• State Standards in Effect for CWA Purposes
• Variances Established by North Carolina
• Federally Proposed or Promulgated Standards

State Standards in Effect for CWA Purposes

• [See Sections .0100-.0200, Classifications and Water Quality Standards Applicable to Surface Waters and Wetlands of North Carolina ]
  (Effective April 6, 2016) Section .0100 contains the procedures for assignment of water quality standards. Section .0200 contains the classifications and water quality standards applicable to surface waters and wetlands of North Carolina. Section .0300 addresses the assignment of stream classifications.
• [See Sections .0300-.0317, Designated Uses for Waters of the State by Major River Basin ]
  (Effective March 12, 2015) Waterbody classifications for state waters within North Carolina’s 16 major river basins.
• [See North Carolina's Compilation of State and EPA Criteria and Concentrations of Priority Pollutants ]
  Please note that this document has not been approved by for CWA purposes, and is being provided as additional information.
• [See Thermal (Temperature) Variances to North Carolina Water Quality Standards ]
  (Effective April 23, 2006) Information detailing variances from water quality standards for dischargers to North Carolina surface waters.

Variances Established by North Carolina

• Evergreen Packaging, Permit Number NC0000272, color
• Dean Pickle-Faison Plant, Permit Number NC 00019702, chloride

• Mount Olive Pickle Company, Permit Number NC 0001074, chloride

Federally Proposed or Promulgated Standards

At this time, there are no federally proposed or promulgated standards applicable to North Carolina.

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• Sections .0100-.0200, Classifications and Water Quality Standards Applicable to Surface Waters and Wetlands of North Carolina (PDF)(234 pp, 2 MB)
• Sections .0300-.0317, Designated Uses for Waters of the State by Major River Basin (PDF)(35 pp, 325 K)
• North Carolina's Compilation of State and EPA Criteria and Concentrations of Priority Pollutants (PDF)(14 pp, 172 K)
• Thermal (Temperature) Variances to North Carolina Water Quality Standards (PDF)(2 pp, 58 K)