[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 237 (Monday, December 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 71542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20983]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8253-8]


Notice of Approval of the Primacy Application for National 
Primary Drinking Water Regulations for the State of Kansas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of approval and solicitation of requests for a public 
hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby giving 
notice that the State of Kansas is revising its approved Public Water 
Supply Supervision Program under the Kansas Department of Health and 
Environment. The EPA has determined that these revisions are no less 
stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, the 
EPA intends to approve these program revisions.

DATES: This determination to approve the Kansas program revision is 
made pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3). This determination shall become 
final and effective on January 10, 2007, unless (1) a timely and 
appropriate request for a public hearing is received or (2) the 
Regional Administrator elects to hold a public hearing on his own 
motion. Any interested person, other than Federal Agencies, may request 
a public hearing. A request for a public hearing must be submitted to 
the Regional Administrator at the address shown below by January 10, 
2007. If a substantial request for a public hearing is made within the 
requested thirty-day time frame, a public hearing will be held and a 
notice will be given in the Federal Register and a newspaper of general 
circulation. Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing may be 
denied by the Regional Administrator. All interested parties may 
request a public hearing on the approval to the Regional Administrator 
at the EPA Region 7 address shown below.

ADDRESSES: Any request for a public hearing shall include the following 
information: (1) 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 a brief statement on information that 
the requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; (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. Requests for 
Public Hearing shall be addressed to: Regional Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 7, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas 
City, Kansas 66101.
    All documents relating to this determination are available for 
inspection between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, at the following offices: Kansas Department of Health and 
Environment, Bureau of Water, Public Water Supply Section, 1000 SW 
Jackson Street, Suite 420, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1367.
    Environmental Protection Agency--Region 7, Water Wetlands and 
Pesticides Division, Drinking Water Management Branch, 901 North 5th 
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neftali Hernandez-Santiago, 
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 7, Drinking Water Management 
Branch, (913) 551-7036, or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the EPA has 
determined to approve an application by the Kansas Department of Health 
and Environment to incorporate the following EPA National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulations: (1) Arsenic and Clarifications to 
Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring (January 22, 2001, 66 
FR 6975); (2) Consumer Confidence Reports Rule (August 19, 1998, 63 FR 
44511); (3) Filter Backwash Recycling Rule (June 8, 2001, 66 FR 31085); 
(4) Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (December 16, 1998, 
63 FR 69477); (5) Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions (January 12, 
2000, 65 FR Page 1949); (6) Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water 
Treatment Rule (January 14, 2002, 67 FR 1811); (7) Public Notification 
Rule (May 4, 2000, 65 FR 25981); (8) Radionuclides Rule (December 7, 
2000, 65 FR 76707); and (9) Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection 
Byproducts Rule (December 16, 1998, 63 FR 69389). The application 
demonstrates that Kansas has adopted drinking water regulations which 
satisfy the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. The EPA has 
determined that Kansas's regulations are no less stringent than the 
corresponding Federal regulations and that Kansas continues to meet all 
requirements for primary enforcement responsibility.

(Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, 
and 40 CFR 142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13)

    Dated: November 20, 2006.
John B. Askew,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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