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Date: 3/10/2010 3:32 PM

Subject: Effluent guidelines for steam electric power plants: draft questionnaire available for 

public review

On March 9, 2010, EPA published a Federal Register notice requesting

comment on a draft questionnaire for the steam electric power generating

industry. This is the second opportunity for public comment on this

questionnaire, which EPA revised to address comments received during the

first Federal Register notice comment period that ended on December 28,

2009. The revised questionnaire is part of a proposed Information

Collection Request (ICR) that has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for review and approval.

The questionnaire will collect information about power plant processes

and the electric generating units. The information that will be

collected includes economic data and technical information about flue

gas desulfurization wastewater, ash handling, cleaning of metal process

equipment, wastewater treatment, surface impoundment and landfill

operations, and nuclear operations. The questionnaire will also require

certain power plants to collect and analyze samples of leachate from

surface impoundments and landfills containing coal combustion residues.

The draft questionnaire and information about the rulemaking to revise

effluent guidelines for steam electric power plants can be found at

EPA's website at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/steam/. For

further information about the ICR, please contact Ms. Jezebele
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Alicea-Virella by email at Alicea.Jezebele@epa.gov, or by telephone at

(202) 566-1755.

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Ron Jordan

Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T)

Office of Water

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20460

(202) 566-1003

http://www.epa.gov/waterscience