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RIN: 2040-AF48

Publication ID: Fall 2016

Title: Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule for the Analysis of Effluent
Abstract: This regulatory action will amend "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants" at 40 CFR 136 and approve test procedures (analytical methods) for use in testing water for certain constituents. The EPA's regulations require the use of these methods where measurements of waste constituents are required in applications for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits or for reports required under NPDES permits. The regulation will also revise, clarify, and correct errors and ambiguities in existing methods
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) 33 U.S.C. 1314 33 U.S.C. 1361

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/19/2015	80 FR 8955
NPRM Comment Period End	04/20/2015
NPRM Comment Period Extended	04/20/2015	80 FR 21691
NPRM Comment Period Extended End	05/20/2015
Final Rule	12/00/2016

Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0797
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 Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Robin Oshiro Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water 4303T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-1075 Fax:202 566-1053 Email: Oshiro.Robin@epamail.epa.gov