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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Water</NAME>
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            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>NPDES General Permits for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operations of a Vessel</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Creation of this permit was necessary to address a District Court ruling which vacated a regulatory exemption at 40 CFR 122.3(a). Nw. Envtl. Advocates v. EPA, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69476 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 18, 2006). The regulation excluded discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel from NPDES permitting and had existed, essentially unchanged, since 1973. Under the ruling and subsequent extensions, the district court vacated the entire exclusion as of February 6, 2009. Once vacatur took place, discharges of pollutants incidental to the normal operation of a vessel that had formerly been exempted from NPDES permitting by the regulation became subject to the prohibition in CWA section 301(a) against the discharge of a pollutant without an NPDES permit.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>40 CFR 122.3</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>33 USC 1342</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Proposal</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/17/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 34296</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/29/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 79473</FR_CITATION>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>SAN No. 5162; EPA publication information: Proposal - http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-13615.pdf; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0055</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>http://www.epa.gov/npdes/vessels</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Ryan</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Albert</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2040</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Water</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OW</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 564-0763</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>albert.ryan@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>4203M,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
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            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Juhi</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Saxena</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2040</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Water</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OW</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 564-0719</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>Saxena.Juhi@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>4504T,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
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