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EPA/WATER RIN: 2040-AC35 Publication ID: Spring 1995 
Title: San Francisco Bay/Delta Water Quality Standards 
Abstract: On December 15, 1993, the Administrator signed a notice proposing Federal water quality standards for the San Francisco Bay/Delta estuary. EPA had been sued by numerous environmental groups to propose such standards following its disapproval of portions of the State's water-quality standards in September 1991. EPA Region 9 disapproved the State's standards because they were not adequate to protect the designated fish and wildlife uses of the estuary, as required by section 303 of the Clean Water Act. EPA took this action in conjunction with rulemakings by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries under the Endangered Species Act, all of which were published together on January 6, 1994. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 137.37   
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Judicial  Hudson Riverkeeper and others have filed suit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to compel EPA to re- promulgate regulations under 316(b). Negotiations are ongoing.  12/15/1994 
Final  Statutory  Hudson Riverkeeper and others have filed suit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to compel EPA to re- promulgate regulations under 316(b). Negotiations are ongoing.  04/06/1994 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/06/1994  59 FR 810   
Final Action  01/24/1995  60 FR 4664   
Additional Information: SAN No. 3503. ^PRFA: Y
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Patrick Wright
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone:415 744-1993