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EPA/WATER RIN: 2040-AD09 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Test Procedures for the Analysis of Co-Planar and Mono-Ortho-Substituted Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Under the Clean Water Act 
Abstract: The proposal would amend the Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants under 40 CFR parts 136 and 503 to approve EPA Method 1668 for the congener-specific determination of co-planar and mono-ortho-substituted polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in effluent, ambient water, and sewage sludge. This method is necessary for the implementation of water quality-based permit conditions under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) of the Clean Water Act. Water quality-based permit conditions are necessary when technology-based controls do not ensure that a particular water body would meet the State's water quality standard. At present there is no promulgated EPA analytical method for determination of these PCBs at the levels of concern. 
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  To Be Determined    
Final Action  To Be Determined    
Additional Information: SAN No. 4049
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://water.epa.gov/scitech/swguidance/methods/index.cfm  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Maria Gomez-Taylor
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4303T,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1005
Fax:202 566-1053
Email: gomez-taylor.maria@epamail.epa.gov