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OGC-00-45 1 (2000-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmcr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: tG A O__ _ _ _ __ United States General Accounting Office Office of the General Counsel Washington, DC 20548 B-285834 July 28, 2000 The Honorable Robert C. Smith Chairman The Honorable Max Baucus Ranking Minority Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Bud Shuster Chairman The Honorable James L. Oberstar Ranking Minority Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives Subject: Environmental Protection Agency: Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulation and Revisions to the Natio nal Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Pro gram in Support of Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulation Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), entitled Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulation and Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program in Support of Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulation (FRL-6733-2). We received the rule on July 11, 2000. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on July 13, 2000. 65 Fed. Reg. 43586. The final rule revises and clarifies EPA's current regulatory requirements for establishing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System under the Clean Water Act. Enclosed is our assessment of the EPA's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review indicates that, with the exception of the determination regarding the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 as discussed in the report cited below, the EPA complied with the applicable requirements. GAO/OGC-00-45

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