[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 50366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21752]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9985-16-Region 4]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of 
North Carolina

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of intended approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of North Carolina is 
revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. North 
Carolina has adopted drinking water regulations for the Revised Total 
Coliform Rule. EPA has determined that North Carolina's regulations are 
no less stringent than the federal rule and the revision otherwise 
meets applicable Safe Drinking Water Act requirements. Therefore, EPA 
intends to approve this revision to the State of North Carolina's 
Public Water System Supervision Program.

DATES: Any interested person may request a public hearing. A request 
for a public hearing must be submitted by November 5, 2018, to the 
Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 4 street 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 November 5, 2018, 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 November 
5, 2018. 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: Documents relating to this determination are available for 
inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through 
Friday (excluding legal holidays) at the following offices: Public 
Water Supply Section, North Carolina Department of Environmental 
Quality, 512 North Salisbury Street, Archdale Building, Raleigh, North 
Carolina 27604; and the Drinking Water Section, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 
30303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Froneberger, EPA Region 4, 
Drinking Water Section, by mail at the Atlanta street address given 
above, by telephone at (404) 562-9446, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State of North Carolina has submitted a 
request that EPA approve a revision to the State's Safe Drinking Water 
Act Public Water System Supervision Program to include the authority to 
implement and enforce the Revised Total Coliform Rule. For the request 
to be approved, EPA must find the state regulations codified at Title 
15A NCAC Subchapter 18C to be no less stringent than the federal rule 
codified at 40 CFR part 141. EPA reviewed North Carolina's application 
using the federal statutory provisions (Section 1413 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act), federal regulations (at 40 CFR parts 141 and 142), 
state regulations, state policies and procedures for implementing the 
rule, regulatory crosswalk, and EPA regulatory guidance to determine 
whether the request for revision is approvable. EPA determined that the 
North Carolina regulations are no less stringent than the corresponding 
federal rule and the revision otherwise meets applicable Safe Drinking 
Water Act requirements. Therefore, EPA intends to approve this 
revision. If EPA 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 approval shall become final and 
effective on November 5, 2018.

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

    Dated: September 25, 2018.
Onis ``Trey'' Glenn, III,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2018-21752 Filed 10-4-18; 8:45 am]
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