EPA has released Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 14 under Clean Water Act section 304(m). EPA is required to biennially publish a final plan for new and revised effluent limitations guidelines for the control of wastewater discharges from industrial categories, after public review and comment. Plan 14 discusses EPA’s decision to conclude the Petroleum Refining Category study and planned next steps for the detailed study on the Electrical and Electronic Components Category. Plan 14 provides an update on the PFAS Multi-Industry study, the scope of which includes organic chemical manufacturers, airports, rug and textile manufactures, pulp and paper manufacturers, and the metal finishing point source category. Additionally, Plan 14 provides details on upcoming revisions to 40 CFR Part 437 to increase flexibility for centralized waste treaters who treat produced water from oil and gas extraction as well as a notice of proposed rulemaking to consider BAT limitations for two waste streams (landfill leachate and legacy wastewater) for the steam electric power generating point source category that were vacated in an April 2019 decision in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for the Organic Chemicals, Plastics, and Synthetic Fibers point source category to solicit additional information or data about PFAS manufacturers and formulators.
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