United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1997_register executive 2010-09-24 article Part III Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be0157d8 D09002ee1be015a1e United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency EPA is promulgating water quality standards applicable to the waters of the United States in the State of Idaho. These standards supersede certain aspects of Idaho's water quality standards that EPA disapproved in 1996. EPA disapproved those standards after concluding they were inconsistent with the Clean Water Act and EPA's implementing regulations. The proposal to this rulemaking was published in the Federal Register on April 28, 1997. EPA is promulgating new use designations for 5 specified waterbodies in the state of Idaho, as well as a variance procedure that may be used to obtain relief from those use designations. Today's rule also establishes temperature criteria applicable to bull trout spawning and rearing in specified waterbodies. Finally, EPA is promulgating a federal rule to supersede the state's excluded waters provision. EPA is not promulgating certain other aspects of the proposed rule, due either to further analysis by EPA or to state action which addressed these issues. These and other changes from the proposal are addressed in detail in the body of this preamble and in the response to comments document included in the administrative record for this rulemaking. 62 FR 41162 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-07-31/97-19797 97-19797 fr31jy97-23 6560-50-P FRL-5864-2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-07-31/97-19797 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-07-31/html/97-19797.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-07-31/pdf/97-19797.pdf 27 p. 41162 41188 62 FR 41162 Title 40 Part 131 40 CFR Part 131 Water Quality Standards for Idaho; Federal Register Vol. 62, Issue RULE 97-19797 III ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FRL-5864-2 6560-50-P 97-19797 Final rule.

EPA is promulgating water quality standards applicable to the waters of the United States in the State of Idaho. These standards supersede certain aspects of Idaho's water quality standards that EPA disapproved in 1996. EPA disapproved those standards after concluding they were inconsistent with the Clean Water Act and EPA's implementing regulations. The proposal to this rulemaking was published in the Federal Register on April 28, 1997. EPA is promulgating new use designations for 5 specified waterbodies in the state of Idaho, as well as a variance procedure that may be used to obtain relief from those use designations. Today's rule also establishes temperature criteria applicable to bull trout spawning and rearing in specified waterbodies. Finally, EPA is promulgating a federal rule to supersede the state's excluded waters provision. EPA is not promulgating certain other aspects of the proposed rule, due either to further analysis by EPA or to state action which addressed these issues. These and other changes from the proposal are addressed in detail in the body of this preamble and in the response to comments document included in the administrative record for this rulemaking.

September 2, 1997. Lisa Macchio at U.S. EPA Region 10, Office of Water, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98101 (telephone: 206-553-1834), or William Morrow in U.S. EPA Headquarters at 202-260-3657. Vol. 62, no. 147 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1997-07-31 continuing daily deposited born digital 351 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-07-31 P0b002ee180a4a03a 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr31jy97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-07-31 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-07-31/pdf/FR-1997-07-31.pdf fdlp 40911 41247 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1997-07-31 machine generated eng FR FR-1997-07-31 62 147