[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 46280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18877]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0170; FRL--9931-67-OW]
RIN 2040-ZA24


Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan and 2014 Annual 
Effluent Guidelines Review Report

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Environmental 
Protection Agency's (EPA) Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 
and EPA's 2014 Annual Effluent Guidelines Review Report. Section 304(m) 
of the Clean Water Act requires EPA to biennially publish a plan for 
new and revised effluent guidelines, after public notice and comment. 
The Plan identifies any new or existing industrial categories selected 
for effluent guidelines and provides a schedule. EPA typically 
publishes a preliminary plan upon which the public is invited to 
comment, and then publishes a final plan thereafter. EPA published the 
Preliminary 2014 Plan on September 16, 2014, and received public 
comment on it.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William F. Swietlik, Engineering 
and Analysis Division, Office of Water, 4303T, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC., 
20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1129; fax number: (202) 566-1053; 
email address: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

    A. Supporting Documents--Key documents providing additional 
information about EPA's 2014 annual review and the Final 2014 Plan 
include the 2014 Effluent Guidelines Review Report and the Final 2014 
Effluent Guidelines Program Plan.
    B. How can I get copies of these documents and other related 
information?
    1. Docket. EPA has established official public dockets for these 
actions under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0170. The official public 
docket is the collection of materials that is available for public 
viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    2. Electronic Access. You can access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the United States government online source for 
Federal regulations at http://www.regulations.gov.
    3. Internet access. Copies of the supporting documents are 
available at http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/304m/index.cfm

II. How Is This Document Organized?

    The outline of this notice follows.

A. Legal Authority
B. Summary of the Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan

A. Legal Authority

    This notice is published under the authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 
1251, et seq., and in particular sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 
304(m), 306, 307(b) and 308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 1314(b), 
1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 1317(b), and 1318.

B. Summary of the Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan

    EPA prepared the Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (the 
Plan) pursuant to Clean Water Act section 304(m). The Plan provides a 
summary of EPA's review of effluent guidelines and pretreatment 
standards, consistent with CWA sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 
and 307(b). It includes EPA's evaluation of indirect discharge 
categories that do not have categorical pretreatment standards for the 
purpose of identifying potential new categories for which pretreatment 
standards under CWA section 307(b) might be warranted. From these 
reviews, the Plan identifies any new or existing industrial categories 
selected for effluent guidelines, and provides a schedule. In addition, 
the Plan presents any new or existing categories of industry selected 
for further review and analysis. The Final 2014 Plan and the 2014 
Annual Review Report can be found at http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/304m/index.cfm

    Dated: July 24, 2015.
Kenneth J. Kopocis,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water.
[FR Doc. 2015-18877 Filed 8-3-15; 8:45 am]
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