[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 46951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19306]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9999-45-Region 4]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of
Mississippi
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of intended approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Mississippi is
revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program.
Mississippi has adopted drinking water regulations for the Revised
Total Coliform Rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
determined that Mississippi'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 Mississippi'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 October 7, 2019, 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 October 7, 2019, 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 her own motion, this
determination shall become final and effective on October 7, 2019. 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: Bureau of
Public Water Supply, Mississippi State Department of Health, 570 East
Woodrow Wilson Boulevard, Jackson, Mississippi 39215; 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 Mississippi 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 15
Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 20, Subpt. 72, Ch. 1, to be no less stringent
than the federal rule codified at 40 CFR part 141. EPA reviewed
Mississippi'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 Mississippi 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 her own motion, this
approval shall become final and effective on October 7, 2019.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142.
Dated: August 26, 2019.
Mary S. Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2019-19306 Filed 9-5-19; 8:45 am]
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