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Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category
The Environmental Protection Agency published this final rule in the Federal Register on May 9, 2024. It took effect on July 8, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is finalizing a Clean Water Act regulation to revise the technology-based effluent limitations guidelines and standards (ELGs) for the steam electric power generating point source category applicable to flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater, bottom ash (BA) transport water and legacy wastewater at existing sources, and combustion residual leachate (CRL) at new and existing sources. Last updated in 2015 and 2020, this regulation is estimated to cost an additional $536 million to $1.1 billion dollars annually in social costs and reduce pollutant discharges by an additional approximately 660 to 672 million pounds per year.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-09185
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Published
- May 9, 2024
- Takes effect
- July 8, 2024
- Dates
- This final rule is effective on July 8, 2024. In accordance with 40 CFR part 23, this regulation shall be considered issued for purposes of judicial review at 1 p.m. Eastern time on May 23, 2024. Under section 509(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), judicial review of this regulation can be had only by filing a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals within 120 days after the regulation is considered issued for purposes of judicial review. Under section 509(b)(2), the requirements of this regulation may not be challenged later in civil or criminal proceedings brought by EPA to enforce
- Docket
- EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819; FRL-8794-02-OW
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2040-AG23
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 40 CFR 423
- Topics
- Environmental protection; Waste treatment and disposal; Water pollution control
- Pages
- 109
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