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West Virginia

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Emergency Rule: Requirements Governing Water Quality Standards (Title 47 Legislative Rule, Series 2) (PDF) (55 pp., 2.2 MB): (Effective July 5, 2007) Emergency rule amendment establishing chronic aluminum criterion, and requirements governing the discharge or deposit of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes into waters of the State and establish water quality standards for waters of the State standing or flowing over the surface of the State.
Procedural Rules Governing Site-Specific Revisions to Water Quality Standards (Title 46 Procedural Rules Environmental Quality Board, Series 6) (PDF) (9 pp., 666 K): This series establishes procedures which govern the promulgation of legislative rules by the Environmental Quality Board and establishes procedures to be followed by the Board in removing designated uses, granting variances from water quality standards, granting variances for remaining activities, and establishing site-specific numeric criteria.
Water Quality Standards/Mixing Zones Implementation Guidance (PDF) (16 pp., 1.6 MB): This document contains guidance for West Virginia National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit writers to use in the development of water quality-based effluent limitations for toxic pollutants.