National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
The Environmental Protection Agency established categorical section 316(b) requirements for intake structures at new offshore oil and gas extraction facilities that have a design intake flow threshold of greater than two million gallons per day and that withdraw at least 25 percent of the water exclusively for cooling purposes
Action
Published Date
Code CFR
40 CFR Parts 9, 122, 123, 124 and 125
Contact Information
Paul Shriner, 202-566-1076 or Ashley Allen, 202-566-1012; rule.316b@epa.gov
Department
Effective Date
More Information
Fed. Reg., June 16, 2006, pages 35006-35046
Pages
35006-35046
Volume Number
71
