EPA Sets New Effective Date for Water Quality Regulations and Impaired Waters Submission

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established April 30, 2003, as the effective date for revisions to its Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES) regulations, which aim to improve water quality in the United States. The new regulations also revise the deadline for states to submit lists of impaired waters, from April 1, 2002, to October 1, 2002.