[Federal Register: August 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 151)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Notice of Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a
Public Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval and Solicitation of Requests for a
Public Hearing.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provision of
section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended, and the
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation that the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is revising its approved Public Water
System Supervision Program. Pennsylvania has adopted a Lead and Copper
Rule (LCR) to control lead and copper in drinking water, Lead and
Copper Rule Minor Revisions (LCRMR) to streamline and reduce reporting
burden, a Public Notification (PN) Rule for public water systems to
notify their customers when they violate EPA or state drinking water
standards, and a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule that requires
water suppliers to provide annual reports on the quality of the
drinking water supplied to their customers. This revision also includes
minor revisions to other drinking water rules.
EPA has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than
the corresponding Federal regulations aside from two minor
inconsistencies in the Lead and Copper regulations. The two items
concern the requirement to include the location of each site where
samples are taken and the criteria under which each site was selected
for the system's sampling pool as part of the results reported to the
State in the LCR. EPA does not believe that these minor inconsistencies
affect compliance with the Federal regulations. They are being
addressed through program implementation while the Department of
Environmental Protection corrects the deficiencies in its regulations.
Therefore, EPA is taking action to tentatively approve these program
revisions. All interested parties are invited to submit written
comments on this determination and may request a public hearing.
DATES: Comments or a request for a public hearing must be submitted by
September 5, 2003. This determination shall become effective on
September 5, 2003 if no timely and appropriate request for a hearing is
received and the Regional Administrator does not elect on his own to
hold a hearing, and if no comments are received which cause EPA to
modify its tentative approval.
ADDRESSES: Comments or a request for a public hearing must be submitted
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III, 1650 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. All documents relating to this
determination are available for inspection between the hours of 8 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the following offices:
[sbull] Drinking Water Branch, Water Protection Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029.
[sbull] Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau
of Water Supply and Wastewater Management, 11th Floor Rachael Carson
State Office Building Harrisburg, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
17105-8467.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Tymchenko, Drinking Water Branch
at the Philadelphia address given above; telephone (215) 814-2022 or
fax (215) 814-2318.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All interested parties are invited to submit
written comments on this determination and may request a public
hearing. All comments will be considered, and, if necessary, EPA will
issue a response. Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing may
be denied by the Regional Administrator. However, if a substantial
request for a public hearing is made by September 5, 2003, a public
hearing will be held. A request for public hearing shall include the
following: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the
individual, organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; (2) a
brief statement of the requesting person's interest in the Regional
Administrator's determination and of information that the requesting
person intends to submit at such a hearing; and (3) the signature of
the individual making the request; or, if the request is made on behalf
of an organization or other entity, the signature of a responsible
official of the organization or other entity.
Dated: July 28, 2003.
Thomas Voltaggio,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA, Region III.
[FR Doc. 03-20018 Filed 8-5-03; 8:45 am]
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