Maine Department of Environmental Protection 2014 Integrated Water Quality Report 2014 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report Appendices: Acronyms, HUC Maps, Definitions And Integrated Lists of Surface Waters MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 17 State House Station | Augusta, Maine 04333-0017 www.maine.gov/dep Maine DEP 2014 Integrated Report Appendices i Maine Department of Environmental Protection 2014 Integrated Water Quality Report Table of Contents Appendix I: Acronyms Found in the Body of the 2014 Integrated Report ....................................... 1 Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) Maps for Appendices II through V ............................................... 5 10-Digit HUCs Map (named) ...................................................................................................... 6 10-Digit HUCs Map (numbered) ................................................................................................. 7 Definitions for Terms Common in Appendices II Through V ...................................................... 8 Appendix II: Rivers and Streams ..................................................................................................... 9 Category 1: Rivers and Streams Fully Attaining All Designated Uses ....................................... 9 Category 2: Rivers and Streams Attaining Some Designated Uses - Insufficient Information for Other Uses ............................................................................................................................... 15 Category 3: Rivers and Streams with Insufficient Data or Information to Determine if Designated Uses are Attained (One or More Uses may be Impaired)..................................... 44 Category 4-A: Rivers and Streams with Impaired Use, TMDL Completed .............................. 54 Category 4-B: Rivers and Streams Impaired by Pollutants - Pollution Control Requirements Reasonably Expected to Result in Attainment ......................................................................... 80 Category 4-C: Rivers and Streams with Impairment not Caused by a Pollutant ..................... 96 Category 5-A: Rivers and Streams Impaired by Pollutants Other Than Those Listed in 5-B Through 5-D (TMDL Required) ................................................................................................ 98 Category 5-B: Rivers and Streams Impaired for Bacteria Only, TMDL Required .................. 119 Category 5-C: Waters Impaired by Atmospheric Deposition of Mercury ............................... 119 Category 5-D: Rivers and Streams Impaired by Legacy Pollutants ....................................... 120 Appendix III: Lakes ...................................................................................................................... 127 Category 1: Lake Waters Fully Attaining All Designated Uses .............................................. 127 Category 2: Lake Waters within Hydrologic Unit Attaining Some Designated Uses - Insufficient Information for Other Uses (HUCs with lakes added are in bold) .......................................... 131 Category 3: Lake Waters with Insufficient Data or Information to determine if Designated Uses are Attained (One or More Uses may be Impaired) ............................................................... 136 Category 4-A: Waters Impaired by Atmospheric Deposition of Mercury................................ 136 Category 4-A: Lake Waters with Impaired Use Other than Mercury, TMDL Completed ....... 137 Category 4-C: Lake Waters with Impairment not Caused by a Pollutant ............................... 138 Category 5-A: Lake Waters Needing TMDLs ......................................................................... 138 Appendix IV Maine Wetlands Assessment .................................................................................. 140 Category 1: Wetland Habitat Fully Attaining All Designated Uses ......................................... 140 Category 2: Wetland Habitat Attaining Some Designated Uses - Insufficient Information for Other Uses ............................................................................................................................. 140 Category 3: Wetland Habitat with Insufficient Data or Information to Determine if Designated Uses are Attained (One or More Uses may be Impaired) ...................................................... 145 Category 4-A: Wetland Habitat with Impaired Use, TMDL Completed .................................. 147 Maine DEP 2014 Integrated Report Appendices ii Maine Department of Environmental Protection 2014 Integrated Water Quality Report Category 4-B: Wetland Habitat Impaired by Pollutants - Pollution Control Requirements Reasonably Expected to Result in Attainment ....................................................................... 148 Category 5-A: Wetland Habitat Impaired by Pollutants Other Than Those Listed in 5-B ...... 149 Through 5-D (TMDL Required) .............................................................................................. 149 Category 5-D: Wetland Habitat Impaired by Legacy Pollutants ............................................. 149 Appendix V: Estuarine and Marine Waters ................................................................................. 151 Category 1: Estuarine and Marine Waters Fully Attaining All Designated Uses .................... 151 Category 2: Estuarine and Marine Waters Attaining Some Designated Uses – Insufficient Information for Other Uses ..................................................................................................... 151 Category 3: Estuarine and Marine Waters with Insufficient Data or Information to Determine if Designated Uses are Attained (One or More Uses may be Impaired)................................... 154 Category 4-A(a): Estuarine and Marine Waters with Impaired Use - TMDL Completed ....... 154 Category 4-A(b): Estuarine and Marine Waters with Impaired Use – TMDL Completed (Bacteria from Combined Sewer Overflows) .......................................................................... 155 Category 4-B-1: Estuarine and Marine Waters Impaired by Pollutants – Pollution Control Requirements Reasonably Expected to Result in Attainment ............................................... 156 Category 4-C: Estuarine and Marine Waters with Impairment not Caused by a Pollutant .... 157 Category 5-A: Estuarine and Marine Waters Impaired by Pollutants Other Than Those Listed in 5-B Through 5-D - TMDL Required .................................................................................... 157 Category 5-B-1(a): Estuarine and Marine Waters Impaired for Bacteria Only – TMDL Required ................................................................................................................................................ 158 Category 5-B-1(b): Estuarine and Marine Waters Impaired for Bacteria Only (Formerly Category 2) – TMDL Required ............................................................................................... 171 Category 5-B-1(c): Estuarine and Marine Waters Impaired for Bacteria Only (Formerly Category 3) – TMDL Required ............................................................................................... 178 Category 5-D: Estuarine and Marine Waters Impaired by Legacy Pollutants ........................ 178 Maine DEP 2014 Integrated Report Appendices iii Maine Department of Environmental Protection 2014 Integrated Water Quality Report APPENDIX I: ACRONYMS FOUND IN THE BODY OF THE 2014 INTEGRATED REPORT No. Term Meaning or Definition 1 303(d) List List of a state's Impaired Waters The 305(b) report is a complete assessment of all water quality management sub- 2 305(b) Report segments in the state for which uses and standards are available. (a.k.a. The Integrated Report) 3 ACE Army Corps of Engineers 4 ADB EPA Database (short for Assessment DataBase) 5 ALU Aquatic Life Use 6 AQUA Index Aquifer Quantitative Use Assessment Index 7 AST Above Ground Storage tank 8 AU Assessment Unit 9 BEACH Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure and Health 10 BEP, Board Board of Environmental Protection 11 BMP Best Management Practice 12 BOD Biological or Biochemical Oxygen Demand 13 BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance Survey 14 CAFO Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation 15 CBD Center for Biological Diversity 16 CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response and Comprehensive Liability Act 17 Cfs Cubic feet per second 18 CHL a Chlorophyll a 19 CSO Combined Sewer Overflow 20 CWA Clean Water Act 21 CWSRF Clean Water State Revolving Fund 22 DACF Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 23 DACF - BAFRR DACF - Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources 24 DACF - BAFRR - DAPH DACF - BAFRR - Division of Animal and Plant Health 25 DACF – BAFRR - DAPH - BPC DACF – BAFRR - DAPH - Board of Pesticides Control 26 DACF - BAFRR - DARD DACF - BAFRR - Division of Agricultural Resource Development 27 DCFA - BRILUP DCFA - Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning 28 DCFA - BRILUP - LUPC DCFA - BRILUP - Land Use Planning Commission 29 DCFA - BRILUP - MGS DCFA - BRILUP - Maine Geological Survey 30 DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane 31 DEP, "The Department" Maine Department of Environmental Protection 32 DEP - BLR DEP - Bureau of Land Resources 33 DEP - BLR – DLR DEP - BLR - Division of Land Resources 34 DEP - BRWM DEP - Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management 35 DEP - BWQ DEP - Bureau of Water Quality 36 DEP - BWQ - DEA DEP - BWQ - Division of Environmental