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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Public Water System Supervision Program; Program Revision for the 
Territory of American Samoa

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of decision and opportunity for hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Territory of American Samoa 
(Samoa) is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision 
Program. Samoa has adopted (1) Drinking water regulations for eight 
volatile organic chemicals that correspond to the National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulations promulgated by EPA on July 8, 1987 (52 FR 
25690) and corrected on July 1, 1988 (53 FR 25108); (2) public notice 
regulations that correspond to the revised EPA public notice 
requirements promulgated on October 28, 1987 (53 FR 41534); (3) a 
revised drinking water regulation for total coliform bacteria which 
corresponds to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations 
promulgated by EPA on June 29, 1989 (54 FR 27544); and (4) a drinking 
water regulation which requires filtration and disinfection of surface 
water systems and of ground water systems influenced by surface water 
which corresponds to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations 
promulgated by EPA on June 29, 1989 [54 FR 27486]. EPA has determined 
that these four sets of state program revisions are no less stringent 
that the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, EPA has 
tentatively decided to approve these state program revisions. 
Furthermore, EPA hereby ratifies all state filtration determinations 
that were made pursuant to the rule by the Territory of American Samoa 
prior to this notice.

    All interested parties are invited to request a public hearing. A 
request for a public hearing must be submitted by August 25, 1994, to 
the Regional Administrator at the address shown below. Insubstantial 
requests for a hearing may be denied by the Regional Administrator. If 
no timely and appropriate request for a hearing is received and the 
Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing on his/her own 
motion, this determination become effective August 25, 1994.
    Any request for a public hearing shall include the following: (1) 
The name, address, and telephone number of the individual, 
organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; (2) a brief 
statement of the requesting person's interest in the Regional 
Administrator's determination and information that the requesting 
person intends to submit at such hearing; and (3) 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.

EFFECTIVE DATES: All documents relating to this determination are 
available for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, at the following offices: American Samoa 
Environmental Protection Agency, Territory of American Samoa, Executive 
Office Building, Pago Pago, AS 96799; and EPA, Region IX, Water 
Management Division, Drinking Water Section (W-6-1), 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Su Cox, EPA, Region IX, and the San Francisco address given above or by 
telephone at (415) 744-1855.

(Sec. 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended (1986); and 40 
CFR 142.10 of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations)

    Dated: July 5, 1994.
Felicia Marcus,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-18189 Filed 7-27-94; 8:45 am]
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