By Kevin A. Fritz and Craig B. Simonsen

EPA has just announced its Final 2012 and Preliminary 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plans, EPA-820-R-14-001 (September 2014). The Plans announce both final decisions the EPA is making on the control of industrial wastewater discharges, and its proposed “new actions for the future.”

The Clean Water Act requires the EPA to biennially
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By Craig B. Simonsen

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (Plan), published at 76 Fed. Reg. 66286 (October 26, 2011). Members of the public are encouraged to submit comments on the proposed Plan.

EPA plans to develop effluent guidelines and standards for the discharge of wastewater from the Coalbed Methane Extraction

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