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EPA/WATER RIN: 2040-AC84 Publication ID: Fall 2014 
Title: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES): Use of Sufficiently Sensitive Test Methods for Permit Applications and Reporting 
Abstract: EPA finalized minor amendments to its Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations to codify that under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program, only "sufficiently sensitive" EPA-approved analytical test methods, i.e., those that are capable of detecting and measuring the pollutants at or below the respective water quality criteria or permit limits, can be used by permit applicants when completing an NPDES permit application. Also, the Director (the head of the permit-issuing agency) must prescribe that only "sufficiently sensitive" EPA-approved analytical methods be used for analyses of pollutants or pollutant parameters under an NPDES permit. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122    40 CFR 136   
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1311 "CWA 301"    33 USC 1312 "CWA 302"    33 USC 1314 "CWA 304"    33 USC 1316 "CWA 306"    33 USC 1318 "CWA 308"    33 USC 1342 "CWA 402"    33 USC 1361 "CWA 501"   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
None       
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/23/2010  75 FR 35712   
Final Rule  08/19/2014  79 FR 49001   
Correction  09/19/2014  79 FR 56274   
Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OW-2009-1019
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Kathryn Kelley
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
Mail Code 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-7004
Fax:202 564-9544
Email: kelley.kathryn@epamail.epa.gov

David Hair
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
Mail Code 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-2287
Fax:202 564-9544
Email: hair.david@epamail.epa.gov