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Impaired Waters and TMDL Regulations
Part 130 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 130.7, contains the regulations currently governing the Total Maximum Daily Load program, which were issued in 1992.
Great Lakes TMDL Regulations
Federal Register notice of the Final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System, which includes requirements for TMDLs in the Great Lakes basin, March 23, 1995 (HTML | PDF, 148 pp, 286K)
- Fact Sheet for Final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System
- Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System: Supplementary Information Document (SID) (PDF) (49 pp, 116K), EPA-820-B-95-001, March 1995, Section VIII. C., Total Maximum Daily Loads
Federal Register notice of the Final Rule To Amend the Final Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System To Prohibit Mixing Zones for Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern, which includes requirements for TMDLs in the Great Lakes basin (published Nov. 13, 2000) (HTML)