[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 49091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20853]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9984-31-Region 9]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of
Hawaii
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Hawaii revised its
approved Public Water System Supervision Program (PWSSP) under the
federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by adopting the Stage 1
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Stage 2 Disinfectants
and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Short-Term Regulatory Revisions
and Clarifications, Revised Total Coliform Rule, and the expanded
Public Water System definition. The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has determined that these revisions by the State of Hawaii are no
less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations and otherwise
meet applicable SDWA primacy requirements. Therefore, EPA intends to
approve these revisions to the State of Hawaii's PWSSP.
DATES: Request for a public hearing must be received on or before
October 29, 2018.
ADDRESSES: All documents relating to this determination are available
for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except official State holidays (for the Hawaii
location) and official Federal holidays (for the two EPA locations), at
the following offices: Hawaii Department of Health, Safe Drinking Water
Branch, 2385 Waimano Home Road, Uluakupu Building 4, Pearl City, Hawaii
96782; United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Pacific
Islands Office, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 5124, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850;
and United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Drinking
Water Management Section, 75 Hawthorne Street (WTR-3-1), San Francisco,
California 94105. Documents relating to this determination are also
available online at http://health.hawaii.gov/sdwb/public-notices/ for
inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Yen, EPA Region 9, Drinking Water
Management Section, at the address given above; telephone number: (415)
972-3976; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background. EPA approved the State of
Hawaii's original application for PWSSP primary enforcement authority
which, following the public notice period, became effective on October
20, 1977 (42 FR 47244, no request for public hearing received). EPA
subsequently approved and finalized revisions to the State of Hawaii's
PWSSP on the following dates: May 6, 1993 (58 FR 17892); July 19, 1993
(58 FR 33442); September 29, 1993 (58 FR 45491); March 13, 1995 (60 FR
7962); May 23, 1996 (61 FR 17892); July 31, 2015 (80 FR 45656), and
December 8, 2017 (82 FR 57981).
Public process. Any interested party may request a public hearing
on this determination. A request for a public hearing must be submitted
by October 29, 2018, to the Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 9
address shown above. The Regional Administrator may deny frivolous or
insubstantial requests for a hearing. If a substantial request for a
public hearing is made by October 29, 2018, EPA Region 9 will hold a
public hearing. Any request for a public hearing shall include the
following information: 1. The name, address, and telephone number of
the individual, organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; 2.
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 3.
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.
If EPA Region 9 does not receive a timely and appropriate request
for a hearing and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a
hearing on his own motion, this determination shall become final and
effective on October 29, 2018, and no further public notice will be
issued.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 300g-2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.
Dated: August 24, 2018.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA, Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2018-20853 Filed 9-27-18; 8:45 am]
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