[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76034-76035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30953]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9764-2]


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 
revisions to the State of Ohio's public water system supervision 
program. Ohio

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EPA has revised three of its rules to comply with the National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulations, including the Total Coliform Rule, the 
Public Notification Rule, and the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule. EPA 
has determined that these revisions are consistent with and 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's revised coliform and 
public notification requirements became effective on December 20, 2007, 
and Ohio EPA has been administering the filter backwash recycling 
requirements since August 3, 2004.
    Any interested party may request a public hearing. A request for a 
public hearing must be submitted by January 23, 2013, 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 January 23, 2013, 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 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 January 23, 2013. 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 8:00 a.m. and 
5:00 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 9:00 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: December 10, 2012.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2012-30953 Filed 12-21-12; 8:45 am]
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