[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38714-38715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15441]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9828-4]


Public Water System Supervision Program Approval for the State of 
Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Illinois is revising 
its approved public water system supervision program for the Ground 
Water Rule, the Arsenic Rule and the

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new Public Water System Definition. EPA has determined that these 
revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding federal 
regulation. Therefore, EPA intends to approve these revisions to the 
State of Illinois's public water system supervision program, thereby 
giving Illinois EPA primary enforcement responsibility for these 
regulations. Illinois EPA's revised Ground Water Rule became effective 
on July 27, 2007 and the revised Arsenic Rule was adopted on February 
21, 2002. The new Public Water System Definition was adopted by the 
State on December 1, 1999.
    Any interested person may request a public hearing. A request for a 
public hearing must be submitted by July 29, 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 July 29, 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 July 29, 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: Illinois Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1021 North Grand Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 
62794-9276, and/or the U.S. 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 
p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Palmer, EPA Region 5, Ground 
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by 
telephone, at (312) 353-3646, 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: June 13, 2013.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2013-15441 Filed 6-26-13; 8:45 am]
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