[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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