[Federal Register: August 28, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 167)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7550-4]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of
New Mexico
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of New Mexico is
revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. New
Mexico has revised its administrative penalty authority, its public
water system definition, adopted the Consumer Confidence Report Rule,
the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, the Stage 1
Disinfection By Products Rule, the new Variances and Exemptions Rule,
the revised Public Notification Rule, the new Radionuclides Rule, the
Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions, the Arsenic Rule, and the Filter
Backwash Recycling Rule. EPA has determined that these revisions are no
less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore,
EPA intends to approve these program revisions.
DATES: All interested parties may request a public hearing. A request
for a public hearing must be submitted by September 29, 2003 to the
Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 6 address shown below.
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 29, 2003, a public hearing will be held.
If no timely and appropriate request for a hearing is received and the
Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing on his own
motion, this determination shall become final and effective on
September 29, 2003. Any request for a public hearing shall include the
following information: The name, address, and telephone number of the
individual, organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; a brief
statement of the requesting person's interest in the Regional
Administrator's determination and a brief statement of the information
that the requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; and 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.
ADDRESSES: 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: New Mexico Environment
Department, Drinking Water Bureau, 525 Camino De Los Marquez, Suite 4,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505 and the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 6, Drinking Water Section (6WQ-SD), 1445 Ross
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Ngo, EPA Region 6, Drinking Water
Section at the Dallas address given above or at telephone (214) 665-
7158, or ngo.kim@epa.gov.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations.
Dated: August 20, 2003.
Richard E. Greene,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 03-22052 Filed 8-27-03; 8:45 am]
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