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EPA/OLEM RIN: 2050-AG87 Publication ID: Fall 2019 
Title: Clean Water Act Hazardous Substances Spill Prevention 
Abstract:

As a result of a consent decree, the EPA issued a rule that addresses the prevention and containment of hazardous substance discharges under section 311(j)(1)(C) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This section directs the President to issue regulations to prevent and contain discharges of oil and hazardous substances from onshore and offshore facilities and to contain such discharges. The EPA assessed the consequences of CWA hazardous substance discharges into the Nation's waters and evaluated the costs and benefits of potential preventive and containment regulatory requirements for facilities handling such substances. Based on the frequency and impacts of reported CWA hazardous substances discharges and a review of the existing framework of EPA regulatory requirements, the agency is not establishing new regulatory requirements at this time under section 311(j)(1)(C) of the CWA.

 
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 
EO 14192 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 151   
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Judicial  Consent Decree  06/16/2018 
Final  Judicial  Consent Decree  08/25/2019 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/25/2018  83 FR 29499   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/24/2018 
Notice  02/19/2019  84 FR 4741   
Notice Comment Period End  03/05/2019 
Final Rule  09/03/2019  84 FR 46100   
Final Rule Effective  10/03/2019 
Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0024
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: https://www.epa.gov.rulemaking-preventing-hazardous-substance-spills   Public Comment URL: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0024  
Sectors Affected: 111 Crop Production; 115 Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; 211 Oil and Gas Extraction; 212 Mining (except Oil and Gas); 221 Utilities; 311 Food Manufacturing; 312 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; 313 Textile Mills; 316 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing; 321 Wood Product Manufacturing; 322 Paper Manufacturing; 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 326 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; 423 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods; 424 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods; 44-45 Retail Trade; 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing; 493 Warehousing and Storage; 54 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; 56 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services; 61 Educational Services; 72 Accommodation and Food Services; 924 Administration of Environmental Quality Programs 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Gregory Wilson
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Land and Emergency Management
Mail Code 5104A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-7989
Email: wilson.gregory@epa.gov