Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 25. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
PART I. Department of Environmental Protection |
Subpart C. Protection of Natural Resources |
Article II. Water Resources |
Chapter 93. Water Quality Standards |
Section 93.5. [Reserved]
The provisions of this § 93.5 amended through February 15, 1985, effective February 16, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 544; amended March 10, 1989, effective March 11, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 968; amended February 11, 1994, effective February 12, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 832; reserved November 17, 2000, effective November 18, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 6059. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (258057) to (258061).
Notation
The Department of Environmental Resources was not required to consider the economic consequences to a discharger in establishing water quality based effluent limitations in a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit. Mathies Coal Co. v. Department of Environmental Resources, 559 A.2d 506, 511 (Pa. 1989).
The water quality criteria do not preclude the allowance of a reasonable mixing zone if there is no significant effect on the ambient temperature of the stream outside the mixing zone. Bartram v. Parrish, 74 Pa. D. & C.2d 627, 649 (1974).