[Federal Register: April 29, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 82)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7905-4]
Notice of Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a
Public Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions
for the State of West Virginia
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
requirements governing the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
Implementation, 40 CFR part 142, that the State of West Virginia is
revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. West
Virginia has adopted the Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and
New Source Contaminants Monitoring Rule (the Arsenic Rule) that
requires community and non-transient non-community water systems to
comply with the revised arsenic maximum contaminant level of 0.010 mg/
L. EPA has determined that these revisions, all effective April 29,
2004, are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations.
Therefore, EPA has decided 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
May 31, 2005. This determination shall become effective on May 31,
2005, 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, 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. Comments only, may also be
submitted electronically to Patti Kay Wisniewski at
wisniewski.patti-kay@epa.gov.
All documents relating to this determination are available for
inspection between the hours of 8 a.m.
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and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the following offices:
Drinking Water Branch, Water Protection Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029.
Bureau for Public Health, Department of Health and Human
Resources, Capital & Washington Streets, 1 Davis Square, Suite 200,
Charleston, WV 25301
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patti Kay Wisniewski, Drinking Water
Branch (3WP22) at the Philadelphia address given above; telephone (215)
814-5668 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 May 31, 2005, 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: April 22, 2005.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.
[FR Doc. 05-8595 Filed 4-28-05; 8:45 am]
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