[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 222 (Friday, November 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 66946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19469]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8243-3]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the State 
of Minnesota

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Minnesota is revising 
its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Minnesota has 
revised the following rules: Consumer Confidence Reports; Lead and 
Copper Technical Corrections; Synthetic Organic Chemicals/Inorganic 
Chemicals (SOC/IOC) Technical Amendments; Analytical Methods Technical 
Corrections; Analytical Methods for Radionuclides; Point of Use 
Devices; Public Water Supply (PWS) Definition; Administrative Penalty 
Order (APO) Authority; and Variances and Exemptions 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 Minnesota'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 
Minnesota, nor does it intend to limit existing rights of the State of 
Minnesota. Any interested party may request a public hearing. A request 
for a public hearing must be submitted by December 18, 2006, 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 18, 2006, 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 18, 2006. 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: Minnesota Department of 
Health, 625 North Robert Street, P.O. Box 64975, St. Paul, Minnesota 
55164-0975, 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: Lynne Roberts, EPA Region 5, Ground 
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by 
telephone at (312) 886-0250, 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 31, 2006.
Mary A. Gade,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
 [FR Doc. E6-19469 Filed 11-16-06; 8:45 am]
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