2040-AF27 201604 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2040 Water WATER 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and Development Industry--Revision

EPA issued a final rule in 2014 (79 FR 12661) withdrawing the numeric turbidity effluent limitations and monitoring requirements at 40 CFR 450.22(a) and (b). At this time, EPA does not have sufficient data to inform establishment of national, numeric turbidity effluent limitations. EPA is also concerned that national, numeric turbidity effluent limitations may be a disincentive to the installation of green infrastructure to manage stormwater. For example, meeting a numeric standard may require installation of a sediment basin or other impoundment on certain sites, which may be a disincentive to installing distributed stormwater controls. Because of these reasons, EPA is withdrawing the rulemaking to establish such limitations.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No 40 CFR 450 33 U.S.C. 1311 33 U.S.C. 1312 "CWA 302" 33 U.S.C. 1314 33 U.S.C. 1316 33 U.S.C. 1341 33 U.S.C. 1342 33 U.S.C. 1361 33 U.S.C. 1370 No Notice 01/03/2012 77 FR 112 Withdrawn 03/18/2016 Docket #:EPA-HQ-OW-2010-0884 No No None No No http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/guide/construction/index.cfm 236 Construction of Buildings 237 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction No No Jesse Pritts 2040 Office of Water OW 202 566-1038 pritts.jesse@epa.gov Mail Code 4303T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20460 Janet Goodwin 2040 Office of Water OW 202 566-1060 goodwin.janet@epamail.epa.gov 4303T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington DC 20460