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 2016_register executive 2016-05-18 article Part III Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7f62cff D09002ee1c7f62dd0 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System regulations to eliminate regulatory and application form inconsistencies; improve permit documentation, transparency and oversight; clarify existing regulations; and remove outdated provisions. This proposal would make specific targeted changes to the existing regulations and would not reopen the regulations for other specific or comprehensive revision. These proposed regulatory changes cover 15 topics in the following major categories: permit applications; the water quality-based permitting process; permit objection, documentation and process efficiencies; the vessels exclusion; and the Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 certification process. These revisions would further align NPDES regulations with statutory requirements from the 1987 CWA Amendments and more recent case law requirements. By modernizing the NPDES regulations, the proposed revisions would provide NPDES permit writers with improved tools to write well-documented permits to protect human health and the environment. The revisions would also provide the public with enhanced opportunities for public participation in permitting actions. 81 FR 31344 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-18/2016-11265 2016-11265 fr18my16-17 RIN 2040-AF25 6560-50-P EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0145 FRL 9936-62-OW https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-18/2016-11265 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-18/html/2016-11265.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-18/pdf/2016-11265.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Confidential Business Information Environmental Protection Hazardous Substances Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Water Pollution Control Indians-Lands Intergovernmental Relations Penalties Air Pollution Control Hazardous Waste Water Supply Waste Treatment and Disposal 31 p. 31344 31374 81 FR 31344 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 RIN 2040-AF25 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES): Applications and Program Updates; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue PRORULE 2016-11265 III ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2016-07-18 EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0145 FRL 9936-62-OW 6560-50-P 2016-11265 Proposed rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System regulations to eliminate regulatory and application form inconsistencies; improve permit documentation, transparency and oversight; clarify existing regulations; and remove outdated provisions. This proposal would make specific targeted changes to the existing regulations and would not reopen the regulations for other specific or comprehensive revision. These proposed regulatory changes cover 15 topics in the following major categories: permit applications; the water quality-based permitting process; permit objection, documentation and process efficiencies; the vessels exclusion; and the Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 certification process. These revisions would further align NPDES regulations with statutory requirements from the 1987 CWA Amendments and more recent case law requirements. By modernizing the NPDES regulations, the proposed revisions would provide NPDES permit writers with improved tools to write well-documented permits to protect human health and the environment. The revisions would also provide the public with enhanced opportunities for public participation in permitting actions.

Comments must be received on or before July 18, 2016. Erin Flannery-Keith, Water Permits Division, Office of Wastewater Management, Mail Code 4203M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; (202) 566-0689; flannery-keith.erin@epa.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedure Confidential Business Information Environmental Protection Hazardous Substances Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Water Pollution Control Indians-Lands Intergovernmental Relations Penalties Air Pollution Control Hazardous Waste Water Supply Waste Treatment and Disposal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System: Applications and Program Updates , flannery-keith.erin@epa.gov http://www.atalm.org/sites/default/files/NPM-NAF_New_Media_Study_2009_small.pdf http://www.epa.gov/cwa-methods/whole-effluent-toxicity-methods http://www.epa.gov/datastandards http://www.epa.gov/eg/industrial-effluent-guidelines http://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/laws-and-executive-orders http://www.epa.gov/npdes http://www.epa.gov/npdes/ http://www.epa.gov/npdes/npdes-applications-and-forms http://www.epa.gov/npdes/npdes-state-program-information http://www.epa.gov/npdes/npdes-wet-programmatic-documents http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/owm0264.pdf http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/pwm_2010.pdf http://www.epa.gov/nscep http://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-11/documents/20070919-2007-p-00036.pdf http://www.exchangenetwork.net/standards/Facility_Site_01_06_2006_Final.pdf http://www.exchangenetwork.net/standards/Lat_Long_Standard_08_11_2006_Final.pdf http://www.regulations.gov http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/eparetroreviewplan-aug2011_0.pdf http://www3.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/resources/publications/nejac/ej-in-permitting-report-2011.pdf http://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/final_pgp.pdf http://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/memo_complianceschedules_may07.pdf http://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/prioritization_memo3-5-04.pdf Regulations.gov Vol. 81, no. 96 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-05-18 continuing daily deposited born digital 335 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-18 P0b002ee18f7b0612 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr18my16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-05-18 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-18/pdf/FR-2016-05-18.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-05-18/xml/FR-2016-05-18.xml fdlp 31161 31487 DGPO 2016-05-18 2024-06-01 FR-2016-05-18 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-05-18 81 96