# Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Initial Notification Date Extension; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
> **Rule** · Withdrawal of direct final rule. · Published 2025-11-28 · Effective 2025-11-28 · 90 FR 54588
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-21426
- **Category:** water-quality
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 54588
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 423
- **Publication date:** 2025-11-28
- **Effective date:** 2025-11-28
- **EPA docket:** EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819
## Abstract

Because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received adverse comment, it is withdrawing the direct final rule entitled, "Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category--Initial Notification Date Extension," published in the Federal Register on October 2, 2025.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21426/effluent-limitations-guidelines-and-standards-for-the-steam-electric-power-generating-point-source)
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