White House Approves EPA's Biennial Plan For Potential New ELG Limits

摘要

The White House has approved EPA's latest biennial plan identifying industry sectors that could be subject to new or revised effluent limitation guidelines (ELGs) under the Clean Water Act, a document that the agency in the past has suggested could tag plastic manufacturers and the pulp and the paperboard industry for new limits. The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) completed its formal review of EPA's draft 2012 ELG plan May 21, according to the office's website. Under section 304(m) of the the Clean Water Act (CWA), EPA is required to develop a biennial plan identifying new industrial sectors it intends to consider or target for first-time technology standards or existing sectors for which it intends to revise existing ELGs - "economically achievable" technology standards for industrial wastewater discharges and pretreatment requirements under the water law.