Description
In May 2018, U.S. EPA announced that it had initiated a study to take a holistic look at how the Agency, States and Stakeholders regulate and manage the large and increasing volumes of wastewater from the onshore oil and gas extraction industry. The study is being managed out of EPA’s Clean Water Act Effluent Guidelines Program (nationally applicable technology-based discharge requirements for industrial discharges to surface waters and municipal wastewater treatment plants), and is addressing questions such as how existing federal approaches to produced water management under the Clean Water Act can interact more effectively with state and tribal regulations, what requirements or policy updates may be needed, and whether support exists for potential federal regulations to allow for broader discharge of treated produced water to surface waters.
Mr. Wood will discuss the motivation behind the study, status of it and next steps.
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