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EPA/WATER

RIN: 2040-AC93

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Test Procedures: Performance-Based Measurement System (PBMS) Procedures and Guidance for Clean Water Act Test Procedures
Abstract: This action would establish performance-based measurement procedures and guidance for use in Clean Water Act compliance monitoring under 40 CFR part 136, Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants. The new procedures would also discuss the format, content, quality assurance/quality control, and data validation requirements for use of test methods. It would also describe EPA's planned steps to provide additional information through technical bulletins, and/or guidance documents geared towards clarifying technical and policy issues associated with the use of test methods approved for use in the program.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1314    33 USC 1361(a)

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite NPRM  03/28/1997  62 FR 14975    Final Action  To Be Determined

Additional Information: SAN No. 3713
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, State
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Richard Reding Environmental Protection Agency Water 4303T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-2237 Fax:202 566-1053 Email: Reding.Richard@epamail.epa.gov