ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD INDEX FOR EPA REGION 2's REVIEW OF THE 2010
REVISIONS TO THE PUERTO RICO WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REGULATION

DOCUMENT 	

	DATE	

	DESCRIPTION



1	

May 1, 2008	

E-mail from Angel Melendez of EQB to Izabela Wojtenko initiating the
triennial review process for PRWQSR.



2	

May 6, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez summarizing a list of
potential revisions to be discussed during the conference call with EQB
on May 7th.



3	

May 8, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty and
Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing May 7th conference call.



4	

May 12, 2008	

E-mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko transmitting a copy of
the 2005 PR WQSR draft revisions to be used as the first draft for EPA
review.



5	

May 22, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Annette Feliberty transmitting EPA
comments for the first WQSR draft.  



6	

June 9, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty and
Carmelo Vazquez of EQB with an agenda for June 10th conference call and
EPA comments for the WLA section, arsenic & mercury, criteria for
bacteria & DO, and the NTR status.



7	

June 10, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty and
Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing June 10th conference call and action
items.



8	

June 20, 2008	

E-mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko, Wayne Jackson and
Yasmin Laguer transmitting the response to EPA comments and the proposed
agenda for June 25th conference call.



9	

June 26, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty and
Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing June 25th conference call and action
items.



10	

July 1, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty and
Carmelo Vazquez of EQB suggesting to separate the adoption of nutrient
criteria for PR lakes from the triennial WQSR process.



11	

July 3, 2008	

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko with a proposed agenda for
July 9th conference call and EQB’s draft 2.1 revisions.



12	

July 15, 2008	

E-mail from Wayne Jackson to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty, Denise
Laabes and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing July 9th conference call
and action items



13	

July 23, 2008	

E-mail from Wayne Jackson to Phyllis Feinmark and Eduardo Gonzalez of
EPA to discuss an issue regarding the applicability of WQS “beyond 3
miles” related to bacteria criteria



14	

July 28, 2008	

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko and Wayne Jackson
transmitting comments for Rule 1303.



15	

July 29, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting information on
surfactants.



16	

July 31, 2008	

E-mail from Wayne Jackson to Claudia Fabiano and Danielle Fuligni to
address issues of standards for groundwaters and mercury.



17	

July 31, 2008	

E-mail from Wayne Jackson to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty, Denise
Laabes and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing July 31st conference call
and action items.



18	

August 14, 2008	

E-mail from Denise Laabes to Izabela Wojtenko informing of Mr. Javier
Rua as the new President of EQB and new dates for the upcoming
conference call.



19	

August 19, 2008	

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to EPA transmitting revisions to sections 1301,
1302, 1303, 1306, and 1310 of PRWQSR.



20	

August 21, 2008	

E-mail from Antony Tseng to Izabela Wojtenko addressing the TMDLs issue.



21	

August 26, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty, and
Carmelo Vazquez transmitting the comments discussed during the call on
Aug. 26th.



22	

August 26, 2008	

E-mail from Wayne Jackson to Angel Melendez, Annette Feliberty, Denise
Laabes and Carmelo Vazquez of EQB summarizing August 26th conference
call and action items.



23	

August 26, 2008	

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko transmitting the final
draft of the PRWQSR document



24	

September 4, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting the EPA
comments on the final draft WQSR document.



25	

September 16, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting EPA’s draft
revisions to its national recommended HH-based water quality criteria
for acrolein and phenol for EQB’s consideration.



26	

September 17, 2008	

E-mail from Denise Laabes to Izabela Wojtenko with a tentative schedule
to finalize English and Spanish versions of the PRWQSR document by
September 30, 2008.



27	

October 7, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia seeking status of the
PRWQSR revisions.



28	

December 18, 2008	

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Yasmin Laguer transmitting English and
Spanish versions of the PRWQSR document and the revised submission
schedule for June 30, 2009.



29	

December 19, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting a first part
of EPA comments on the English version of the WQSR document



30	

December 30, 2008	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Yasmin Laguer addressing issue of
“temporary exemptions”.



31	

January 6, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia transmitting a second part
of EPA comments on the English version of the WQSR document



32	

February 9, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia scheduling a conference
call for 2/12/09 to discuss the adoption schedule



33	

February 10, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Lingard Knutson to initiate EPA work on
informal consultation process under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
with US FWS and NOAA.



34	

February 17, 2009	

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko and Yasmin Laguer
transmitting the following documents: English version of PRWQSR, the
public notice, the fact sheet, and the Flexbility Analysis in Spanish.



35	

February 24, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia with EPA comments on PRWQS,
public notice, and fact sheet.



36	

March 27, 2009	

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko with status of the adoption
process. Status was discussed during the conference call on April 1st.



37	

April 21, 2009	

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko informing that EPA request
for status has been forwarded to Pedro Nieves, EQB Chairman



38	

April 21, 2009	

E-mail from Pedro Nieves to Izabela Wojtenko informing that his review
of the PRWQSR revisions will be finalized soon.



38(a)	

April 22, 2009	

E-mail from Ron Borsellino to Pedro Nieves.



39	

May 4, 2009	

Letter from Mrs. Grace Musumeci to Mr. Edwin Muniz (US FWS) and Dr.
Lisamarie Carruba (NOAA) initiating the ESA informal consultation on the
2009 PRWQSR revisions.



40	

June 9, 2009	

Letter from Mr. Edwin Muniz (US FWS) to Mrs. Grace Musumeci requesting
additional information. 



41	

June 9, 2009	

Letter from Mr. David M. Bernhart (NOAA) to Mrs. Grace Musumeci
requesting additional information re 2009 PRWQSR 



42	

June 10, 2009	

E-mail from Lisamarie Carruba of NOAA to Stephanie Lamster  including a
preliminary response to May 4th letter.



43	

June 16, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Dana Thomas to engage the EPAHQ in the
ESA consultation process.



44	

June 18, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Janita Aguirre transmitting the PR WQSR
revision document.



45	

June 22, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Felix Lopez of US FWS transmitting the
requested information (per June 9th letter).



46	

June 30, 2009	

Letter from Mr. Edwin Muniz (US FWS) to Mrs. Grace Musumeci providing
written concurrence that the revisions to the PRWQS are not likely to
adversely affect threatened/endangered species.



47	

August 18, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Janita Aguirre and Sharon Frey to set up
the conference call to discuss EPA’s response to NOAA



48	

August 26, 2009	

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko transmitting final
revisions done after the EQB completed its discussions with Chairman



49	

August 27, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Wanda Garcia requesting final copies of
WQSR and the Public Notice documents.



50	

August 27, 2009	

E-mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko transmitting the most
recent copies of the following documents: Public Notice, WQSR, and Fact
Sheet.

51	August 28, 2009	

E-mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko informing that the
public notices were published on August 28th. Copies of public notices
were attached.



52	

October 7, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez to follow up on the
public hearing process and adoption schedule.



53	

October 7, 2009	

E-mail from Wanda Garcia to Izabela Wojtenko informing that the Public
Hearing took place on Sept. 30th and that the public comment period was
extended to Oct. 30th.



54	

November 4, 2009	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez to follow up on the
public review/comments process and adoption schedule.



55	

November 6, 2009	

E-mail from Jeff Gratz to Wanda Garcia to follow up on the WQSR
revisions/adoption schedule.  Jeff followed up with additional e-mails
on December 4th and January 8th



56	

December 22, 2009	

Letter from Mrs. Grace Musumeci to Mr. David M. Bernhart (NOAA)
providing the additional information relative to ESA informal
consultation on PRWQSR revisions



57	

January 8, 2010	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Angel Melendez requesting an update on
the PRWQSR revisions adoption process



58	

February 24, 2010	

E-mail from Angel Melendez to Izabela Wojtenko informing that the
adoption process will be delayed



59	

April 2, 2010	

E-mail from Jeff Gratz to Izabela Wojtenko informing that based on the
conversation between Barbara Finazzo and Roberto Ayala, the EQB is
committed to submit the final package by May 31st.



60	

April 21, 2010	

Letter from Mr. David M. Bernhart (NOAA) to Mrs. Grace Musumeci re:
PRWQSR



61	

May 3, 2010	

E-mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko transmitting a copy of
the Attorney General Certification

62	

May 5, 2010	

E-mail from Annette Feliberty to Wayne Jackson and Izabela Wojtenko
transmitting the electronic submittal package for the 2010 triennial
PRWQSR revisions.  The following documents were included in the
submittal:

62 (a) 	

April 30, 2010	

Cover letter from EQB’s Executive Director, Pedro Nieves to Judith
Enck, Regional Administrator, EPA-Region 2.

62 (b)	

	

Fact Sheet for Proposed Amendments to the PRWQSR

62 (c) 	

March 31, 2010	

Copy of  the adopted PRWQSR

62 (d)	

April 27, 2010	

The letter from Guillermo Somoza Colombani, Attorney General to Judith
Enck certifying that the revisions to the PRWQSR were duly adopted
pursuant to State law, as defined in 40 CFR 131.3.

62 (e)	

August 28, 2010	

Copies of two public notices published in “El Vocero” and the
“Puerto Rico Daily Sun”.

62 (f)	

	

Spanish version of the “Responsiveness to Comments Summary” document

63	

May  12, 2010	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Annette Feliberty requesting an English
version of the “Responsiveness to Comments” document and the
response that document is not available

64	

May 18, 2010	E-mail from Annette Feliberty to Izabela Wojtenko and Wayne
Jackson requesting a justification for the English version of
“Response to Comments” being a part of the submission package

65	

May 19, 2010	

E-mail from Izabela Wojtenko to Annette Feliberty transmitting a
requested information (re: 64)

66	

June 1, 2010	

E-mail from Jeff Gratz to Roberto Ayala requesting that EQB submit a
summary of public comments and EQB’s responses in English by June
10th.  Memo was followed-up with conference call during which EQB
commited to provide document by July 7th.



67	

July 8, 2010	

Memorandum to the File from Jeff Gratz, Chief

Clean Water Regulatory Branch documenting EPA(s determination that EPA(s
decision to approve the 2010 revisions to the PR Water Quality Standards
Regulations (PRWQSR), subject to completion of Endangered Species Act
consultation with the NOAA Fisheries is consistent with section 7(d) of
the ESA.



68	

July ……., 2010	

The Responsiveness Summary English translation 



69	

July…., 2010	

Letter to the EQB’s Executive Director, Pedro Nieves from Mrs. Barbara
Finazzo approving the revisions to the PRWQS adopted on March 31, 2010.



