[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 46630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20018]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7540-9]


Notice of Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a 
Public Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval and Solicitation of Requests for a 
Public Hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provision of 
section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended, and the 
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation that the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is revising its approved Public Water 
System Supervision Program. Pennsylvania has adopted a Lead and Copper 
Rule (LCR) to control lead and copper in drinking water, Lead and 
Copper Rule Minor Revisions (LCRMR) to streamline and reduce reporting 
burden, a Public Notification (PN) Rule for public water systems to 
notify their customers when they violate EPA or state drinking water 
standards, and a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule that requires 
water suppliers to provide annual reports on the quality of the 
drinking water supplied to their customers. This revision also includes 
minor revisions to other drinking water rules.
    EPA has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than 
the corresponding Federal regulations aside from two minor 
inconsistencies in the Lead and Copper regulations. The two items 
concern the requirement to include the location of each site where 
samples are taken and the criteria under which each site was selected 
for the system's sampling pool as part of the results reported to the 
State in the LCR. EPA does not believe that these minor inconsistencies 
affect compliance with the Federal regulations. They are being 
addressed through program implementation while the Department of 
Environmental Protection corrects the deficiencies in its regulations. 
Therefore, EPA is taking action to tentatively approve these program 
revisions. All interested parties are invited to submit written 
comments on this determination and may request a public hearing.

DATES: Comments or a request for a public hearing must be submitted by 
September 5, 2003. This determination shall become effective on 
September 5, 2003 if no timely and appropriate request for a hearing is 
received and the Regional Administrator does not elect on his own to 
hold a hearing, and if no comments are received which cause EPA to 
modify its tentative approval.

ADDRESSES: Comments or a request for a public hearing must be submitted 
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. All documents relating to this 
determination are available for inspection between the hours of 8 a.m. 
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the following offices:
    [sbull] Drinking Water Branch, Water Protection Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029.
    [sbull] Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau 
of Water Supply and Wastewater Management, 11th Floor Rachael Carson 
State Office Building Harrisburg, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 
17105-8467.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Tymchenko, Drinking Water Branch 
at the Philadelphia address given above; telephone (215) 814-2022 or 
fax (215) 814-2318.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All interested parties are invited to submit 
written comments on this determination and may request a public 
hearing. All comments will be considered, and, if necessary, EPA will 
issue a response. Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing may 
be denied by the Regional Administrator. However, if a substantial 
request for a public hearing is made by September 5, 2003, a public 
hearing will be held. A request for 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 of information that the requesting 
person intends to submit at such a 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.

    Dated: July 28, 2003.
Thomas Voltaggio,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA, Region III.
[FR Doc. 03-20018 Filed 8-5-03; 8:45 am]
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