United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2000_register executive 2010-09-23 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c81f7f0f D09002ee1c81f7f96 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is today revising the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations. This revision is part of an Agency-wide effort to respond to a directive issued by the President on February 21, 1995, which directed Federal agencies to review their regulatory programs to eliminate any obsolete, ineffective, or unduly burdensome regulations. In response to that directive, EPA initiated a detailed review of its regulations to determine which provisions were obsolete, duplicative, or unduly burdensome. On June 29, 1995, EPA issued a rule (60 FR 33926) which removed some regulatory provisions in the Office of Water program regulations (including certain NPDES provisions) that were clearly obsolete. Today's revision is intended to further streamline NPDES, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), and Underground Injection Control (UIC) permitting procedures, and CWA 301(h) variance request procedures, by revising requirements to eliminate redundant regulatory language, provide clarification, and remove or streamline unnecessary procedures which do not provide any environmental benefits. Conforming changes to other requirements are also made in today's rule. These revisions are identified and discussed in the Supplementary Information section below. 65 FR 30886 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-05-15/00-10764 00-10764 fr15my00-17 RIN 2040-AC70 6560-50-P FRL-6561-5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-05-15/00-10764 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-05-15/html/00-10764.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-05-15/pdf/00-10764.pdf Environmental Protection Agency Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Indians-Lands Intergovernmental Relations Water Supply Waste Treatment and Disposal Surety Bonds Environmental Protection Administrative Practice and Procedure Air Pollution Control Hazardous Substances Hazardous Waste Penalties Pesticides and Pests Poison Prevention Water Pollution Control Confidential Business Information Hazardous Materials Transportation 28 p. 30886 30913 65 FR 30886 Title 40 Part 117 40 CFR Part 117 Title 40 Part 122 40 CFR Part 122 Title 40 Part 123 40 CFR Part 123 Title 40 Part 124 40 CFR Part 124 Title 40 Part 125 40 CFR Part 125 Title 40 Part 144 40 CFR Part 144 Title 40 Part 22 40 CFR Part 22 Title 40 Part 270 40 CFR Part 270 Title 40 Part 271 40 CFR Part 271 RIN 2040-AC70 Amendments to Streamline the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program Regulations: Round Two; Federal Register Vol. 65, Issue RULE 00-10764 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2000-06-14 FRL-6561-5 6560-50-P 00-10764 Final rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is today revising the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations. This revision is part of an Agency-wide effort to respond to a directive issued by the President on February 21, 1995, which directed Federal agencies to review their regulatory programs to eliminate any obsolete, ineffective, or unduly burdensome regulations. In response to that directive, EPA initiated a detailed review of its regulations to determine which provisions were obsolete, duplicative, or unduly burdensome. On June 29, 1995, EPA issued a rule (60 FR 33926) which removed some regulatory provisions in the Office of Water program regulations (including certain NPDES provisions) that were clearly obsolete. Today's revision is intended to further streamline NPDES, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), and Underground Injection Control (UIC) permitting procedures, and CWA 301(h) variance request procedures, by revising requirements to eliminate redundant regulatory language, provide clarification, and remove or streamline unnecessary procedures which do not provide any environmental benefits. Conforming changes to other requirements are also made in today's rule. These revisions are identified and discussed in the Supplementary Information section below.

This rule becomes effective June 14, 2000. For judicial review purposes, this final rule is promulgated as of 1:00 P.M. (eastern standard time) on May 30, 2000 as provided in. Howard Rubin, Water Permits Division(4203), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460 (202) 260-2051 or Thomas Charlton, Water Permits Division(4203), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, (202) 260-6960. Environmental Protection Agency Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Indians-Lands Intergovernmental Relations Water Supply Waste Treatment and Disposal Surety Bonds Environmental Protection Administrative Practice and Procedure Air Pollution Control Hazardous Substances Hazardous Waste Penalties Pesticides and Pests Poison Prevention Water Pollution Control Confidential Business Information Hazardous Materials Transportation Water pollution control: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program regulations streamlining; Round Two, http://www.epa.gov/owm http://www.epa.gov/owm/ Vol. 65, no. 94 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2000-05-15 continuing daily deposited born digital 257 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-05-15 P0b002ee1809f98c7 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr15my00 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-05-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-05-15/pdf/FR-2000-05-15.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-05-15/xml/FR-2000-05-15.xml fdlp 30829 31072 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-08 FR-2000-05-15 machine generated eng FR FR-2000-05-15 65 94