51156 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 14, 2021 / Notices 

Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/ 

DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

2. Electronic Access. You can access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the United States 

Government online source for Federal 

regulations at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

3. Internet access. Copies of the 

supporting documents are available at 

http://www.epa.gov/eg/effluentguidelines-plan. 

II. How is this document organized? 

The outline of this document follows. 

A. Legal Authority. 

B. Summary of Preliminary Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan 15. 

C. Request for Public Comments and 

Information. 

A. Legal Authority 

This notice is published under the 

authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1251, 

et seq., and in particular sections 301(d), 

304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 306, 307(b) and 

308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 

1314(b), 1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 

1317(b), and 1318. 

B. Summary of Preliminary Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan 15 

EPA prepares Preliminary Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plans pursuant to 

CWA section 304(m). Preliminary plans 

provide a summary of the EPA’s annual 

review of effluent limitations guidelines 

and pretreatment standards, consistent 

with CWA sections 301(d), 304(b), 

304(g), 304(m), and 307(b). From these 

reviews, preliminary plans identify any 

new or existing industrial categories 

selected for effluent limitations 

guidelines or pretreatment standards 

rulemakings and provide a schedule for 

such rulemakings. In addition, 

preliminary plans present any new or 

existing categories of industry selected 

for further review and analysis. 

Preliminary Plan 15 discusses EPA’s 

2020 annual review of effluent 

limitations guidelines and pretreatment 

standards, presents its preliminary 

review of specific categories identified 

through the review, provides an update 

on the analyses and tools that EPA is 

continuing to develop, and discusses 

several new and ongoing rulemaking 

actions. 

EPA is initiating three new 

rulemakings after concluding several 

studies that were discussed in Plan 14. 

After several years of collecting and 

analyzing data, EPA has concluded that 

revision of the following effluent 

limitations guidelines or pretreatment 

standards are warranted: 

1. Meat and Poultry Products pointsource category to address nutrient 

discharges (see Section 6.2 of the 

preliminary plan for additional 

details) 

2. Organic Chemicals, Plastics & 

Synthetic Fibers point-source category 

to address Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl 

Substances (PFAS) discharges (see 

Section 6.4 of the preliminary plan for 

additional details) 

3. Metal Finishing point-source category 

to address PFAS discharges (see 

Section 6.4 of the preliminary plan for 

additional details) 

Preliminary Plan 15 also discusses the 

Steam Electric Generating category 

rulemaking that the agency announced 

on July 26, 2020. At that time, EPA 

announced that the agency was 

initiating a rulemaking process to 

strengthen certain wastewater pollution 

discharge limits for coal power plants 

that use steam to generate electricity. 

See Section 7.1 of the preliminary plan 

for additional details. 

Finally, Preliminary Plan 15 provides 

updates on ongoing point source 

category studies of the electrical and 

electronic components category and the 

Multi-Industry PFAS study and explains 

the agency’s intention to take no further 

action on oil and gas extraction 

wastewater management. It also 

discusses the initial results from EPA’s 

review for the metal products and 

machinery, explosives manufacturing, 

canned and preserved seafood, sugar 

processing, soap and detergent 

manufacturing, and landfill point source 

categories. 

Preliminary Plan 15 can be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/eg/effluentguidelines-plan. 

C. Request for Public Comments and 

Information 

EPA requests comments and 

information on the overall content of 

Preliminary Plan 15. In particular, EPA 

requests comments on the 

announcements regarding ongoing 

studies and rulemaking activities (see 

Sections 6 and 7 of the plan for 

additional details), and the topics 

below. See Preliminary Plan 15 for more 

information on these issues. 

1. Reviews of Industrial Wastewater 

Discharges and Treatment Technologies. 

EPA solicits feedback on the crosscategory rankings analysis. To the extent 

that any comment advocates for a 

revision to existing effluent limitations 

guidelines (ELGs), the commenter 

should explain why EPA should 

prioritize these point source categories 

ahead of the ones that EPA is studying 

and revising. 

2. Membrane Wastewater Treatment 

Technology. 

EPA solicits comment on the 

capabilities, performance, and costs of 

membrane treatment technologies for 

industrial wastewater to support the 

membrane technology review. 

3. Environmental Justice. 

EPA solicits comment on how best to 

incorporate environmental justice into 

the ELG planning process. 

4. PFAS Multi-Industry Study. 

EPA solicits feedback on the findings 

of the Multi-Industry PFAS study, 

specifically findings from the pulp and 

paper manufacturers and commercial 

airports. 

Radhika Fox, 

Assistant Administrator. 

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TIME AND DATE: Thursday, September 

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PLACE: The meeting will be held 

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STATUS: Public Participation: The 

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