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EPA received petitions from the Utility Water Act Group and the U.S. Small Business Administration requesting reconsideration and an administrative stay of provisions of EPA's 2015 final rule titled "Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category," (80 FR 67838; November 3, 2015). After considering the petitions, the Administrator decided that it is appropriate and in the public interest to conduct a rulemaking to address some of the issues raised by petitioners. On November 22, 2019, EPA proposed revisions to the 2015 final rule's effluent limits for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater and for bottom ash (BA) transport water applicable to existing steam electric power generators (84 FR 64620).