June 1976
Enviror
              OOOK76003
Small
Task
Establishing National
Effluent Limitations Guidelines

and Standards

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Contents
 2 What is  an effluent limitation
    guideline?
   What is  an effluent limitation?

   What is  a  point source?
   What are new source performance
   standards?
   Do effluent  limitations alter our
   approach to pollution control?
   How  does  the  permit system work?
   What is  the scope  of NPDES?
   What are  the  penalties  for non-
   compliance?
 3 What control technologies  will  be
   employed to achieve  effluent
   reductions?  What is the  timetable?

 5 What industries come under the
   program?

   What's  involved  in developing
   guidelines  and standards?
   Where can  the data used to develop
   effluent   limitations  be found?

   What  does  the  development
   document  include?

 6 What does the economic  document
   include?
   Who  prepares the documents?
   Who  reviews the  contractors' drafts?
   Are the  contractors'  draft
   development documents available
   to  the public?

 7 What is  the next  step in  establishing
   guidelines and  standards?
   How  does the public  know  when
   regulations are being  proposed  or
   promulgated?
   How  does the development document
   which supports the proposed
   regulation differ from  the  contractors'
   draft  development  document?

   What is  an economic analysis
   document?
 8 Are the  economic and technical
   documents  available to the  public?

   How  does  EPA solicit  comments
   from  the public?

   What kind  of comments  does EPA
   especially invite?
   How  should comments be submitted?
   Which regulations  have  been
   promulgated?, ...  .
 9 Where can  finaj economic documents
   be  obtained?    , .,».'   .,,  •..,..
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   Where can  final ^fVf-,
   documents  be obtained?
ft) Further Questions?
   Publications Available.



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      The Federal Water Pollution
      Control Act Amendments of 1972
      have initiated the world's most
 massive attack on polluted rivers, lakes
 and ocean waters.
 -  The Amendments provide sharply
 increased financial help to States and
 communities and strengthen
 enforcement of the Act  by the States
 and the  U.S.  Environmental
 Protection Agency.  EPA  provides
 grants to States and communities to
 construct municipal sewage treatment
 plants;  these grants will reach $18
 billion  under the Amendments.
   A critical element of this broad, new
 national program for clean water is a
 system  of effluent limitations and
 permits applicable to dischargers of
 wastes into navigable waters. EPA  and
 the States issue waste-water discharge
 permits to individual factories, power
 plants,  refineries, etc. based  on
 national effluent limitations guidelines.
 These guidelines govern  the amount,
 and the chemical,  physical and
 biological characteristics of effluent
 that industry may dump into
 waterways.
   (Effluent controls and the  permit
 system  also apply across-the-board to
 municipal  sewage treatment plants.)
   The system of limitations and permits
 is designed to help America reach two
 great goals of the 1972 Act—by July
 1983, water that  is clean enough for
 swimming, boating, and protection of
 fish, shellfish and wildlife, and by 1985,
 no more discharges of pollutants into
 the Nation's  waters.
   This booklet—through a series of
questions and answers—discusses how
effluent  limitations guidelines and  new
source performance  standards  for
industry are put together, their complex
nature,  and  the  scope of  their
application to industry. It explains how
outside  technical experts and  the
general  public may participate  in the
development  of these guidelines and
standards. It  also tells where the
documents which form the basis of  the
guidelines and  standards may  be
obtained or examined.

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What is an effluent limitation
guideline?
  An effluent limitation guideline sets
forth the degree of reduction of a
pollutant that is attainable through the
application  of  various  levels of
technology.  The guidelines are
developed  by  EPA based  on the
total body of known information on
effluents from a particular industry.

What is an effluent limitation?
  An effluent limitation is a restriction
on the amount of a pollutant that may
be released from a point source into a
body of water. These limitations, based
on EPA's effluent limitations guidelines,
are spelled  out  in the  discharge
permits each industry must obtain  in
order to discharge pollutants into  the
Nation's waterways.

What is a point source?
  A point source is any  discernible,
confined conduit, including pipes,
ditches, channels, sewers,  tunnels,
vessels and other floating  craft, from
which  pollutants are  discharged.

What are new source performance
standards?
  New source performance standards
reflect the greatest degree of effluent
reduction which EPA determines to be
achievable through  the application of
the "best available  demonstrated
control technology,  processes,
operating methods, or other
alternatives, including,  where
practicable, a standard permitting no
discharge of pollutants." They apply to
any new point  sources  (buildings,
structures, facilities, or  installations
from which pollutants are discharged),
on which construction begins after  the
publication of proposed  regulations
prescribing standards of performance
for those sources.

Do  effluent limitations  alter our
approach to pollution control?
  Yes. The thrust of enforcement is
shifted from water quality standards,
which regulate the amount of pollutants
in a given body of water,  to effluent
limitations, which regulate the amount
of pollutants put into the water from
specific point sources.
  Also, each  industry must  now
monitor its  own discharges  of
pollutants, and submit periodic reports
to control agencies. If the limitations
do not  achieve a desired water quality
for a certain waterway, more stringent
restrictions on the effluent  may be
imposed by  the State or EPA.


How does the permit system work?
  Effluent limitations are the basis for
wastewater discharge permits issued by
EPA or the States. The permits are
issued  under the National  Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES), a national program
established under the 1972  Water Act.
Each industrial, agricultural,  and
publicly-owned point source discharger
must apply for and obtain a permit. If
a discharger  cannot  comply
immediately with the proposed
limitations, the permit will  include a
schedule setting forth specific dates
when the required reduction of
pollutants must be achieved. Many
States have been authorized by EPA to
run their own permit systems, which
are monitored and reviewed periodically
by EPA.

What is the scope of NPDES?
  NPDES affects tens of thousands of
industries, municipal sewage treatment
plants,  and  agricultural sources,
including feedlots. It also  applies to
acid mine drainage from surface and
subsurface coal mines where  the
drainage is from a point source, and  to
working oil rigs on land and offshore.
 _ By the spring of 1975,  effluent
limitations had been set for, and
permits issued to, nearly all major
industrial dischargers in the  Nation.

What are the penalties  for
non-compliance?
  Non-compliance with NPDES
permits carries  severe  civil  and
criminal penalties. Civil violations
carry penalties not exceeding $10,000

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per day. Willful or negligent violations
can bring fines of up to $25,000 a day
and  one year in prison for the first
offense, and  up  to $50,000 a day and
two years in  prison for subsequent
violations.

What control technologies will  be
employed to  achieve effective effluent
reduction by industry? What  is the
timetable?
  By July 1, 1977, all industries
discharging wastes into navigable waters
must achieve "best practicable control
technology currently available,"
according to  the Act. This control
technology represents the average of
the best existing waste treatment
performance  within each industry
category or subcategory.
  In categories  of  industry where
waste  treatment performance is
generally  inadequate,  EPA may,  in
compensation, establish tougher effluent
limitations,  provided that the
technology necessary to clean up is
available at a reasonable cost. In  most
plants, effluent limitations may well be
met by controlling  in-plant technology
rather than by  building  additions to
treatment plants. In-plant controls may
include conserving  water, controlling
leaks, purchasing better  quality raw
materials, substituting chemical
additives or  changing manufacturing
processes.

  By July 1,  1983, the "best available
technology economically achievable"
must be in force.  This technology will
be based on the  very best control and
treatment measures that  have been
developed or are capable of being
developed within the appropriate
industrial category or subcategory.

  In meeting the two deadlines,
dischargers  are  required to treat their
wastes to a degree made  possible by the
two technologies, but are not required
to use any particular method or process
of  pollution  control.
  A third level  of  treatment is
established by the Act for new sources,
such as factories, which  are  built  after
publication of proposed regulations
prescribing a standard of performance.
The Act describes  this level of
treatment as the   "best available
demonstrated controlled technology,
processes, operating methods  or other
alternatives  including, where
practicable,  a standard permitting  no
discharge of pollutants."
  In some cases,  the new  source
performance standard may be
somewhat more  stringent than either
the 1977 or 1983 limitation for existing
sources because better systems for
treating wastes can be built right into
new plants. The  selection of technology
and hence the  development of
standards for 1977, 1983 and new
sources include  consideration of  the
economic impact of uniform
compliance with resulting standards.

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Table 1  Group I Industries
  Industrial Category

Asbestos Manufacturing


Builders Paper and
Board Mills

Canned & Preserved Fruits
& Vegetable Processing

Canned & Preserved Seafood
Processing


Cement Manufacturing

Dairy Product Processing
Electroplating


Feedlots

Ferroalloy Manufacturing

Fertilizer Manufacturing
Glass Manufacturing


Grain Mills


Inorganic Chemicals
Manufacturing

Iron & Steel Manufacturing

Leather Tanning & Finishing

Meat Product & Rendering
Processing


Nonferrous Metals
Manufacturing
Organic Chemicals
Manufacturing

Petroleum Refining

Phosphate Manufacturing


Plastics & Synthetic
Materials
Pulp, Paper and
Paperboard Mills


Rubber Processing

Soap & Detergent
Manufacturing

Steam Electric Power Plants
Sugar Processing


Textile Mills

Timber Products Processing
   Phase I Segments

Building, Construction &
Paper
Builders Paper & Roofing
Felt

Citrus, Apple & Potatoes
Catfish, Crab, Shrimp &
Tuna
Cement Manufacturing

Dairy Product Processing

Copper, Nickel, Chrome &
Zinc
Feedlots

Smelting & Slag Processing

Basic Fertilizer Chemicals
Insulation Fiberglass
Flat Glass

Grain Processing


Major Inorganic Products


Steel Making

Leather Tanning & Finishing

Red Meat Processing
Bauxite Refining
Primary Aluminum
Smelting
Secondary Aluminum
Smelting


Major Organic Products

Petroleum Refining
Phosphorus-Derived
Chemicals

Synthetic Resins


Unbleached Kraft & Semi-
chemical Pulp


Tire & Synthetic

Soap & Detergent
Manufacturing

Steam Electric Power Plants

Beet Sugar
Cane Sugar Refining

Textile Mills
Plywood, Hardboard &
Wood Preserving
  Phase II Segments

Textile, Friction Materials,
& Sealing Devices
Major Significant Products


Fish Meal, Salmon, Bottom
Fish, Sardine, Herring, Clam,
Oyster, Scallop, and Abalone
Precious and Other Metal
Plating


Calcium Carbide
Electrolytic Ferroalloys
Formulated Fertilizer
Pressed & Blown Glass


Animal Feed, Breakfast
Cereal, and Wheat Starch

Significant Inorganic Products

Forming & Finishing
Foundries
Processor
Renderer
Poultry

Zinc
Lead

Primary Copper Smelting
& Refining
Secondary Copper

Significant Organic Products
Other Non-Fertilizer Phosphate
Chemicals

Synthetic Polymers
Synthetic Resins—Addendum
Bleached Kraft, Sulfite,
Groundwood, Soda, Drink &
Non-integrated Paper Mills

Fabricated & Reclaimed Rubber
Raw Cane Sugar Processing
Wet Storage, Sawmills,
Particleboard & Insulation Board

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Table 2  Group II Industries
   Paint and Ink
   Converted Paper
   Fish Hatcheries
   Transportation
   Asphalt-Paving
   Auto and Other
    Laundries
   Water Supply
   Coal Mining
   Mineral Mining
   Petroleum and Gas
    Extraction
Furniture
Machinery and
   Machinery
   Products
Ore Mining and
   Dressing
Misc.  Chemicals
Misc. Foods and
   Beverages
Concrete Products
Clay and  Gypsum
Steam Supply
What industries come under the
effluent  guidelines  program?
  The Act identified a minimum of 28
categories  (Group I) of industrial
dischargers for  which EPA was
required to develop effluent limitations
guidelines  for existing sources,  and
standards of performance for new
sources. In addition,  the Act directed
EPA to revise this list of categories
and  thus another 18  categories (Group
II)  were established.
  Because  of the diversity of many of
the 28 categories of dischargers
designated as Group I priority, some of
the  industries were further  divided
into  Phase  I and Phase II segments.
  See Tables 1 and 2.

What's  involved in  developing
guidelines or standards?
  First, some basic technical  factors
must be considered:
  •  cost of pollution control
  •  age of the industrial facilities
  •  manufacturing processes employed
  •  environmental impact of  pollution
     controls (other than water
     quality)
  •  energy
  Because  broad differences exist in
discharges  within each industrial
category, EPA developed more  than
500  subcategories. Guidelines and
standards must be established for each
of these subcategories. Studies are made
of typical waste  loads and of the
available treatment and control
technologies. The end result is a
comprehensive analysis of the
pollutants in discharges and
identification of the substances to be
controlled.
   The entire range of available control
technology within each subcategory is
identified from the least to the most
efficient. Consideration also is given to
technologies only in the development
or pilot stage.
   An engineering analysis is made of
each general level of technology to
determine costs. The analysis includes
estimates for investment, operation,
maintenance, and energy. These studies
identify the pollution reduction possible
at a given cost level. They also  provide
the basis for an economic analysis of
the impact  of compliance with the
alternative  limitations  under
consideration.

Where  can  the data used  to  develop
effluent .limitations  be found  for a
specific industry?
  The overall data necessary to
establish guidelines and standards for
an industrial category are collected
and analyzed and published in two
major studies—"Development
Document  for Effluent Limitations
Guidelines  and New  Source
Performance Standards"  and
"Economic  Impact Analysis of Effluent
Guidelines." The documents for each
category are published by EPA for
both proposed and final limitations and
are released simultaneously  with  the
proposed and  final effluent regulations.

What  does  the development
document include?
  It provides  information on  the
methods used in an industrial category
to control pollutants  to meet
requirements of the Act. It reports the
degree of reduction of pollutants in
effluent that is attainable under
various levels of control technology
through 1983 and for new sources.
Costs  to industry are also estimated.

What  does the economic document
include?
  It provides an analysis of the
economic impact of compliance with

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the limitations guidelines and
standards identified in the development
document, The focus of the analysis is
on impacts to prices, production,
employment, the  community,
industrial growth  and foreign trade.

Who prepares the documents?
  A mass of data must be obtained and
evaluated by EPA before limitations
guidelines or standards are proposed by
the Agency. EPA has  retained
consulting contractors  to provide
studies on the best practicable and
best available technology for an
industrial category (draft development
documents), and  studies on the
economic impact  of the technologies
on the category (economic document).
EPA works closely with the contractors
to provide a day-by-day evaluation of
control problems  and solutions.
  The technical contractor's  report is
considered  to be  a draft of the
development document. It is
subsequently revised by the  Agency
to become an EPA publication. The
economic analysis however, remains a
contractor's report and is considered
along with  any other information
available to EPA regarding economic
impact.

Who reviews the contractors'
completed  drafts?
  There  is intensive review  of  the
contractors' draft development
documents  both inside  and  outside
EPA.
   When  the draft development
documents are received by EPA, they
are  distributed immediately  to
external  reviewers for  critical analysis.
These reviewers  include State and
territorial water or environmental
departments, Federal agencies, public
interest groups, environmental groups,
and industries and trade associations
directly concerned with effluent
guidelines development. Comments are
normally requested within 30 days.
This gives EPA time to consider the
comments while preparing  proposed
rule-making  documents.
   EPA's review is by staff members and
by the Effluent Standards and Water
Quality Information  Advisory
Committee (ES & WQIAC).  The
Committee,  established under the
1972 Act, and chosen from the scientific
community by EPA's Administrator,
provides, assesses, and evaluates
scientific and technical information
on effluent standards  and toxic
substances.
  The  economic  document for a
category cannot be completed until
the cost information in the draft
development  document has been
received and reviewed. Therefore,
the economic studies are not available
for review by the public until
regulations are actually proposed in
the Federal Register. Both the
development  document limitations and
guidelines, and the accompanying
analysis are reviewed by other
government agencies prior to  proposal
and promulgation.
  This process of internal and external
review (see flow chart)  is carried on
simultaneously  to meet the time
constraints set forth  in  the  Act.

Are the contractors' draft development
documents available  to the public?
  Yes. They may be inspected at any
of EPA's ten  Regional Office libraries
listed below or at EPA's Public
Information Reference Unit in
Washington,  D.C.
     Effluent Limitations
 Guidelines and Standards
    Development Process
Contracts awarded
for technical studies
and economic
impact analysis
Prior work with
industry a major
factor in contractor
selection

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   What is the next step in  establishing
   guidelines and standards?
     The next step is  to  consider the
   comments and information received
   during the comment period and to
   incorporate consideration of the
   completed economic impact analysis.
   After the limitations are accepted as
   appropriate, the proposed regulation is
   published in the Federal Register. At
   the same time, development and
   economic documents are released in
   support of these  proposed guidelines
   and  standards.

   How does the public  know when
   regulations are  being proposed  or
   promulgated?
     All proposed and promulgated
   regulations  appear in the Federal
  Register  which provides a uniform
  system for making regulations and legal
  notices issued by Federal agencies
  available to the public. Published daily,
  Monday  through Friday (except
  holidays), the Federal Register is
  available in most libraries. Individual
  copies are available at 75 cents an issue
  from the Superintendent of Documents,
  U.S.  Government Printing Office,
  Washington, D.C. 20402. Subscription
  rates are $50 per year, payable in
  advance.

  How  does the Development Document
  which supports the proposed
  regulation differ from the contractors'
  draft Development Document?
    The document may differ from the
  drafts due to modifications made by
  EPA after reviewing the information
  and comments received  from the
  internal and external review of the
  draft. Modifications  may concern,
  particularly,  assessment of
  practicability or availability of
  technology,  and conclusions about
  effluent limitations guidelines and
  standards of performance for new
  sources.

  What is an  Economic Analysis
  document?
    The economic document is  actually
  the study submitted to EPA by the
  contractor. It is not an  official EPA
  document,  but  has been carefully
Draft Contractor
Reports sent to
EPA technical staff
Industry associa-
tions
Professional organi-
zations
Government agencies
Public interest
groups
ES&WQIAC
Economic analysis
begins
Development of Pro-
posed Effluent Limi-
tations, Guidelines
and Standards
Economic analysis
completed and
reviewed
Comments from
industry and public
analyzed
Informal meetings
with industry to
clarify comments
Development docu-
ment revised as
appropriate
Final development
of Effluent Limita-
tions Guidelines
and Standards
Comments from
industry and public
analyzed
Informal meetings
with industry to
clarify comments
Final review by
other Federal
agencies
Effluent Limitations
Promulgation of
final Guidelines
and Standards
Preamble summa-
rizes all comments
Preamble explains
EPA action on com-
ments; Notes
changes from pro-
posed regulation

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reviewed by the agency. It receives the
same consideration as the Development
Document before and during the
proposed rule  making  process.


Are the economic and technical
documents available to the public?
  Yes. The reports are routinely sent to
the internal and external reviewers and
anyone else who has requested to be
added to the mailing list for specific
proposed reports.  EPA  will mail copies
to others upon request.

  To be included in the mailings, write
to Distribution Officer, Effluent
Guidelines Division (WH-552), EPA,
Washington, D.C. 20460. Please
indicate the specific documents
(economic or development) you want
by industrial category. EPA will send
these as soon as the reports are
available.
  After the  guidelines and standards
are promulgated in the Federal
Register, final  economic and
development  documents will be
published.

How does EPA solicit comments
from  the public?
  To meet deadlines in the Act and
terms of a court order,  the notices of
proposed rule-making ask that formal
public comments be submitted within 30
days of publication in the Federal
Register. People on the mailing list
receive copies of the development and
economic documents supporting the
proposed regulations. These
documents reflect EPA's judgment as
to what are the best, workable
regulations. However, the documents
are based in large part upon the initial
draft reports of the contractors.
  The  comment period is short,  but the
requirements of a court order issued by
the District Court for the District of
Columbia compel EPA to develop final
regulations as expeditiously as possible.
However, all information or comments,
including, whenever possible, material
received  after  the deadline, are
considered by the Agency and may be
the basis for appropriate amendments
to promulgated regulations.

What kind of  comments does  EPA
especially invite?
  In addition  to soliciting specific
comments on the development and
economic documents EPA also seeks
data and guidance on how to resolve
problems identified by the reviewer. For
instance, comments that the Agency
is acting on inadequate data should
include, where possible, any additional
appropriate data and should indicate
how such data pertain to  the
development of the regulations. If
comments question  the approach taken
in establishing an effluent limitation
guideline or standard of performance,
EPA solicits suggestions as to what
alternative approach should be taken.
  Comments on the economic and
technical reports, and their
recommended guidelines and standards,
bring a variety of issues to the Agency's
attention prior to the publication of
notices of proposed rule-making. Issues
identified in this manner can be
discussed  and their resolutions
explained in the notices of proposed
rule-making. Unresolved issues are
also specified  in the notices.

How should comments  be submitted?
  Comments should  be  submitted in
triplicate to the Distribution Officer,
Effluent Guidelines  Division
(WH-552), EPA, Washington,  D.C.
20460.
  All comments received before or
after publication of the  notices of
proposed rule-making are available for
inspection and copying at EPA's
Public  Information Reference Unit.

Which  regulations  have  been
promulgated?
  Regulations for all 28 of the Group
I, Phase I, industrial segments and 17
of the  19 Group I, Phase II, industries
were promulgated by December 31,
1975. Regulations for the remaining
Group  I, as well as  the Group II
categories, were to be promulgated
in 1976.
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   Following is information on which
 regulations have been proposed or
 promulgated for the various industries.

 Where can final economic documents
. be  obtained?
   Final economic reports are
 distributed in both paper copy and
- microfiche by the National Technical
 Information Service  (NTIS),  Spring-
 field, Virginia 22151.
   Table 5 lists the economic reports
 presently available through NTIS.


 Where can final development
 documents be obtained?
   Final development documents are
 submitted for printing at the time
 promulgated regulations appear in the
 Federal Register. They are usually
available 10-12 weeks later from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402 (cite the
industrial category, segment name,
GPO stock number, and GPO catalog
number when ordering).
  The final documents will subsequently
be available from NTIS, in both paper
copy and microfiche  (specify the
industry, segment, NTIS accession
number and the format desired). See
Table 6 for a list of development
documents  currently available through
GPO and NTIS.
  NOTE: The contractors' reports,
proposed development and economic
documents, and final development
documents  are available for review
in the EPA Regional Office libraries
listed on page 7.
 Table 3  Group I

Group I
Industry
Asbestos
Builders Paper
Cement
Dairy
Electroplating
Feedlots
Ferroalloy
Fertilizers
Fruits & Vegetables
Glass
Glass — Fiberglass
Grain
Inorganics
Iron & Steel
Leather
Meat
Meat — Poultry
(Phase II only)
Nonferrous
Organics
Petroleum
Phosphates
Plastics & Synthetics
Pulp & Paper
Rubber
Seafood
Soap & Detergent
Steam Electric
Sugar — Beet
Sugar — Cane
Textiles
Timber
•Will have a Phase II segment
Phase
Vol. & No. of
Federal Register
Vol. 39, #39
Vol. 39, *91
Vol. 39, #35
Vol. 39, -103
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Vol. 39, *32
Vol. 39, -37
Vol. 39, #68
Vol. 39, #56
Vol. 39, #32
Vol. 39, #15
Vol. 39, #55
Vol. 39, #49
Vol. 39, #126
Vol. 39, #69
Vol. 39, *41


Vol. 39, *68
Vol. 39, #81
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Vol. 39, #35
Vol. 39, #67
Vol. 39, #104
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Vol. 39, -124
Vol. 39, "72
Vol. 39, "196
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Date
Promulgated
2/26/74
5/9/74
2/20/74
5/28/74
3/28/74
2/14/74
2/22/74
4/8/74
3/21/74
2/14/74
1/22/74
3/20/74
3/12/74
6/28/74
4/9/74
2/28/74


4/8/74
4/25/74
5/9/74
2/20/74
4/5/74
5/29/74
2/21/74
6/26/74
4/12/74
10/8/74
1/31/74
3/20/74
7/5/74
4/18/74
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Phase
Vol. & No. of
Federal Register
Vol. 40, #6



Vol. 40, #80

Vol. 40, #37
Vol. 40, "9
Vol. 40, #204
Vol. 40, #11

Vol. 40, #2
Vol. 40, #100
*

Vol. 40, #2

*
Vol. 40, #40
Vol. 41, *2

Vol. 40, #18
Vol. 40, #16
*
Vol. 40, #7
Vol. 40, #231



Vol. 40, #40

Vol. 40, #11

II
Date
Promulgated
1/9/75



4/24/75**

2/24/75**
1/14/75
10/21/75**
1/16/75

1/3/75
5/22/75**


1/3/75


2/27/75**
1/5/76**

1/27/75**
1/23/75

1/10/75
12/1/75



2/27/75**

1/16/75


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Further Questions?
  If you want additional information
on the program, wish to be placed on
the mailing list  for specific proposed
background  documents, or wish to
comment on the proposed regulations,
please write:
      Distribution Officer
      Effluent Guidelines Division
       (WH-552)
      EPA
      Washington, D.C. 20460
  For answers to questions on the
technical aspects of the program, write
to Director,  Effluent  Guidelines
Division at the  above address. In
addition, each EPA Regional Office
has an  Enforcement  Division  (same
addresses as libraries) which can also
answer questions concerning effluent
guidelines and permits.
Publications Available
  For additional copies of this booklet
or free copies of the following, write
to:
Public Information Center (PM-215)
EPA
Washington, D.C.  20460
  Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Amendment of 1972, Public Law
92-500, 92nd Congress.
  The Federal Water Pollution Control
Act Amendments  of 1972:
HIGHLIGHTS.
  A Citizen's Guide to Clean Water:
Good introduction to the problem and
what can be done to solve it, including
citizen action.
  First Things First—A  Strategy
Against Water Pollution: General
pamphlet outlining EPA's strategy for
combating water pollution.
  Areawide Waste Treatment
Management Planning: General
pamphlet on an EPA program which
calls upon local governments in a
particular planning area to work
together to find and implement
solutions to their common water
quality 'management problems.
Please write to the Water Planning
Division (WH-454), EPA, Washington,
D.C. 20460 for:

  Water Quality Strategy Paper: EPA's
detailed strategy for combating
pollution where it is most serious and
for preventing clean water from
becoming polluted.
  Guidelines for Areawide Waste
Treatment Management: Describes the
essentials of public participation in
areawide waste treatment management
planning.
Write to the  Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Government  Printing
Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 for:
  Toward Cleaner Water: the  New
Permit Program to Control Water
Pollution: (GPO Stock No. 1973
546-312/140), cost:  50 cents.
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Table 4  Group 11
Group II Vol. & No. of
Industry Federal Register
Furniture (timber) Vol. 40, *106
Paint & Ink Formulating Vol. 40, *145
Paving & Roofing Materials Vol. 40, *143
Oil & Gas Extraction Vol. 40, *179**
Mineral Mining Vol. 40, *201**
Coal Mining Vol. 40, *202**
Ore Mining Vol. 40, *215**
••Denotes interim final regulations
Table 5 Group I, Phase I Economic Reports
NTIS
Industry Segment Accession No.
Asbestos
Builders Paper
Cement PB-234442/AS
Dairy
Electroplating Copper, Nickel,
Chrome & Zinc PB-23 6595 / AS
Feedlots
Ferroalloy Smelting & Slag PB-234045/AS
Fertilizer
Fruits &
Vegetables Apple, Citrus & PB-240195/AS
Potato Processing
Glass Fiberglass
Flat Glass PB-234845/AS
Grain Grain Processing PB-240196/AS
Inorganics Major Inorganic
Products PB-234457/AS
Leather
Meat
Nonferrous Bauxite, Primary
Aluminum Smelting
Secondary Alum-
inum Smelting PB-239161/AS
Organics
Petroleum
Phosphates
Plastics &
Synthetics
Pulp & Paper &
Builders Paper
Rubber Tire & Synthetic PB-23 569 1/ AS
Seafood Catfish, Crab,
Shrimp, Tuna PB-234214/AS
Soap & Detergent
Steam Electric PB-239315/AS
Sugar Beet Sugar
Cane Sugar
Textiles
Timber
Date
Promulgated
6/2/75
7/28/75
7/24/75
9/15/75
10/16/75
10/17/75
11/6/75















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Table 6 Group I, Phase I Development Documents
             Category
  Segment Name
EPA Report Number
    Asbestos Manufacturing

    Builders Paper & Board Mills

    Canned & Preserved
      Fruits & Veg. Processing
    Canned & Preserved Seafood
      Processing
    Cement Manufacturing
    Dairy Product Processing
    Electroplating

    Feedlots
    Ferroalloy Manufacturing
    Fertilizer Manufacturing
    Glass Manufacturing

    Grain Mills
    Inorganic Chemicals Manuf.
    Iron & Steel Manufacturing
    Leather Tanning & Finishing
    Meat Product
      & Rendering  Processing
    Nonferrous Metals Manuf.
    Organic Chemicals Manuf.
    Petroleum Refining
    Phosphate Manufacturing

    Plastics & Synthetic Materials
    Pulp, Paper & Paperboard Mills

    Rubber Processing
    Soap & Detergent Manuf.
    Steam Electric Powerplants
    Sugar Processing

    Textile Mills
    Timber Products Processing
Building Construction
  & Paper
Builders Paper &
  Roofing Felt
Citrus, Apple & Potatoes
Catfish, Crab, Shrimp
  &Tuna
Cement Manufacturing
Dairy Product Processing
Copper, Nickel, Chrome
  &Zinc
Feedlots
Smelting & Slag Processing
Basic Fertilizer Chem's
Insulation Fiberglass
Flat Glass
Grain Processing
Major Inorganic Prod's
Steel Making
Leather Tanning & Finishing
Red Meat Processing

Bauxite Refining
Primary Aluminum Smelt.
Secondary Alum. Smelt.
Major Organic Products
Petroleum Refining
Phosphorous Derived
  Chemicals
Synthetic Resins
Unbleached Kraft &
  Semichemical Pulp
Tire & Synthetic
Soap & Detergent Manuf.
Steam Electric Power Plants
Beet Sugar
Cane Sugar Refining
Textile Mills
Plywood, Hardbpard &
  Wood Preserving
  EPA-440/1-74-017-S

  EPA-440/l-74-026-a

  EPA-440/l-74-027-a

  EPA-440/1-74-020-S

  EPA-440/l-74-005-a
  EPA-440/l-74-021-a
  EPA-440/1-74-003-2
 EPA-440/1
 EPA-440/1
 EPA-440/1
 EPA-440/1
 EPA-440/1
 EPA-440/1
 EPA-440/1
 EPA-440/1
 EPA-440/1
 EPA-440/1
•74-004-a
•74-008-s
•74-011-a
-74-001-]
•74-001-c
•74-028-2
•74-007-2
74-024-2
•74-016-E
•74-012-2
  EPA-440/1-74-019-<
  EPA-440/1-74-019-c
  EPA-440/l-74-019-<
  EPA-440/1-74-009-2
  EPA-440/1-74-014-2
  EPA-440/1-74-006-E

  EPA-440/1-74-010-2
  EPA-440/1-74-025-E

  EPA-440/1-74-013-Z
  EPA-440/1-74-018-E
  EPA-440/1-74-029-J
  EPA-440/1-74-002-t
  EPA-440/1-74-002-1
  EPA-440/1-74-022-;
  EPA-440/1-74-023-i
                                      June  1976
The reader is free to quote or reproduce any part of this publication without further permission.
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Number
fr
$1.70
$1.75
$2.45
$4.50
$1.60
$2.05
$2.40
$3.25
$2.10
$2.00
El. 50
fl.65
51.75
>3.60
10.30
11.95
12.20
1.45
1.80
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3.60
2.75
1.90
J.65
S.45
!.25
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.90
.00
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.65
.30
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5501-00815
5501-00910
5501-00885
5501-00867
055-001-01001
5500-00117
5501-00826
5501-00903
5501-00853
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Number
EP1.8/3:B86
EP1.8/3:B86/2
EP1.8/3:AP5
EP1.8/3:C28
EP1.8/3-.C33
EP1.8/3:D14
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PB-238834/AS
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PB-238611/AS
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PB-238648/AS
PB-238836/AS
PB-238463/AS
PB-238464/AS
PB-241905/AS
PB-238612/AS
PB-241018/AS
PB-239241/AS
PB-238833/AS
PB-238609/AS
PB-288613/AS
PB-240853/AS
PB-238462/AS
PB-238147/AS
PB-238832/AS
PB-240811/AS
NTIS
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