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PRODUCT QUALITY STAFF GENERAL ^ ELECTRIC FAIRFIELD. CONNECTICUT 06431 SUBJECT Co r a (proc.a'i>ie y* yc- WWfti}' C ;O M M ---- 8*229-2287 NEW SCHEDULE FOR FCB REGULATIONS COPIES: John F. McAllister - Fairfield Edward L. Simons - Schenectady Stuart M.' Riche 1 - Schenectady November 1, 1974 TO: y Edward L. Dobbins George B. Farnsworth Lucas P. Hart, Jr. Lee H. Hill, Jr. William F. McManus Charles J. Meloun Russell T. Morris William M. Nave Abbott Pozefsky Edward L. Raab John F. Repko James 0. Sweeny James H. Thayer Pittsfield Syracuse Hudson Falls Pittsfield Washington Pittsfield Rome Philadelphia Hudson Falls Pittsfield Syracuse Pittsfield RECEIVED MOV 4 iai4 EDWARD L. DOBBINS Gentlemen: Dr. Kenneth Mackenthup, a limnologist of national reputation, has been named Acting Director, Technical Studies Division, EPA. He is now responsible for the program to implement Section 307 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. At a meeting in Washington yesterday of the Effluent Standards and Water Quality Information Advisory Committee, he announced the following plan for development and promulgation of Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards for nine materials, including PBs: Mid-December 1974: Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making to be published in the Federal Register. (This will be a complete set of proposed regulations, and will allow public participation to begin without starting the 180-day clock running toward the deadline for promulgation.) February and March 1975: Symposia on the advance notice to be conducted in about half of the ten regional EPA offices. May 15, 1975: (Approx.) Publication in the Federal Register of the Proposed Rule Making. GENP 005537 774187 G E H E i U L s p ELECTRIC -2- November 1, 1974 June 15, 1975: SCarC of formal public hearing (similar Co that conducted in April and May of 1974.) Late October 1975: Promulgation of Final Rules Present lav states' that the rules shall go into effect upon the dace specified in the promulgation order, but not later than one year from the date of promul gation. Under present lav, ve would anticipate that, if the above schedule is followed, standards for FCBs would become effective in October of 1976. If the EFA gets the amendment to the Act it has requested, this date could be as late as October of 1978. EFA failed to impaise the standards it proposed the first time around. However, its decision to re-propose should not be interpreted as evidence that the staff now subscribes to the arguments contained In industry testimony; or that the proposal to be disclosed in December will be capable of attainment. JSN:cas James S. Nelson, Consultant duct Environmental Compatibility El-A QfCCOOdM 30 774188