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RIN: 2040-AF25

Publication ID: Spring 2017

Title: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Application and Program Updates Rule
Abstract: EPA plans to take final action on proposed regulations that would update specific elements of the existing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations. The rule would make targeted revisions to outdated application, permitting, monitoring and reporting requirements in order to eliminate inconsistencies between regulations and application forms, improve permit documentation and transparency, and clarify existing regulations.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 122 40 CFR 123 40 CFR 124 40 CFR 125
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. Clean Water Act

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/18/2016	81 FR 31343
NPRM Comment Period Extended	06/27/2016	81 FR 41507
NPRM Comment Period End	07/18/2016
NPRM Comment Period Extended End	08/02/2016
Final Rule	12/00/2018

Additional Information: This action includes retrospective review under Executive Order 13563; see: http://www.epa.gov/regdarrt/retrospective/history.html.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Erin Flannery-Keith Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water 4607, 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-0689 Email: flannery-keith.erin@epa.gov Sharmin Syed Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-3052 Email: syed.sharmin@epa.gov