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Section 304(a)(i) of =he Clean Water Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-217) requires the A_ministracor of the Environmental Protec:ion Agency co publish criteria -- for water quali:y accurately reflecting the latest scientific knowiedse on the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on health and welfare which may be expected from the presence of pollutants in any body of water, including @round water. This document is a revision of proposed criteria based upon a consideration of comments received from ocher Federal agencies, Scare agencies, special interest groups, and individual scientists. The criteria contained in this document replace any previously published EPA aquatic life cricerla. The term "wa:er quality criteria" is used in two sections of =he Clean Water Ac:, section 304(a)(1) and section 303(c)(2). The term has a differen[ program impact in each section. _n section 304, the term represents a non-regulatory, scientific assessment of ecological effects. The criteria presented in this publication are such scientific assessments. Such wacer qualicy criteria associated w_ch specific scream uses when adopted as S:a:e water quality standards under sen:ion 303 become enforceable maximum acceptable levels of a pollutant in ambient waters. Th_ water quali:y criteria adopted in the State water qualLcy standards could have the same numerical limits as the criteria developed under sen:ion 30_. However, in many situations States may want co adjust water quality criteria developed under section 30A to reflect local environmental conditions and human exposure patterns beEore incorporation into water quality standards. I: is not until _heir adop:ion as part og…

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