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EPA/OW RIN: 2040-AF84 Publication ID: Fall 2019 
Title: Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule for the Analysis of Effluent 
Abstract:

This regulatory action amends "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants" at 40 CFR part 136 by approving test procedures (analytical methods) for use by testing laboratories and others for water monitoring. These test procedures must be used to implement the NPDES program unless the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the use of an alternate procedure. The regulation also revises, clarifies, and corrects errors and ambiguities in existing methods and the water monitoring regulations.

 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 136   
Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1311    33 U.S.C. 1314    33 U.S.C. 1361   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/22/2019  84 FR 56590   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/23/2019 
Final Rule  03/00/2020 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Meghan Hessenauer
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
4303T,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1040
Fax:202 566-1053
Email: hessenauer.meghan@epamail.epa.gov

Brian D'Amico
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
Mail Code 4303T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1069
Fax:202 566-1053
Email: damico.brian@epa.gov