[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3917-3918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1684]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7613-4]


Public Water Supply Supervision Program Revision for the State of 
New Jersey

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a 
Public Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for 
the State of New Jersey.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) has

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determined to approve an application by the State of New Jersey to 
revise its Public Water System Supervision Primacy Program to 
incorporate regulations no less stringent than EPA's National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for the following: Lead and Copper 
Rule Technical Correction; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA on June 30, 
1994 (59 FR 33860), Analytical Methods Technical Corrections; Final 
Rule, promulgated by EPA on December 5, 1994 (59 FR 62456), Analytical 
Methods Technical Corrections; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA on June 
29, 1995 (60 FR 34083), Analytical Methods for Radionuclides Technical 
Corrections, promulgated by EPA on March 5, 1997 (62 FR 10168), 
Revisions to State Primacy Requirements to Implement Safe Drinking 
Water Act Amendments; Final Rule (Primacy Revisions), promulgated by 
EPA on April 28, 1998 (63 FR 23362), Removal of Prohibition on the Use 
of Point of Use Devices for Compliance with the NPDWR, promulgated by 
EPA on June 11, 1998 (63 FR 31932), Revision of Existing Variance and 
Exemption Regulations To Comply With Requirements of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA on August 14, 1998 (63 FR 
43834), Consumer Confidence Reports; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA on 
August 19, 1998 (63 FR 44512), along with 6 separate Technical 
Corrections to the Consumer Confidence Reports, promulgated as follows: 
December 16, 1998 (63 FR 69475 and 63 FR 69516), June 29, 1999 (64 FR 
34732), September 14, 1999 (64 FR 49671), May 4, 2000 (65 FR 25981), 
November 27, 2002 (67 FR 70850), and December 9, 2002 (67 FR 73011), 
the Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts; Final Rule, and Interim 
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment; Final Rule, both promulgated December 
16, 1998 (63 FR 69390 and 63 FR 69478, respectively), the Suspension of 
Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Requirements for Small Public Water 
Systems, promulgated by EPA January 8, 1999 (64 FR 1494), the Lead and 
Copper Rule Minor Revisions, promulgated by EPA January 12, 2000 (65 FR 
1950), the Public Notification Rule, promulgated by EPA May 4, 2000 (65 
FR 25982 ), along with 2 separate Technical Corrections to the Public 
Notification Rule, promulgated as follows: June 21, 2000 (65 FR 38629) 
and June 30, 2000 (65 FR 40520), the Radionuclide Rule, promulgated by 
EPA December 7, 2000 (65 FR 76708), Revisions to the Interim Enhanced 
Surface Water Treatment Rule and the Stage 1 Disinfectants and 
Disinfection Byproducts Rule and Revisions to State Primacy 
Requirements to Implement the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, Final 
Rule, promulgated by EPA January 16, 2001 (66 FR 3770), the Filter 
Backwash Recycling Rule, promulgated by EPA June 8, 2001 (66 FR 31086) 
and the Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, promulgated 
by EPA January 14, 2002 (67 FR 1812).
    The application demonstrates that New Jersey has adopted drinking 
water regulations which satisfy the NPDWRs for the above. The USEPA has 
determined that New Jersey's regulations are no less stringent than the 
corresponding Federal Regulations and that New Jersey continues to meet 
all requirements for primary enforcement responsibility as specified in 
40 CFR 142.10.

DATES: This determination to approve New Jersey's primacy program 
revision application is made pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3). It shall 
become final and effective February 26, 2004 unless (1) a timely and 
appropriate request for a public hearing is received or (2) the 
Regional Administrator elects to hold a public hearing on her own 
motion. Any interested person, other than Federal Agencies, may request 
a public hearing. A request for a public hearing must be submitted to 
the Regional Administrator at the address shown below by February 26, 
2004. If a substantial request for a public hearing is made within the 
requested thirty day time frame, a public hearing will be held and a 
notice will be given in the Federal Register and a newspaper of general 
circulation. Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing may be 
denied by the Regional Administrator. 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 February 26, 2004.
    Any request for a public hearing shall include the following 
information: (1) Name, address and telephone number of the individual, 
organization or other entity requesting a hearing; (2) a brief 
statement of the requesting person's interest in the Regional 
Administrator's determination and a brief statement on information that 
the requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; (3) 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: Requests for Public Hearing shall be addressed to:
    Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--
Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.
    All documents relating to this determination are available for 
inspection between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, at the following offices: Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, 
Division of Water Resources, New Jersey Department of Environmental 
Protection, 401 East State Street, Floor 3, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-
0426. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region 2, 24th Floor 
Drinking Water Section, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Lowy, Drinking Water 
Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region 2, (212) 637-
3830.

    Authority: (Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended, 40 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR 142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13).

Anthony Canco,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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