EPRI Meets With EPA 316(b) Rule Development Team
In late October, EPRI’s Doug Dixon and Dave Bailey met with the EPA 316(b) Rule development team to discuss EPRI’s 2009 research results as well as 2010 preliminary plans.  EPRI meets with EPA each fall to obtain the Agency’s input on needed fish protection–related research.  EPRI learned that EPA is committed to issuing a final Phase II Rule by the summer of 2012 and that, in order to meet this commitment, delivery of a draft for public review and comment will occur in the summer of 2010.  EPA encouraged EPRI to submit the results of its fine-mesh screen research as soon as possible to support the Agency’s rule development efforts.  EPRI also learned that EPA is considering many of the regulatory options included in the remanded Rule, including cost-benefit analyses, as recently allowed by the Supreme Court.  For a list of research ideas that EPRI reviewed with EPA and meeting notes, contact Doug Dixon, (804) 642-1025, ddixon@epri.com.