    [Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 53367-53368]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2020-18935]

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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    [FRL-10013-97-Region 4]

    Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the
    Commonwealth of Kentucky

    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

    ACTION: Notice of intended approval.

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    SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth of Kentucky is
    revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Kentucky
    has adopted drinking water regulations for the Interim Enhanced Surface
    Water Treatment Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions, Filter
    Backwash Recycling Rule, and Revised Total Coliform Rule. The
    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that Kentucky's
    regulations are no less stringent than these federal rules and the
    revisions otherwise meet applicable Safe Drinking Water Act
    requirements. Therefore, the EPA intends to approve these revisions to
    the Commonwealth of Kentucky'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 September 28, 2020, to the
    Regional Administrator at the following address: U.S. Environmental
    Protection Agency, Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street
    SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The Regional Administrator may deny
    frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing. However, if a
    substantial request for a public hearing is made by September 28, 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 September 28, 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 location: The main
    lobby of the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (KEEC), 300 Sower
    Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. Due to COVID-19, those intending
    to view documents at this location should contact Ms. Alicia Jacobs,
    KEEC, by telephone at (502) 782-6987 at least 30 minutes prior to
    arriving at KEEC to coordinate viewing. Documents relating to the
    determination are also available online at https://eec.ky.gov/Environmental-Protection/Water/Pages/Water-Public-Notices-and-Hearings.aspx for inspection.

    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Froneberger, EPA Region 4, Safe
    Drinking Water Branch, by mail at the Atlanta street address given
    above, by telephone at (404) 562-9446, or by email at
    froneberger.dale@epa.gov.

    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commonwealth of Kentucky has submitted
    requests that the EPA approve revisions to the Commonwealth's Safe
    Drinking Water Act Public Water System Supervision Program to include
    the authority to implement and enforce the Interim Enhanced Surface
    Water Treatment Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions, Filter
    Backwash Recycling Rule, and Revised Total Coliform Rule. For the
    requests to be approved, the EPA must find the commonwealth regulations
    codified at Title 401 KAR chapter 8 to be no less stringent than the
    federal rules codified at 40 CFR part 141. The EPA reviewed Kentucky's
    applications using the federal statutory provisions (Section 1413 of
    the Safe Drinking Water Act), federal regulations

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    (at 40 CFR parts 141 and 142), commonwealth regulations, commonwealth
    policies and procedures for implementing the rules, regulatory
    crosswalks, and the EPA regulatory guidance to determine whether the
    requests for revision are approvable. The EPA determined that the
    Kentucky regulations are no less stringent than the corresponding
    federal rules and the revisions otherwise meet applicable Safe Drinking
    Water Act requirements. Therefore, the EPA intends to approve these
    revisions. If the 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 September 28, 2020.

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

        Dated: August 21, 2020.
    Mary Walker,
    Regional Administrator, Region 4.
    [FR Doc. 2020-18935 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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