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Final EPA–USGS Technical Report:
Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of
Hydrologic Alteration
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and United States
Geological Survey (USGS).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and the United States
Geological Survey are releasing a
technical report: Final EPA–USGS
Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic
Life from Effects of Hydrologic
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Alteration. Healthy aquatic ecosystems
provide an array of services to
individuals and society, including clean
drinking water, irrigation supplies, and
recreational opportunities. Sound and
sustainable management of aquatic
ecosystems is an integral part of
managing water resources to meet the
needs of society. Hydrologic alteration
can be a contributor to the impairment
of water bodies that are designated to
support aquatic life. Stresses on aquatic
life associated with hydrologic
alteration may be further exacerbated by
climate change.
This report provides States, Tribes
and territories with scientific and
technical information on the natural
flow regime and potential effects of flow
alteration on aquatic life, and a flexible,
nonprescriptive framework that state
water managers might consider if they
are interested in developing narrative or
numeric targets for flow regime
components that are protective of
aquatic life. The report also provides
information about States and Tribes that
have adopted narrative water quality
standards to protect their waterbodies’
flow regimes and on the potential
impact of climate change on flow
regimes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Eignor, Health and Ecological
Criteria Division, Office of Water (Mail
Code 4304T), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 566–1143; email address:
eignor.diana@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
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A. How can I get copies of this
document and other related
information?
1. Docket: All documents in the
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www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
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will be publicly available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket
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information about EPA’s public docket,
visit EPA Docket Center homepage at
https://www.epa.gov/epahome/
dockets.htm.
II. What is this document?
This document serves as a technical
and informational resource for States,
Tribes, territories, and other
stakeholders that want to protect aquatic
life from the adverse effects of flow
alteration. To that end, this report
provides technical information about
the effect of altered flow regimes on
aquatic life and a nonprescriptive
framework that may be used to help
quantify targets for flow regime
components that are protective of
aquatic life and their habitats. The
report also provides examples of state
and tribal water quality standards
designed to protect such flow regimes
and discusses the potential impact of
climate change on flow regimes. This
technical report is not a rule and it,
therefore, does not impose any
mandatory requirements. State and
Tribal decision makers retain the
discretion to adopt approaches or
information presented in this report on
a case-by-case basis that differ from the
approaches described in this report.
III. Additional Information:
EPA and USGS each conducted
internal peer reviews of the report, and
EPA managed a contractor-led
independent external peer review of the
Draft EPA–USGS Technical Report:
Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of
Hydrologic Alteration. EPA will make
the external peer review comments and
Agency responses to these comments
available in the docket at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Dated: December 14, 2016.
Joel Beauvais,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of
Water.
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Alternative Test Methods
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This notice announces the
broadly applicable alternative test
method approval decisions the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
and the National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
between January 1, 2016, and December
12, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: An
electronic copy of each alternative test
method approval document is available
at https://www.epa.gov/emc/broadlyapplicable-approved-alternative-testmethods. For questions about this
notice, contact Mrs. Lula H. Melton, Air
Quality Assessment Division, Office of
Air Quality Planning and Standards
(E143–02), Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
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2910; fax number: (919) 541–0516;
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technical questions about individual
alternative test method decisions, refer
to the contact person identified in the
individual approval document(s).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this notice apply to me?
This notice will be of interest to
entities regulated under 40 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 60, 61,
and 63, state, local, and tribal agencies,
and the EPA Regional offices
responsible for implementation and
enforcement of regulations under 40
CFR parts 60, 61, and 63.
B. How can I get copies of this
information?
You may access copies of the broadly
applicable alternative test method
approval documents at https://
www.epa.gov/emc/broadly-applicableapproved-alternative-test-methods.
II. Background
Broadly applicable alternative test
method approval decisions made by the
EPA in 2016 under the NSPS, 40 CFR
part 60 and the NESHAP, 40 CFR parts
61 and 63 are identified in this notice
(see Table 1). Source owners and
operators may voluntarily use these
broadly applicable alternative test
methods in lieu of otherwise specified
reference test methods. Use of these
broadly applicable alternative test
methods does not change the applicable
emission standards.
As explained in a previous Federal
Register notice published at 72 FR 4257
(January 30, 2007) and located at
https://www.epa.gov/emc/broadlyapplicable-approved-alternative-testmethods, the EPA Administrator has the
authority to approve the use of
alternative test methods to comply with
requirements under 40 CFR parts 60, 61,
and 63. This authority is found in
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sections 60.8(b)(3), 61.13(h)(1)(ii), and
63.7(e)(2)(ii). A similar authority is
granted in 40 CFR part 65 under section
65.158(a)(2). In the past, we have
performed thorough technical reviews
of numerous source-specific requests for
alternatives and modifications to test
methods and procedures. Based on
these reviews, we have often found that
these changes or alternatives would be
equally valid and appropriate to apply
to other sources within a particular
class, category, or subcategory.
Consequently, we have concluded that,
where a method modification or an
alternative method is clearly broadly
applicable to a class, category, or
subcategory of sources, it is both more
equitable and efficient to approve its use
for all appropriate sources and
situations at the same time.
It is important to clarify that
alternative methods are not mandatory
but permissive. Sources are not required
to employ such a method but may
choose to do so in appropriate
circumstances. Source owners or
operators should review the specific
broadly applicable alternative method
approval decision at https://
www.epa.gov/emc/broadly-applicableapproved-alternative-test-methods
before electing to employ the alternative
method. As per section 63.7(f)(5), a
source owner or operator electing to use
an alternative method for 40 CFR part
63 standards must continue to use the
alternative method until otherwise
authorized.
The criteria for approval and
procedures for submission and review
of broadly applicable alternative test
methods are outlined at 72 FR 4257
(January 30, 2007). We will continue to
announce approvals for broadly
applicable alternative test methods at
https://www.epa.gov/emc/broadlyapplicable-approved-alternative-testmethods and publish a notice annually
that summarizes approvals for broadly
applicable alternative test methods
during the preceding year.
This notice comprises a summary of
seven such approval documents posted
to our Technology Transfer Network
between January 1, 2016, and December
12, 2016. The alternative method
decision letter/memo number, the
reference method affected, sources
allowed to use this alternative, and the
modification or alternative method
allowed are summarized in Table 1 of
this notice. For more detailed
information, please refer to the complete
copies of these approval documents
available at https://www.epa.gov/emc/
broadly-applicable-approvedalternative-test-methods, as Table 1
serves only as a brief summary of the
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0335; FRL-9956-93-OW]
Final EPA-USGS Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life from
Effects of Hydrologic Alteration
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and United States
Geological Survey (USGS).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United
States Geological Survey are releasing a technical report: Final EPA-
USGS Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life from Effects of
Hydrologic Alteration. Healthy aquatic ecosystems provide an array of
services to individuals and society, including clean drinking water,
irrigation supplies, and recreational opportunities. Sound and
sustainable management of aquatic ecosystems is an integral part of
managing water resources to meet the needs of society. Hydrologic
alteration can be a contributor to the impairment of water bodies that
are designated to support aquatic life. Stresses on aquatic life
associated with hydrologic alteration may be further exacerbated by
climate change.
This report provides States, Tribes and territories with scientific
and technical information on the natural flow regime and potential
effects of flow alteration on aquatic life, and a flexible,
nonprescriptive framework that state water managers might consider if
they are interested in developing narrative or numeric targets for flow
regime components that are protective of aquatic life. The report also
provides information about States and Tribes that have adopted
narrative water quality standards to protect their waterbodies' flow
regimes and on the potential impact of climate change on flow regimes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Eignor, Health and Ecological
Criteria Division, Office of Water (Mail Code 4304T), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 566-1143; email address: eignor.diana@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
1. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Water Docket, EPA/DC, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Water
Docket is (202) 566-2426. For additional
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information about EPA's public docket, visit EPA Docket Center homepage
at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
II. What is this document?
This document serves as a technical and informational resource for
States, Tribes, territories, and other stakeholders that want to
protect aquatic life from the adverse effects of flow alteration. To
that end, this report provides technical information about the effect
of altered flow regimes on aquatic life and a nonprescriptive framework
that may be used to help quantify targets for flow regime components
that are protective of aquatic life and their habitats. The report also
provides examples of state and tribal water quality standards designed
to protect such flow regimes and discusses the potential impact of
climate change on flow regimes. This technical report is not a rule and
it, therefore, does not impose any mandatory requirements. State and
Tribal decision makers retain the discretion to adopt approaches or
information presented in this report on a case-by-case basis that
differ from the approaches described in this report.
III. Additional Information:
EPA and USGS each conducted internal peer reviews of the report,
and EPA managed a contractor-led independent external peer review of
the Draft EPA-USGS Technical Report: Protecting Aquatic Life from
Effects of Hydrologic Alteration. EPA will make the external peer
review comments and Agency responses to these comments available in the
docket at https://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: December 14, 2016.
Joel Beauvais,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
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