[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 66895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26945]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0692; FRL-8740-1]
RIN 2040-ZA02
Drinking Water: Preliminary Regulatory Determination on
Perchlorate
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA announced on October 10, 2008, its preliminary regulatory
determination that a national primary drinking water regulation for
perchlorate would not present ``a meaningful opportunity for health
risk reduction for persons served by public water systems.'' In
response to requests from several stakeholders, this action reopens the
public comment period for an additional 15 days.
DATES: EPA must receive your comments on or before November 28, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0692, by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC)
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-
0692. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in
the public docket without change and may be made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov
your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available
on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends
that you include your name and other contact information in the body of
your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Burneson, Office of Ground Water
and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division, at (202)
564-5250 or e-mail [email protected]. For general information
contact the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791 or e-
mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Safe Drinking Water Act requires EPA to
make determinations every five years of whether to regulate at least
five contaminants on the Contaminant Candidate List (CCL). EPA included
perchlorate on the first and second CCLs that were published in the
Federal Register on March 2, 1998 (63 FR 10273) and February 24, 2005
(70 FR 9071). Most recently, EPA presented final regulatory
determinations regarding 11 contaminants on the second CCL in a notice
published in the Federal Register on July 30, 2008. On October 10, 2008
(73 FR 60262), EPA presented supporting rationale and requested public
comment on its preliminary determination not to regulate perchlorate
(please note that EPA has issued a new RIN number for this action which
is 2040-AF02). EPA will make a final regulatory determination for
perchlorate after considering comments and information provided in the
comment period following this notice. The original comment deadline was
November 10, 2008. Several stakeholders have requested a reopening to
the comment period in order to evaluate EPA's findings, review the
scientific literature and prepare comments. This action reopens the
comment period for 15 days.
Dated: November 6, 2008.
Benjamin H. Grumbles,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. E8-26945 Filed 11-10-08; 8:45 am]
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