BEFORE THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 280 ENVIRONMENTAL, PUBLIC HEALTH, INDIGENOUS, AND COMMUNITY NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,* (full list on pages i-iii) Petitioners, vs. ANDREW WHEELER, ADMINISTRATOR, UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. PETITION TO REVISE THE CLEAN WATER ACT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE PETRO-PLASTICS INDUSTRY UNDER THE 40 C.F.R. PART 419 PETROLEUM REFINING INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY (CRACKING AND PETROCHEMICALS SUBPARTS) AND PART 414 ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PLASTICS, AND SYNTHETIC FIBERS INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY * 100% GREEN SCHOOLS L.A.; 350.ORG; 350 BAY AREA; 350 BUTTE COUNTY; 350 NEW ORLEANS; 350 PITTSBURGH PETROCHEMICAL ACTION TEAM (P-CAT); 350 SANTA CRUZ; 350.ORG; ADVENTURES IN WASTE; ALGALITA; ALTAMAHA RIVERKEEPER; ANACOSTIA RIVERKEEPER; ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE; ANOTHER GULF IS POSSIBLE; APALACHICOLA RIVERKEEPER; ASSATEAGUE COASTAL TRUST; ATA LAW GROUP; ATCHAFALAYA BASINKEEPER; ATHENS COUNTY'S FUTURE ACTION NETWORK, AKA ATHENS COUNTY (OH) FRACKING ACTION NETWORK; AZUL; BAYOU CITY WATERKEEPER; BEAVER COUNTY (PA) MARCELLUS AWARENESS COMMUNITY; BERKS GAS TRUTH; BETTER PATH COALITION; BEYOND PLASTICS; BIG BLACKFOOT RIVERKEEPER, INC.; BLACK WARRIOR RIVERKEEPER; BLUE SPHERE FOUNDATION; BLUE WATER BALTIMORE/BALTIMORE HARBOR WATERKEEPER; BLUECOLOGY; BOULDER WATERKEEPER; BREAM FISHERMEN ASSOCIATION, INC; BREAST CANCER ACTION; BREAST CANCER PREVENTION PARTNERS; BREATHE PROJECT; BUCKEYE ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK; BUFFALO NIAGARA WATERKEEPER; CA URBAN STREAMS ALLIANCE-THE STREAM TEAM, A WATERKEEPER AFFILIATE; CAFETERIA CULTURE; CAHABA RIVERKEEPER; CALIFORNIA COASTAL PROTECTION NETWORK; CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS; CALIFORNIANS AGAINST WASTE; CALIFORNIANS FOR WESTERN WILDERNESS; CAPE FEAR RIVER WATCH/ CAPE FEAR RIVERKEEPER; CATAWBA RIVERKEEPER FOUNDATION; CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; CENTER FOR COALFIELD JUSTICE; CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY; CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (CIEL); CHANGE BEGINS WITH ME / INDIVISIBLE CD-52; CHARLESTON WATERKEEPER; CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER; CHICOBAG COMPANY / TO-GO WARE; CHISPA - LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS; CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVERKEEPER; CITIZEN COALITION FOR SAFE COMMUNITY; CITIZENS' CLIMATE LOBBY, SANTA CLARITA CHAPTER; CLEAN OCEAN ACTION; COACHELLA VALLEY WATERKEEPER; COASTAL ALLIANCE TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT (CAPE); COASTAL CAROLINA RIVERWATCH; COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER; CONGAREE RIVERKEEPER; CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION; COOK INLETKEEPER; COOSA RIVERKEEPER; COOSA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE / UPPER COOSA RIVERKEEPER; COPPER RIVER DELTA SOUND WATERKEEPER; CORALATIONS; COURAGE CAMPAIGN; CREATE; CRYSTAL COAST WATERKEEPER; DELAWARE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES; EARTH ETHICS, INC.; EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE; EARTHWORKS; EAST VALLEY INDIVISIBLES; ECOJUSTICE WORKING GROUP, THOMAS MERTON CENTER; ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION; EMERALD COASTKEEPER; ENDANGERED HABITATS LEAGUE; ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION; ENVIRONMENT AMERICA; ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF WEST MARIN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION CENTER; ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH COUNCIL OF ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA; EUREKA RECYCLING; EXTINCTION REBELLION KENTUCKY; EYAK PRESERVATION COUNCIL; FOOD & WATER WATCH; FRACTRACKER ALLIANCE; FRIENDS OF HURRICANE CREEK / HURRICANE CREEKKEEPER; FRIENDS OF PENOBSCOT BAY, A WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE i AFFILIATE; FRIENDS OF THE EARTH; FRIENDS OF THE KAW / KANSAS RIVERKEEPER; FRIENDS OF THE POGONIP; GAS FREE SENECA; GASP; GOOD NEIGHBOR STEERING COMMITTEE; GOOD STEWARDS OF ROCKINGHAM / DAN RIVERKEEPER; GREAT OLD BROADS FOR WILDERNESS; GREATER HELLS CANYON COUNCIL; GREENPEACE; GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER; HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER; HANDS ACROSS THE SAND; HARAMBEE HOUSE, INC.; HAW RIVER ASSEMBLY / HAW RIVERKEEPER; HEAL THE BAY; HEALTHY GULF; HEARTWOOD; HOWLING FOR WOLVES; HUDSON RIVERKEEPER; IDLE NO MORE SF BAY; INDIAN RIVERKEEPER; INDIVISIBLE CA-33; INDIVISIBLE CA-7; INDIVISIBLE MONTEREY HILL; INDIVISIBLE NAPA; INDIVISIBLE OC 48; INDIVISIBLE SACRAMENTO; INDIVISIBLE SAN JOSE; INDIVISIBLE SAUSALITO; INDIVISIBLE SF; INDIVISIBLE VENTURA; INLAND EMPIRE WATERKEEPER; INLAND OCEAN COALITION; INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES; INTERFAITH CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY; INTERNATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL PROJECT OF EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE; JAMPAC (JAMESVILLE POSITIVE ACTION COMMITTEE); KLAMATH FOREST ALLIANCE; LAKE GEORGE WATERKEEPER; LAKE PEND OREILLE WATERKEEPER; LAKE WORTH WATERKEEPER; LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS; LITTLE RIVER WATERKEEPER; LIVING RIVERS & COLORADO RIVERKEEPER; LONELY WHALE; LOUISIANA BUCKET BRIGADE; LOWER OHIO RIVER WATERKEEPER; LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVERKEEPER ASSOCIATION; MANASOTA-88, INC.; MATANZAS RIVERKEEPER; MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA RIVERKEEPER ASSOCIATION, INC.; MILWAUKEE RIVERKEEPER; MISSOURI CONFLUENCE WATERKEEPER; MOBILE BAYKEEPER; MONDO BIZARRO; MOUNTAIN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION / YOUGHIOGHENY RIVERKEEPER; MOUNTAINTRUE / BROAD RIVERKEEPER; MOUNTAINTRUE / FRENCH BROAD RIVERKEEPER; MOUNTAINTRUE / GREEN RIVERKEEPER; MOVEMENT FOR A PEOPLE’S PARTY; NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL; NO WASTE LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICAN CLIMATE, CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENT(NACCE); NORTHCOAST ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER; NY/NJ BAYKEEPER; NY4WHALES; OCEAN CONSERVATION RESEARCH; OCEAN FIRST INSTITUTE; OCEANA; OCEANIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY (OPS); OGEECHEE RIVERKEEPER; OHIO VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION; ONE WORLD ADVENTURE; ORANGE COUNTY COASTKEEPER; PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT; PATUXENT RIVERKEEPER; PAUSE - PEOPLE OF ALBANY UNITED FOR SAFE ENERGY; PEARL RIVERKEEPER; PECONIC BAYKEEPER; PENNENVIRONMENT; PENNFUTURE; PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT CHEMICAL SAFETY; PEOPLE OVER PETRO COALITION; PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FLORIDA; PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PHILADELPHIA; PLASTIC POLLUTION COALITION; POST-LANDFILL ACTION NETWORK (PLAN); POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER NETWORK / POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER; POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER NETWORK / UPPER POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER; PUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE; QUAD CITIES WATERKEEPER INC.; QUICK SERVICE BIKE SHOP; RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK; RE SOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES / NORTH SOUND BAYKEEPER; RIO GRANDE WATERKEEPER; RISE ST. JAMES; ROGUE RIVERKEEPER; RUSSIAN RIVERKEEPER; SACRED ii PLACES INSTITUTE; SAFE ALTERNATIVES FOR OUR FOREST ENVIRONMENT; SAFINA CENTER; SAN ANTONIO BAY ESTUARINE WATERKEEPER; SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER; SAN JUAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE / ANIMAS RIVERKEEPER; SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER; SANTA CRUZ CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK; SATILLA RIVERKEEPER; SAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER; SAVE OUR SHORES; SAVE THE ALBATROSS COALITION; SAVE THE BAY / NARRAGANSETT BAY RIVERKEEPER; SAVE THE BAY / SOUTH COUNTY COASTKEEPER; SAVE THE COLORADO; SAVE THE RIVER; SAVE THE RIVER / UPPER ST. LAWRENCE RIVERKEEPER; SEALEGACY; SENECA LAKE GUARDIAN, A WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE AFFILIATE; SEVEN CIRCLES FOUNDATION; SEVENTH GENERATION ADVISORS; SHENANDOAH RIVERKEEPER; SHORERIVERS / CHOPTANK RIVERKEEPER; SIERRA CLUB AND ITS LONESTAR, OHIO, AND WEST VIRGINIA CHAPTERS; SNAKE RIVER WATERKEEPER; SOCAL 350 CLIMATE ACTION; SOCIOENERGETICS FOUNDATION; SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT; SOUND RIVERS / PAMLICO-TAR RIVERKEEPER; SPOKANE RIVERKEEPER; ST. JOHNS RIVERKEEPER; STAND.EARTH; STOP FRACKING LONG BEACH; STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUPS; SUNCOAST WATERKEEPER; SUNFLOWER ALLIANCE; SUNRISE BAY AREA; SURFRIDER FOUNDATION; SUSTAINUS; SYLVIA EARLE ALLIANCE / MISSION BLUE; TAR SANDS ACTION SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; TEAM MARINE; TENNESSEE RIVERKEEPER; TEXAS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT; THE 5 GYRES INSTITUTE; THE CENTER FOR OCEANIC AWARENESS, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION (COARE); THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT; THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT, LOS ANGELES CHAPTER; THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT, PITTSBURGH & SWPA; THE ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION EXCHANGE; THE LAST BEACH CLEANUP; THE LAST PLASTIC STRAW; THE RESISTANCE NORTHRIDGE - INDIVISIBLE; THE SHAME FREE ZONE; THE STORY OF STUFF PROJECT; TOPANGA PEACE ALLIANCE AND MLK COALITION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES; TRASH FREE MARYLAND; TRINITY WATERS, A WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE AFFILIATE; TUALATIN RIVERKEEPERS; TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK; TWIN HARBORS WATERKEEPER; U.S. PIRG; UNEXPECTED WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNION OF COMMERCIAL OYSTERMEN OF TEXAS; UPPER ALLEGHENY RIVER PROJECT, A WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE AFFILIATE; VANISHING EARTH; VENICE RESISTANCE; VENTURA COASTKEEPER; WABASH RIVERKEEPER NETWORK/ BANKS OF THE WABASH INC; WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE; WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKE; WESTERN NEBRASKA RESOURCES COUNCIL; WHITE OAK-NEW RIVERKEEPER ALLIANCE; WHITE RIVER WATERKEEPER; WILDCOAST; WILDEARTH GUARDIANS; WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER; WINYAH RIVERS ALLIANCE; WINYAH RIVERS ALLIANCE / LUMBER RIVERKEEPER; WINYAH RIVERS FOUNDATION / WACCAMAW RIVERKEEPER; WISHTOYO FOUNDATION; WWALS WATERSHED COALITION, INC. / SUWANNEE RIVERKEEPER; YELLOW DOG WATERSHED PRESERVE / YELLOW DOG RIVERKEEPER; YUBA RIVER WATERKEEPER; ZERO WASTE USA; AND ZERO WASTE WASHINGTON iii TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 1 I. Notice of Petition ................................................................................................................ 2 II. Factual Background ............................................................................................................ 5 A. Plastic Production Overview ................................................................................... 5 1. The Current Petrochemical Buildout .......................................................... 5 2. Wastewater and Stormwater Characteristics of Petro-Plastics