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<br />n,o?~1 ~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />tic I <br />07=& <br />~Ir <br /> <br />f!:.,,,, .." Il f~ /f' {f m' fJ'"\ It,: ,f! r' r,'f,f> ,'~?7 q''''A] !L <br />: t_ ~I I>.,..~ .I! ".- d J 1: f _ '/. I, /." <br />i'''' I,:; f!!.! j; Ii' ,'!! lil:/i Hi!!'l! /' 11;f j~ ,{/i ,I <br />'.'$11 &'1 b;J "'/ j,j L I,: .~ b t/J IJ tv ;./ -~':"4 /j Lr ~ '/ IJ .(>3 <br /> <br />!;','1 ["R: f1tfJ /! t~," <br />/)'1" .,'. it ",'" ,.,. <br />'I /1" I:J (Y M ':' <br />,cl: !,'11 ;f t.:' ~c.7 <br /> <br />ENVIROt-JMEI-.JTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, WASHINGTON, D. C, 20460 <br /> <br />Deister <br />Ok'me) <br />Hoffmann <br />(Home) <br /> <br />(202) <br />(202) <br />(202) <br />(703 ) <br /> <br />632-7692 <br />234-5&l..1 <br />632-7693 <br />528,./+186 <br /> <br />E.QRR~lcEA~,;;' AMs, SUNDAY, I,PRIL 11,1971 <br /> <br />!'PA l'E()PQ!)~S RULES FOR REVIS:Il!G l'~ATER QUALITY STANDARDS <br /> <br />William D" Ruckelshaus~ Administrator of the Environmental Pro-tect:i0i:l <br /> <br />Agency~ today announced pI:oposed rules to govern the revision or- Fedcral- <br /> <br />State water quali ty standards. <br /> <br />Ruckelshaus said, liThe proposed n8\v procedures Hill provide an <br /> <br />.orderly precess to keep established Hater quality standards up to elate <br /> <br />Hith changing technology, knewledge and other censiderations, and to,permit <br /> <br />other appropriate modifications in the standards" 11 The ne~l 1.\11es have b~cn' <br /> <br />published in the Federal Regist!'!:E,. <br /> <br />The Administl:ator of EPA on his mill initiative .or at the requN't of. <br /> <br />a governor of a State may call a confel'ence to consider revising \.;atc:c <br /> <br />quality standards. All parts of the s tandards--cri teria, cons tJ:uctio;l <br /> <br />timetables or enforcement--may be revised und",r these ne\>1 procedures. <br /> <br />Ruckelshaus noted that the new rules weuld resolve uncertainties <br /> <br />creatcd'by unilateral ntate extension of deadlines for installing "\-'~3ste <br /> <br />treatment facilities by industries and municipalities. He said that in <br /> <br />a large number of cases dead lines set by fed"r.al-State standards have <br /> <br />been extended ",ithout Federal approval. <br />