[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 218 (Monday, November 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69151-69152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22548]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7996-4]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the State 
of Michigan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Michigan is revising 
its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Michigan has: 
revised its administrative penalty authority for public water systems; 
adopted the Consumer Confidence Report Rule, which requires annual 
drinking water quality reports from all community water systems; 
adopted the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, which will 
help improve control of microbial pathogens in drinking water; adopted 
the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, which will 
set new requirements to limit the formation of chemical disinfection 
byproducts in drinking water; and adopted the Public Notification Rule, 
which revises the general public notification regulations (sets 
requirements for public water systems to follow regarding the form, 
manner, frequency, and content of a public notice).
    EPA has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than 
the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to 
approve these program revisions. This approval action does not extend 
to public water systems (PWSs) in Indian Country, as that 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 
Michigan, nor does it intend to limit existing rights of the State of 
Michigan.
    Any interested party may request a public hearing. A request for a 
public hearing must be submitted by December 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2005. Any request for a public hearing shall 
include the following

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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: Michigan Department of 
Environmental Quality, Water Bureau, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan 
Street, 2nd Floor, PO Box 30273, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7773, between 
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 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: Jennifer Kurtz Crooks, EPA Region 5, 
Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by 
telephone at (312) 886-0244, 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 28, 2005.
Bharat Mathur,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 05-22548 Filed 11-10-05; 8:45 am]
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