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RIN: 2040-AF25

Publication ID: 2012

Title: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Application and Program Updates Rule
Abstract: EPA plans to propose regulations that would update specific elements of the existing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) in order to better harmonize regulations and application forms, improve permit documentation and transparency, and provide clarifications to the existing regulations. In this effort EPA plans to address application, permitting, monitoring and reporting requirements that have become obsolete or outdated due to programmatic, technical or other changes that have occurred over the past 35 years. Specifically, EPA plans to focus on revising the NPDES permit application forms to specifically include all final agency data standards, improving the consistency between the application forms, updating the applications to better reflect current program practices, and specifically incorporate new program areas into the forms (e.g., Clean Water Act section 316(b) requirements for cooling water intake structures). EPA also plans to address other program elements including permit documentation, EPA state permit objection, and public participation procedures to improve the quality and transparency of permit development. As an example of a regulation which could be proposed to change to reduce burden, as well as improve transparency and public access to information, EPA is considering whether to revise the public notice requirements to allow a State to post notices of draft NPDES permits and other permit actions under the Clean Water Act on their State agency Web sites in lieu of traditional newspaper posting.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122 40 CFR 125 40 CFR 123 40 CFR 124
Legal Authority: 33 USC 1251 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	09/00/2013
Final Rule	06/00/2014

Additional Information: This action includes retrospective review under EO 13563; see: http://www.epa.gov/regdarrt/retrospective/history.html.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Kathryn Kelley Environmental Protection Agency Water Mail Code 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-7004 Fax:202 564-9544 Email: kelley.kathryn@epamail.epa.gov David Hair Environmental Protection Agency Water Mail Code 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-2287 Fax:202 564-9544 Email: hair.david@epamail.epa.gov