[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 21099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8504]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9656-8]


Public Water System Supervision Program Approval for the State of 
Ohio

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the EPA has tentatively approved 
three revisions to the State of Ohio's public water system supervision 
program. Ohio EPA has revised several of its rules to comply with the 
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations, including the 
Administrative Penalty Authority (APA), the Radionuclides Rule, and the 
Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions (LCRMR). EPA has determined that 
these revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding federal 
regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to approve these revisions to the 
State of Ohio's public water system supervision program, thereby giving 
Ohio EPA primary enforcement responsibility for these regulations. Ohio 
EPA has been administering the APA since October 1, 1999, with 
amendments effective on October 17, 2003. Ohio EPA's revised 
radionuclide requirements became effective on September 15, 2004, and 
Ohio EPA adopted the LCRMR into its lead and copper rules on July 24, 
2009.

DATES: Any interested party may request a public hearing. A request for 
a public hearing must be submitted by May 9, 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 May 9, 2012, EPA Region 5 will hold a public hearing, and a notice 
of such hearing will be given in the Federal Register and a newspaper 
of a general circulation. 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 May 9, 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: Ohio Environmental Protection 
Agency, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters, 50 West Town Street, 
Suite 700, Columbus, Ohio 43215, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, and the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch 
(WG-15J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, between 
the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Drake, EPA Region 5, Ground 
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by 
telephone at (312) 886-6705, or at [email protected].

    Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 
U.S.C. 300g-2, and the federal regulations implementing Section 1413 
of the Act set forth at 40 CFR part 142.

    Dated: March 27, 2012.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2012-8504 Filed 4-6-12; 8:45 am]
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