[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68934-68935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27156]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10003-22-Region 4]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of 
Tennessee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of intended approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Tennessee is revising 
its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Tennessee has 
adopted drinking water regulations for the Revised Total Coliform Rule. 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that 
Tennessee'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 Tennessee'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 January 16, 2020, 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 January 16, 2020, 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 January 
16, 2020. 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 locations: The main 
office of the Division of Water Resources, Tennessee Department of 
Environment

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and Conservation, William R. Snodgrass--Tennessee Tower, 11th Floor, 
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37243; 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 Tennessee 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 Tenn. 
Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-45-01 to be no less stringent than the federal 
rule codified at 40 CFR part 141. EPA reviewed Tennessee'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 
Tennessee 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 January 16, 2020.

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

    Dated: December 2, 2019.
Mary S. Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2019-27156 Filed 12-16-19; 8:45 am]
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