Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
­
CWA
Section
§
316(
b)
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CWA
Sec.
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316(
b)

Effluent
Guidelines
Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
316(
b)

Discharge
Standards
for
Armed
Forces
Vessels
Analytical
Methods
Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
­
CWA
Sec.
316(
b)

EPA
is
developing
regulations
under
section
§
316(
b)
of
the
Clean
Water
Act.
Section
§
316(
b)
requires
that
the
location,
design,
construction
and
capacity
of
cooling
water
intake
structures
reflect
the
best
technology
available
for
minimizing
adverse
environmental
impact.
More
than
1,500
industrial
facilities
use
large
volumes
of
cooling
water
from
lakes,
rivers,
estuaries
or
oceans
to
cool
their
plants,
including
steam
electric
power
plants,
pulp
and
paper
makers,
chemical
manufacturers,
petroleum
refiners,
and
manufacturers
of
primary
metals
like
iron
and
steel
and
aluminum.

Cooling
water
intake
structures
cause
adverse
environmental
impact
by
pulling
large
numbers
of
fish
and
shellfish
or
their
eggs
into
a
power
plant's
or
factory's
cooling
system.
There,
the
organisms
may
be
killed
or
injured
by
heat,
physical
stress,
or
by
chemicals
used
to
clean
the
cooling
system.
Larger
organisms
may
be
killed
or
injured
when
they
are
trapped
against
screens
at
the
front
of
an
intake
structure.

What's
New
l
Final
Rule
Amending
Phase
I
l
A
Symposium
on
Cooling
Water
Intake
Technologies
to
Protect
Aquatic
Organisms
l
Phase
III
Information
Collection
Request
l
Notice
of
Data
Availability
(
NODA)
for
Phase
II
Existing
Facilities
l
New
Deadline
for
§
316(
b)
Regulations
l
Quarterly
Status
Reports
to
Court
Proposed
Rule
for
Phase
II
Existing
Facilities
m
Federal
Register
Notice
­
Notice
of
Data
Availability
(
NODA)
(
PDF)
(
March
19,
2003)

n
Fact
Sheet
m
Federal
Register
Notice
­
Extension
of
Comment
Period
(
June
19,
2002)

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Water
Intake
Structures
­
CWA
Section
§
316(
b)
­
U.
S.
EPA
n
Fact
Sheet
(
PDF,
89KB)

m
Fact
Sheet
(
March
2002)
(
PDF,
98KB)

m
Federal
Register
Notice
(
April
9,
2002)

n
Economic
and
Benefits
Analysis
(
EPA­
821­
R­
02­
001)

n
Case
Study
Analysis
(
EPA­
821­
R­
02­
002)

n
Technical
Development
Document
(
EPA­
821­
R­
02­
003)

Final
Rule
for
Phase
I
New
Facilities
m
Amendment
to
Final
Regulations
n
Final
Rule
­
Federal
Register
Notice
(
June
19,
2003)

n
Fact
Sheet
n
Withdrawal
of
Direct
Final
Rule
­
Federal
Register
Notice
(
March
24,
2003)

n
Fact
Sheet
n
Direct
Final
Rule
(
PDF)
­
Federal
Register
Notice
(
December
26,
2002)

n
Fact
Sheet
(
PDF,
24KB)

n
Proposed
Rule
(
PDF)
­
Federal
Register
Notice
(
December
26,
2002)

m
Final
Rule
for
New
Facilities
Federal
Register
Notice
(
PDF,
775KB)
(
December
18,
2001)

m
Response
to
Public
Comment
m
Fact
Sheet
m
Supporting
Document
on
Technical
Development
m
Supporting
Document
on
Economic
Analysis
Proposed
Rule
for
New
Facilities
m
Federal
Register
Notice
­
Reopening
of
Comment
Period
(
July
6,
2001)

m
Fact
Sheet
for
Notice
of
Data
Availability
(
May
2001)

m
Federal
Register
Notice
of
Data
Availability
(
May
25,
2001)

m
Fact
Sheet
(
July
2000)

m
Federal
Register
Notice
­
Extension
of
Comment
Period
(
August
31,
2000)

m
Federal
Register
Notice
(
PDF)
(
August
10,
2000)

m
Economic
and
Engineering
Analysis
of
the
Proposed
316(
b)
Rule
for
New
Facilities
m
Press
Release
(
July
21,
2000)

Quarterly
Status
Reports
to
Court
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Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
­
CWA
Section
§
316(
b)
­
U.
S.
EPA
Questionnaires
for
Existing
Facilities
Public
Meetings
m
Materials
for
the
May
23,
2001
Technical
Experts
Meeting
m
Fact
Sheet
(
April
2001)
­
on
Technical
Experts
Meeting
(
May
23,
2001
from
9
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.)

m
Federal
Register
Notice
­
Announcement
of
Technical
Experts
Meeting
(
FR
Date
­
April
24,
2001)

m
Public
Meeting
­
September
10,
1998
m
Public
Meeting
­
June
29,
1998
Related
Documents
m
DRAFT
Guidance
for
Evaluating
the
Adverse
Impact
of
Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
on
the
Aquatic
Environment:
Section
316(
b)
P.
L.
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