[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61109-61110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29306]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6472-4]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revision and Definition 
of Indian Country for the State of South Dakota

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice and request for public comments and announcement of 
public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public 
hearing for the proposed primacy revision of the State of South 
Dakota's Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program as well as for 
the proposed definition of Indian country as it extends to PWSS primacy 
delegation and other environmental program authorizations and 
delegations within the State of South Dakota. For further information 
on the proposed primacy delegation, as well as on the proposed 
definition of Indian country, please refer to 64 FR 44521-44522, August 
16, 1999.

DATES: Any interested parties may submit oral or written statements at 
the public hearing scheduled for Thursday, December, 2, 1999. There 
will be two sessions: an afternoon session at 3 p.m. and an evening 
session at 6:30 p.m. The hearing will be held at the Badlands National 
Park Service Headquarters located nine miles south off of I-90 Exit 
131, 72 miles from Rapid City or two miles north of the Town of 
Interior. The telephone number for the Badlands National Park Service 
Headquarters is 605-433-5281 or 605-433-5361. Persons wishing to make 
oral statements must register at the Badlands National Park Service 
Headquarters on December

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2, 1999, between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. or between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Himmelbauer, Municipal Systems 
Unit, EPA Region 8 (8P-W-MS), 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, 
Colorado 80202-2466, telephone 303-312-6263.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public notice is hereby given in accordance 
with the provisions of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR part 142, subpart B-Primary 
Enforcement Responsibility, that the State of South Dakota has revised 
its PWSS program. South Dakota's PWSS program, administered by the 
Drinking Water Program of the South Dakota Department of Environment 
and Natural Resources (DENR), has adopted regulations for lead and 
copper in drinking water that correspond to the National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) in 40 CFR part 141, subpart I (56 FR 
26460-26564, June 7, 1991). The EPA proposes to approve South Dakota's 
primacy revisions for the Lead and Copper regulation. The proposed 
approval does not extend to public water systems in Indian country as 
defined in 64 FR 44521-44522, August 16, 1999.
    All documents relating to this determination are available for 
inspection at the following locations: (1) U.S. EPA Region 8, Municipal 
Systems Unit, 999 18th Street (4th floor), Denver, CO 80202-2466; (2) 
South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Drinking 
Water Program, 523 East Capital Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501.

    Dated: October 27, 1999.
Jack W. McGraw,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 99-29306 Filed 11-8-99; 8:45 am]
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