Note: Proposed changes associated with Table 40 (red-underlined font): (1) Corrected several typos for arsenic criteria; (2) Corrected bis 2 Chloroethyl Ether to reflect two significant digits to be consistent with the other human health criteria; (3) Corrected selenium typo; (4) Corrected nickel typo; (5) Corrected trichloroethane 1,1,2 typo; (6) Corrected zinc typo and; (6) Bolded and increased the font size of the footnote letters.

TABLE 40: Human Health Water Quality Criteria for Toxic Pollutants

Effective [EPA Approval]

Human Health Criteria Summary

The concentration for each pollutant listed in Table 40 was derived to protect Oregonians from potential adverse health impacts associated with long-term exposure to toxic substances associated with consumption of fish, shellfish, and water. The “organism only” criteria are established to protect fish and shellfish consumption and apply to waters of the state designated for fishing. The “water + organism” criteria are established to protect the consumption of drinking water, fish, and shellfish, and apply where both fishing and domestic water supply (public and private) are designated uses. All criteria are expressed as micrograms per liter (µg/L), unless otherwise noted. Pollutants are listed in alphabetical order. Additional information includes the Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) number, whether the criterion is based on carcinogenic effects (can cause cancer in humans), and whether there is an aquatic life criterion for the pollutant (i.e. “y”= yes, “n” = no). All the human health criteria were calculated using a fish consumption rate of 175 grams per day unless otherwise noted. A fish consumption rate of 175 grams per day is approximately equal to 23 8-ounce fish meals per month. For pollutants categorized as carcinogens, values represent a cancer risk of one additional case of cancer in one million people (i.e. 10^-6), unless otherwise noted. All metals criteria are for total metal concentration, unless otherwise noted. Italicized pollutants represent non-priority pollutants. The human health criteria revisions established by OAR 340-041-0033 and shown in Table 40 do not become applicable for purposes of ORS chapter 468B or the federal Clean Water Act until approved by EPA pursuant to 40 CFR 131.21 (4/27/2000).

Table 40 Human Health Water Quality Criteria for Toxic Pollutants							No.	Pollutant	CAS No.	Carcinogen	Aquatic Life Criterion	Human Health Criteria for the Consumption of:							Water + Organism (µg/L)	Organism Only (µg/L)	1
Acenaphthene	83329	n	n	95	99	2	Acrolein	107028	n	n	0.88	0.93	3	Acrylonitrile	107131	y	n	0.018	0.025	4	Aldrin
309002	y	y	0.0000050	0.0000050	5	Anthracene	120127	n	n	2900	4000	6	Antimony	7440360	n	n	5.1	64	7	Arsenic (inorganic) A	7440382
y	n y	2.1	2.1(freshwater) 1.0 (saltwater)		A The arsenic criteria are expressed as total inorganic arsenic. The “organism only” criteria are based on a risk level of approximately of 1.1 x 10-5, and the “water + organism” criterion is based on a risk level of 1 x 10-4.						8	Asbestos B	1332214	y	n	7,000,000 fibers/L	–		BThe human health risks from asbestos are primarily from drinking water, therefore no “organism only” criterion was developed. The Safe Drinking Water Act established “water + organism” criterion based on the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL).
9	Barium C	7440393	n	n	1000	–		C The human health criterion for barium is the same as originally published in the 1976 EPA Red Book that predates the 1980 methodology and did not utilize the fish ingestion BCF approach. EPA also published this same criterion value in the 1986 EPA Gold Book. Human health risks are primarily from drinking water, therefore “organism only” criterion was not developed. The Safe Drinking Water Act established “water + organism” criterion based on the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL).						10	Benzene	71432	y	n	0.44	1.4	11
Benzidine	92875	y	n	0.000018	0.000020	12	Benz(a)anthracene	56553	y	n	0.0013	0.0018	13	Benzo(a)pyrene	50328	y	n	0.0013	0.0018	14	Benzo(b)fluoranthene 3,4
205992	y	n	0.0013	0.0018	15	Benzo(k)fluoranthene	207089	y	n	0.0013	0.0018	16	BHC Alpha	319846	y	n	0.00045	0.00049	17	BHC Beta	319857
y	n	0.0016	0.0017	18	BHC Gamma (Lindane)	58899	n	y	0.17	0.18	19	Bromoform	75252	y	n	3.3	14	20	Butylbenzyl Phthalate	85687	n
n	190	190	21	Carbon Tetrachloride	56235	y	n	0.10	0.16	22	Chlordane	57749	y	y	0.000081	0.000081	23	Chlorobenzene	108907	n	n
74	160	24	Chlorodibromomethane	124481	y	n	0.31	1.3	25	Chloroethyl Ether bis 2	111444	y	n	0.020	0.053 [should reflect 2 significant digits]	26	Chloroform	67663	n	n	260
1100	27	Chloroisopropyl Ether bis 2	108601	n	n	1200	6500	28	Chloromethyl ether, bis	542881	y	n	0.000024	0.000029	29	Chloronaphthalene 2	91587	n	n	150	160
30	Chlorophenol 2	95578	n	n	14	15	31	Chlorophenoxy Herbicide (2,4,5,-TP) D	93721	n	n	10	–		D The Chlorophenoxy Herbicide (2,4,5,-TP) criterion is the same as originally published in the 1976 EPA Red Book which predates the 1980 methodology and did not utilize the fish ingestion BCF approach. This same criterion value was also published in the 1986 EPA Gold Book. Human health risks are primarily from drinking water, therefore no “organism only” criterion was developed. The “water + organism” criterion is based on the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) established under the Safe Drinking Water Act.						32
Chlorophenoxy Herbicide (2,4-D) E	94757	n	n	100	–		E The Chlorophenoxy Herbicide (2,4-D) criterion is the same as originally published in the 1976 EPA Red Book which predates the 1980 methodology and did not utilize the fish ingestion BCF approach. This same criterion value was also published in the 1986 EPA Gold Book. Human health risks are primarily from drinking water, therefore no “organism only” criterion was developed. The “water + organism” criterion is based on the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) established under the Safe Drinking Water Act.						33	Chrysene	218019	y	n	0.0013	0.0018	34	Copper F
7440508	n	y	1300	–		F Human health risks from copper are primarily from drinking water, therefore no “organism only” criterion was developed. The “water + organism” criterion is based on the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) established under the Safe Drinking Water Act.						35	Cyanide G	57125	n	y	130	130		G The cyanide criterion is expressed as total cyanide (CN)/L.
36	DDD 4,4'	72548	y	n	0.000031	0.000031	37	DDE 4,4'	72559	y	n	0.000022	0.000022	38	DDT 4,4'	50293	y	y	0.000022	0.000022	39
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene	53703	y	n	0.0013	0.0018	40	Dichlorobenzene(m) 1,3	541731	n	n	80	96	41	Dichlorobenzene(o) 1,2	95501	n	n	110	130	42	Dichlorobenzene(p) 1,4
106467	n	n	16	19	43	Dichlorobenzidine 3,3'	91941	y	n	0.0027	0.0028	44	Dichlorobromomethane	75274	y	n	0.42	1.7	45	Dichloroethane 1,2	107062
y	n	0.35	3.7	46	Dichloroethylene 1,1	75354	n	n	230	710	47	Dichloroethylene trans 1,2	156605	n	n	120	1000	48	Dichlorophenol 2,4	120832	n
n	23	29	49	Dichloropropane 1,2	78875	y	n	0.38	1.5	50	Dichloropropene 1,3	542756	y	n	0.30	2.1	51	Dieldrin	60571	y	y
0.0000053	0.0000054	52	Diethyl Phthalate	84662	n	n	3800	4400	53	Dimethyl Phthalate	131113	n	n	84000	110000	54	Dimethylphenol 2,4	105679	n	n	76
85	55	Di-n-butyl Phthalate	84742	n	n	400	450	56	Dinitrophenol 2,4	51285	n	n	62	530	57	Dinitrophenols	25550587	n	n	62	530
58	Dinitrotoluene 2,4	121142	y	n	0.084	0.34	59	Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD)	1746016	y	n	0.00000000051	0.00000000051	60	Diphenylhydrazine 1,2	122667	y	n	0.014	0.020	61
Endosulfan Alpha	959988	n	y	8.5	8.9	62	Endosulfan Beta	33213659	n	y	8.5	8.9	63	Endosulfan Sulfate	1031078	n	n	8.5	8.9	64	Endrin
72208	n	y	0.024	0.024	65	Endrin Aldehyde	7421934	n	n	0.030	0.030	66	Ethylbenzene	100414	n	n	160	210	67	Ethylhexyl Phthalate bis 2	117817
y	n	0.20	0.22	68	Fluoranthene	206440	n	n	14	14	69	Fluorene	86737	n	n	390	530	70	Heptachlor	76448	y
y	0.0000079	0.0000079	71	Heptachlor Epoxide	1024573	y	y	0.0000039	0.0000039	72	Hexachlorobenzene	118741	y	n	0.000029	0.000029	73	Hexachlorobutadiene	87683	y	n
0.36	1.8	74	Hexachlorocyclo-hexane-Technical	608731	y	n	0.0014	0.0015	75	Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	77474	n	n	30	110	76	Hexachloroethane	67721	y	n	0.29
0.33	77	Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene	193395	y	n	0.0013	0.0018	78	Isophorone	78591	y	n	27	96	79	Manganese H	7439965	n	n	–	100
	H The “fish consumption only” criterion for manganese applies only to salt water and is for total manganese. This EPA recommended criterion predates the 1980 human health methodology and does not utilize the fish ingestion BCF calculation method or a fish consumption rate.						80	Methoxychlor I	72435	n	y	100	–		I The human health criterion for methoxychlor is the same as originally published in the 1976 EPA Red Book which predates the 1980 methodology and did not utilize the fish ingestion BCF approach. This same criterion value was also published in the1986 EPA Gold Book. Human health risks are primarily from drinking water, therefore no “organism only” criterion was developed. The “water + organism” criterion is based on the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) established under the Safe Drinking Water Act.						81
Methyl Bromide	74839	n	n	37	150	82	Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol 2	534521	n	n	9.2	28	83	Methylene Chloride	75092	y	n	4.3	59	84	Methylmercury (mg/kg) J
22967926	n	n	–	0.040 mg/kg		JThis value is expressed as the fish tissue concentration of methylmercury. Contaminated fish and shellfish is the primary human route of exposure to methylmercury						85	Nickel	7440020	n	n y	140	170	86	Nitrates K	14797558
n	n	10000	–		KThe human health criterion for nitrates is the same as originally published in the 1976 EPA Red Book that predates the 1980 methodology and did not utilize the fish ingestion BCF approach. EPA also published this same criterion value in the 1986 EPA Gold Book. Human health risks are primarily from drinking water, therefore “organism only” criterion was not developed. The “water + organism” criterion is based on the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) established under the Safe Drinking Water Act.						87	Nitrobenzene	98953	n	n	14	69	88	Nitrosamines	35576911	y
n	0.00079	0.046	89	Nitrosodibutylamine, N	924163	y	n	0.0050	0.022	90	Nitrosodiethylamine, N	55185	y	n	0.00079	0.046	91	Nitrosodimethylamine, N	62759	y	n
0.00068	0.30	92	Nitrosodi-n-propylamine, N	621647	y	n	0.0046	0.051	93	Nitrosodiphenylamine, N	86306	y	n	0.55	0.60	94	Nitrosopyrrolidine, N	930552	y	n	0.016
3.4	95	Pentachlorobenzene	608935	n	n	0.15	0.15	96	Pentachlorophenol	87865	y	y	0.15	0.30	97	Phenol	108952	n	n	9400	86000
98	Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) L	NA	y	y	0.0000064	0.0000064		L This criterion applies to total PCBs (e.g. determined as Aroclors or congeners).						99	Pyrene	129000	n	n	290	400	100
Selenium	7782492	n	n y	120	420	101	Tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,4,5-	95943	n	n	0.11	0.11	102	Tetrachloroethane 1,1,2,2	79345	y	n	0.12	0.40	103	Tetrachloroethylene
127184	y	n	0.24	0.33	104		Thallium		7440280		n		n		0.043		0.047		105	Toluene	108883
n	n	720	1500	106	Toxaphene	8001352	y	y	0.000028	0.000028	107	Trichlorobenzene 1,2,4	120821	n	n	6.4	7.0	108	Trichloroethane 1,1,2	79005	y
y n	0.44	1.6	109	Trichloroethylene	79016	y	n	1.4	3.0	110	Trichlorophenol 2,4,6	88062	y	n	0.23	0.24	111	Trichlorophenol, 2, 4, 5-	95954	n	n
330	360	112	Vinyl Chloride	75014	y	n	0.023	0.24	113	Zinc	7440666	n	n y	2100	2600

mvandeh, 2013-06-26T16:20:00Z
Including and repeating footnotes throughout the table is cumbersome. Consider placing theme at them below the table.

mvandeh, 2013-06-26T16:19:00Z
If accurate, consider changing from passive to active voice for this reference

mvandeh, 2013-06-26T16:24:00Z
The book predates? Criterion predates?

mvandeh, 2013-06-26T16:26:00Z
If accurate, consider replacing throughout.

mvandeh, 2013-06-26T16:15:00Z
Consider these changes throughout