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Federal rules on water pollution control: 88 since January 2024

59 final rules and 29 proposed rules since January 23, 2024, 22 of them marked significant. 1 is open for comment now. Most come from the Environmental Protection Agency (62), Engineers Corps (5), Delaware River Basin Commission (4), Coast Guard (4).

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Open for comment

DocumentAgencyTypeComments due
Basin Regulations; Water Code
2026-20480
Delaware River Basin CommissionProposed ruleDec 4

Every document, newest first

DocumentAgencyTypePublished
Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans: Compliance Date Delay and Changes To Reflect Administration Policy
2026-20849
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleOct 13
Basin Regulations; Water Code
2026-20480
Delaware River Basin CommissionProposed ruleOct 6
Marine Protection: Modification To Expand Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites Offshore of Corpus Christi, Texas
2026-19745
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleSep 28
Updated Definition of “Waters of the United States”
2026-18317 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleSep 9
Updates to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Definitions and Exclusions
2026-18134
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleSep 4
Education Department General Administrative Regulations
2026-17239 · significant
Education DepartmentProposed ruleAug 24
Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List
2026-16994
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleAug 20
Deletion From the National Priorities List
2026-16988
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleAug 20
Zero-Based Regulating
2026-13875 · significant
Energy DepartmentFinal ruleJul 9
Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
2026-10817
National Credit Union AdministrationProposed ruleMay 29
Zero-Based Regulating
2026-10729 · significant
Energy DepartmentProposed ruleMay 29
Zero-Based Regulating
2026-10727 · significant
Energy DepartmentFinal ruleMay 29
Regulatory Program Fees and Water Charges Rates
2026-10529
Delaware River Basin CommissionFinal ruleMay 27
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Unmanaged Combustion Residual Leachate
2026-09895 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMay 18
Pipeline Safety: Electronic Retention of Part 194 Response Plans
2026-08070
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationFinal ruleApr 24
Commerce Acquisition Regulation; Minor Amendments
2026-06382
Commerce DepartmentFinal ruleApr 2
National Priorities List
2026-04904
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleMar 13
Marine Protection: Modification To Expand Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites Offshore of Corpus Christi, Texas
2026-04848
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMar 12
Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans: Compliance Date Delay and Changes To Reflect Administration Policy
2026-04388
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMar 5
Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List
2026-04321
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMar 4
Deletion From the National Priorities List
2026-04320
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleMar 4
Prior Notice of Citizen Suits
2026-03646
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleFeb 24
Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans; Amendment Reconsideration
2026-03220
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleFeb 18
Deletion From the National Priorities List; Correction
2026-02809
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleFeb 12
Updating the Water Quality Certification Regulations
2026-00754
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleJan 15
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Deadline Extensions
2025-24102
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleDec 31, 2025
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Initial Notification Date Extension; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
2025-21426
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleNov 28, 2025
Navigation and Navigable Waters, and Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments
2025-20727
Coast GuardFinal ruleNov 24, 2025
Updated Definition of “Waters of the United States”
2025-20402 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleNov 20, 2025
Arkansas: Incorporation by Reference of Approved State Hazardous Waste Management Program
2025-20237
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleNov 18, 2025
Renaming of U.S. Coast Guard Districts
2025-19282
Coast GuardFinal ruleOct 2, 2025
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Initial Notification Date Extension
2025-19269
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleOct 2, 2025
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Deadline Extensions
2025-19268
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleOct 2, 2025
Water Quality Standards To Protect Aquatic Life in the Delaware River
2025-18816 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleSep 29, 2025
Minnesota: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference
2025-17521
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleSep 11, 2025
Maryland: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference
2025-17519
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleSep 11, 2025
Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List
2025-17505
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleSep 11, 2025
Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category
2025-16868 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleSep 3, 2025
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule
2025-15110
Engineers CorpsFinal ruleAug 8, 2025
Procedures for Implementing NEPA; Processing of Department of the Army Permits
2025-13251 · significant
Engineers CorpsFinal ruleJul 15, 2025
National Priorities List
2025-12499
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleJul 3, 2025
Procedures for Implementing NEPA; Processing of Department of the Army Permits
2025-12360 · significant
Engineers CorpsFinal ruleJul 3, 2025
Utah: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference
2025-10031
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleJun 11, 2025
Regulatory Program Fees and Water Charges Rates
2025-08900
Delaware River Basin CommissionFinal ruleMay 19, 2025
Gulf of America Renaming
2025-04018
Coast GuardFinal ruleMar 17, 2025
Deletion From the National Priorities List
2025-03227
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleMar 5, 2025
Utah: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
2025-02908
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleFeb 20, 2025
Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule 22 for the Analysis of Contaminants in Effluent
2024-29239
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleJan 21, 2025
Floating Cabins
2024-30420
Tennessee Valley AuthorityFinal ruleDec 26, 2024
Utah: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference
2024-30025
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleDec 23, 2024
Clean Water Act Section 404 Tribal and State Assumption Program
2024-29484 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleDec 18, 2024
Water Quality Standards; Establishment of a Numeric Criterion for Selenium for the State of California
2024-29483
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleDec 17, 2024
National Priorities List
2024-29006
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleDec 13, 2024
Nebraska: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference
2024-28140
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleDec 9, 2024
Texas: Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program
2024-26905
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleNov 21, 2024
Inflation Adjustment References for Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
2024-25669
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleNov 8, 2024
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and Substitutes Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020
2024-21967 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleOct 11, 2024
Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR)
2024-22463 · significant
Agriculture DepartmentFinal ruleOct 7, 2024
Iowa: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference
2024-22912
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleOct 4, 2024
Health and Human Services Adoption of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
2024-21984
Health and Human Services DepartmentFinal ruleOct 2, 2024
National Priorities List
2024-19751
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleSep 5, 2024
National Priorities List
2024-19750
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleSep 5, 2024
Floating Cabins
2024-19373
Tennessee Valley AuthorityProposed ruleAug 29, 2024
Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List
2024-17934
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleAug 16, 2024
Deletion From the National Priorities List
2024-17933
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleAug 16, 2024
Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR)
2024-15329 · significant
Agriculture DepartmentProposed ruleJul 26, 2024
Pennsylvania: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference
2024-16058
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleJul 24, 2024
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule
2024-12239
Engineers CorpsFinal ruleJun 4, 2024
Regulatory Program Fees and Water Charges Rates
2024-11661
Delaware River Basin CommissionFinal ruleMay 29, 2024
Missouri: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference
2024-10775
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleMay 17, 2024
Revisions to Standards for the Open Burning/Open Detonation of Waste Explosives; Extension of Comment Period
2024-10777 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMay 16, 2024
Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category
2024-09185
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleMay 9, 2024
Designation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) as CERCLA Hazardous Substances
2024-08547
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleMay 8, 2024
Ocean Dumping; Withdrawal of Designated Disposal Sites; Nome, Alaska
2024-09694
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleMay 3, 2024
Water Quality Standards Regulatory Revisions To Protect Tribal Reserved Rights
2024-09427 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleMay 2, 2024
Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule for the Analysis of Effluent
2024-07412
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleApr 16, 2024
Mercury Criterion To Protect Aquatic Life in Idaho
2024-07450
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleApr 9, 2024
Navigation and Navigable Waters, and Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments
2024-06922
Coast GuardFinal ruleApr 3, 2024
Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans
2024-05870 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleMar 28, 2024
Revisions to Standards for the Open Burning/Open Detonation of Waste Explosives
2024-05088 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMar 20, 2024
National Priorities List
2024-04781
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleMar 7, 2024
National Priorities List
2024-04778
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleMar 7, 2024
Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations
2024-03869 · significant
Health and Human Services DepartmentFinal ruleMar 4, 2024
Proposed Deletion From the National Priorities List
2024-03004
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleFeb 16, 2024
Deletion From the National Priorities List
2024-03003
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleFeb 16, 2024
Processing of Department of the Army Permits; Procedures for the Protection of Historic Properties
2024-02580 · significant
Engineers CorpsProposed ruleFeb 9, 2024
South Dakota: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference
2024-02310
Environmental Protection AgencyFinal ruleFeb 8, 2024
Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category
2023-28498 · significant
Environmental Protection AgencyProposed ruleJan 23, 2024

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