[Federal Register: December 31, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 251)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 79898]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 141
[FRL-7432-6]
Extension of Comment Period for ``Notice of Data Availability;
National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Approval of
Analytical Methods for Chemical and Microbiological Contaminants;
Additional Information on the ColitagTM Method''
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of data availability--supplemental
information; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: In a March 7, 2002 proposed rule (67 FR 10532), EPA invited
comments on the proposed promulgation of a number of a number of
analytical methods. One of those methods, ColitagTM, was
proposed for the analysis of total coliforms and E. coli in finished
drinking water samples. EPA since received additional information from
CPI International, developers of ColitagTM, relative to the
performance of this method. Because this additional information served
to supplement the data included in the public record that supported the
proposed rule, and because the data are relevant to a decision on
whether to promulgate Colitag'', EPA invited comments on this
additional information via a December 2, 2002 Notice of Data
Availability. In today's action, EPA is extending the public comment
period for the Notice of Data Availability.
DATES: EPA must receive public comment, in writing, by January 17,
2003.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or
through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed instructions
provided in Unit I, General Information, of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of the December 2, 2002 Notice of Data Availability
published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herb Bass, Technical Support Center,
Standards and Risk Management Division, Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Stop 140, 26 W.
Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, PH: (513) 569-7926.
Email: brass.herb@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment
period established in the Federal Register issued on December 2, 2002
(67 FR 71520). In that document, EPA sought comments on additional
information provided by CPI International concerning the
ColitagTM method, relative to the proposal of this method
for the analysis of total coliforms and E. coli in finished drinking
water samples. EPA is hereby extending the comment period, which was
set to end on January 2, 2003, to January 17, 2003.
To submit comments, or access the official public docket, please
follow the detailed instructions as provided in Unit I, General
Information, of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the December
2, 2002 Federal Register document. If you have any questions, consult
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Dated: December 23, 2002.
Nanci Gelb,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 02-32886 Filed 12-30-02; 8:45 am]
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