Technical & Operational Guidance Series (TOGS)
1.0 SPDES
1.1 Standards
1.1.1* Ambient Water Quality Standards and Guidance Values and Groundwater Effluent Limitations
June 1998 Edition
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January 1999 Errata Sheet (PDF, 3.5 Kb)
April 2000 Addendum (PDF, 408 Kb)
June 2004 Addendum (PDF, 48.4 Kb)
1.1.3* Procedures for Derivation of Site-Specific Standards and Guidance Values for Protection of Aquatic Life
February 1998 Edition
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1.1.4* Procedures for Derivation of Bioaccumulation Factors
February 1998 Edition
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1.1.5* Procedures for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Standards and Guidance Values for the Protection of Wildlife
February 1998 Edition
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1.1.6* Interpretation Guidance for Marine Dissolved Oxygen (D.O.) Standard
November 2008 Edition
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1.2 Permit Administration
1.2.1* Industrial Permit Writing
February 1998 Edition
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1.2.2 Administrative Procedures and Environmental Benefit Permit Strategy For Individual SPDES Permits
February 5, 2003 Edition
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1.2.3 Decentralization of Technical Permit Drafting Authority
April 1990 Edition
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1.2.4 Individual Sewage Treatment System Discharges to Surface Waters
October 1990 Edition
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1.3 Permit Development
1.3.1* Total Maximum Daily Loads & Water Quality-Based Effluent Limits
February 1998 Edition
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1.3.1A Amendment - Organic Substances
July 1996 Edition
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1.3.1B Amendment - Low & Intermittent Flow Streams
July 1996 Edition
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1.3.1C Amendment - Metals
July 1996 Edition
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1.3.1D Amendment - Waste Assimilation Capacity Determinations for Isolated Wastewater Discharges in Fresh Water Streams
July 1996 Edition
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1.3.1E Amendment - Permit Limit Development for Certain Parameters
July 1996 Edition
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1.3.2 Toxicity Testing in the SPDES Program
January 2008 Edition
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1.3.3* SPDES Permit Development for POTWs
February 1998 Edition
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1.3.4BPJ Methodologies
April 1987 Edition Superceded by TOGS 1.2.1
1.3.4.A BPJ Methodologies/Amendments
November 1988 Edition Deleted
1.3.5 Waste Assimilation Capacity Determinations for Isolated Wastewater Discharges in Fresh Water Streams
October 1990 Edition
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1.3.6 Phosphorus Removal Requirements for Wastewater Discharges to Lakes & Lake Watersheds
December 1988 Edition
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1.3.7 Analytical Detectability & Quantitation Guidelines for Selected Environmental Parameters
July 1990 Edition
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1.3.8 New Discharges to Publicly Owned Treatment Works
October 1994 Edition
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1.3.9* Implementation of the NYSDEC Antidegradation Policy - Great Lakes Basin (Supplement to Antidegradation Policy dated Sept. 9, 1985)
February 1998 Edition
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1.4 Compliance
1.4.1 Integrated Compliance Strategy System
June 1996 Edition
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1.4.2 Compliance/Enforcement of SPDES Permits
September 1988 Edition
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1.4.4 Technical Assistance to Operators of Wastewater Treatment Plants
July 1990 Edition
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1.4.5 Implementation, Reporting, and Over-sight of Pretreatment Programs
April 1987 Edition
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1.4.7 Sewer Moratorium on New Connections to POTWs
March 1988 Edition
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1.5 Surveillance
1.5.1 Inspection of Major & Significant Minor Wastewater Facilities
August 1990 Edition
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1.5.3 Neutral Surveillance Plan
August 1990 Edition
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1.5.4 Guidelines for Staffing Wastewater Treatment Plants
August 1990 Edition
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1.6 Temporary/Intermittent Discharges
1.6.2 Bypasses
November 1988 Edition
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1.6.3 Combined Sewer Overflows
October 1993 Edition
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2.0 Groundwater
2.1.1 Groundwater Contamination Remediation Strategy
December 1990 Edition
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2.1.2 UIR at Groundwater Remediation Sites
July 1990 Edition
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2.1.3 Primary and Principal Aquifers Determinations
October 1990 Edition
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3.0 Water Quantity
3.1 Flood Protection
3.1.1 Ice Jam Problems
December 1990 Edition
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3.1.2 Dam Safety Inspection & Remediation Procedures
December 1990 Edition
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3.2 Water Supply
3.2.1 Public Water Supply Permits Program Application Processing 12/90 Ed.
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3.2.2 Engineer's Reports; Applications for Water Supply and L.I. Well Permits
August 1990 Edition
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5.0 Other Technical Subjects
5.1.2 Plans Prepared by Land Surveyors
April 1990 Edition
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5.1.3 Investigation of Agricultural Sources of Water Pollution
July 1996 Edition
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5.1.4 Official County & Minor Civil Divisions Population Projections
October 1990 Edition
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5.1.5 Bridge Scraping and Painting
October 1990 Edition
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5.1.6* Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certification
June 1998 Edition
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5.1.7 Storage & Use of Highway Salt and Salt/Sand Mixtures
January 1989 Edition
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5.1.8 New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual
April 2008 Edition
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5.1.9 In-Water and Riparian Management of Sediment and Dredged Material
November 2004 Edition
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5.1.10 New York Standards and Specifications for Erosion and Sediment Controls
August 2005 Edition
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Ordering Information:
The cost of 1 complete set on CD ROM is $5.00.
The cost of 1 complete set on paper (hardcopy) is $127.00.
Those TOGS denoted with an asterisk (*) are also available on disk in WordPerfect format for $3.00 each.
Make check payable to: NYS DEC.
Mail to: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, 625 Broadway, Albany, N.Y. 12233-3500 (Attn: Sarah Rickard)
Please note: As a result of reorganization within NYS DEC, the Bulk Storage TOGS (4.1.1 through 4.1.13) were transferred from the Division of Water to the Division of Environmental Remediation. Therefore, they are not included in the above list of TOGS documents.
The former Bulk Storage TOGS have been renamed SPOTS (Spill Prevention Operational and Technical Series). Copies can be obtained by calling the Division of Environmental Remediation at 518-402-9758.
