Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 6.10.2000

Community XL (XLC) Site-Specific Rulemaking for Steele County, MN

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will implement a project under the Project XLC program for certain facilities in Steele County, Minnesota. The terms of the project are defined in a Final Project Agreement (FPA) which was made available for public review and comment through a Federal Register notice on December 29, 1999 (64 FR 73047) and signed on May 31, 2000. In addition, EPA is promulgating a site-specific rule, applicable only to the Steele County Sponsors who are Participating Industrial Users, to facilitate implementation of the project. This site-specific rule provides regulatory changes under the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act) to implement the Community XL project, which will result in superior environmental performance. The site- specific rule changes some of the requirements which apply to the Sponsors who are Participating Industrial Users to promote a reduction in the discharge of four priority metals, a reduction in water usage, and the development of an Environmental Management System. An incentive-based monitoring approach will be implemented, such that as discharge reduction goals are met, monitoring frequency may be reduced, mass-based limits will replac