Administrative Record for the Preliminary Designation of Certain Stormwater Discharges in Massachusetts

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Administrative Record Preliminary Designation Documents
Document Type	A.R. Index No.	Document Name
A. Draft Determination Documents	A.1	Public Notice, NPDES Permit No. MAG8600000. October 31, 2024 (pdf) (198 KB)
A. Draft Determination Documents	A.2	Clean Water Act Residual Designation Determination for Certain Stormwater Discharges in the Charles, Mystic, and Neponset River Watersheds, in Massachusetts (pdf) (7 MB)
B. Petitions	B.1	Petition for a Determination that Certain Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, and Multi‐Family Residential Property Dischargers Contribute to Water Quality Standards Violations in the Charles River Watershed, Massachusetts, and that NPDES Permitting of Such Properties is Required (pdf) (5.9 MB)
B. Petitions	B.2	Petition for a Determination that Certain Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, and Multi‐Family Residential Property Dischargers Contribute to Water Quality Standards Violations in the Mystic River Watershed, Massachusetts, and that NPDES Permitting of Such Properties is Required (pdf) (335 KB)
B. Petitions	B.3	Petition for a Determination that Certain Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, and Multi-Family Residential Property Dischargers Contribute to Water Quality Standards Violations in the Neponset River Watershed, Massachusetts, and that NPDES Permitting of Such Properties is Required. (pdf) (295 KB)
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.1	The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.2	The Clean Water Act, § 402(p)(2)(E)
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.3	40 CFR Part 122
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.4	40 CRF Part 125
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.5	40 CFR Part 124
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.6	40 CRF Part 126
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.7	55 Federal Register 47990 (Nov 16, 1990) (pdf) (288 MB)
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.8	59 Federal Register 7629 (Feb 16, 1994) (Executive Order 12898)
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.9	64 Federal Register 68722 (December 8, 1999) (pdf) (1.3 MB)
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.10	81 Federal Register 89320 (pdf) (359 KB)
C. Federal Legal and Regulatory Authorities, Other Documents and Permits	C.11	Notice of Intent to File Suit Under the Clean Water Act (NOI) (filed by Conservation Law Foundation and the Charles River Watershed Association (July 14, 2022)) (pdf) (859 KB)
D. US EPA Region 1 Permits and Draft Permits	D.1	2003 Small MS4 Permit (pdf) (419 KB)
D. US EPA Region 1 Permits and Draft Permits	D.2	2016 MA MS4 Permit (April 13, 2016) (pdf) (1.1 MB)
D. US EPA Region 1 Permits and Draft Permits	D.3	2020 MA MS4 Permit Modification, (December 7, 2020) (pdf) (776 KB)
D. US EPA Region 1 Permits and Draft Permits	D.4	City of Boston Individual Large MS4 Permit (pdf) (2.6 MB)
D. US EPA Region 1 Permits and Draft Permits	D.5	2003 Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Highway Division (MassDOT) NPDES permit (MA043025) (pdf) (419 KB)
E. 303(D), 305(B), TMDL-Related Materials	E.1	Final TMDLs of Bacteria for Neponset River Basin. 2002. (pdf) (1.7 MB)
E. 303(D), 305(B), TMDL-Related Materials	E.2	Final Pathogen TMDL for the Charles River Watershed. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2007a). (pdf) (3.7 MB)
E. 303(D), 305(B), TMDL-Related Materials	E.3	Final Phosphorus TMDL Report for the Lower Charles River Basin. June 2007. (pdf) (1.8 MB)
E. 303(D), 305(B), TMDL-Related Materials	E.4	Final TMDL for Nutrients in the Upper/Middle Charles River. May 2011. (pdf) (111 KB)
E. 303(D), 305(B), TMDL-Related Materials	E.5	Addendum. Final TMDLs of Bacteria for Neponset River Basin. December 2012 (pdf) (824 KB)
E. 303(D), 305(B), TMDL-Related Materials	E.6	Mystic River Watershed Alternative TMDL Development for Phosphorus Management - Final Report. January 2020(pdf) (6 MB)
E. 303(D), 305(B), TMDL-Related Materials	E.7	MA DEP 2002 Integrated List of Waters (also known as the "303d list")
E. 303(D), 305(B), TMDL-Related Materials	E.8	Final Massachusetts Integrated List of Waters for theClean Water Act 2018/2020 Reporting Cycle (pdf) (4.8 MB)
E. 303(D), 305(B), TMDL-Related Materials	E.9	Charles River Watershed 1997/1998 Water Quality Assessment Report. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2000). (doc) (723 KB)
E. 303(D), 305(B), TMDL-Related Materials	E.10	The Neponset River Watershed 1994 Resource Assessment Report. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (1995). (pdf) (12.6 MB)
F. MA DEP Regulatory Authorities, Guidance, and Policy	F.1	314 CMR Part 4.05 (pdf) (15.6 MB)
F. MA DEP Regulatory Authorities, Guidance, and Policy	F.2	Massachusetts Department of Revenue/Division of Local Services Property Type Classification (pdf) (1 MB)
F. MA DEP Regulatory Authorities, Guidance, and Policy	F.3	Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Stormwater BMPs and Recommended BMP Design Considerations in Coastal Communities (Dec 2015) (pdf) (7.5 MB)
G. Cited Case Law	G.1	Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement Dist. V. U.S.E.P.A., 690 F.3d 9, 11-12 (1st cir. 2012)
G. Cited Case Law	G.2	CLF v. Deval Patrick (No. 06-11295 WGY) (May 11, 2010) (pdf) (2 MB)
G. Cited Case Law	G.3	CLF v. Deval Patrick Court Order
G. Cited Case Law	G.4	U.S. et al. v. Metropolitan District Commission, 1985 WL 9071 (September 5, 1985) (pdf) (331 KB)
G. Cited Case Law	G.5	City of Las Vegas v. Lujan, 891 F.2d 927 (D.C. Cir. 1989) (pdf) (225 KB)
G. Cited Case Law	G.6	City of Taunton, Massachusetts v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 895 F.3d 120, 135 (1st Cir. 2018)
G. Cited Case Law	G.7	American Iron and Steel Institute v. EPA, 115 F.3d 979, 1004 (D.C. Cir. 1997) (pdf) (375 KB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.1	Data. Charles River Water Quality monitoring data from 2013-2021. (xlsx) (2 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.2	Data. Crosswalk between Tax Assessors Codes, Land Use, and Pollutant Load Export Rates as developed for preliminary Designation. (xlsx) (66 KB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.3	Data. Results from EPA's 2020-2021 Charles River Parcel-Level Analysis to support decision-making in the preliminary designation. (xlsx) (50.6 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.4	Carpenter, S. R., Caraco, N. F., Sharpley, A. N., Smith, V. H., Howarth, R. W., & Correll, D. L. (1998). Nonpoint pollution of surface waters with phosphorus and nitrogen. Ecological Applications, 559-568. (pdf) (1.3 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.5	Center For Watershed Protection. (2003). Impacts of Impervious Cover on Aquatic Systems. Ellicott City, MD: Center For Watershed Protection. (pdf) (3.1 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.6	CH2M Hill. (2016). Stormwater Best Management Practices Recommendations Report. Prepared For Boston Water and Sewer Commission. (pdf) (245.3 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.7	Charles River Watershed Association. (2015). Cyanobacteria in the Charles River Lower Basin 2006-2014 Monitoring Report. (pdf) (2.9 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.8	Charles River Watershed Association. (2021). 2020 Annual Water Quality Report. (pdf) (4.3 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.9	Chen, J., Theller, L., Gitau, M. W., Engel, B. A., & Harbor, J. M. (2017). Urbanization Impacts on Surface Runoff of the Contiguous United States. Journal of Environmental Management, 187, 470-481. (pdf) (2 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.10	Driscoll, C. T., Whitall, D., Aber, J., Boyer, E., Castro, M., Cronan, C., . . . Ollinger, S. (2003). Nitrogen Pollution in the Northeastern United States: Sources, Effects, and Management Options. BioScience, 357-374. (pdf) (1 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.11	Howarth, R., & Marino, R. (2006). Nitrogen as the limiting nutrient for eutrophication in coastal marine ecosystems: Evolving views over three decades. Limnology and Oceanography, 364-376. (pdf) (227 KB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.12	Jacobson, C. R. (2011). Identification and quantification of the hydrological impacts of imperviousness in urban catchments: a review. Journal of Environmental Management, 1438-1448. (pdf) (397 KB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.13	Jani, J., Jang, Y.-Y., Lusk, M., & Toor, G. (2020). Composition of nitrogen in urban residential stormwater runoff: Concentrations, loads, and source characterization of nitrate and organic nitrogen. PLoS ONE, e0229715. (pdf) (3.2 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.14	King, B. S., Maker, M. E., Kazyak, P. F., & Weller, D. E. (2011). How Novel is Too Novel? Stream Community Thresholds at Exceptionally Low Levels of Catchment Urbanization. Ecological Applications, 21, 1659-1678. (pdf) (770 KB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.15	Lin, J. P. (2004). Review of Published Export Coefficient and Event Mean Concentration (EMC) Data. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. (pdf) (1.1 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.16	Mallin, M. A., Johnson, V. L., & Ensign, S. H. (2009). Comparative impacts of Stormwater Runoff on Water Quality of an Urban, a Suburban, and a Rural Stream. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 159, 475-491. (pdf) (479 KB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.17	Charles River Watershed 1997/1998 Water Quality Assessment Report. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2000). (doc) (2.7 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.18	Boston Harbor South Watersheds 2004 Assessment Report. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2004).
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.19	Mystic River Watershed Assessment and Action Plan. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2006). (pdf) (6.5 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.20	Final TMDL for Nutrients in the Lower Charles River Basin. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2007b). (pdf) (1.8 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.21	Northeast Region Bacteria Source Tracking 2008 Results. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2009).
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.22	Mystic River Watershed and Coastal Drainage Area 2004 -2008 Water Quality Assessment Report. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2010a). (pdf) (2.4 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.23	Neponset River Watershed 2004 Water Quality Assessment Report. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2010b). (pdf) (1 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.24	Final Pathogen TMDL for the Boston Harbor, Weymouth-Weir, and Mystic Watersheds. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. (2018) (pdf) (4.8 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.25	Property Type Classification Codes, Non-Arm’s Length Codes and Sales Report Spreadsheet Specifications. Massachusetts Department of Revenue/Division of Local Services. (June 2016). (pdf) (1.3 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.26	Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. (2022). Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs).
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.27	MassDOT. (2022, August). MassDOT Highway Impaired Waters Program.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.28	MassGIS. (2016). 2016 Land Use/Land Cover Data.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.29	MassGIS. (2022). MassGIS Data: Property Tax Parcels.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.30	Mattson, M. D., & Isaac, R. A. (1999). Calibration of Phosphorus Export Coefficients for Total Maximum Daily Loads in Massachusetts Lakes. Lake and Reservoir Management, 15:3, 209-219. (pdf) (1 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.31	Moore, R. B., Johnston, C. M., Smith, R. A., & Milstead, B. (2011). Source and delivery of nutrients to receiving waters in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the United States. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 965-990. (pdf) (3.5 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.32	National Research Council. (2000). Clean Coastal Waters: Understanding and Reducing the Effects of Nutrient Pollution. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.33	National Research Council. (2008). Urban Stormwater Management in the United States. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.34	Neponset River Watershed Association. (2014). Neponset River Estuary ACEC Water Quality and Restoration Action Plan. (pdf) (2.8 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.35	Neponset River Watershed Association. (2017). Hotspot Monitoring 2017 Report. (pdf) (383 KB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.36	Pitt, R., Maestre, A., & Morquecho, R. (2004). The National Stormwater Quality Database (NSQD, Version 1.1). (pdf) (951 KB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.37	Roy, A. H., & Schuster, W. D. (2009). Assessing Impervious Surface Connectivity and Applications for Watershed Management. Journal of the American Water Resource Association, 45(1).
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.38	Schueler, T. (2011). Technical Bulletin No. 9: Nutrient Accounting Methods to Document Local Stormwater Load Reduction in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed REVIEW DRAFT. Chesapeake Stormwater Network.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.39	Shaver, E., Horner, R., Skupien, J., May, C., & Ridley, G. (2007). Fundamentals of Urban Runoff Management: Technical and Institutional Issues. Madison, WI: North American Lake Management Society. (pdf) (6.5 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.40	US EPA. (1999). Results of the Nationwide Urban Runoff Program. Washington D.C.: US EPA. (pdf) (2.2 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.41	US EPA. (2016a). 2016 Massachusetts Municipal Separate Storm Sewer General Permit (as amended).
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.42	USEPA. (2000). Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual - RIvers and Streams. (pdf) (2.7 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.43	USEPA. (2001). Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual - Esturine and Coastal Marine Waters. (pdf) (6.5 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.44	USEPA. (2005). A Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model for the Lower Charles River Basin, Massachusetts. (pdf) (2 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.45	USEPA. (2013). A Long-Term Vision for Assessment, Restoration, and Protection under the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Program. (pdf) (113 KB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.46	USEPA. (2014). Fact Sheet to the 2014 Draft MA Small MS4 Permit. (pdf) (1 MB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.47	USEPA. (2016b). MEMORANDUM - Annual Average Phosphorus Load Export Rates (PLERs) for Use in Fulfilling Phosphorus Load Reduction Requirements in EPA Region 1 Stormwater Permits. (pdf) (667 KB)
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.48	USEPA. (2022a, August). Environmental Challenges for the Mystic River Watershed.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.49	USEPA. (2022b, August). Live Water Quality Data for the Mystic River.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.50	USEPA. (2022c, August). Live Water Quality Data Lower Charles River.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.51	USEPA. (2022d, August). Mystic River Watershed Report Cards.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.52	USEPA. (2022e, August). Urban Waters - Neponset River.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.53	USEPA. (2022f, August). The Charles River Initiative.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.54	Neponset River Watershed Report Cards
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.55	Charles River Watershed Report Cards
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.56	Wang, S., Ma, Y., Zhang, X., & Shen, Z. (2022). Transport and sources of nitrogen in stormwater runoff at the urban catchment scale. Science of the Total Environment, 150281.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.57	Waschbusch, R. J. (2000). Sources of Phosphorus in Stormwater and Street Dirt from two Urban Residential Basins in Madison, Wisconsin, 1994-1995. National conference on Tools for Urban Water Resource Management and Protection (pp. 15-55). US EPA.
H. Other Technical and Scientific Documents	H.58	EPA Memo: PLERs for Charles RD Evaluation (pdf) (224 KB)
I. EPA Policy Documents	I.1	EPA Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice (May 2022). (pdf) (2.7 MB)
I. EPA Policy Documents	I.2	U.S. EPA, Climate Adaptation Plan (October 2021) (pdf) (2.3 MB)
I. EPA Policy Documents	I.3	U.S. EPA, EPA 43-R-21-003, Climate Change and Social Vulerability in the United States: A focus on Six Impacts (2021) (pdf) (12.4 MB)
J. Other	J.1	Charles River Stormwater Permitting Residual Designation Authority Focus Group Sessions Summary (October 27 2020 to November 20, 2020) Feb 8, 2021 (pdf) (333 KB)
J. Other	J.2	Mystic River Watershed Association, "Sewage: An Environmental Justice Tragedy," blog post, Feb 5, 2021