Notice2024-29860
Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16
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Published
December 18, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
This notice announces the availability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16 (Preliminary Plan 16) and solicits public comment. The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the EPA to biennially publish a plan for new and revised effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment standards, after public review and comment. Preliminary Plan 16 discusses the EPA's 2022 and 2023 annual reviews of effluent guidelines and pretreatment standards, presents its preliminary review of specific industrial categories, and provides an update on the analyses and tools that the EPA is continuing to enhance to further improve its annual review and biennial planning process.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102893-102894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29860]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0158; FRL-11254-01-OW]
RIN 2040-ZA43
Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Preliminary Effluent Guidelines
Program Plan 16 (Preliminary Plan 16) and solicits public comment. The
Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the EPA to biennially publish a plan for
new and revised effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment
standards, after public review and comment. Preliminary Plan 16
discusses the EPA's 2022 and 2023 annual reviews of effluent guidelines
and pretreatment standards, presents its preliminary review of specific
industrial categories, and provides an update on the analyses and tools
that the EPA is continuing to enhance to further improve its annual
review and biennial planning process.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2024-0158, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Office of Water Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The Docket Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m.--4:30 p.m.,
Monday--Friday (except Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this action. Comments received may be posted without change to
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the process for this action, see the ``Public
Participation'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doruntin[euml] Rexhepi, Engineering
and Analysis Division, Office of Water, 4303T, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 566-2532; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbb9aeb3a3aebba2e5afa4b9bea5bfa2a5ae8baebbaae5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5527302d3d30253c7b313a27203b213c3b30153025347b323a23">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-
0158, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method), or the
other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit to
EPA's docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), Proprietary
Business Information (PBI), or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). Please visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets</a> for additional submission methods; the
full EPA public comment policy; information about CBI, PBI, or
multimedia submissions; and general guidance on making effective
comments.
II. General Information
A. Supporting Documents
A key document providing additional information is the Preliminary
Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16 document. Supporting documents
providing further details are also available for review.
B. How can I get copies of these documents and other related
information?
1. Docket. The EPA has established an official public docket for
this action under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0158. The official
public docket is the collection of materials that are available for
public viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC)
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004.
2. Electronic Access. You can access this Federal Register document
electronically through the United States Government online source for
Federal regulations at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
3. Internet access. Copies of the supporting documents are
available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/eg/effluent-guidelines-plan">https://www.epa.gov/eg/effluent-guidelines-plan</a>.
III. How Is This Document Organized
The outline of this document follows.
A. Legal Authority.
B. Request for Public Comments and Information.
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. Request for Public Comments and Information
The EPA invites comment on the entirety of Preliminary Plan 16. In
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particular, the EPA invites comment on the following topics (see
Preliminary Plan 16 for more information on these topics):
1. The order weighted average analysis including: the metrics used
in the analysis to evaluate the industrial category rankings, the
inclusion/exclusion of pollutant toxicity in annual review rankings,
and results of the 2022 and 2023 annual rankings.
2. The findings of the preliminary category reviews, specifically
the findings for Battery Manufacturing, Centralized Waste Treatment,
and Oil and Gas Extraction Categories.
3. The preliminary category review schedule and tools described to
support the EPA's review of effluent guidelines.
4. The capabilities, performance, and costs of treatment
technologies for industrial wastewater to support the Agency's
technology reviews.
5. The announcement made within Preliminary Plan 16 of the EPA's
intent to prepare a generic ICR to support effluent guidelines planning
and rulemakings.
6. The announcement made within Preliminary Plan 16 of an online
form on the CWA methods website to request new analytical methods for
wastewater and surface waters.
7. The announcements made within Preliminary Plan 16 regarding new
studies.
Bruno Pigott,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator.
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