[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30401-30402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12915]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0747; FRL-9156-6]
RIN 2040-AE90


National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Announcement of the 
Results of EPA's Review of Existing Drinking Water Standards and 
Request for Public Comment and/or Information on Related Issues; 
Extension of the Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending by 30 
days the public comment period for the National Primary Drinking Water 
Regulations; Announcement of the Results of EPA's Review of Existing 
Drinking Water Standards and Request for Public Comment and/or 
Information on Related Issues, which was published in the Federal 
Register on March 29, 2010. The purpose of that notice was to invite 
commenters to submit any new, relevant peer-reviewed data or 
information pertaining to the four NPDWRs identified in that action as 
candidates for revision (i.e. acrylamide, epichlorohydrin, 
tetrechloroethylene and trichloroethylene). This information will 
inform EPA's evaluation as the Agency moves forward with the regulatory 
revisions for these four NPDWRs. This extended comment period will 
afford greater opportunity to all interested parties to review and 
submit comments on the notice.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 1, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0747, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) 
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Such 
deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-
0747. 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 information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://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

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encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Wirth, Office of Ground Water 
and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division, at (202) 
564-5246 or e-mail [email protected]. For general information contact 
the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791 or e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The comment period for the Announcement of 
the Results of EPA's Review of Existing Drinking Water Standards and 
Request for Public Comment and/or Information on Related Issues (Six-
Year Review 2) now ends July 1, 2010. This is an extension of 30 days 
beyond the comment period established in the Federal Register on March 
29, 2010. Anyone seeking to submit comments must follow the procedures 
specified in section I.C of the announcement as published in the 
Federal Register (75 FR 15500, March 29, 2010).
    The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct a periodic review of 
existing National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) and 
determine which, if any, need to be revised. The purpose of the review, 
called the Six-Year Review, is to identify those NPDWRs for which 
current health effects assessments, changes in technology, and/or other 
factors provide a health or technical basis to support a regulatory 
revision that will improve or strengthen public health protection. EPA 
has completed its detailed review of 71 NPDWRs and at this time 
believes that four NPDWRs are candidates for regulatory revision. These 
four NPDWRs are acrylamide, epichlorohydrin, tetrachloroethylene, and 
trichloroethylene. EPA requests public comment and/or relevant 
information that will assist the Agency as we move forward with 
regulatory action to revise these four NPDWRs. In addition to the 71 
NPDWRs discussed in detail in today's action, this review also includes 
14 other NPDWRs that need no detailed review because of recent or 
ongoing revision actions. See the results as published in Federal 
Register (75 FR 15500, March 29, 2010).

    Dated: May 24, 2010.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
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