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EPA/OW RIN: 2040-AF52 Publication ID: Fall 2016 
Title: Rulemaking to Establish Regulatory Procedures for Eligible Tribes to Obtain Treatment in a Similar Manner as States for the CWA Section 303(d) Impaired Water Listing & Total Maximum Daily Load Program 
Abstract:

The EPA finalized a rule on treatment of Indian tribes in a similar manner as states for purposes of section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. The final rule establishes procedures for eligible tribes to obtain authority to identify impaired waters on their reservations and to establish total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), which serve as plans for attaining and maintaining applicable water quality standards.

 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 130.7    40 CFR 130.6(d)    40 CFR 131.8   
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C 1313(d)    33 U.S.C 1361(a)    33 U.S.C. 1377(e)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/19/2016  81 FR 2791   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/21/2016 
Final Rule  09/26/2016  81 FR 65901   
Final Rule Effective  10/26/2016 
Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0622
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/tmdl/proposed-rule-treatment-indian-tribes-similar-manner-states-purposes-section-303d-clean-water  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Ruth Chemerys
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
4504F, Mail Code 4503T,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1216
Email: chemerys.ruth@epa.gov