[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 3679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01383]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 141

[EPA-HQ-OW-2020-0530; FRL-6791-05-OW]
RIN 2040-AF89


Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) 
for Public Water Systems and Announcement of Public Meetings; Technical 
Corrections

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule and notice of public meetings; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making 
minor, non-substantive changes to a final rule, ``Revisions to the 
Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) for Public Water 
Systems and Announcement of Public Meetings,'' that appeared in the 
Federal Register on December 27, 2021. These corrections do not change 
any final action taken by EPA on December 27, 2021; rather, they simply 
clarify the amendatory instructions.

DATES: Effective January 26, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda D. Bowden, Standards and Risk 
Management Division (SRMD), Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water 
(OGWDW) (MS 140), Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin 
Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; telephone number: (513) 569-
7961; email address: [email protected]; or Melissa Simic, SRMD, 
OGWDW (MS 140), Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther 
King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; telephone number: (513) 569-7864; 
email address: [email protected]. For general information, visit 
the Ground Water and Drinking Water web page at: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 553(b)(B) of the Administrative 
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), provides that, when an agency for 
good cause finds that public notice and comment procedures are 
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, the 
agency may issue a rule without providing notice and an opportunity for 
public comment. EPA has determined that there is good cause for making 
this rule final without proposal and opportunity for comment because 
such notice and opportunity for comment is unnecessary for the 
following reasons: EPA is making minor, non-substantive changes to a 
final rule, ``Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule 
(UCMR 5) for Public Water Systems,'' that appeared in the Federal 
Register on December 27, 2021. These corrections do not change any 
final action taken by EPA on December 27, 2021; rather, they simply 
clarify the logistical instructions to the Office of the Federal 
Register to amend 40 CFR part 141. Thus, notice and comment is 
unnecessary because the public has previously had the opportunity to 
comment on the proposed action finalized on December 27, 2021.

Corrections

    In FR Doc. 2021-27858 appearing on page 73131 in the Federal 
Register of Monday, December 27, 2021, the following corrections are 
made:


Sec.  141.35  [Corrected]

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1. On page 73151, in the second column, in part 141, instruction 2.a, 
``In paragraph (a), revise the fourth sentence;'' is corrected to read 
``In paragraph (a), revise the third sentence;''.
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2. On page 73151, in the third column, in part 141, instruction 2.d, 
``In paragraph (d)(2), revise the first, second, and third sentences; 
and'' is corrected to read ``In paragraph (d)(2), revise the heading 
and the first and second sentences; and''.


Sec.  141.40  [Corrected]

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3. On page 73155, in the first column, in part 141, instructiont 3.d, 
``Revise paragraphs (a)(4)(i)(A) through (C), (a)(4)(ii) introductory 
text, and the first sentence in paragraph (a)(4)(ii)(A);'' is corrected 
to read ``Revise paragraphs (a)(4)(i)(A) through (C), (a)(4)(ii) 
introductory text, and paragraph (a)(4)(ii)(A);''.
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4. On page 73155, in the second column, in part 141, instruction 3.f, 
``In paragraph (a)(5)(ii), revise the fifth and sixth sentences;'' is 
corrected to read ``In paragraph (a)(5)(ii), revise the fourth and 
fifth sentences;''.

Radhika Fox,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-01383 Filed 1-24-22; 8:45 am]
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