[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 251 (Tuesday, December 31, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 79898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32886]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 141

[FRL-7432-6]


Extension of Comment Period for ``Notice of Data Availability; 
National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations: Approval of 
Analytical Methods for Chemical and Microbiological Contaminants; 
Additional Information on the ColitagTM Method''

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of data availability--supplemental 
information; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: In a March 7, 2002 proposed rule (67 FR 10532), EPA invited 
comments on the proposed promulgation of a number of a number of 
analytical methods. One of those methods, ColitagTM, was 
proposed for the analysis of total coliforms and E. coli in finished 
drinking water samples. EPA since received additional information from 
CPI International, developers of ColitagTM, relative to the 
performance of this method. Because this additional information served 
to supplement the data included in the public record that supported the 
proposed rule, and because the data are relevant to a decision on 
whether to promulgate Colitag'', EPA invited comments on this 
additional information via a December 2, 2002 Notice of Data 
Availability. In today's action, EPA is extending the public comment 
period for the Notice of Data Availability.

DATES: EPA must receive public comment, in writing, by January 17, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or 
through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed instructions 
provided in Unit I, General Information, of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of the December 2, 2002 Notice of Data Availability 
published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herb Bass, Technical Support Center, 
Standards and Risk Management Division, Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Stop 140, 26 W. 
Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, PH: (513) 569-7926. 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment 
period established in the Federal Register issued on December 2, 2002 
(67 FR 71520). In that document, EPA sought comments on additional 
information provided by CPI International concerning the 
ColitagTM method, relative to the proposal of this method 
for the analysis of total coliforms and E. coli in finished drinking 
water samples. EPA is hereby extending the comment period, which was 
set to end on January 2, 2003, to January 17, 2003.
    To submit comments, or access the official public docket, please 
follow the detailed instructions as provided in Unit I, General 
Information, of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the December 
2, 2002 Federal Register document. If you have any questions, consult 
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

    Dated: December 23, 2002.
Nanci Gelb,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 02-32886 Filed 12-30-02; 8:45 am]
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