[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 8865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3588]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9632-6]


Public Water System Supervision Program Approval for the State of 
Illinois; Tentative Approval

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Illinois submitted a 
primacy application for its approved Public Water System Supervision 
Program. Illinois is applying its Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water 
Treatment Regulations to all Illinois water systems that use surface 
water and ground water under the influence of surface water as a 
source, thereby satisfying the requirements of the Long-Term 2 Enhanced 
Surface Water Treatment Rule. Illinois is also applying its Stage 2 
Disinfectants and Disinfection By-products Regulations to all Illinois 
community and noncommunity water systems that add and/or deliver water 
that is treated with a primary or residual disinfectant other than 
ultraviolet light, thereby satisfying the requirements of the Stage 2 
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule.
    EPA has determined that the state regulations and procedures 
submitted by the State to EPA for review are no less stringent than the 
corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to award 
primacy to Illinois for Long-Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 
and Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection By-product Rules 
implementation. Any interested party may request a public hearing. A 
request for a public hearing must be submitted by March 16, 2012, 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 March 16, 2012; 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 her own motion, this determination shall become final and effective 
on March 16, 2012. 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: Illinois Pollution Control 
Board at the James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph, Suite 11-500, 
Chicago, Illinois 60601, 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: Janet Kuefler, EPA Region 5, Ground 
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by 
telephone at (312) 582-5814, or at [email protected].

    Authority:  Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 300g-2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the 
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.

    Dated: January 23, 2012.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2012-3588 Filed 2-14-12; 8:45 am]
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