Water Quality Regulations (250-RICR-150-05-1)

250-RICR-150-05-1 PROPOSED RULE

Title	250	Department of Environmental Management
Chapter	150	Water Resources
Subchapter	05	Water Quality
Part	1	Water Quality Regulations (250-RICR-150-05-1)

Type of Filing	Amendment
Regulation Status	Proposed
Filing Notice Date	08/29/2025
Filing Hearing Date(s)	09/18/2025
Public Comment Dates	08/29/2025 to 09/28/2025

Regulation Authority:

R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 46-12
42-17.1 and 42-17.6.
and in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35

Purpose and Reason:

RIDEM is proposing to amend existing state Water Quality Regulations to adopt site specific metals criteria for specified segments as allowed in current regulation, clarify turbidity criteria, adopt EPA-recommended human health toxics criteria, change selected segment classifications to reflect already completed permit terminations, include Wild and Scenic Rivers as Special Resource Protection Waters (SRPWs) as already defined in the regulation, adopt two (2) new estuarine segments without changes to applicable criteria to better reflect current shellfish management, non-substantive typographical errors, and remove incorporated references by adopting the language into regulatory text.

ACTIVE RULE Amendment - effective from 12/28/2023

INACTIVE RULE Periodic Refile - effective from 01/04/2022 to 12/28/2023

INACTIVE RULE Technical Revision - effective from 08/19/2018 to 01/04/2022

INACTIVE RULE Technical Revision - effective from 08/19/2018 to 08/19/2018

INACTIVE RULE Amendment - effective from 08/19/2018 to 08/19/2018

INACTIVE RULE Amendment - effective from 12/28/2010 to 08/19/2018

INACTIVE RULE EMERGENCY RULE Amendment - effective from 12/17/2009 to 07/15/2010

INACTIVE RULE Technical Revision - effective from 06/02/2009 to 12/28/2010

INACTIVE RULE Technical Revision - effective from 06/02/2009 to 06/02/2009

INACTIVE RULE Amendment - effective from 06/02/2009 to 06/02/2009

INACTIVE RULE Amendment - effective from 07/11/2006 to 06/02/2009

INACTIVE RULE Periodic Refile - effective from 12/31/2001 to 07/11/2006

Public Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Proposed Rule

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