2040-AF26 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2040 Office of Water OW 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Point Source Category

The EPA proposed technology-based pretreatment standards under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for discharges of pollutants into publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) from existing and new dental practices that discharge dental amalgam. Dental amalgam contains mercury and other metals that have the potential to pass through or interfere with municipal wastewater treatment at POTWs. The EPA is evaluating best management practices, such as use of amalgam separators, as a regulatory requirement.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 40 CFR 441 40 CFR 403 33 U.S.C. 1251 33 U.S.C. 1311 33 U.S.C. 1314 33 U.S.C. 1316 33 U.S.C. 1317 33 U.S.C. 1318 33 U.S.C. 1342 33 U.S.C. 1361 42 U.S.C. 13101 et seq. No NPRM 10/22/2014 79 FR 63257 NPRM Comment Period Extended 12/19/2014 79 FR 75772 Final Rule 12/00/2016 Docket #:EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0693 No No Federal Local State No No http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/guide/dental/ 339116 Dental Laboratories 621210 Offices of Dentists No No Jan Matuszko 2040 Office of Water OW 202 566-1035 202 566-1053 matuszko.jan@epa.gov 4303T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20460