Search Results for keywords:"Effluent Guidelines"

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  • 2024-29860 — Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 102893
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the release of the Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 16. This plan reviews and discusses potential updates to guidelines and standards for managing water pollution from industries. The public is invited to comment on various aspects of the plan, including industrial rankings, review findings, and new studies by January 17, 2025. The EPA aims to enhance its planning and analysis tools through this input.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA has made a plan to make rules for cleaning up dirty water from factories better, and they want people to tell them what they think about it. They didn’t mention how much this could cost or which factories it might affect.

  • 2021-00215 — Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 14; Notice of Availability
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 1960
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 14 under the Clean Water Act. This plan outlines updates on previous activities, reviews of wastewater discharges, and proposed treatment technologies. The plan also addresses new studies, such as those related to industrial discharges of nutrients and PFAS (a group of chemicals). EPA received public feedback on the preliminary plan and made some clarifications, although no significant changes were made. The plan is available online for public access.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA made a plan to help keep water clean by checking what factories dump in the water and by looking into ways to make the water cleaner. They listened to what people thought about their first plan and made it clearer, but they didn't change much.