Draft TMDL Guide Requires EPA Approval For Certain Trading Programs

摘要

EPA in its latest draft guidance on implementing and amending impaired waterbody cleanup plans known as total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) is counting the creation of a water quality trading program between point and nonpoint sources as a trigger that would reopen the TMDL and require EPA approval — prompting concern from wastewater utilities. Wastewater industry sources, however, are praising language in a related guidance on crafting interstate TMDLs, saying it appears to be "more flexible" than current agency policies.