2040-AF65 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2040 Office of Water OW 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Federal Mercury Aquatic-Dependent Wildlife Criteria Applicable to California

The EPA is proposing aquatic-dependent wildlife criteria applicable to waters under the state of California's jurisdiction to protect aquatic-dependent wildlife from exposure to mercury. The EPA's proposed rule will not supersede those mercury criteria that are already in place for specific water bodies in California. The EPA's proposed mercury criteria for California relies on the latest science and information regarding mercury bioaccumulation and toxicity as well as California-specific information such as species and habitat information. The EPA's proposal also takes into account applicable EPA policies, guidance, and legal requirements.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 40 CFR 131 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. Clean Water Act Judicial NPRM 06/30/2017 Approve aquatic-dependent wildlife criteria for mercury or propose statewide federal aquatic-dependent wildlife criteria for mercury for California (except where already in place), by June 30, 2017. No NPRM 07/00/2017 Final Rule 10/00/2018 No No State No No No No Julianne McLaughlin 2040 Office of Water OW 202 566-2542 mclaughlin.julianne@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 4305T, Washington DC 20460 Danielle Anderson 2040 Office of Water OW 202 564-1631 anderson.danielle@epa.gov Mail Code 4305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20460