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EPA/OW | RIN: 2040-AF71 | Publication ID: Fall 2018 |
Title: Rule to Withdraw Certain Federal Water Quality Criteria for Lead, Chlorodibromomethane, and Dichlorobromomethane Applicable to California | |
Abstract:
In December 2017, EPA proposed to amend the Federal regulations to withdraw the following criteria: a) certain aquatic life criteria for lead applicable to California's Los Angeles River and its tributaries; b) certain human health (water & organism) criteria for dichlorobromomethane applicable to a segment of New Alamo Creek and a segment of Ulatis Creek in California; and c) certain human health (water & organism) criteria for chlorodibromomethane applicable to a segment of New Alamo Creek and a segment of Ulatis Creek in California. On May 18, 2000, EPA promulgated a final rule known as the California Toxics Rule or CTR that established numeric water quality criteria for priority toxic pollutants for certain waters in the State of California. Since California now has adopted, and EPA has approved, criteria for lead dichlorobromomethane and chlorodibromomethane which are applicable water quality standards for purposes of the Clean Water Act, EPA has determined that certain of the Federally promulgated criteria for these parameters are no longer needed for certain waters in California. EPA will remove a Federal regulation that essentially duplicates State regulation. The withdrawal of the Federally promulgated criteria will enable California to implement its EPA-approved water quality criteria for these parameters in certain waters in California as the applicable Clean Water Act water quality standards. |
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Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant | |
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 131 | |
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: State |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Bryan Goodwin Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 4305T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-0762 Email: goodwin.bryan@epa.gov Menchu Martinez Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 4503T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 566-1218 Email: martinez.menchu-c@epa.gov |