[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47697-47698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18945]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9844-1]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of 
Louisiana

AGENCY: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Louisiana is revising 
its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Louisiana has 
adopted three EPA drinking water rules, namely the: 1) Long Term 2 
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2), 2) the Stage 2 
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBP2), and 3) the Lead 
and Copper Rule Short-Term Revisions and Clarifications (LCR). EPA has 
determined that the proposed LT2, DBP2, and the LCR submitted by 
Louisiana are no less stringent than the corresponding federal 
regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to approve this program revision.

DATES: All interested parties may request a public hearing. A request 
for a public hearing must be submitted by September 5, 2013 to the 
Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 6 address shown below. 
Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing may be denied by the 
Regional Administrator. However, if a substantial request for a public 
hearing is made by September 5, 2013, a public hearing will be held. If 
no timely and appropriate request for a hearing is received and the 
Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing on his own 
motion, this determination shall become final and effective on 
September 5, 2013. Any request for a public hearing shall include the 
following information: The name, address, and telephone number of

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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 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, at the following offices: Louisiana Department of 
Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, Bienville Building, 628 
4th Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70821; and United States Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 6, Drinking Water Section (6WQ-SD), 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Camacho, EPA Region 6, Drinking 
Water Section at the Dallas address given above, or by telephone at 
(214) 665-7175, or by email at [email protected].

    Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the National Primary Drinking 
Water Regulations.

    Dated: July 19, 2013.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-18945 Filed 8-5-13; 8:45 am]
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