Środowisko i energia · 2.09.2004

Notice of Availability of 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan

Today's notice describes EPA's 2004 annual review of existing effluent guidelines under CWA section 304(b) and presents EPA's final 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan under CWA section 304(m). Under the Clean Water Act (CWA), EPA establishes technology-based national regulations, termed "effluent guidelines," to reduce pollutant discharges from categories of industrial facilities to waters of the United States. Section 304(m) of the Clean Water Act requires EPA to publish an Effluent Guidelines Program Plan every two years after allowing for public review and comment on the plan prior to final publication. The Agency published the preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan on December 31, 2003 (68 FR 75515), and public comments on the preliminary plan are discussed in today's notice and in the docket accompanying the plan. After reviewing additional data and considering public comments, EPA is publishing its final 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan. In this Plan, EPA identifies four industries for effluent guidelines rulemaking. Two of these industries--Airport Deicing Operations and Drinking Water Supply and Treatment--are not subject to existing effluent guidelines. The o