Effluent Guidelines Biennial Plan: Past Effluent Guidelines Program Plans: 2004 Plan

EPA publishes a final Effluent Guidelines Program Plan every even year as is required by Section 304(m) of the Clean Water Act. Prior to publishing the final Plan, EPA must publish a preliminary Plan and take public comment. The following documents and links provide information on the 2004 Plan.

Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.

• Fact Sheet (August 2004)
• Federal Register notice (September 2, 2004)
  This notice describes EPA's 2004 annual review of existing effluent guidelines under Clean Water Act section 304(b) and presents EPA's final 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan under Clean Water Act §304(m).
• Technical Support Document (PDF) (559 pp, 4.6 MB)
• View other support documents using Regulation.gov, searching for Docket ID No. OW-2003-0074 among EPA "closed for comment" documents.

Preliminary 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan

• Record Index for the Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan for 2004/2005 (PDF) (79 pp, 336 K) This document lists all the record items for the preliminary plan and will help you identify those documents of interest to you.
• Extension of Comment period to March 18, 2004
  • Federal Register Notice (February 12, 2004)
  • Fact Sheet (February 2004)
• Slide presentations from the January 28, 2004 Public Meeting (PDF) (3.1 MB)
• Fact Sheet (December 2003)
• Federal Register Notice (December 31, 2003)
• Support Documents
  • Factor 1 Analysis: Human Health and Environmental Impacts (PDF) (555 Kb) This report discusses the status of the EPA's initial screening level review phase for Factor 1, Human Health and Environmental Impacts. This factor considers the extent to which the pollutants discharged by industry categories pose adverse impacts, and more specifically, potential risk to human health or the environment.
  • Factor 2 Analysis: Technology Advances and Process Changes - Status of Screening Level Review Phase (PDF) (192 K) This draft summarizes the Factor 2 screening level information gathered on some of the twenty industries identified for further data collection.
  • Factor 4 Analysis: Implementation and Efficiency Considerations, Status of Screening Level Review Phase (PDF) (370 K) This report documents the efforts made and discusses the status of screening level analysis for Factor 4, Implementation and Efficiency.
  • Description and Results of EPA Methodology to Synthesize Screening Level Results for the Effluent Guidelines Program Plan for 2004/2005 (PDF) (347 K) Memorandum regarding methodology EPA used to synthesize screening level data used for the Clean Water Act (CWA) preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan for 2004/2005. This memorandum will also describe initial results.
  • View other support documents using Regulation.gov, searching for Docket ID No. OW-2003-0074 among EPA "closed for comment" documents.

Draft Strategy for National Clean Water Industrial Regulations (November 2002)
EPA published a draft Strategy that describes a process EPA may use to identify industries for which effluent guidelines need to be revised or developed, in compliance with Section 304(m) of the Clean Water Act.

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