Comment submitted by Emily Remmel, Director of Regulatory Affairs, National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA)
Draft Field-Based Methods for Developing Aquatic Life Criteria for Specific Conductivity
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National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) filed 2 comments on this docket between Feb 10, 2017 and Apr 26, 2017. 17 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 3382d ago.
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Abstract
The EPA has developed a set of draft methods that states and authorized tribes may use to derive field-based ecoregional ambient aquatic life criteria for specific conductivity, a measurement of ionic concentration, in flowing waters. The EPA's methods provide flexible approaches for developing science-based conductivity criteria that reflect ecoregional- or state-specific factors. Once final, states and authorized tribes located in any region of the country may use the methods to develop field-based conductivity criteria for flowing waters. The draft document provides a scientific assessment of ecological effects and is not a regulation.
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