WSP05057

• File Number: 8270.100
• Description: Colorado River Basin Water Quality/Salinity -- Misc Water Quality
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1983
• Title: Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program - Status Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Table 5. - Potential impacts of regulatory requirements

Law/regulation

Expected impacts on salinity control

Applicable requirements

1. Clean Water Act (Public
Law 95-217)

- NPDES (National Pollution
Discharge Elimination
System)

- 404 Permit

- Water Quality Standards

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2. Safe Drinking Water Act of
1974 (Public Law 93-523)

- Underground injection
control

3. Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act

4. OSHA (Occupational Safety
and Health Act)

NPDES permits for point source
discharge. Zero discharge effluent
goal. Salinity Control Forum NPDES
Policy.

Permit required for modifications of
navigable waterways.

Treatment technology commensurate with
instream water quality necessary to
support beneficial uses.

EPA minimum regulations for injection
wells. Wells are classified accord-
ing to waste type and nature of
disposal.

EPA regulations for disposal of
hazardous wastes and nonhazardous
solid wastes.

Set standards for worker exposure
in plant facilities.

Field investigation and testing
restrictions related to brine
di sposal .

Potential permit delays on field
activities. Design and material
changes for structures.

Structural and nonstructural
control methods required, as
necessary, to achieve applicable
State water quality standards.

Need for early coordination to
determine well classification and
permit needs. Could limit disposal
alternatives. Time and cost
requirements, if permit needed.

"Cradle to grave" provisions could
subject control facilities to
permit delays, siting constraints,
and higher costs of surface
disposal of brines.

Special provision for treatment of
gasses and fugitive emissions in
control facilities.