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Final Rule

Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule for the Analysis of Effluent

Document Details

Document Number2024-07412
TypeFinal Rule
PublishedApr 16, 2024
Effective DateJun 17, 2024
RIN2040-AG25
Docket IDEPA-HQ-OW-2022-0901
Text FetchedYes

Agencies & CFR References

Agency Hierarchy:
Environmental Protection Agency
CFR References:
40 CFR 136

Linked CFR Parts

PartNameAgency
No linked CFR parts

Paired Documents

TypeProposedFinalMethodConf
No paired documents

External Links

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📊 Regulatory Analysis (Deterministic extraction)

Compliance Obligations 58 found

53 required actions
5 prohibited actions
REQUIRED unspecified must report by industries (by industries and municipalities when analyzing the chemical)
MUST unspecified must comply L2 (by the requirements of this action include: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2)
SHALL unspecified must comply
MUST unspecified must report Technology Transfer (by Reference</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">ICP/AES: Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1"> NED: <E T="03">N</E> -(1-naphthyl)-ethylenediamine dihydrochloride </FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">m/z: Mass to Charge Ratio</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">MF: Membrane Filtration</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">MPN: Most Probable Number</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">nm: Nanometer</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">NTTAA: National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">POTW: Publicly Owned Treatment Works</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">QC: Quality Control</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">TKN: Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">USGS: United States Geological Survey</FP> <FP SOURCE="FP-1">VCSB: Voluntary Consensus Standards Body</FP> </EXTRACT> NPDES permits must include conditions designed to ensure compliance with the technology-based and water quality-based requirements of the CWA)
REQUIRED unspecified must comply permit program (by CWA section 304(h) are a central element of the NPDES permit program)
REQUIRED unspecified must report NPDES permits
REQUIRED unspecified must comply exactly 0
MUST unspecified must comply satisfactory endpoint
MUST unspecified must comply total chromium
REQUIRED unspecified must comply samples contain
... and 48 more obligations

Costs of Compliance

24
Work Hours
Extracted Entities (locations, events, objects)
Locations: Open File Report An aqueous sample is injected into an ion chromatograph consisting of an injector Fluoride reacts with the dye Barr
Regulated Objects: 97-70
Organizations: EPA Pace Analytical Services Laboratories Luebbe Analyzing Technologies Waters The Nitrate Elimination
Comment Responses 14 commenters
0 accepted
0 rejected
0 partial
no_response from laboratory associations, state environmental
"unspecified request..."
no_response The
"sampling and preservation procedures in the ASTM method have not changed since 2009, but the change ..."
no_response is applicable for the collection and preservation
"for the analysis of total cyanide, available cyanide, weak acid dissociable cyanide, and free cyanid..."
no_response While the color forms over the pH range 3.5 to 11.
"pH range is between 4 and 5..."
no_response s lifetime correlates to the DO concentration. The
"for particularly difficult samples, such as sediments..."
no_response for particularly difficult samples, such as sedime
"for most samples..."
no_response as
"unspecified request..."
no_response DDT, dieldrin, endosulfan I, endosulfan II, endosu
"unspecified request..."
no_response This action involves technical standards. The EPA
"by the Standard Methods Committee and ASTM International for use in compliance monitoring where the ..."
no_response test and is
"for marine water samples..."
Legal Authority & Citations
Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 2 U.S.C. 1531 5 U.S.C. 804 5 U.S.C. 552(a) Executive Order 12866 Executive Order 14094 Executive Order 13132 Executive Order 13175 Executive Order 13045 Executive Order 13211 Executive Order 12898
CFR References: 40 CFR 136 40 CFR 122.1 40 CFR 136.1 40 CFR 403.1 40 CFR 122.21 40 CFR 403.12 40 CFR 136.3 40 CFR 136.4 1 CFR 51

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<RULE> ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY <CFR>40 CFR Part 136</CFR> <DEPDOC>[EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0901; FRL 9346-02-OW]</DEPDOC> <RIN>RIN 2040-AG25</RIN> <SUBJECT>Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule for the Analysis of Effluent</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Final rule. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing changes to its test procedures required to be used by industries and municipalities when analyzing the chemical, physical, and biological properties of wastewater and other samples for reporting under the EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program. The Clean Water Act requires the EPA to promulgate these test procedures (analytical methods) for analysis of pollutants. The EPA anticipates that these changes will provide increased flexibility for the regulated community in meeting monitoring requirements while improving data quality. In addition, this update to the CWA methods will incorporate technological advances in analytical technology and make a series of minor changes and corrections to existing approved methods. As such, the EPA expects that these changes will not result in any negative economic impacts. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> This final rule is effective on June 17, 2024. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule and is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of June 17, 2024. </EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-OW-HQ-2022-0901. All documents in the docket are listed on the <E T="03">http://www.regulations.gov</E> website. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, <E T="03">e.g.,</E> CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as co [... Content truncated for display. Full text is stored and available for diff comparison ...]