[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10665-10670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04173]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 141 and 142
[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0878; FRL-9906-89-OW]
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Minor Corrections to
the Revisions to the Total Coliform Rule
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: In this action, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
making minor corrections to the final Revisions to the Total Coliform
Rule (RTCR), as authorized under the Safe Drinking Water Act, to
correct typographical errors in sections relating to recordkeeping and
State primacy requirements, which could affect implementation and
enforcement of the RTCR if they were left uncorrected. This action also
includes other edits to the final rule language that are intended to
improve the understanding of the rule and avoid confusion. This action
does not impose new requirements; rather it clarifies what must be
included in States' primacy applications related to this rule and the
specific records water systems must keep.
DATES: This rule is effective on April 28, 2014 without further notice,
unless EPA receives adverse comment by March 28, 2014. If EPA receives
adverse comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal
Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect. The
incorporation by reference of certain material listed in the rule was
approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of April 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0878, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://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,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0878.
Hand Delivery: 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-
0878. 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 email. 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 email comment
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email
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 additional
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Water Docket, EPA Docket
Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
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Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. This Docket Facility is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket telephone number is 202-566-2426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Conley, Standards and Risk
Management Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (MC-
4607M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-1781; email address:
[email protected]. For general information, contact the Safe Drinking
Water Hotline, telephone number: (800) 426-4791. The Safe Drinking
Water Hotline is open Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Why is EPA using a direct final rule?
EPA is publishing this direct final rule without a prior proposed
rule because we view this as a noncontroversial action and anticipate
no adverse comment; this action only corrects typographical errors and
makes clarifying edits and does not impose new requirements. However,
in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of today's Federal Register, we are
publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposed rule to
make the corrections and clarifying edits to the RTCR if adverse
comments are received on this direct final rule. We will not institute
a second comment period on this action. Any parties interested in
commenting must do so at this time. Comments should be submitted only
for the corrections being made in this direct final rule, not for other
aspects of the final RTCR. For further information about commenting on
this rule, see the ADDRESSES section of this document.
If EPA receives adverse comment, we will publish a timely
withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that this
direct final rule will not take effect. We would address all public
comments in any subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule.
B. Regulated Categories and Entities
Entities potentially regulated by the RTCR as corrected are all
public water systems (PWSs). Regulated categories and entities include
the following:
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Category Examples of regulated entities
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Industry............................. Privately-owned community water
systems (CWSs), transient non-
community water systems
(TNCWSs), and non-transient non-
community water systems
(NTNCWSs).
Federal, State, Tribal, and local Publicly-owned CWSs, TNCWSs, and
governments. NTNCWSs.
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This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide for readers regarding entities regulated by this action. This
table lists the types of entities that EPA is now aware of that could
potentially be regulated by this action. Other types of entities not
listed in the table could also be regulated. To determine whether your
facility is regulated by this action, you should carefully examine the
definition of ``public water system'' in Sec. 141.2 and the section
entitled ``Coverage'' in Sec. 141.3 in title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), and the applicability criteria in Sec. 141.851(b)
of the final RTCR. If you have questions regarding the applicability of
this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed in the
preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
C. Copies of This Document and Other Related Information
This document is available for download at http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/tcr/regulation_revisions.cfm. For other
related information, see preceding discussion on docket.
D. Minor Corrections to the Revisions to the Total Coliform Rule (RTCR)
A. Today's final rule corrects, as authorized under the Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA), two typographical errors in the final RTCR
(78 FR 10269, February 13, 2013) rule language. First, this action
corrects a mistaken cross-reference regarding water system
recordkeeping requirements for assessment forms and documentation of
corrective actions and sanitary defects. EPA is correcting the cross-
reference at Sec. 141.861(b)(1) to correctly provide that assessments,
corrective actions and identification of sanitary defects are required
under the treatment technique requirements of Sec. 141.859 of the
final RTCR. The burden for these recordkeeping requirements was
reflected in the Revised Total Coliform Rule (see Paperwork Reduction
Act, section II.B of this notice) and in section 7 of the Economic
Analysis (EA) for the Revised Total Coliform Rule (EPA-815-R-12-004).
EPA also discussed these requirements in the preamble to the final RTCR
on page 10295. Second, today's final rule also corrects the
introductory paragraph at Sec. 142.16(q)(2) to correctly indicate that
the State's application for primacy must contain a written description
of all provisions included in the subsections of the paragraph,
(q)(2)(i) through (q)(2)(ix). It was always EPA's intent that primacy
applications must contain a written description of all provisions in
Sec. 142.16(q)(2), but when EPA added subparagraph (q)(2)(ix) to the
final rule, EPA neglected to change the numbering in the paragraph (2)
lead-in to the list of elements. EPA intended this to be the case, as
demonstrated in the preamble to the final RTCR on page 10301. In
addition, the burden for this State activity was also included in
section 7 of the EA for the RTCR. EPA is not developing a new EA for
today's action because the EA for the final RTCR accounts for all costs
associated with this rule.
Today's final rule also corrects the numbering in Sec. 141.855(a)
by adding subparagraph (d)(2) and reserving it, to most simply correct
a numbering error that identified a subparagraph (d)(1) without a
subsequent (d)(2). Correcting the numbering in this fashion will not
interfere with any cross references to this subparagraph.
Today's rule also includes clarifying revisions to the language
regarding primacy applications in Sec. 142.16(q)(2)(ii) to make it
more clear in the special primacy requirements section of the rule that
systems must implement at least one of listed additional criteria to
qualify for reduced monitoring. EPA clearly intended this to be the
case, as reflected in Sec. 141.854(h)(2) for NCWSs and Sec.
141.855(d) for CWSs, and in the preamble to the final rule at page
10281 and 10282.
Next, the final rule clarifies the situations requiring public
notification in Appendix A to Subpart Q of Part 141 to list out all of
the possible reporting violations under the RTCR that will require Tier
3 public notice. EPA clearly intended this to be the case, as reflected
in item (6) in Table 1 to Sec. 141.204 (Violation Categories and Other
Situations Requiring a Tier 3 Public
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Notice), which provides that all reporting and recordkeeping violations
under the RTCR require Tier 3 public notice. Also, page 10294 of the
preamble to the final RTCR clearly states that Tier 3 PN is required
for both monitoring and reporting violations under the RTCR.
Finally, the final rule clarifies the analytical methods table at
Sec. 141.852(a)(5) to place the citation ``Standard Methods Online
9223 B-97'' for the Colilert analytical method in the correct column.
These revisions do not change any rule requirements, are consistent
with the rule requirements as intended by the Total Coliform Rule/
Distribution System Advisory Committee that recommended the revisions
to the Total Coliform Rule, and are intended only to clarify
requirements and reduce confusion.
II. Statutory and Executive Order Review
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
This action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under the
terms of Executive Order (EO) 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and
is therefore not subject to review under the EO.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
This action does not impose any new information collection burden.
In this action, EPA is making minor corrections to the final RTCR to
correct typographical errors in sections relating to recordkeeping and
State primacy requirements and other edits to the final rule language
that are intended to improve the understanding of the rule and avoid
confusion. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has previously
approved the information collection requirements contained in the
existing regulations (40 CFR Parts 141 and 142) under the provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and has assigned
OMB control number 2040-0205. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency
to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to
notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative
Procedure Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that the
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses,
small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions.
The RFA provides default definitions for each type of small entity.
Small entities are defined as: (1) A small business as defined by the
Small Business Administration's (SBA) regulations at 13 CFR 121.201;
(2) a small governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city,
county, town, school district or special district with a population of
less than 50,000; and (3) a small organization that is any ``not-for-
profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not
dominant in its field.'' However, the RFA also authorizes an agency to
use alternative definitions for each category of small entity, ``which
are appropriate to the activities of the agency'' after proposing the
alternative definition(s) in the Federal Register and taking comment (5
U.S.C. 601(3)-(5)). In addition, to establish an alternative small
business definition, agencies must consult with SBA's Chief Counsel for
Advocacy.
For purposes of assessing the impacts of the RTCR on small
entities, EPA considered small entities to be PWSs serving 10,000 or
fewer people. This is the cut-off level specified by Congress in the
1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for small system
flexibility provisions. As required by the RFA, EPA proposed using this
alternative definition in the FR (63 FR 7620, February 13, 1998),
requested public comment, consulted with the SBA, and finalized the
alternative definition in the agency's Consumer Confidence Report
regulation (63 FR 44524, August 19, 1998). As stated in that Final
Rule, the alternative definition would be applied for all future
drinking water regulations.
After considering the economic impacts of the minor corrections to
the RTCR on small entities, I certify that this action will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
The costs for recordkeeping and State primacy requirements were
accounted for and detailed in the RTCR EA and summarized in the
preamble of the final RTCR. A copy of the final RTCR and the RTCR EA
can be found at http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/tcr/regulation_revisions.cfm.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
This rule does not contain a Federal mandate under the provisions
of Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), 2
U.S.C. 1531-1538. This rule makes minor editorial corrections and
clarifying edits to the final RTCR. Therefore, this rule is not subject
to the requirements of sections 202 and 205 of UMRA.
This rule is also not subject to the requirements of section 203 of
UMRA because it makes only minor corrections and clarifying edits that
will not significantly or uniquely affect small governments.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have Federalism implications. It will not have
substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between
the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government as
specified in Executive Order 13132. Today's action makes minor
corrections to the final RTCR to correct typographical errors in
sections relating to recordkeeping and State primacy requirements and
other edits to the final rule language that are intended to improve the
understanding of the rule and avoid confusion. The recordkeeping and
primacy requirements as corrected by today's action were included in
the cost calculations that were described in the preamble to the final
RTCR and used to determine that Executive Order 13132 does not apply to
the final RTCR.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
This action does not have tribal implications, as specified in
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This rule makes
minor corrections to the final RTCR that will not have tribal
implications. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this
action.
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997)
as applying only to those regulatory actions that concern health or
safety risks, such that the analysis required under section 5-501 of
the EO has the potential to influence the regulation. This action is
not subject to EO 13045 because it does not establish an environmental
standard intended to mitigate health or safety risks.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use
This rule is not subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May
22, 2001) because it is not a significant
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regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104-113, 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note),
directs EPA to use voluntary consensus standards in its regulatory
activities unless to do so would be inconsistent with applicable law or
otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical
standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, sampling
procedures, and business practices) that are developed or adopted by
voluntary consensus standards bodies. NTTAA directs EPA to provide
Congress, through OMB, explanations when EPA decides not to use
available and applicable voluntary consensus standards.
This final rule makes only minor corrections and edits that do not
involve technical standards. Therefore, EPA is not considering the use
of any voluntary consensus standards.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994) establishes
federal executive policy on environmental justice. Its main provision
directs federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law, to make environmental justice part of their mission.
Agencies must do this by identifying and addressing, as appropriate,
any disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental
effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority
populations and low-income populations in the United States.
EPA has determined that this action will not have
disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental
effects on minority or low-income populations because it does not
affect the level of protection provided to human health or the
environment. This rule makes minor corrections and edits to the final
RTCR that will not have disproportionately high and adverse human
health or environmental effects on any population, including any
minority or low-income population.
K. Consultations With the Science Advisory Board, National Drinking
Water Advisory Council, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services
In accordance with section 1412(d) and (e) of SDWA, EPA consulted
with the Science Advisory Board (SAB), National Drinking Water Advisory
Council (NDWAC), and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services on the final RTCR. Because today's action is making only
minor corrections to the final RTCR to correct typographical errors and
other edits to the final rule language that are intended to improve the
understanding of the rule and avoid confusion, EPA did not consult with
the SAB, NDWAC or the Secretary on today's action.
L. Considerations of Impacts on Sensitive Subpopulations as Required by
Section 1412(b)(3)(C)(i)(V) of the 1996 Amendments of SDWA
As required by Section 1412(b)(3)(C)(i)(V) of SDWA, EPA sought
public comment regarding the effects of contamination associated with
the proposed RTCR on the general population and sensitive
subpopulations. Sensitive subpopulations include ``infants, children,
pregnant women, the elderly, individuals with a history of serious
illness, or other subpopulations that are identified as likely to be at
greater risk of adverse health effects due to exposure to contaminants
in drinking water than the general population'' (SDWA section
1412(b)(3)(C)(i)(V), 42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)(3)(C)(i)(V)). As indicated in
the preamble to the final RTCR, EPA anticipates that the requirements
of the final RTCR will help reduce pathways of entry for fecal
contamination and/or waterborne pathogens into the distribution system,
thereby reducing exposure and risk from these contaminants in drinking
water to the entire general population.
Today's final rule is making only minor corrections to the final
RTCR to correct typographical errors and other edits to the final rule
language that are intended to improve the understanding of RTCR and
avoid confusion and does not alter the conclusion that the final RTCR
seeks to provide a similar level of drinking water protection to all
groups including sensitive subpopulations.
M. Effect of Compliance With the Minor Corrections to the RTCR on the
Technical, Financial, and Managerial Capacity of Public Water Systems
Section 1420(d)(3) of SDWA, as amended, requires that, in
promulgating an NPDWR, the Administrator shall include an analysis of
the likely effect of compliance with the regulation on the technical,
managerial and financial (TMF) capacity of PWSs. EPA completed an
analysis of the impact of complying with the requirements of the RTCR
on the TMF capacity of PWSs and a detailed discussion of EPA's analysis
was presented in chapter 8.14 of the RTCR EA. The PWS recordkeeping
requirements as corrected by today's rule were included in the analysis
of the TMF capacity for the final RTCR and therefore no changes to that
analysis are needed to accompany this action.
N. Congressional Review Act
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States (U.S.). EPA will submit a report containing this rule and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the U.S. prior to
publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2). This rule will be effective April 28, 2014.
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 141
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Incorporation by reference,
Indian-lands, Intergovernmental relations, Radiation protection,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Water supply.
40 CFR Part 142
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Chemicals, Indian-lands, Radiation protection, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Water supply.
Dated: February 10, 2014.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, Title 40 chapter 1 of
the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
PART 141--NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 141 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300f, 300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4,
300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-4, 300j-9, and 300j-11.
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2. Appendix A to Subpart Q of Part 141 is amended by revising entries
I.A.1 and I.A.2 to read as follows:
Appendix A to Subpart Q of Part 141--NPDWR Violations and Other
Situations Requiring Public Notice \1\
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MCL/MRDL/TT violations \2\ Monitoring, testing & reporting
---------------------------------------- procedure violations
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Contaminant Tier of public Tier of public
notice Citation notice Citation
required required
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I. Violations of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR): \3\
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A. Microbiological Contaminants
1.a Total coliform bacteria 2 141.63(a)............. 3 141.21(a)-(e).
[dagger].
1.b Total coliform (TT 2 141.860(b)(1)......... 3 141.860(c)(1).
violations resulting from
failure to perform
assessments or corrective
actions, monitoring
violations, and reporting
violations) [Dagger].
.............. ...................... .............. 141.860(d)(1).
1.c Seasonal system failure 2 141.860(b)(2)......... 3 141.860(d)(3).
to follow State-approved
start-up plan prior to
serving water to the public
or failure to provide
certification to State
[Dagger].
2.a Fecal coliform/E. coli 1 141.63(b)............. \4\ 1,3 141.21(e)
[dagger].
2.b E. coli (MCL, 1 141.860 (a)........... 3 141.860(c)(2)
monitoring, and reporting
violations) [Dagger].
.............. ...................... .............. 141.860(d)(1).
.............. ...................... .............. 141.860(d)(2).
2.c E. coli (TT violations 2 141.860(b)(1)......... .............. ......................
resulting from failure to
perform level 2 Assessments
or corrective action)
[Dagger].
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Appendix A--Endnotes
[dagger] Until March 31, 2016.
[Dagger] Beginning April 1, 2016.
1. Violations and other situations not listed in this table
(e.g., failure to prepare Consumer Confidence Reports), do not
require notice, unless otherwise determined by the primacy agency.
Primacy agencies may, at their option, also require a more stringent
public notice tier (e.g., Tier 1 instead of Tier 2 or Tier 2 instead
of Tier 3) for specific violations and situations listed in this
Appendix, as authorized under Sec. Sec. 141.202(a) and 141.203(a).
2. MCL--Maximum contaminant level, MRDL--Maximum residual
disinfectant level, TT--Treatment technique.
3. The term Violations of National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations (NPDWR) is used here to include violations of MCL, MRDL,
treatment technique, monitoring, and testing procedure requirements.
4. Failure to test for fecal coliform or E. coli is a Tier 1
violation if testing is not done after any repeat sample tests
positive for coliform. All other total coliform monitoring and
testing procedure violations are Tier 3.
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3. Section 141.852 is amended by revising the entry for ``Total
Coliforms'' in the table in paragraph (a)(5) to read as follows:
Sec. 141.852 Analytical methods and laboratory certification.
(a) * * *
(5) * * *
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Organism
-------------------------- Methodology category Method \1\ Citation \1\
Total coliforms
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Lactose Fermentation Standard Total Coliform Standard Methods 9221 B.1,
Methods. Fermentation Technique. B.2 (20th ed.; 21st ed.).2
3
........................ ............................. Standard Methods Online 9221
B.1, B.2-99.2 3
........................ Presence-Absence (P-A) Standard Methods 9221 D.1,
Coliform Test. D.2 (20th ed.; 21st ed.).2
7
........................ ............................. Standard Methods Online 9221
D.1, D.2-99.2 7
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Membrane Filtration Standard Total Coliform Standard Methods 9222 B, C
Methods. Membrane Filter Procedure. (20th ed.; 21st ed.).2 4
........................ ............................. Standard Methods Online 9222
B-97 2 4, 9222 C-97.2 4
........................ Membrane Filtration using MI EPA Method 1604.\2\
medium.
........................ m-ColiBlue24[supreg] Test 2 4 ............................
........................ Chromocult 2 4............... ............................
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Enzyme Substrate Methods Colilert[supreg]............. Standard Methods 9223 B
(20th ed.; 21st ed.).2 5
........................ ............................. Standard Methods Online 9223
B-97.2 5
........................ Colisure[supreg]............. Standard Methods 9223 B
(20th ed.; 21st ed.).2 5 6
........................ ............................. Standard Methods Online 9223
B-97.2 5 6
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........................ E*Colite[supreg] Test \2\.... ............................
........................ Readycult[supreg] Test \2\... ............................
........................ modified Colitag[supreg] Test ............................
\2\.
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\1\ The procedures must be done in accordance with the documents listed in paragraph (c) of this section. For
Standard Methods, either editions, 20th (1998) or 21st (2005), may be used. For the Standard Methods Online,
the year in which each method was approved by the Standard Methods Committee is designated by the last two
digits following the hyphen in the method number. The methods listed are the only online versions that may be
used. For vendor methods, the date of the method listed in paragraph (c) of this section is the date/version
of the approved method. The methods listed are the only versions that may be used for compliance with this
rule. Laboratories should be careful to use only the approved versions of the methods, as product package
inserts may not be the same as the approved versions of the methods.
\2\ Incorporated by reference. See paragraph (c) of this section.
\3\ Lactose broth, as commercially available, may be used in lieu of lauryl tryptose broth, if the system
conducts at least 25 parallel tests between lactose broth and lauryl tryptose broth using the water normally
tested, and if the findings from this comparison demonstrate that the false-positive rate and false-negative
rate for total coliforms, using lactose broth, is less than 10 percent.
\4\ All filtration series must begin with membrane filtration equipment that has been sterilized by autoclaving.
Exposure of filtration equipment to UV light is not adequate to ensure sterilization. Subsequent to the
initial autoclaving, exposure of the filtration equipment to UV light may be used to sanitize the funnels
between filtrations within a filtration series. Alternatively, membrane filtration equipment that is pre-
sterilized by the manufacturer (i.e., disposable funnel units) may be used.
\5\ Multiple-tube and multi-well enumerative formats for this method are approved for use in presence-absence
determination under this regulation.
\6\ Colisure[supreg] results may be read after an incubation time of 24 hours.
\7\ A multiple tube enumerative format, as described in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater 9221, is approved for this method for use in presence-absence determination under this regulation.
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Sec. 141.855 [Amended]
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4. Section 141.855 is amended by adding a reserved paragraph (d)(2).
Sec. 141.861 [Amended]
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5. In Sec. 141.861, paragraph (b)(1) is amended by removing ``Sec.
141.858'' and adding in its place ``Sec. 141.859''.
PART 142--NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
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6. The authority citation for part 142 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300f, 300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4,
300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-4, 300j-9, and 300j-11.
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7. Section 142.16 is amended by revising paragraphs (q)(2) introductory
text and (q)(2)(ii) to read as follows:
Sec. 142.16 Special primacy requirements.
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(2) The State's application for primacy for subpart Y must include
a written description for each provision included in paragraphs
(q)(2)(i) through (ix) of this section.
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(ii) Reduced Monitoring Criteria--An indication of whether the
State will adopt the reduced monitoring provisions of 40 CFR part 141,
subpart Y. If the State adopts the reduced monitoring provisions, it
must describe the specific types or categories of water systems that
will be covered by reduced monitoring and whether the State will use
all or a reduced set of the criteria specified in Sec. Sec.
141.854(h)(2) and 141.855(d)(1)(iii) of this chapter. For each of the
reduced monitoring criteria, the State must describe how the criterion
will be evaluated to determine when systems qualify.
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[FR Doc. 2014-04173 Filed 2-25-14; 8:45 am]
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