Effluent Guidelines

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Notice of Data Availability for the Transportation Equipment Cleaning Point Source Category

Fact Sheet; June 1999

Summary

EPA is publishing a Notice of Data Availability for the Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards and New Source Performance Standards for the Transportation Equipment Cleaning Point Source Category. The Notice of Data Availability provides a summary of the data received since EPA proposed the effluent guidelines on June 25, 1998 (63 FR 34685).

Summary of the New Data

This notice presents a summary of data received since the proposal and an assessment of the usefulness of the data in EPAs analyses; presents new data collected by EPA to support effluent limitations in the Barge/Chemical & Petroleum Subcategory; presents a change from the mass-based limits format of the proposal; presents a modified subcategorization approach; reviews technology options selected for regulation; and discusses other specific issues raised by commentors including:

• selection of pollutants proposed for regulation,
• the costs associated with the regulation, a low flow exclusion, and
• the applicability of the rule

EPA also presents the concentration based standards that would result if EPA decides to adopt concentration based standards. EPA solicits public comment on any of the issues or information presented in this notice of data availability and in the administrative record supporting this notice.

Additional Information

For additional information on this notice, contact Jesse Pritts, Office of Water, Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 202-566-1038, or E-mail pritts.jesse@epa.gov or review the complete text of the Federal Register notice.

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