[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 25000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11753]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9978-74--Region 4]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the
Commonwealth of Kentucky
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of tentative approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth of Kentucky is
revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Kentucky
has revised its drinking water regulation defining a public water
system. EPA has determined that Kentucky's regulation is no less
stringent than the corresponding federal regulation. Therefore, EPA is
tentatively approving this revision to the Commonwealth of Kentucky'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 July 2, 2018, to the Regional
Administrator at the EPA Region 4 street 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 July 2, 2018, a public hearing will be held. 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 applicable on July 2, 2018. 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 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 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, at the following locations: The 3rd Floor main office
of the Division of Water, Kentucky Department for Environmental
Protection, 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601; and the 9th
floor library of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61
Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Froneberger, EPA Region 4,
Drinking Water Section, by mail at the Atlanta street address given
above, by telephone at (404) 562-9446, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commonwealth of Kentucky has submitted a
request that EPA Region 4 approve a revision to the Commonwealth's Safe
Drinking Act Public Water System Supervision Program to include changes
to the Commonwealth's regulation defining a public water system.
Kentucky's amended regulation incorporates the current federal
regulation defining a public water system by reference. The
Commonwealth's amended regulation was effective September 25, 2009. For
the request to be approved, EPA must find the commonwealth definition
of a public water system codified at Title 401 KAR 8:010, to be no less
stringent than the federal definition of a public water system codified
at 40 CFR part 141, subpart A. EPA reviewed the Commonwealth's request
using the federal statutory provisions (Section 1413 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act), federal regulations (at 40 CFR parts 141 and 142),
commonwealth regulations, regulatory crosswalk, and EPA regulatory
guidance to determine whether the request for revision is approvable.
EPA determined that the Kentucky regulation is no less stringent than
the corresponding federal regulation and is tentatively approving this
revision. If EPA does not receive a timely and appropriate request for
a hearing and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a
hearing on his own motion, this approval shall become final and
effective on July 2, 2018.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142.
Dated: May 15, 2018.
Onis ``Trey'' Glenn, III,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2018-11753 Filed 5-30-18; 8:45 am]
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