Comments closed April 6
Oppose Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY · navigable waters, adjoining shorelines
- What
- EPA is proposing to delay the compliance date for Facility Response Plans, the worst-case discharge plans required of onshore facilities that could cause substantial harm by spilling a hazardous substance into navigable waters, adjoining shorelines or the exclusive economic zone. It would also change the rule's language to align with the climate change and environmental justice policies in Executive Order 14148 of January 20, 2025. EPA says it can't quantify the number, nature or magnitude of covered discharges that may happen during the delay.
- Where
- navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, exclusive economic zone
- How much
- We have no figure for this fight yet; the agency’s own words are under Case.
- Decided
- Comments closed April 6, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read May 6, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur summary of the Federal Register 2026-04388 ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchNo verified figure is on the record for this fight.
- DecidedApril 6, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read May 6, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.
No decision document is on PLAN’s record for this fight yet. When the agency’s decision lands, what it answered goes here.
PLAN's read: high threat
EPA is proposing to delay the compliance date for Facility Response Plans, the worst-case discharge plans required of onshore facilities that could cause substantial harm by spilling a hazardous substance into navigable waters, adjoining shorelines or the exclusive economic zone. It would also change the rule's language to align with the climate change and environmental justice policies in Executive Order 14148 of January 20, 2025. EPA says it can't quantify the number, nature or magnitude of covered discharges that may happen during the delay.
In the agency’s own words
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to delay the compliance date for Facility Response Plan (FRP) requirements as well as to make language modifications to align with the Administration's climate change and environmental justice policies in Executive Order 14148 of January 20, 2025. These requirements are for onshore non-transportation-related facilities that could reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm to the environment from a CWA hazardous substance worst case discharge to navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or the exclusive economic zone. This delay action is necessary to allo…
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