Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 11/12/1996

Amendments to Streamline the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program Regulations: Round Two

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is today proposing revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations (40 CFR parts 122, 123, 124, and 125). This proposal is part of an agency-wide effort to respond to a directive issued by the President on February 21, 1995, which directed Federal agencies to review their regulatory programs to eliminate any obsolete, ineffective, or unduly burdensome regulations. In response to that directive, EPA initiated a detailed review of its regulations to determine which provisions were obsolete, duplicative, or unduly burdensome. On June 29, 1995, EPA issued a rule (60 FR 33926) which removed some regulatory provisions in the Office of Water program regulations (including certain NPDES provisions) that were clearly obsolete. Today's proposal is intended to further streamline NPDES and RCRA permitting procedures by revising requirements in parts 122, 124, and 125 to eliminate redundant regulatory language, provide clarification, and remove or streamline unnecessary procedures which do not provide any environmental benefits. Conforming changes to 40 CFR parts 22, 117, 144, 270, and 271 are also proposed in today'