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Federal Register Notice: Revisions to Permit Regulations Finalized

EPA promulgated revisions to regulations governing the following EPA permit programs: the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System under the Clean Water Act (CWA), Underground Injection Control (UIC) under the Safe Drinking Water Act, the State "dredge or fill" (404) program under Section 404 of the CWA, and the Hazardous Waste Management permit program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The rules cover a number of issues affecting these permit programs and are the result of a settlement agreement between EPA and industry petitioners.

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