[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44238-44239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18387]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R04-OW-2012-0449; FRL-9705-1]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of
Alabama
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Alabama is revising
its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Alabama has
adopted the following rule: Public Notification Rule. EPA has
determined that Alabama's rule is no less stringent than the
corresponding federal regulation. Therefore, EPA is tentatively
approving this revision to the State of Alabama's Public Water System
Supervision Program.
DATES: Any interested person may request a public hearing. A request
for a public hearing must be submitted by August 27, 2012, to the
Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 4 address shown below. The
Regional Administrator may deny frivolous or insubstantial requests for
a hearing. However, if a substantial request for a public hearing is
made by August 27, 2012, a public hearing will be held. If EPA Region 4
does not receive a timely and appropriate request for a hearing and the
Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing on her own
motion, this tentative approval shall become final and effective on
August 27, 2012. 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
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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 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, at the following offices: Alabama Department of
Environmental Management, Drinking Water Branch, 1400 Coliseum
Boulevard, Montgomery, Alabama 36130; and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, Safe Drinking Water Branch, 61 Forsyth
Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Burns, EPA Region 4, Safe
Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by telephone at
(404) 562-9456, or at [email protected].
EPA Analysis: On May 27, 2004, the State of Alabama submitted a
request that the Region approve revisions to the State's Safe Drinking
Water Act Public Water System Supervision Program to include the
authority to implement and enforce the Public Notification Rule. For
the revisions to be approved, the EPA must find the State Rule, ADEM
Admin. Code r. 335-7-2-.21, to be no less stringent than the Federal
Public Notification Rule, codified at 40 CFR Part 141, Subpart Q. EPA
reviewed the application using the Federal statutory provisions
(Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act), Federal regulations (at
40 CFR part 142), State regulations, rule crosswalks, and EPA
regulatory guidance to determine whether the request for revisions is
approvable. EPA determined that the Alabama revisions are no less
stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations.
EPA Action: The EPA is tentatively approving this revision. If the
EPA does not receive a timely and appropriate request for a hearing and
the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing on her own
motion, this tentative approval will become final and effective on
August 27, 2012.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142.
Dated: July 11, 2012.
Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2012-18387 Filed 7-26-12; 8:45 am]
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