80 FR 46280 - Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan and 2014 Annual Effluent Guidelines Review Report

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 149 (August 4, 2015)

Page Range		46280-46280
FR Document		2015-18877

This notice announces the availability of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan and EPA's 2014 Annual Effluent Guidelines Review Report. Section 304(m) of the Clean Water Act requires EPA to biennially publish a plan for new and revised effluent guidelines, after public notice and comment. The Plan identifies any new or existing industrial categories selected for effluent guidelines and provides a schedule. EPA typically publishes a preliminary plan upon which the public is invited to comment, and then publishes a final plan thereafter. EPA published the Preliminary 2014 Plan on September 16, 2014, and received public comment on it.

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Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan and 2014 Annual 
Effluent Guidelines Review Report

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Environmental 
Protection Agency's (EPA) Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 
and EPA's 2014 Annual Effluent Guidelines Review Report. Section 304(m) 
of the Clean Water Act requires EPA to biennially publish a plan for 
new and revised effluent guidelines, after public notice and comment. 
The Plan identifies any new or existing industrial categories selected 
for effluent guidelines and provides a schedule. EPA typically 
publishes a preliminary plan upon which the public is invited to 
comment, and then publishes a final plan thereafter. EPA published the 
Preliminary 2014 Plan on September 16, 2014, and received public 
comment on it.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William F. Swietlik, Engineering 
and Analysis Division, Office of Water, 4303T, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC., 
20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1129; fax number: (202) 566-1053; 
email address: swietlik.william@epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

    A. Supporting Documents--Key documents providing additional 
information about EPA's 2014 annual review and the Final 2014 Plan 
include the 2014 Effluent Guidelines Review Report and the Final 2014 
Effluent Guidelines Program Plan.
    B. How can I get copies of these documents and other related 
information?
    1. Docket. EPA has established official public dockets for these 
actions under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0170. The official public 
docket is the collection of materials that is available for public 
viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    2. Electronic Access. You can access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the United States government online source for 
Federal regulations at http://www.regulations.gov.
    3. Internet access. Copies of the supporting documents are 
available at http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/304m/index.cfm

II. How Is This Document Organized?

    The outline of this notice follows.

A. Legal Authority
B. Summary of the Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan

A. Legal Authority

    This notice is published under the authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 
1251, et seq., and in particular sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 
304(m), 306, 307(b) and 308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 1314(b), 
1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 1317(b), and 1318.

B. Summary of the Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan

    EPA prepared the Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (the 
Plan) pursuant to Clean Water Act section 304(m). The Plan provides a 
summary of EPA's review of effluent guidelines and pretreatment 
standards, consistent with CWA sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 
and 307(b). It includes EPA's evaluation of indirect discharge 
categories that do not have categorical pretreatment standards for the 
purpose of identifying potential new categories for which pretreatment 
standards under CWA section 307(b) might be warranted. From these 
reviews, the Plan identifies any new or existing industrial categories 
selected for effluent guidelines, and provides a schedule. In addition, 
the Plan presents any new or existing categories of industry selected 
for further review and analysis. The Final 2014 Plan and the 2014 
Annual Review Report can be found at http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/304m/index.cfm

    Dated: July 24, 2015.
Kenneth J. Kopocis,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water.
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to hourly values prior to air quality ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION electronically through the United States
modeling. This may be done with AGENCY government online source for Federal
temporal profiles in several steps, such regulations at http://
[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0170; FRL—9931–67–
as annual-to-month, month-to-day, and OW] www.regulations.gov.
day-to-hour. The exact method used 3. Internet access. Copies of the
depends on the type of emissions being RIN 2040–ZA24
supporting documents are available at
processed. The EPA seeks comment on Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/
the allocation of the emission Plan and 2014 Annual Effluent lawsguidance/cwa/304m/index.cfm
inventories to month, day, and hour for Guidelines Review Report
all types of emission processes. In II. How Is This Document Organized?
particular, the EPA seeks information AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). The outline of this notice follows.
that could help improve the temporal
allocation in 2017 of emissions from ACTION: Notice of availability. A. Legal Authority
EGUs, nonroad mobile sources, B. Summary of the Final 2014 Effluent
SUMMARY: This notice announces the Guidelines Program Plan
residential wood combustion sources,
availability of the Environmental
and the temporal allocation of vehicle
Protection Agency’s (EPA) Final 2014 A. Legal Authority
miles traveled needed to model onroad Effluent Guidelines Program Plan and
mobile sources. The EPA seeks local- EPA’s 2014 Annual Effluent Guidelines This notice is published under the
and region-specific data that can be Review Report. Section 304(m) of the authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1251,
used to improve the temporal allocation Clean Water Act requires EPA to et seq., and in particular sections 301(d),
of emissions data. biennially publish a plan for new and 304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 306, 307(b) and
• Spatial surrogates. Spatial revised effluent guidelines, after public 308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d),
surrogates are used to allocate county- notice and comment. The Plan identifies 1314(b), 1314(g), 1314(m), 1316,
level emissions to the grid cells used for any new or existing industrial categories 1317(b), and 1318.
air quality modeling. The EPA requests selected for effluent guidelines and
provides a schedule. EPA typically B. Summary of the Final 2014 Effluent
comment on the spatial surrogates used
publishes a preliminary plan upon Guidelines Program Plan
to spatially allocate the 2011 and 2017
emissions. The same spatial surrogates which the public is invited to comment, EPA prepared the Final 2014 Effluent
are used in the base and future years. and then publishes a final plan Guidelines Program Plan (the Plan)
thereafter. EPA published the
• Chemical speciation. Prior to air Preliminary 2014 Plan on September 16,
pursuant to Clean Water Act section
quality modeling, the pollutants in the 304(m). The Plan provides a summary of
2014, and received public comment on
emission inventories must be converted it. EPA’s review of effluent guidelines and
into the chemical species used by the air pretreatment standards, consistent with
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
quality model using speciation profiles. CWA sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g),
William F. Swietlik, Engineering and
The speciation profiles provided are 304(m), and 307(b). It includes EPA’s
Analysis Division, Office of Water,
consistent with version 4.4 of the 4303T, U.S. Environmental Protection evaluation of indirect discharge
SPECIATE database. The EPA requests Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue categories that do not have categorical
comment on the provided speciation NW., Washington, DC., 20460; pretreatment standards for the purpose
profiles, as well as any information that telephone number: (202) 566–1129; fax of identifying potential new categories
could help improve the speciation of oil number: (202) 566–1053; email address: for which pretreatment standards under
and gas emissions in both the eastern swietlik.william@epa.gov CWA section 307(b) might be warranted.
and western U.S. in 2017. Oil and gas SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: From these reviews, the Plan identifies
speciation information, along with VOC any new or existing industrial categories
to TOG adjustment factors that are used I. General Information selected for effluent guidelines, and
to compute methane emissions, would A. Supporting Documents—Key provides a schedule. In addition, the
be of the most use at the county or oil/ documents providing additional Plan presents any new or existing
gas basin level of detail and also for information about EPA’s 2014 annual categories of industry selected for
each distinct process at oil and gas review and the Final 2014 Plan include further review and analysis. The Final
drilling/production facilities (e.g., glycol the 2014 Effluent Guidelines Review 2014 Plan and the 2014 Annual Review
dehydrators). Report and the Final 2014 Effluent Report can be found at http://
Guidelines Program Plan. water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/
To aid in the interpretation of the B. How can I get copies of these
provided data files and how they relate cwa/304m/index.cfm
documents and other related
to the aspects of the data on which the Dated: July 24, 2015.
information?
EPA is requesting comment, the EPA 1. Docket. EPA has established official Kenneth J. Kopocis,
has provided a summary document in public dockets for these actions under Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water.
the docket that describes in more detail Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2014– [FR Doc. 2015–18877 Filed 8–3–15; 8:45 am]
the provided data and summary files. 0170. The official public docket is the BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
Dated: July 23, 2015. collection of materials that is available
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Stephen D. Page,
for public viewing at the Water Docket
in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC)
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and
EPA West, Room 3334,
Standards.
1301Constitution Ave. NW.,
[FR Doc. 2015–18878 Filed 8–3–15; 8:45 am]
Washington, DC 20460.
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of availability.
Contact		Mr. William F. Swietlik, Engineering and Analysis Division, Office of Water, 4303T, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC., 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1129; fax number: (202) 566-1053;
FR Citation		80 FR 46280
RIN Number		2040-ZA24