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What's New, 2006 Archive
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- Draft Technical Guidance Manual: Wetlands (December 14, 2006)
- Implementing the BEACH Act of 2000 Report to Congress (October 2006)
- Healthy Waters Start with Water Quality Standards We are making a new colorful environmental poster available. The poster depicts some common water body uses (such as fishing, swimming and boating) in communities across the U.S. (November 08, 2006)
- The Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act Programs will meet on December 6–8, 2006. (October 31, 2006)
- 2006 Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisory tables. The tables summarize the drinking water regulations and health advisory values as well as the reference dose (RFD) and cancer risk values for drinking water contaminants. (October 17, 2006)
- Release 2.2 of AQUATOX is now available. Release 2.2 contains several minor enhancements over Release 2.1, which had greatly enhanced nutrient fate and toxics effects analysis. (October 17, 2006)
- Final Rule: Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Analytical Methods for Biological Pollutants in Wastewater and Sewage Sludge (September 29, 2006)
- Contractor Access to Confidential Business Information EPA intends to transfer confidential business information collected from airport deicing operations to SciMetrika. (September 05, 2006)
- Fish Advisory Newsletter (September 05, 2006)
- Two Fact Sheets providing guidance on the Bacteria Rule (August 30, 2006)
- Regional Benefits Analysis for the Final Section 316(b) Phase III Existing Facilities Rule (August 09, 2006)
- Draft Implementation Guidance for Methylmercury Fish Tissue Criterion (August 04, 2006)
- Extension of Public Comment Period for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitation Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Response to Waterkeeper Decision Proposed Rule (August 04, 2006)
- Four new case studies in Tribal Water Quality Standards Program (July 31, 2006)
- Drinking Water Treatment Utilities Survey (July 20, 2006). Comments close on August 18, 2006.
- Compilation of EPA Mixing Zone Documents (July 19, 2006)
- Public Meeting on Designated Uses and Use Attainability Analyses (July 10, 2006)
- Revised National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitation Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Response to Waterkeeper Decision (June 30, 2006)
- Beach Season Begins! Join us in continuing to help protect and preserve our Nation's recreational treasures. (June 19, 2006)
- Final 316(b) Phase III rule published (June 16, 2006)
- Aeromonas Human Health Criteria document (May 15, 2006)
- Aquaculture Guidance Document — Complying with Discharge Standards for Concentrated Aquatic Animal Production (May 15, 2006)
- Airline Deicing Questionnaires sent to respondents (April 19, 2006)
- Draft Questionnaire for the Chlorine and Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Point Source Categories (April 18, 2006)
- Wastewater-biosolids methods NODA published (April 11, 2006)
- Airport Deicing Questionnaires sent to respondents (April 07, 2006)
- Permit Guidance Document for Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing
This guidance document will help permit writers and pretreatment coordinators develop appropriate National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits and pretreatment requirements for pharmaceutical facilities with the following types of operations: fermentation, extraction, chemical synthesis, mixing, compounding and formulating and research. (March 28, 2006) - Fourth FACA Meeting on Detection and Quantitation, March 29-30, 2006 (March 09, 2006)
- Final Aquatic Life Criteria for Nonylphenol (February 18, 2006)
- Final Aquatic Life Criteria for Diazinon (February 18, 2006)
- Proceedings of the 2005 National Forum on Contaminants in Fish available (January 18, 2006)
- Notice of a Public Meeting on Designated Uses and Use Attainability Analyses (January 04, 2006)
- EPA is making nearly $10 million in BEACH ACT grants available in 2006 for eligible states to protect public health at the Nation's beaches (January 04, 2006)
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