[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 67408-67409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26573]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 141

[EPA-HQ-OW-2012-0155; FRL-9918-96-OW]


Notice of Public Meeting and Webinar: Preliminary Regulatory 
Determinations for the Third Contaminant Candidate List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting on potential rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 
public meeting and webinar to discuss the agency's preliminary 
determinations on whether or not to develop drinking water regulations 
for five unregulated contaminants listed on the third Contaminant 
Candidate List (CCL3). The EPA published and requested public

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comment on its preliminary regulatory determinations of these five 
contaminants in the Federal Register (FR) on October 20, 2014. In that 
FR document, the agency announced its preliminary determinations to 
regulate one contaminant (i.e., strontium) and to not regulate four 
contaminants (i.e., 1,3-dinitrobenzene, dimethoate, terbufos and 
terbufos sulfone). On December 9, 2014, EPA will hold a public meeting 
and webinar to present and solicit public input on the process to 
identify, and the information used to evaluate, contaminants for the 
third Regulatory Determination effort; and the preliminary regulatory 
determinations for the aforementioned five unregulated contaminants 
listed on CCL3, including the supporting rationale for these 
determinations.

DATES: The public meeting and webinar will be held on Tuesday, December 
9, 2014, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., eastern time. Persons wishing to attend 
the meeting in person or online via webinar must register by December 
2, 2014, as described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at The Cadmus Group, Inc., 
third floor conference room, located at 1555 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, 
Arlington, VA 22209. All attendees must show government-issued photo 
identification (e.g., a driver's license) when signing in. This meeting 
will also be simultaneously broadcast as a webinar, available on the 
Internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
receive further information about the meeting and webinar or have 
questions about this notice should contact Ali Arvanaghi, Standards and 
Risk Management Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail 
Code 4607M, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-1260; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. How may I participate in this meeting?

    Persons wishing to attend the meeting in person or online via the 
webinar must register in advance no later than 5 p.m., eastern time on 
December 2, 2014, by sending an email to [email protected]. 
Those who wish to attend should indicate in the email whether they 
intend to attend in person or via the webinar. The number of seats and 
webinar connections available for the meeting is limited and will be 
available on a first-come, first-served basis. The agenda for the 
public meeting and webinar will include time for public involvement and 
will allow for questions and answers or comments about the agency's 
third Regulatory Determination process and its preliminary regulatory 
determinations. If individuals or organizations are interested in 
making a more in-depth statement or presenting information, that 
interest should be mentioned when registering for the meeting. All 
statements or presentation materials should be emailed to 
[email protected] by December 2, 2014, so that the information 
can be incorporated into the webinar. We ask that only one person 
present the statement on behalf of a group or organization, and that 
the statement be limited to five minutes. Any additional comments, 
statements or information from attendees will be taken if time permits 
during the meeting or can be sent to [email protected] after 
the meeting, but before the close of the public comment period for the 
October 20, 2014, FR notice (79 FR 62716). It is important to remember 
that formal comments about the EPA's Preliminary Regulatory 
Determinations for Contaminants on the Third Drinking Water Contaminant 
Candidate List should be submitted to the docket (EPA-HQ-OW-2012-0155), 
as instructed in the October 20, 2014, FR notice, before the close of 
the public comment period on December 19, 2014.

B. How can I get a copy of the meeting and webinar materials?

    The 508-compliant meeting materials will be sent by email to the 
registered attendees prior to the meeting. Information about 
registration and participation in the public meeting and webinar can be 
found on the EPA's Contaminant Candidate List 3 Web site: http://water.epa.gov/scitech/drinkingwater/dws/ccl/ccl3.cfm.

II. Background

    The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments require EPA to 
determine whether to regulate at least five unregulated contaminants 
from the current Contaminant Candidate List (CCL) with national primary 
drinking water regulations every five years. The process of making 
decisions about whether to regulate any of the CCL unregulated 
contaminants is called Regulatory Determination. On October 8, 2009 (74 
FR 51850), EPA published the CCL3 containing 116 unregulated 
contaminants. On October 20, 2014 (79 FR 62716), EPA announced and 
solicited public comment on its preliminary determinations to regulate 
one contaminant (i.e., strontium) and to not regulate four contaminants 
(i.e., 1,3-dinitrobenzene, dimethoate, terbufos and terbufos sulfone). 
The public comment period for the October 20, 2014, FR announcement, 
Preliminary Regulatory Determinations for Contaminants on the Third 
Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List, closes on December 19, 2014. 
After considering public comments and any additional information, EPA 
expects to publish the final, third Regulatory Determination in late 
2015.

    Dated: October 31, 2014.
Peter Grevatt,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
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