Ohio Admin. Code 3745-1-28

Current through all regulations passed and filed through October 28, 2024

Section 3745-1-28 - Vermilion river drainage basin

(A) The water bodies listed in table 28-1 of this rule are ordered from downstream to upstream. Tributaries of a water body are indented. The aquatic life habitat, water supply and recreation use designations are defined in rule 3745-1-07 of the Administrative Code. The state resource water use designation is defined in rule 3745-1- 05 of the Administrative Code. The most stringent criteria associated with any one of the use designations assigned to a water body will apply to that water body.

(B) Figure 1 of the appendix to this rule is a generalized map of the Vermilion river drainage basin. A generalized map of Ohio outlining the twenty-three major drainage basins and listing associated rule numbers in this chapter is in figure 1 of the appendix to rule 3745- 1-08 of the Administrative Code.

(C) RM, as used in this rule, stands for river mile and refers to the method used by the Ohio environmental protection agency to identify locations along a water body. Mileage is defined as the lineal distance from the downstream terminus (i.e., mouth) and moving in an upstream direction.

(D) The following symbols are used throughout this rule:

* Designated use based on the 1978 water quality standards.

+ Designated use based on the results of a biological field assessment performed by the Ohio environmental protection agency.

o Designated use based on justification other than the results of a biological field assessment performed by the Ohio environmental protection agency.

Table 28-1. Use designations for water bodies in the Vermilion river drainage basin.

Water Body Segment

Use Designations

Comments

Aquatic Life Habitat

Water Supply

Recreation

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Vermilion river - Erie-Huron county line (RM 19.7) to the estuary (RM 2.8)

- at RM 52.24

PWS intake - New London

- all other segments

Unnamed tributary (Vermilion river RM 8.29)

Unnamed tributary (Vermilion river RM 12.13)

East fork

Frankenburg creek (East fork RM 3.24)

Unnamed tributary (East fork RM 8.47)

Unnamed tributary (Vermilion river RM 24.35)

East branch

Unnamed tributary (East branch RM 8.2)

Skellinger creek

Unnamed tributary (Vermilion river RM 32.98)

Indian creek - headwaters to Hartland center road (RM 3.45)

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

- Hartland center road (RM 3.45) to the mouth

Southwest branch

Unnamed tributary (Southwest branch RM 2.3)

Unnamed tributary (Southwest branch RM 5.35)

Buck creek

Unnamed tributary (Buck creek RM 4.92)

Unnamed tributary (Vermilion river RM 54.62)

Clear creek

Unnamed tributary (Vermilion river RM 63.52)

SRW = state resource water; WWH = warmwater habitat; EWH = exceptional warmwater habitat; MWH = modified warmwater habitat; SSH = seasonal salmonid habitat; CWH = coldwater habitat; LRW = limited resource water; PWS = public water supply; AWS = agricultural water supply; IWS = industrial water supply; BW = bathing water; PCR = primary contact recreation; SCR = secondary contact recreation; ECBP = Eastern corn belt plains.

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Ohio Admin. Code 3745-1-28

Effective: 11/2/2024
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 4/29/2024 and 11/02/2029
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 6111.041
Rule Amplifies: 6111.041
Prior Effective Dates: 04/04/1985, 08/19/1985, 03/29/2001, 04/01/2007