[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 207 (Thursday, October 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 53870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22652]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9985-51-Region 5]
Public Water System Supervision Program Approval for the State of
Indiana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the EPA has tentatively approved
the revision to the State of Indiana's Public Water System Supervision
(PWSS) Program. Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
has revised the Total Coliform Rule to comply with the National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations. EPA has determined that these revisions are
no less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations.
Therefore, EPA intends to approve these revisions to the State of
Indiana's PWSS Program, thereby giving IDEM primary enforcement
responsibility for these regulations.
DATES: A request for a public hearing must be submitted by November 26,
2018, to the Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 5 address shown,
below.
ADDRESSES: All documents relating to this determination are available
for inspection at the following offices: Indiana Department of
Environmental Management, Office of Water Quality, Drinking Water
Branch, 100 North Senate Avenue, Mailcode 66-34 ICGN 1201,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2251, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch
(WG-15J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Bair, EPA Region 5, Ground Water
and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by telephone at
(312) 886-2406, or at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IDEM submitted its final application for the
Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) on February 28, 2016. In a letter
dated March 23, 2017, EPA issued a determination to them that the
State's application for the RTCR was complete and final and the State
was awarded interim primacy until final primacy could be awarded. In
this same letter EPA indicated that there were certain items that
needed to be resolved before EPA could award final primacy. IDEM
completed its response to EPA's comments and questions on August 21,
2017.
Any interested party may request a public hearing. A request for a
public hearing must be submitted by November 26, 2018, 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 November 26, 2018, 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 November 26, 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.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42
U.S.C. 300g-2, and the federal regulations implementing Section 1413
of the Act set forth at 40 CFR part 142.
Dated: October 3, 2018.
Catherine Stepp,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2018-22652 Filed 10-24-18; 8:45 am]
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