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Actions open for public comment and final rules
Review the full text of all EPA Federal Register documents including notices, meetings, rules, and regulations. At this site, you may retrieve documents by publication date, keyword, or by one of twelve topical categories (e.g., water, air, pesticides, toxics, waste).
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Actions open for public comment
- Comments on the Draft Aquatic Life Criteria for Acrolein should be submitted by March 17, 2009.
- Comments on Proposed Rule: Effluent Guidelines for Discharges from the Construction and Development Industry should be submitted within 90 days after the official publication in the Federal Register.
Final rules
- Federal Regulations establishing methods to implement Puerto Rico's antidegradation policy (Effective January 11, 2008)
- Final Rule: Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Analytical Methods for Biological Pollutants in Wastewater and Sewage Sludge (March 26, 2007)
- Methods Update Rule (March 12, 2007)
- Final 316(b) Phase III rule published (June 16, 2006)
- Aeromonas Human Health Criteria document (May 15, 2006)
- Final Aquatic Life Criteria for Nonylphenol (February 18, 2006)
- Final Aquatic Life Criteria for Diazinon (February 18, 2006)
- Final Amendments to the Effluent Limitations Guidelines for the Iron and Steel Manufacturing Point Source Category (December 13, 2005)
- Direct final rule to amend a typographical error in the Transportation Equipment Cleaning Effluent Guideline (February 1, 2005)
- Final Water Quality Standards Bacteria Rule for Coastal and Great Lakes Recreation Waters (November 8, 2004)
- Meat, Poultry Production Effluent Guideline Rule Published (September 8, 2004)
- Phase II Rule for Cooling Water Intakes (July 9, 2004)
Published in the Federal Register on July 9th, this final rule protects fish, shellfish and other aquatic life from cooling water intake structures at large power plants. This is the first time in the 32-year history of the Clean Water Act that EPA has established a systematic way to address the environmental consequences of power plants that withdraw more than 50 million gallons of water per day. The rule will protect aquatic organisms from being trapped on intake screens or drawn through the cooling systems. - Aquatic Animal Production Industry - Effluent Guideline - Final Rule (July 1, 2004)
This rule establishes effluent limitation guidelines and new source performance standards for specific types of commercial and non-commercial operations that produce aquatic animals for food, recreation and restoration of wild populations, pet trade, and other commercial products. - Final Action on Construction & Development Effluent Guideline (April 1, 2004)
- Wastewater Discharge Limits Set for Meat, Poultry Production Facilities (February 27, 2004)
- Final Regulations for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Large Power Plants (Phase II) (February 16, 2004)
- Water Quality Standards for Puerto Rico (January 26, 2004)