[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 
[email protected].

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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