U.S. EPA Reopens Comment Period for Effluent Guidelines Plan

On Oct. 26, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published the final 2010 plan for effluent guidelines, which are regulations that improve water quality by controlling discharges from industrial sources. The final 2010 plan identified new or existing industrial dischargers selected for effluent guidelines rulemaking and provided a schedule for such rulemakings. It also solicited data and information for EPA's 2011 Effluent Guidelines Program Reviews.

The agency solicited comments from the public on the final 2010 plan, and data and information for the 2011 reviews, for 30 days, to have been submitted on or before Nov. 25, 2011. Several requests for additional time to submit comments were submitted within days of the close of the comment period and EPA was unable to grant an extension before closing.

The agency is therefore reopening the comment period and will accept public comments on the plan, and data and information for the 2011 reviews, for an additional 60 days upon publication of a notice in the Federal Register.

Source: U.S. EPA