Evaluating TMDLs . . .
Protecting the Rights of POTWs (May 2000 Update)
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- Proper Listing Under Clean Water Act Section 303(d)
- Evaluating Data Reliability
- Designated Use Modifications
- Water Quality Criteria Changes
- Proper Application of Water Quality Criteria
- A Discharger-led TMDL Process
- Removing Waters from Section 303(d)(1)(A) lists
- TMDL Calculation and NPDES Permits
- Achieving Reasonable TMDL-Based Permit Limits
- Evaluating the TMDL Apportioning and Load Reduction Processes
- Obtaining Variances and Extensions
- Effluent Trading and TMDLs
- Choosing to Appeal a TMDL
Appendix:
- Letter to Congressman Bud Shuster
- EPA Region 9 Draft Guidance for Permitting Discharges into Impaired Waterbodies in Absence of a TMDL