2040-AG08 202010 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2040 Office of Water OW 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Federal Recreation Water Quality Criteria Applicable to Certain Waters in New York

On March 7, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disapproved New York's revised water quality criteria for fecal coliform and total coliform (i.e., recreational criteria) as not being protective of the primary contact recreation designated use in certain waters around New York City. The state has not remedied this disapproval and this proposal fulfills EPA’s statutory obligation to prepare and publish proposed regulations setting forth scientifically defensible and protective water quality criteria for these primary contact waters.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Regulatory 40 CFR 131.11 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., Clean Water Act No NPRM 02/00/2021 Final Action 05/00/2021 Docket #:EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0453 No No None No No No No Brent Gaylord 2002 212 637-3868 gaylord.brent@epa.gov USEPA Region 2, 24th Floor, 290 Broadway, New York NY 10007 Thomas Gardner 2040 Office of Water OW 202 566-0386 gardner.thomas@epa.gov Mail Code 4305T, Washington DC 20460