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Take Home Messages<br />

EPA’s current §304(a) bacteria criteria are<br />

<strong>for</strong> E. coli and enterococci<br />

When using the ’86 bacteria criteria, states<br />

and tribes have flexibility;<br />

• To make appropriate risk-based decisions<br />

• In using the single sample maximum component<br />

of the criteria<br />

EPA is developing new/revised criteria <strong>for</strong><br />

publication in 2012

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