[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15367-15368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6281]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL- 9647-9]


Public Water System Supervision Program Approval 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 for four major 
rules. EPA has determined that these revisions are no less stringent 
than the corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to 
approve these revisions. This approval action does not extend to public 
water systems 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 person may request a public hearing. A request for a 
public hearing must be submitted to the Regional Administrator at the 
address shown below by April 16, 2012. If a substantial request for a 
public hearing is made within the requested time frame, a public 
hearing will be held and a notice of such hearing 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. 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 April 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: Minnesota Department of 
Health, 625 North Robert Street, P.O. Box 64975, St. Paul, Minnesota, 
55164-0975, and/or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 
Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch (WG-15J), 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago,

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Illinois 60604, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Kuefler, EPA Region 5, Ground 
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by 
telephone, at (312) 886-0123, or at [email protected].

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

    Dated: March 7, 2012.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2012-6281 Filed 3-14-12; 8:45 am]
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