[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65899-65900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21748]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the State 
of Indiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Indiana is revising 
its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Indiana has 
revised its Public Notification (PN) Rule; its Lead and Copper Rule 
Minor Revisions (LCRMR) Rule; its Analytical Methods for Chemical and 
Microbiological Contaminants and revisions to Laboratory Certification 
Requirements; its revisions to Analytical Methods for Radionuclides 
Rule; and its Removal of the Prohibition on the Use of Point of Use 
Devices for compliance with National Primary Drinking Water Regulations 
Rule.
    EPA has determined that these revisions by the State are no less 
stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, EPA 
intends to approve these revisions to the State of Indiana's Public 
Water System Supervision Program. This approval action does not extend 
to public water systems (PWSs) in Indian Country, as the term is 
defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. By approving these rules, EPA does not 
intend to affect the rights of federally recognized Indian Tribes in 
Indiana, nor does it intend to limit existing rights of the State of 
Indiana. Any interested party may request a public hearing. A request 
for a public hearing must be submitted by December 1, 2005 to the 
Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 5 address shown below. The 
Regional Administrator may deny frivolous or insubstantial requests for 
a hearing. However, if a substantial request for a public hearing is 
made by December 1, 2005, EPA Region 5 will hold a public hearing. If 
EPA Region 5 does not receive a timely and appropriate request for a 
hearing and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing 
on his own motion, this determination shall become final and effective 
on December 1, 2005. Any request for a public hearing shall include the 
following information: The name, address, and telephone number of the 
individual, organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; a brief 
statement of the requesting person's interest in the Regional 
Administrator's determination and a brief statement of the information 
that the requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; and 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.

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to this determination are available 
for inspection at the following offices: Indiana Department of 
Environmental Management, Office of Water Quality, Drinking Water 
Branch, 100 N. Senate Avenue, P.O. Box 6015, Indianapolis, Indiana 
46206-6015, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency,

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Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch (WG-15J), 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, between the hours of 9 a.m. 
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margarita Chacon, EPA Region 5, Ground 
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by 
telephone at (312) 886-0225, or at [email protected].

    Authority: (Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 3006-2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the 
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations).

    Dated: October 24, 2005.
Norman Niedergang,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 05-21748 Filed 10-31-05; 8:45 am]
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