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<br />Federal Register / Vol. 48, No. 217 / 'Tuesday. November 8, 1983 / Rules and Regulat~ons
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<br />SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES MADE IN THE PROPOSED REGULATION-Continued
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<br />131.21 131.21 EPA,Review and No Change.
<br />Approval 01
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<br />131.22 131.22 EPAf'romulgalion Paragraphs (8) and (b) were clarified ,to indicate Administrator may pwmlJlgala as well as just propose slandardS. _'
<br />01 Water OUaUly I Under paragraph ,(0), a requirement was added that SPA in promulgating water quality standards is also subject to tlie pubI~ participatiOn
<br />St4ndards. requirements of this RegulatiOn.
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<br />B. R.gulatory Impast Analy.l. and
<br />R.gulatory FI.xiblliiyAD.ly.l. and
<br />Paperwork R.duction Act R.qulrem.nt.
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<br />Under Executive Ord.r 12291, EPA
<br />mu.t judge wheth.r'a R.gulation i.
<br />"major" and thereto~e sUbject to the
<br />requirement of a Regulatory Impact
<br />Analysis, It i. difflCljlt fnr EPA to a.sess
<br />the likely net co.t of this Regulation
<br />because of the offsetting: character of its
<br />basic provisions. Th~ Regulation does
<br />establish new oblig~Uons'on the States
<br />for control of toxic p:Ollutants. However,
<br />the R.gulatlonal.o i!1cr.... the ability
<br />of the State. to det.nnine the
<br />attainability of streak uses, to set site..:
<br />specific criteria sumpient to protect
<br />those uses, and to focus limited State
<br />arid Federal resourc~s on review'ing
<br />standards for priority'water quality
<br />,Jimited segments. These changes are
<br />de.igned to enable Siate. to beller u.e
<br />water quality standa~dS' as a pragmatic
<br />tool in improving wa~er quality where
<br />necessary to protect water uses. .For
<br />th... reasons tho Ag~ncy judges this not
<br />to be a major Regulation under
<br />Executive Order 12291,
<br />Thi. notice wa. submitt.d to the
<br />Office of Manageinent .nd,Budget
<br />(OMB) for review a. ~.quired by
<br />Executive Order 1229), Acy comm.nts
<br />from OMB to EPA.nd any EPA
<br />response to those comments are
<br />availahle for public irjspection through
<br />contracting the persQJ) listed at the
<br />beginning of this notice.
<br />Under the R.gul.tory Flexibility Act. 5
<br />U.s.C, Section 601et s.q..EPA must
<br />prepare a Regulatory I'lexlbility
<br />Analysis for an propo~ed regulations
<br />that have a significan~ impact on a
<br />substantial number o~sman entities.
<br />EPA has determined that, for reasons
<br />discussed above, this Rule does not
<br />- have 'significant adverse impact 'on
<br />.man e,ntilie.,
<br />The information collection provisions
<br />in this rule have b.en approved by OMS-
<br />under the Paperwork ij.eduction Act of
<br />1980,44 U.S,C. 3501 el;seq" and have
<br />b~en. assigned control num'ber 2040:-
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<br />Sum(ll/!-ry of changes
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<br />Li.t of Subj.ct.
<br />40 CFR ParU5
<br />Water pollution control.
<br />40 CFR Part 120
<br />Water pollution c~ntrol.
<br />40 CFR Part 131
<br />Water pollution control.
<br />Intergovernmental relations,
<br />Administra"tive practices and
<br />prpcedures, Reporting and re'coJ'd
<br />keeping',
<br />Dated: November 2. 1983.
<br />William D. Ruckelshaus,
<br />Administrator.
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<br />PART 35-STATE AND LOCAL
<br />'ASSISTANCE '
<br />~ 35.1550 [R.moved]
<br />1. S.ctIon 35,1550 i. remov.d.
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<br />PART 12D-WATER QUALITY
<br />STANDARDS
<br />~~ 120.1-120.3 [R.moved]
<br />2. Sections 120,1 through 120,3 a..e
<br />removed.
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<br />~~ 120,27 and 120.43 IR.mov.d]
<br />3, SBclions-120,27 and 120.43 ar.
<br />removed.
<br />4, Part 131 i. added as aet forth below:
<br />4A. Subpart. A,S-. and Care add.d a.
<br />follows:
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<br />PART 131-WATER QUALITY
<br />STANDARDS
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<br />Subpart A-General Provisions
<br />Sec.
<br />131.1 Scope.
<br />131.2 Purpose.
<br />131.3 Definitions.
<br />131.4 State authority.
<br />131.5 EFA authority.
<br />131.6 Minimum requjJ'errients for waler
<br />quality'standards submis8ion.
<br />Subpart 8-Establishment of Water Ql,lallty
<br />Standards .
<br />131.]0 Designation of uses.
<br />]31.11 Criteria..
<br />131.12 Antidegradation policy.
<br />131.13 General policies.
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<br />Subpart (:....Procedur.. for ~.vl.",.nd
<br />R.vl.lon of W.ter QualRy Sfandard.
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<br />131.20 State Review. and Revision of Water
<br />Quality Standards.
<br />131.21 EPA Review' and Approval of Water
<br />Quality., Standards.
<br />131.22. EPA PrOmu~ation of Water Quality,.
<br />Standards.
<br />Authority: Clean'Water Act, P.L. 92-500, 88
<br />amended: 33 U,S.C. 1251 et seq.
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<br />SubpartA-Genenil Prov,,'ons
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<br />- ~ 131,1 Scope.
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<br />Thi. part d..crih.s th. rll9ulr.ment.
<br />and procedur~s for develoPing,
<br />reviewing, revising and app.roving water
<br />quality .tandard. by the Slate. ..
<br />authorized by S.ction 303(q) of th..
<br />CI.an Wate.. ACt. The reporting or,
<br />recordk..ping (informationlprovi.ion. '
<br />in W.rule were .pproved by the Office
<br />of Man.g.ment and Budget,under
<br />3504(bJ of the Paperwork R6J:iuction Act
<br />of 1960. U.S.C, 3501 etseq, (approval
<br />numb.r 204~9)"
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<br />~ 131.2 Purpose.
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<br />, A wat.r quality .tandard ~efin.. ,the
<br />'water quality goal. of a'wat~rbody.or
<br />Portion thereof. 'by designating the u.e
<br />or u... ,to be inad.of th.welerand by
<br />setting crl,teria' necessary to .l"r(jt~ct the
<br />u.... 'Stat.. adopt w.ter quality
<br />.tandard. to protect public Iieallhor
<br />welfare, enhance the quality"of water
<br />'and ..rv. the purposes of the CI.an
<br />Water Act(lh. Ad), "S.rvethe
<br />purpo.e. of the Act" (as d.ftned ii,
<br />S.ctions 101(.)(2) and 303(cl6flhe Act)
<br />means that water quality sta,ndards
<br />should. wherever attainable,provide
<br />water qiJality for the protection and
<br />propagation offi.h, .hellfi.h,and
<br />wildlife and for recreallon in and on the
<br />water a,nd,.take into,consideration their
<br />use and value of public wateh supplies,
<br />propagation of fi.h. .hellfi.h. and
<br />wildlife, recreation in and on~'the water
<br />and agricultural. industrial, and. other
<br />purpose~ including navigatioli.
<br />Such standards serve the diJal
<br />purposes of establishing 'the ~ater
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