2040-AF25 201904 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2040 Office of Water OW 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES): Applications and Program Updates Rule

In 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated a final rule on a subset of provisions in its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations that the EPA proposed to update in 2016. The final rule updates the NPDES regulations to be more clear and effective, promotes submission of complete permit applications, and allows more timely development of NPDES permits.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No Deregulatory 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 Final Rule 02/12/2019 84 FR 3324 Final Rule Effective 06/12/2019 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@epamail.epa.gov 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 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