[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40351-40352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13785]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7938-2]


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 Implementation Regulations that the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is revising its approved Public Water 
System Supervision Program. Pennsylvania has adopted the Long Term 1 
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule to improve control of microbial 
pathogens in drinking water, including specifically the protozoan 
Cryptosporidium, and the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule to require 
water systems to institute changes to return recycle flows of a plant's 
treatment process that may compromise pathogen treatment.
    EPA has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than 
the corresponding Federal regulations except for one minor omission to 
the Commonwealth's regulations. The item concerns Tier 3 public 
notification for reporting violations. This omission will be addressed 
through a future rulemaking. The Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection committed to complete this rulemaking in a 
letter of intent from the Chief of the Division of Drinking Water 
Management dated March 29, 2005. This letter includes the draft content 
of the regulatory change and a schedule, with milestones, for 
completing this revision. 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 
August 12, 2005. This determination shall become effective on August 
12, 2005 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.

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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 be submitted 
electronically to Jason Gambatese at [email protected].
    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:
     Drinking Water Branch, Water Protection Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029.
     Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 
Bureau of Water Supply and Wastewater Management, 11th Floor, Rachel 
Carson State Office Building Harrisburg, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, 
PA 17105-8467.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Gambatese, Drinking Water Branch 
at the Philadelphia address given above; telephone (215) 814-5759 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 August 12, 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: July 6, 2005.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, EPA, Region III.
[FR Doc. 05-13785 Filed 7-12-05; 8:45 am]
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