TAILIEUCHUNG - MASSACHUSETTS SURFACE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

Dillon Reservoir, Colorado. In 1984 the state of Colorado and EPA approved a trading program for the Dillon Reservoir to control nonpoint sources of phosphorus, In the only trade nationwide to date, a sewage treatment authority received an 1 l-pound credit on its discharge permit for 22 pounds of phosphorus removed from nonpoint sources when the authority installed sewers in a small development that had been using septic tanks. Incentives. | 314 CMR DIVISION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 314 CMR Section MASSACHUSETTS SURFACE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS General Provisions Definitions Application of Standards Antidegradation Provisions Classes and Criteria Basin Classification and Maps General Provisions 1 Title. 314 CMR shall be known as the Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards . 2 Organization of the Standards. 314 CMR is comprised of six sections General Provisions 314 CMR Definitions 314 CMR Application of Standards 314 CMR Antidegradation Provisions 314 CMR Classes and Criteria 314 CMR and Basin Classification and Maps 314 CMR . 3 Authority. The Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards are adopted by the Department pursuant to the provisions of . c. 21 27. 4 Purpose. . c. 21 26 through 53 charges the Department with the duty and responsibility to protect the public health and enhance the quality and value of the water resources of the Commonwealth. It directs the Department to take all action necessary or appropriate to secure to the Commonwealth the benefits of the Clean Water Act 33 . 1251 et seq. The objective of 33 . 1251 etseq. is the restoration and maintenance of the chemical physical and biological integrity of the Nation s waters. To achieve the foregoing requirements the Department has adopted the Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards which designate the most sensitive uses for which the various waters of the Commonwealth shall be enhanced maintained and protected which prescribe the minimum water quality criteria required to sustain the designated uses and which contain regulations necessary to achieve the designated uses and maintain existing water quality including where appropriate the prohibition of discharges. 5 Severability. If any provision of 314 CMR is held invalid the remainder of 314 CMR shall not be affected. Definitions Aquatic Life. A native

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