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 2017_register executive 2017-06-14 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f17545 D09002ee1c7f175b6 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating technology-based pretreatment standards under the Clean Water Act to reduce discharges of mercury from dental offices into municipal sewage treatment plants known as publicly owned treatment works (POTWs). This final rule requires dental offices to use amalgam separators and two best management practices recommended by the American Dental Association (ADA). This final rule includes a provision to significantly reduce and streamline the oversight and reporting requirements in EPA's General Pretreatment Regulations that would otherwise apply as a result of this rulemaking. EPA expects compliance with this final rule will annually reduce the discharge of mercury by 5.1 tons as well as 5.3 tons of other metals found in waste dental amalgam to POTWs. 82 FR 27154 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-06-14/2017-12338 2017-12338 fr14jn17-16 RIN 2040-AF26 6560-50-P EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0693 FRL-9957-10-OW https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-06-14/2017-12338 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-06-14/html/2017-12338.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-06-14/pdf/2017-12338.pdf Environmental Protection Dental Dental Office Dentist Mercury Pretreatment Waste Treatment and Disposal Water Pollution Control 25 p. 27154 27178 82 FR 27154 Title 40 Part 441 40 CFR Part 441 RIN 2040-AF26 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category; Federal Register Vol. 82, Issue RULE 2017-12338 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2017-07-14 2020-07-14 EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0693 FRL-9957-10-OW 6560-50-P 2017-12338 Final rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating technology-based pretreatment standards under the Clean Water Act to reduce discharges of mercury from dental offices into municipal sewage treatment plants known as publicly owned treatment works (POTWs). This final rule requires dental offices to use amalgam separators and two best management practices recommended by the American Dental Association (ADA). This final rule includes a provision to significantly reduce and streamline the oversight and reporting requirements in EPA's General Pretreatment Regulations that would otherwise apply as a result of this rulemaking. EPA expects compliance with this final rule will annually reduce the discharge of mercury by 5.1 tons as well as 5.3 tons of other metals found in waste dental amalgam to POTWs.

The final rule is effective on July 14, 2017. The compliance date, meaning the date that existing sources subject to the rule must comply with the standards in this rule is July 14, 2020. After the effective date of the rule, new sources subject to this rule must comply immediately with the standards in this rule. In accordance with 40 CFR part 23, this regulation shall be considered issued for purposes of judicial review at 1 p.m. Eastern time on June 28, 2017. Under section 509(b)(1) of the CWA, judicial review of this regulation can be had only by filing a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals within 120 days after the regulation is considered issued for purposes of judicial review. Under section 509(b)(2), the requirements in this regulation may not be challenged later in civil or criminal proceedings brought by EPA to enforce these requirements. For more information, see EPA's Web site: https://www.epa.gov/eg/dental-effluent-guidelines. For technical information, contact Ms. Karen Milam, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone: 202-566- 1915; email: milam.karen@epa.gov. Environmental Protection Dental Dental Office Dentist Mercury Pretreatment Waste Treatment and Disposal Water Pollution Control Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Dental Category , milam.karen@epa.gov http://webstore.ansi.org http://www.ada.org http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42288 http://www.regulations.gov https://www.epa.gov/eg/dental-effluent-guidelines https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/laws-and-executive-orders https://www.regulations.gov Vol. 82, no. 113 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2017-06-14 continuing daily deposited born digital 308 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-06-14 P0b002ee19531b673 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr14jn17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2017-06-14 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-06-14/pdf/FR-2017-06-14.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-06-14/xml/FR-2017-06-14.xml fdlp 27105 27402 DGPO 2017-06-14 2024-06-01 FR-2017-06-14 machine generated eng FR FR-2017-06-14 82 113