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EPA/OLEM RIN: 2050-AG84 Publication ID: Spring 2016 
Title: Water Resources Reform Development Act Farm Amendments to the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Rule 
Abstract: In response to the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), the EPA is proposing revisions to its Oil Pollution Prevention Rule (specifically the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) rule). The WRRDA requires that the EPA, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, promulgate a rule to adjust certain provisions of the SPCC rule. The EPA has completed a WRRDA-mandated study, in consultation with the US Department of Agriculture, and will use this study to inform the rulemaking process. A link to the study mandated by WRRDA can also be found at http://www.epa.gov/oil-spills-prevention-and-preparedness-regulations/. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 112   
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Final Rule  12/10/2016 

Overall Description of Deadline: The WRRDA calls for EPA to promulgate revisions to the SPCC requirements within 18 months of publication of a study on the risks of oil discharge to water. As such the rule should be promulgated by December 2016.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/00/2016 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: See https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3080/text; SPCC provisions in Sec 1049.  
Sectors Affected: 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Mark Howard
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Land and Emergency Management
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5104A,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-1964
Fax:202 564-2625
Email: howard.markw@epa.gov

J-Troy Swackhammer
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Land and Emergency Management
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5104A,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-1966
Email: swackhammer.j-troy@epa.gov