[Federal Register: August 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 154)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8207-7]
Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a Public
Hearing for Public Water Supply Supervision Program Revision for the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is
revising its approved Public Water Supervision Program. The EPA has
determined that these revisions are no less stringent than the
corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, the EPA intends to
approve these program revisions. All interested parties may request a
public hearing.
DATES: This determination to approve the Commonwealth's primacy program
revision application is made pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3). It shall
become final and effective unless (1) a timely and appropriate request
for a public hearing is received or (2) the Regional Administrator
elects to hold a public hearing on his own motion. Any interested
person, other than Federal Agencies, may request a public hearing. A
request for a public hearing must be submitted to the Regional
Administrator at the address shown below by September 11, 2006. If a
substantial request for a public hearing is made within the requested
thirty day time frame, a public hearing will be held and a notice will
be given in the Federal Register and a newspaper of general
circulation. Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing may be
denied by the Regional Administrator. 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 September 11, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Any request for a public hearing shall include the following
information: (1) 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 a brief statement on information that
the requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; (3) the
signature of the individual making the requests 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. Requests for
Public Hearing shall be addressed to: Regional Administrator, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New
York 10007-1866.
All documents relating to this determination are available for
inspection between the hours of 9 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through
Friday, at the following offices:
Puerto Rico Department of Health, Public Water Supply Supervision
Program, 9th Floor--Suite 903, Nacional Plaza Building, 431 Ponce De
Leon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00917.
US Environmental Protection Agency--Region 2, 24th Floor Drinking Water
Section, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Lowy, Drinking Water
Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region 2, (212) 637-
3830.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the United
States Environmental Protection Agency has determined to approve an
application by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to revise its Public
Water Supply Supervision Primacy Program to incorporate regulations no
less stringent than the EPA's National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations (NPDWR) for the following: Three Consumer Confidence Rule
Technical Corrections; promulgated by EPA as follows: May 4, 2000 (65
FR 25981), November 27, 2002 (67 FR 70850), December 9, 2002 (67 FR
73011), Arsenic and Contaminant Monitoring and New Source Requirements;
Final Rule; promulgated by EPA January 22, 2001 (65 FR 38888), a minor
clarification to the Arsenic Rule, promulgated by EPA March 25, 2003
(68 FR 14502), Revision/Technical Correction to the Interim Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR) and the Stage 1 Disinfectants and
Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 1 DBPR) and Revisions to State
Primacy Requirements to Implement SDWA Amendments; promulgated by EPA
February 12, 2001 (66 FR 9903), Filter Backwash Recycling Rule; Final
Rule; promulgated by EPA June 8, 2001 (66 FR 31086), Long Term 1
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA
on January 14, 2002 (67 FR 1812), Methods Update Final Rule;
promulgated by EPA October 23, 2002 (67 FR 65220), Approval of
Additional Methods for Coliforms and E. coli; promulgated by EPA
February 13, 2004 (69 FR 7156), Technical Correction for Uranium;
promulgated by EPA June 29, 2004 (69 FR 38850) and Analytical Method
for Uranium; promulgated by EPA August 25, 2004 (69 FR 52176). The
application demonstrates that Puerto Rico has adopted drinking water
regulations which satisfy the NPDWRs for the above. The USEPA has
determined that Puerto Rico's regulations are no less stringent than
the corresponding Federal Regulations and that Puerto Rico continues to
meet all requirements for primary enforcement responsibility as
specified in 40 CFR 142.10.
(Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended,
40 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR 142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13)
Dated: July 12, 2006.
Alan J. Steinberg,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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