[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 153 (Friday, August 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47963-47964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17293]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10012-33-Region 5]


Public Water System Supervision Program Approval for the State of 
Wisconsin

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) has tentatively approved a revision to the state of 
Wisconsin's Public Water System Supervision Program under the federal 
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by adopting the Lead and Copper Rule 
Short-term Revisions. The EPA has determined this revision is no less 
stringent than the corresponding federal regulation. Therefore, the EPA 
intends to approve this revision to the state of Wisconsin's Public 
Water System Supervision Program, thereby giving Wisconsin Department 
of Natural Resources primary enforcement responsibility for this 
regulation. This approval action does not extend to public water 
systems in Indian Country. By approving this rule, EPA does not intend 
to affect the rights of federally recognized Indian Tribes in 
Wisconsin, nor does it intend to limit existing rights of the state of 
Wisconsin.

DATES: Any interested party may request a public hearing on this 
determination. A request for a public hearing must be submitted by 
September 8, 2020. The EPA Region 5 Administrator may deny frivolous or 
insubstantial requests for a hearing. However, if a substantial request 
for a public hearing is made by September 8, 2020, EPA Region 5 will 
hold a public hearing, and a notice of

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such hearing will be published in the Federal Register and a newspaper 
of general circulation. 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.
    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 his own motion, this determination shall become final and 
effective on September 8, 2020 and no further public notice will be 
issued.

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to this determination are available 
for inspection at the following offices between the hours of 9 a.m. and 
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for official holidays and unless 
the offices are inaccessible due to COVID-19: Wisconsin Department of 
Natural Resources, Public Water Supply Section, 101 S Webster St., 
Madison, WI 53707-7921; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch (WG-15J), 77 W Jackson 
Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. Requestors can email Janet Kuefler, 
[email protected], to receive documents related to this 
determination if offices are inaccessible.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Kuefler, EPA Region 5, Ground 
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by 
telephone at 312-886-0123, or at [email protected].
    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: July 30, 2020.
Kurt Thiede,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2020-17293 Filed 8-6-20; 8:45 am]
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