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United States Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register Final TMDL Rule published July 13, 2000
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A TMDL or Total Maximum Daily Load is a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and still meet water quality standards, and an allocation of that amount to the pollutant's sources. Water quality standards are set by States, Territories, and Tribes. They identify the uses for each waterbody, for example, drinking water supply, contact recreation (swimming), and aquatic life support (fishing), and the scientific criteria to support that use. A TMDL is the sum of the allowable loads of a single pollutant from all contributing point and nonpoint sources. The calculation must include a margin of safety to ensure that the waterbody can be used for the purposes the State has designated. The calculation must also account for seasonable variation in water quality. The Clean Water Act, section 303, establishes the water quality standards and TMDL programs. This is the United States Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register Final TMDL Rule published July 13, 2000. Part VI 40 CFR Part 9 et al. Revisions to the water quality planning and management regulation and revisions to the national pollutant discharge elimination system program in support of revisions to the water quality planning and management regulation; final rules. During the summer of 2000, this TMDL program, hotly contested by industry, was upgraded from "final action" to "major rule" to "final rule" status within the Clean Water Act, in accordance with the Congressional Review Act.
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