Development Document for the Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Regulation and the Effluent Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

By Browner, Carol M.

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Title:	Development Document for the Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Regulation and the Effluent Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Author:	Browner, Carol M.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


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Excerpt: This report has been reviewed and approved for publication by the Engineering and Analysis Division, Office of Science and Technology. This report was prepared with the support of Tetra Tech, Inc., and Eastern Research Group, Inc., under the direction and review of the Office of Science and Technology. Neither the United States government nor any of its employees, contractors, subcontractors, or other employees makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for any third party’s use of, or the results of such use of, any information, apparatus, product, or process discussed in this report, or represents that its use by such a third party would not infringe on privately owned rights.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction and Legal Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.0 Introduction and Legal Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 Clean Water Act (CWA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1.1 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1.1.2 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1.2 Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 1.3 Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) as Amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1966 (SBREFA) . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Chapter 2 Summary and Scope of Proposed Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.0 Summary and Scope of Proposed Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1.1 Applicability of the proposed Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1.2 Summary of Proposed Revisions to NPDES Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2.2 Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 2.2.1 Applicability of the Proposed Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 2.2.2 Summary of Proposed Revisions to Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 2.2.2.1 Best Practicable Control Technology (BPT) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 2.2.2.2 Best Control Technology (BCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 2.2.2.3 Best Available Technology (BAT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 2.2.2.4 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Chapter 3 Data Collection Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.0 Data Collection Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.1 Summary of EPA’s Site Visit Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.2 Industry Trade Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 3.3 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 3.3.1 National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 3.3.2 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)/ National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 3.3.3 Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8 3.3.4 Economic Research Services (ERS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 3.4 Literature Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 3.5 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9