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EPA Press Advisory: (1) New Regulations Finalized to Improve Water Quality at Fish Farms; (2) Regulations for Some Types of Gas Turbines on Hold as EPA Weighs Additional Emissions InformationFollowing is an Agency developments which may interest you. If you need News for Release: (Washington, D.C.--Thursday, July 1, 2004) (1) New Regulations Finalized to Improve Water Quality at Fish Farms Cathy Milbourn, 202-564-7824 / milbourn.cathy@epa.gov On June 30, EPA finalized a new rule establishing regulations for concentrated aquatic animal production (CAAP), or farm raised fish facilities. The regulation will apply to approximately 245 facilities that generate wastewater from their operations and discharge that wastewater directly into waters of the United States. This rule will help reduce discharges of conventional pollutants, primarily total suspended solids. The rule will also help reduce non-conventional pollutants such as nutrients. To a lesser extent, the rule will reduce drugs that are used to manage diseased fish, chemicals used to clean net pens, and toxic pollutants (metals and PCBs). The final rule applies to direct discharges of wastewater from existing and new facilities that produce at least 100,000 pounds of fish a year and discharge at least 30 days a year and facilities that produce at least 100,000 pounds of fish a year in net pens or submerged cages. When the rule is fully implemented, discharges of total suspended solids will be reduced by more than 500,000 pounds a year and biochemical oxygen demand and nutrients will be reduced by about 300,000 pounds per year. The Clean Water Act directs EPA to review the effluent guidelines and to set schedules for new and revised effluent guidelines. This effects newly permitted facilities, and existing facilities upon renewal of their (CAAP) permits. In January 1992, EPA agreed to a settlement with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and others in a consent decree that established a schedule by which EPA would consider regulations for 19 industrial categories. EPA selected the (CAAP) industry for one of those rules. Issuance of this rule completes all regulations addressed under the settlement agreement. Information about this program and the final regulation is available at: http://www.epa.gov/guide/aquaculture (2) Regulations for Some Types of Gas Turbines on Hold as EPA Weighs Additional Emissions Information John Millett, 202-564-7842 / millett.john@epa.gov EPA will delay hazardous air pollutant regulations for some types of natural gas-fired turbines, while the Agency considers further information on emissions and a pending proposal to remove these sources from regulation. With this final action today, EPA has stayed the requirements for new turbines in the lean premix gas-fired turbine and diffusion flame gas-fired turbine subcategories. EPA has not yet made a final decision to delist these subcategories from the regulations. The stay is an interim step that allows EPA additional time to consider the Gas Turbines Association's petition to remove these turbines from air toxics control. The stay will avoid unnecessary expenditures on installation and testing of emission controls, which will not be required if these subcategories of turbines are delisted for regulation. After reviewing the industry's request, and evaluating internal analyses, EPA determined that these subcategories of turbines meet the health and environmental risk criteria for delisting as required by the Clean Air Act. EPA proposed that delisting on April 7, 2004. For more information, visit: http://www.epa.gov/airlinks/airlinks3.html R128 # # # Release date:07/01/2004 Receive our News Releases Automatically by Email
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