (FT)(FPH)(RATIO)

where: RATIO = 13.5; 7.7 [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] pH [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] 9

RATIO = (20.25 x 10(7.7-pH)) / (1 + 10(7.4-pH)); 6.5 [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] pH [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] 7.7

FT = 1.4; 15 [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] T [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] 30

FT = 10[0.03(20-T)]; 0 [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] T [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] 15

FPH = 1; 8 [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] pH [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] 9

FPH = (1 + 10(7.4-pH)) / 1.25; 6.5 [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] pH [LESS THAN EQUALS TO] 8.0

Total ammonia concentrations for waters where salmonid habitat is not an existing or designated use and other fish early life stages are absent:

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where: A = the greater of either T (temperature in degrees Celsius) or 7.

Applied as a thirty-day average concentration of total ammonia nitrogen (in mg N/L) not to be exceeded more than once every three years on average. The highest four-day average within the thirty-day period should not exceed 2.5 times the chronic criterion.

Total ammonia concentration for waters where salmonid habitat is not an existing or designated use and other fish early life stages are present:

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where: B = the lower of either 2.85, or 1.45 x 100.028x(25-T). T = temperature in degrees Celsius.

Applied as a thirty-day average concentration of total ammonia nitrogen (in mg N/L) not to be exceeded more than once every three years on the average. The highest four-day average within the thirty-day period should not exceed 2.5 times the chronic criterion.

h. Measured in milligrams per liter rather than micrograms per liter.
i. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.944)(e(1.128[ln(hardness)]-3.828)) at hardness = 100. Conversion factor (CF) of 0.944 is hardness dependent. CF is calculated for other hardnesses as follows: CF = 1.136672 - [(ln hardness)(0.041838)].
j. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.909)(e(0.7852[ln(hardness)]-3.490)) at hardness = 100. Conversions factor (CF) of 0.909 is hardness dependent. CF is calculated for other hardnesses as follows: CF = 1.101672 - [(ln hard-ness)(0.041838)].
k. Criterion based on dissolved chloride in association with sodium. This criterion probably will not be adequately protective when the chloride is associated with potassium, calcium, or magnesium, rather than sodium.
l. Salinity dependent effects. At low salinity the 1-hour average may not be sufficiently protective.
m. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.316)(e(0.8190[ ln(hardness)] + 3.688))
n. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.860)(e(0.8190[ ln(hardness)] + 1.561))
o. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.960)(e(0.9422[ ln(hardness)] - 1.464))
p. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.960)(e(0.8545[ ln(hardness)] - 1.465))
q. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.791)(e(1.273[ln(hardness)]-1.460)) at hardness = 100. Conversion factor (CF) of 0.791 is hardness dependent. CF is calculated for other hardnesses as follows: CF = 1.46203 - [(ln hardness)(0.145712)].
r. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.791)(e(1.273[ln(hardness)]-4.705)) at hardness = 100. Conversion factor (CF) of 0.791 is hardness dependent. CF is calculated for other hardnesses as follows: CF = 1.46203 - [(ln hardness)(0.145712)].
s. If the four-day average chronic concentration is exceeded more than once in a three-year period, the edible portion of the consumed species should be analyzed. Said edible tissue concentrations shall not be allowed to exceed 1.0 mg/kg of methylmercury.
t. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.998)(e(0.8460[ ln(hardness)] + 3.3612))
u. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.997)(e(0.8460[ ln(hardness)] + 1.1645))
v. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] e[1.005(pH) - 5.290]
w. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] e[1.005(pH) - 4.830]
x. The status of the fish community should be monitored whenever the concentration of selenium exceeds 5.0 ug/ l in salt water.
y. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.85)(e(1.72[ln(hardness)] - 6.52))
z. Channel Catfish may be more acutely sensitive.
aa. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.978)(e(0.8473[ln(hardness)] + 0.8604))
bb. [LESS THAN EQUAL TO] (0.986)(e(0.8473[ln(hardness)] + 0.7614))
cc. Nonlethal effects (growth, C-14 uptake, and chlorophyll production) to diatoms (Thalassiosira aestivalis and Skeletonema costatum) which are common to Washington's waters have been noted at levels below the established criteria. The importance of these effects to the diatom populations and the aquatic system is sufficiently in question to persuade the state to adopt the USEPA National Criteria value (36 µg/L) as the state threshold criteria, however, wherever practical the ambient concentrations should not be allowed to exceed a chronic marine concentration of 21 µg/L.
dd. These ambient criteria in the table are for the dissolved fraction. The cyanide criteria are based on the weak acid dissociable method. The metals criteria may not be used to calculate total recoverable effluent limits unless the seasonal partitioning of the dissolved to total metals in the ambient water are known. When this information is absent, these metals criteria shall be applied as total recoverable values, determined by back-calculation, using the conversion factors incorporated in the criterion equations. Metals criteria may be adjusted on a site-specific basis when data are made available to the department clearly demonstrating the effective use of the water effects ratio approach established by USEPA, as generally guided by the procedures in USEPA Water Quality Standards Handbook, December 1983, as supplemented or replaced by USEPA or ecology. The adjusted site specific criteria are not in effect until they have been incorporated into this chapter and approved by EPA. Information which is used to develop effluent limits based on applying metals partitioning studies or the water effects ratio approach shall be identified in the permit fact sheet developed pursuant to WAC 173-220-060 or 173-226-110, as appropriate, and shall be made available for the public comment period required pursuant to WAC 173-220-050 or 173-226-130(3), as appropriate. Ecology has developed supplemental guidance for conducting water effect ratio studies.
ee. The criteria for cyanide is based on the weak acid dissociable method in the 19th Ed. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 4500-CN I, and as revised (see footnote dd, above).
ff. These criteria are based on the total-recoverable fraction of the metal.
gg. Where methods to measure trivalent chromium are unavailable, these criteria are to be represented by total-recoverable chromium.
hh. The listed fresh water criteria are based on un-ionized or total ammonia concentrations, while those for marine water are based on un-ionized ammonia concentrations. Tables for the conversion of total ammonia to un-ionized ammonia for freshwater can be found in the USEPA's Quality Criteria for Water, 1986. Criteria concentrations based on total ammonia for marine water can be found in USEPA Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia (Saltwater)-1989, EPA440/5-88-004, April 1989.
ii. The conversion factor used to calculate the dissolved metal concentration was 0.982.
jj. The conversion factor used to calculate the dissolved metal concentration was 0.962.
kk. The conversion factor used to calculate the dissolved metal concentration was 0.85.
ll. Marine conversion factors (CF) which were used for calculating dissolved metals concentrations are given below. Conversion factors are applicable to both acute and chronic criteria for all metals except mercury. The CF for mercury was applied to the acute criterion only and is not applicable to the chronic criterion. Conversion factors are already incorporated into the criteria in the table. Dissolved criterion = criterion x CF

Metal CF
Arsenic 1.000
Cadmium 0.994
Chromium (VI) 0.993
Copper 0.83
Lead 0.951
Mercury 0.85
Nickel 0.990
Selenium 0.998
Silver 0.85
Zinc 0.946

mm. The cyanide criteria are: 2.8µg/l chronic and 9.1µg/l acute and are applicable only to waters which are east of a line from Point Roberts to Lawrence Point, to Green Point to Deception Pass; and south from Deception Pass and of a line from Partridge Point to Point Wilson. The chronic criterion applicable to the remainder of the marine waters is l µg/L.

Footnotes for human health criteria in Table 240:

A. This criterion for total arsenic is the maximum contaminant level (MCL) developed under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The MCL for total arsenic is applied to surface waters where consumption of organisms-only and where consumption of water + organisms reflect the designated uses. When the department determines that a direct or indirect industrial discharge to surface waters designated for domestic water supply may be adding arsenic to its wastewater, the department will require the discharger to develop and implement a pollution prevention plan to reduce arsenic through the use of AKART. Industrial wastewater discharges to a privately or publicly owned wastewater treatment facility are considered indirect discharges.
B. This criterion was calculated based on an additional lifetime cancer risk of one-in-one-million (1 x 10-6 risk level).
C. This criterion is based on a regulatory level developed under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
D. This recommended water quality criterion is expressed as total cyanide, even though the integrated risk information system RfD used to derive the criterion is based on free cyanide. The multiple forms of cyanide that are present in ambient water have significant differences in toxicity due to their differing abilities to liberate the CN-moiety. Some complex cyanides require even more extreme conditions than refluxing with sul-furic acid to liberate the CN-moiety. Thus, these complex cyanides are expected to have little or no "bioavailability" to humans. If a substantial fraction of the cyanide present in a water body is present in a complexed form (e.g., Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3), this criterion may be overly conservative.
E. This criterion applies to total PCBs, (e.g., the sum of all congener or all isomer or homolog or Aroclor analyses). The PCBs criteria were calculated using a chemical-specific risk level of 4 x 10-5. Because that calculation resulted in a higher (less protective) concentration than the current criterion concentration ( 40 C.F.R. 131.36 ) the state made a chemical-specific decision to stay at the current criterion concentration.
F. This criterion was derived using the cancer slope factor of 1.4 (linearized multistage model with a twofold increase to 1.4 per mg/kg-day to account for continuous lifetime exposure from birth).
G. The human health criteria for mercury are contained in 40 C.F.R. 131.36.

Wash. Admin. Code § 173-201A-240

Amended by WSR 16-16-095, Filed 8/1/2016, effective 9/1/2016
Amended by WSR 20-02-091, Filed 12/30/2019, effective 1/30/2020

Reviser's note: The brackets and enclosed material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.