ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUES RULE: EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE STEAM ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY-DEADLINE EXTENSIONS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a rule called: Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Deadline Extensions.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on Dec. 31 by Lee Zeldin, Administrator.

Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or Agency) is finalizing a Clean Water Act (CWA) rule to extend deadlines promulgated in the 2024 "Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category" (2024 rule), update the 2024 rule's transfer provisions to allow facilities to switch between compliance alternatives, and create authority for alternative applicability ...