[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 139 (Friday, July 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39810-39811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14065]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8442-2]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the State 
of Wisconsin

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Wisconsin is revising 
its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Wisconsin has 
adopted the Arsenic Rule for all community and nontransient, 
noncommunity water systems which, among other things, changes the 
arsenic maximum contaminant level from 0.050 mg/L to 0.010 mg/L to 
improve public health by reducing exposure to arsenic in drinking 
water.
    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 
Wisconsin, nor does it intend to limit existing rights of the State of 
Wisconsin.

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    All interested parties may request a public hearing. A request for 
a public hearing must be submitted by August 20, 2007, to the Regional 
Administrator at the EPA Region 5 address shown below. Frivolous or 
insubstantial requests for a hearing may be denied by the Regional 
Administrator. However, if a substantial request for a public hearing 
is made by August 20, 2007, a public hearing will be held.
    If no timely and appropriate request for a hearing is received and 
the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing on her own 
motion, this determination shall become final and effective on August 
20, 2007.
    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 between the hours of 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, at the following offices: Wisconsin Department of 
Natural Resources, DG-2, 2nd Floor, 101 South Webster, PO Box 921, 
Madison, Wisconsin, 53707, and the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch 
(WG-15J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Janczy, EPA Region 5, Ground Water 
and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by telephone at 
(608) 267-2763, or at [email protected].

    Authority: (Sec. 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: July 2, 2007.
Walter Kovalick,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
 [FR Doc. E7-14065 Filed 7-19-07; 8:45 am]
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