[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 82 (Friday, April 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22312-22313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8595]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7905-4]


Notice of Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a 
Public Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions 
for the State of West Virginia

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 
requirements governing the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations 
Implementation, 40 CFR part 142, that the State of West Virginia is 
revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. West 
Virginia has adopted the Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and 
New Source Contaminants Monitoring Rule (the Arsenic Rule) that 
requires community and non-transient non-community water systems to 
comply with the revised arsenic maximum contaminant level of 0.010 mg/
L. EPA has determined that these revisions, all effective April 29, 
2004, are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations. 
Therefore, EPA has decided 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 
May 31, 2005. This determination shall become effective on May 31, 
2005, 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, 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. Comments only, may also be 
submitted electronically to Patti Kay Wisniewski at [email protected].
    All documents relating to this determination are available for 
inspection between the hours of 8 a.m.

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and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the following offices:
     Drinking Water Branch, Water Protection Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029.
     Bureau for Public Health, Department of Health and Human 
Resources, Capital & Washington Streets, 1 Davis Square, Suite 200, 
Charleston, WV 25301

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patti Kay Wisniewski, Drinking Water 
Branch (3WP22) at the Philadelphia address given above; telephone (215) 
814-5668 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 May 31, 2005, 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: April 22, 2005.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.
[FR Doc. 05-8595 Filed 4-28-05; 8:45 am]
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