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In response to the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA) and the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act) of 2016, the EPA is proposing revisions to its Oil Pollution Prevention Rule (specifically, the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule). WRRDA requires that the EPA, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, promulgate a rule to adjust certain provisions of the SPCC rule. In consultation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the EPA performed a study required under the WRRDA to determine the appropriate aboveground storage applicability threshold for farms based on a significant risk of discharge to water. In consultation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the EPA will use the study's findings when evaluating potential adjustments to the aboveground storage applicability thresholds for farms. In December of 2016, the WIIN Act amended WRRDA.

Overall Description of Deadline: The WRRDA requires that the EPA promulgate a rule to adjust the exemption levels no later than 18 months after the date on which the required study was completed (which equates to December 2016).