[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17345-17346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6654]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8548-7]


Notice of Approval of the Primacy Application for National 
Primary Drinking Water Regulations for the State of Iowa

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of approval and solicitation of requests for a public 
hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby giving 
notice that the State of Iowa is revising its approved Public Water 
Supply Supervision Program under the Iowa Department of Natural 
Resources. The EPA has determined that these revisions are no less 
stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, the 
EPA intends to approve these program revisions.

DATES: This determination to approve the Iowa program revision is made 
pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3). This determination shall become final 
and effective on May 1, 2008, unless (1) a timely and appropriate 
request for a public hearing is received or (2) the Regional 
Administrator elects to hold a

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public hearing on his 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 May 1, 2008. 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. All 
interested parties may request a public hearing on the approval to the 
Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 7 address shown below.

ADDRESSES: 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. Requests for 
Public Hearing shall be addressed to: Regional Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 7, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas 
City, Kansas 66101.
    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:

Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Water Quality Bureau, Public 
Water Supply Program, 401 SW., 7th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-4611.
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 7, Water Wetlands and 
Pesticides Division, Drinking Water Management Branch, 901 North 5th 
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Morris Holmes, Environmental 
Protection Agency--Region 7, Drinking Water Management Branch, (913) 
551-7421, or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the EPA has 
determined to approve an application by the Iowa Department of Natural 
Resources to incorporate the following EPA National Primary Drinking 
Water Regulations: (1) Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New 
Source Contaminants Monitoring (January 22, 2001, 66 FR 6975); (2) 
Filter Backwash Recycling Rule (June 8, 2001, 66 FR 31085); (3) Lead 
and Copper Rule Minor Revisions (January 12, 2000, 65 FR 1949); (4) 
Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (January 14, 2002, 67 
FR 1811); (5) Public Notification Rule (May 4, 2000, 65 FR 25981); (6) 
Radionuclides Rule (December 7, 2000, 65 FR 76707). The application 
demonstrates that Iowa has adopted drinking water regulations which 
satisfy the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. The EPA has 
determined that Iowa's regulations are no less stringent than the 
corresponding Federal regulations and that Iowa continues to meet all 
requirements for primary enforcement responsibility as specified in 40 
CFR 142.10.

    Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended, and 40 CFR 142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13.

    Dated: March 10, 2008.
John B. Askew,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
 [FR Doc. E8-6654 Filed 3-31-08; 8:45 am]
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