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RIN: 2040-AF16

Publication ID: 2012

Title: Water Quality Standards Regulatory Clarifications
Abstract: EPA is proposing changes to the water quality standards (WQS) regulation to improve its effectiveness in helping restore and maintain the Nation's Waters. The core of the current WQS regulation has been in place since 1983. Since then, a number of issues have been raised by stakeholders or identified by EPA in the implementation process that will benefit from clarification and greater specificity. The proposed rule addresses the following six key areas: 1) Administrator's determination that new or revised WQS are necessary, 2) designated uses, 3) triennial review requirements, 4) antidegradation, 5) variances to water quality standards, and 6) compliance schedule authorizing provisions. These revisions will allow EPA, States and authorized tribes to better achieve program goals by providing clearer more streamlined requirements to facilitate enhanced water resource protection.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131(Revision) (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Notice	07/30/2010	75 FR 44930
NPRM	10/00/2013

Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OW-2010-0606. This action includes retrospective review under EO 13563; see: http://www.epa.gov/regdarrt/retrospective/history.html.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: http://epa.gov/waterscience/standards
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Shari Barash Environmental Protection Agency Water Mail Code 4305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-0996 Fax:202 566-1053 Email: barash.shari@epa.gov Janita Aguirre Environmental Protection Agency Water Mail Code 4305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-1149 Fax:202 566-0409 Email: aguirre.janita@epa.gov