2040-AF25 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2040 Office of Water OW 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Application and Program Updates Rule

EPA is developing a final rule to update specific elements of the existing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations. The rule would make targeted revisions to outdated application, permitting, monitoring and reporting requirements in order to eliminate inconsistencies between regulations and application forms, improve permit documentation and transparency, and clarify existing regulations. EPA is finalizing these items in two separate but related regulatory actions. This rule will address a subset of the items EPA proposed in 2016. EPA will finalize another subset of items which require more time to address in a new regulatory action under RIN 2040-AF85.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Other 40 CFR 122 40 CFR 123 40 CFR 124 40 CFR 125 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., Clean Water Act No NPRM 05/18/2016 81 FR 31343 NPRM Comment Period Extended 06/27/2016 81 FR 41507 Final Rule 12/00/2018 This action includes retrospective review under Executive Order 13563; see: http://www.epa.gov/regdarrt/retrospective/history.html. No No Federal Local State Tribal No No No No 2040-AF85 Related to Francis Sylvester 2040 Office of Water OW 202 564-1279 sylvester.francis@epa.gov Mail Code 4203M, Washington DC 20460 Janita Aguirre 2040 Office of Water OW 202 566-1149 202 566-0409 aguirre.janita@epa.gov Mail Code 4305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington DC 20460