[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6481-6482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1718]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R04-OW-2006-0057; FRL-8028-7]


Public Water Supply Supervision Program Rules for the State of 
Mississippi

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve the State of Mississippi's 
drinking water regulations for the Radionuclides, Arsenic, and Filter 
Backwash Recycling Rules. EPA has determined that these revisions are 
no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations. 
Therefore, EPA intends on approving the program revisions.

DATES: All interested parties may request a public hearing and/or 
submit comments on or before March 10, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OW-2006-0057, in one of the following methods:
    1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: [email protected].
    3. Fax: (404) 562-9439.
    4. Mail: EPA-R04-OW-2006-0057, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 4, Water Management Division, Ground Water and Drinking 
Water Branch, Drinking Water Section, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303.
    5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Shaun McMullen, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, Water Management Division, 15th Floor, 
Drinking Water Section, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's normal 
hours of operation. The Regional Office is open Monday through Friday, 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R04-OW-
2006-0057. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail, information that you consider to be CBI 
or otherwise protected. The http://

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www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment 
directly to EPA without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your 
e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of 
the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on 
the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that 
you include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the 
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be 
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket 
materials are available either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, Water Management Division, 61 Forsyth 
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mississippi State Department of 
Health, Bureau of Water Supply, 2423 North State Street, Jackson, 
Mississippi 39215 or Mr. McMullen, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 4, Water Management Division, Ground Water and Drinking 
Water Branch, Drinking Water Section, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303-8960. Please contact Mr. McMullen at (404) 562-9294 and/
or electronic mail address at [email protected] for questions and/
or comments regarding this tentative approval for the State of 
Mississippi's Public Water Supply Supervision Program.

    Authority: Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as 
amended in 1996 and 40 CFR part 142.

    Dated: January 30, 2006.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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