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Regulations &
Guidance
Current drinking
water rules (by date issued)
Chart of key
regulatory dates (2000-2006) PDF
file
 National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytical Method for Uranium- Withdrawal
of Direct Final Rule; National Primary Drinking Water Regulations:
Analytical Method for Uranium
- National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Minor Corrections and Clarification
to Drinking Water Regulations; National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations for Lead and Copper (June 29, 2004)
- National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Approval
of Additional Method for the Detection of Coliforms and E. coli
in Drinking Water; Final Rule (February 13, 2004) (HTML)
(PDF)
- Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation: Approval of Analytical
Method for Aeromonas; National Primary and Secondary Drinking
Water Regulations: Approval of Analytical Methods for Chemical
and Microbiological Contaminants; Final Rule (October 29, 2002)
(read
online) (PDF)
- Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act; National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations; and National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations;
Methods Update; Final Rule (October 23, 2002) ( read
online ) ( PDF
) (Fact
Sheet)
- Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water
Systems; Establishment of Reporting Date: Direct Final Rule (March
12, 2002) ( read
online ) ~ (
PDF )
- Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (January 14,
2002) ( read
online ) ~ ( PDF
)
- Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Amendment to List 2 Rule
and Delay of Reporting Monitoring Results (September 4, 2001)
- Direct Final Rule
- Filter Backwash Recycling Rule (June 8, 2001) ( read
online ) ~ ( PDF )
- Arsenic Rule (Jan 22, 2001) ( read
online ) ~ ( PDF )
- Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring List 2 Rule (Jan. 11, 2001)
( HTML ) ~ ( PDF
)
- Radionuclides Rule (Dec 7, 2000) ( HTML
) ~ ( PDF )
- Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Rule (Aug 7, 2000)
( HTML
) ~ ( PDF )
- Removal of the MCLG for Chloroform (May 30, 2000) (HTML
)
- Public Notification Rule (May 4, 2000) ( HTML
) ~ ( PDF )
- Analytical Methods for Perchlorate and Acetochlor (Mar 2, 2000)
( HTML ) ~
( PDF )
- Lead and Copper Rule minor revisions (Dec 20, 1999) (HTML)
- Underground Injection Control Regulations for Class V Injection
Wells (Dec 7, 1999) ( HTML )
~ ( PDF )
- Analytical Methods for Chemical and Microbiological Contaminants
and Revisions to Laboratory Certification Requirements (Dec 1,
1999) (HTML )
- Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule.
(Sep 17, 1999) (HTML)
~ (PDF)
- Suspension of Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Requirements
for small public water systems (Jan 8, 1999) (HTML)
- Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (Dec 16, 1998)
(HTML) ~ (PDF)
- Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Dec
16, 1998) (HTML) ~ (PDF)
- Consumer Confidence Report Rule (Aug 19, 1998) (HTML)
~ (PDF)
- Variances and Exemptions Rule (Aug 14, 1998) (HTML)
~ (PDF)
- Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List (March 2, 1998)
( HTML ) ~ ( PDF
)
- Revisions to State Primacy Requirements (April 28, 1998)
( HTML )
- Small System Compliance Technology List for the Surface Water
Treatment Rule (Aug 6, 1997) ( PDF
)
- Withdrawal of 1991 proposed rule on Radon-222 (Aug 6, 1997)
( HTML )
- Analytical Methods for Radionuclides (Mar 5, 1997) (HTML)
- Information Collection Rule (May 14, 1996) ( HTML
) ~ ( PDF
)
Proposed rules and other notices open
for public comment Newly proposed rules are listed
on the Open for Comment page
Proposed Rules and Notices for which the comment period has closed
(date closed)
- National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytical Method for Uranium
- Proposed Rule
- Disinfectants/Disinfection
By-Products, Chemical, and Radionuclides Rules Information Collection
Rule (Renewal)
- Microbial
Rules Information Collection Rule (Renewal)
- Public
Water System Supervision Program Information Collection Rule (Renewal)
- The
Final Draft of the Tribal Drinking Water Operator Certification
Program Guidelines is available and EPA is requesting comments
- Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of
Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act; National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations; and National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations;
Analysis and Sampling Procedures - Proposed Rule
- Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate
List 2 (June 1, 2004)
- National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Minor Corrections and Clarification
to Drinking Water Regulations (May 3, 2004)
- National Primary Drinking Water Regulations:
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule - Proposed Rule
(May 15, 2004)
- Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection
Byproducts Proposed Rule (May 15, 2004)
- Proposed Aeromonas and
NPDWR Methods Rule (May 6, 2002)
- Proposed ground water rule (August 9,
2000)
- Proposed radon rule (November
2, 1999)
- Sulfate health effects study (May
12, 1999)
Code of Federal Regulations (PDF files)
-- The CFR compiles all rules currently in effect, and is updated
annually as of July 1. To view or search these parts in a section-by-section
format, or for other federal regulations, visit the Government
Printing Office 
site. You can also try GPO's
new E-CFR
, which is updated weekly.
Guidance and
Policy documents
EPA has created a new web site
for guidance documents. Presently, the site contains only documents
issued since January 1999.
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