[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 37532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13338]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8337-8]


Public Water Supply Supervision Program; Program Revision for the 
State of Alaska

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Alaska has revised 
its approved State Public Water Supply Supervision (PWSS) Primacy 
Program. The state has revised its PWSS program with respect to 
administrative penalty authority and has adopted a revised definition 
of public water system. It has also adopted regulations for variances 
and exemptions, the Consumer Confidence Report, the Interim Enhanced 
Surface Water Treatment Rule, the Stage 1 Disinfectants and 
Disinfection Byproducts Rule, the Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions, 
the Public Notification Rule, the Radionuclides Rule, the Filter 
Backwash Recycling Rule, the Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water 
Treatment Rule, and the Arsenic Rule. EPA has determined that these 
revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding federal 
regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to approve these State program 
revisions. By approving these rules, EPA does not intend to affect the 
rights of Federally recognized Indian tribes within ``Indian country'' 
as defined by 18 U.S.C. 1151, nor does it intend to limit existing 
rights of the State of Alaska.
    All interested parties may request a public hearing. A request for 
a public hearing must be submitted by August 9, 2007, to the Regional 
Administrator at the address shown below. Frivolous or insubstantial 
requests for a hearing may be denied by the Regional Administrator. 
However, if a substantial request for a public hearing is made by 
August 9, 2007, 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 August 9, 2007. Any 
request for a public hearing shall include the following information:
    (1) The 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 of the 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: All documents relating to this determination are available 
for inspection between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, at the following offices: Alaska Department of Environmental 
Conservation (ADEC), 410 Willoughby, Suite 303, Juneau, Alaska 99801; 
ADEC South Central Regional Office, 555 Cordova Street, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99501; ADEC Northern Regional Office, 610 University Avenue 
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709-3643; and between the hours of 9 a.m.--noon and 
1--2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday at: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 10 Library, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 
98101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Marshall, EPA Region 10, 
Drinking Water Unit, at the Seattle address given above; telephone 
(206) 553-1890, e-mail [email protected].

    Authority: Section 1420 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended (1996), and 40 CFR Part 142 of the National Primary Drinking 
Water Regulations.

    Dated: June 25, 2007.
Elin D. Miller,
Regional Administrator. Region 10.
[FR Doc. E7-13338 Filed 7-9-07; 8:45 am]
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