[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61349-61351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28146]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8982-8]
Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a Public
Hearing for Public Water Supply Supervision Program Revision for the
U.S. Virgin Islands
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Virgin Islands is
revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program to adopt
EPA's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. 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. All interested parties may request a
public hearing.
DATES: This determination to approve the U.S. Virgin Island's primacy
program revision application is made pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3).
It shall become final and effective 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 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
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December 24, 2009. 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 his own motion, this
determination shall become final and effective December 24, 2009.
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 requests 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, 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:
Office of the Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural
Resources, 45 Mars Hill, Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
00840-4474.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region 2, 24th Floor Drinking
Water Ground Water Protection Section, 290 Broadway, New York, New York
10007-1866.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Lowy, Drinking Water Ground
Water Protection Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region
2, (212) 637-3830.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined to approve
an application by the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and
Natural Resources (DPNR) to revise its Public Water System Supervision
Primacy Program to incorporate regulations no less stringent than the
EPA's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for the
following rules: Drinking Water; Maximum Contaminant Level Goals and
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper; Final
Rule, promulgated by EPA June 30, 1994 (59 FR 33860), Drinking Water;
National Primary Drinking Water, Synthetic Organic Chemicals and
Inorganic Chemicals; National Primary Drinking Water Implementation;
Monitoring for Unregulated Contaminants; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA
July 1, 1994 (59 FR 34320), National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations; Analytical Methods for Regulated Drinking Water
Contaminants; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA December 5, 1994, National
Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations; Analytical Methods
for Regulated Drinking Water Contaminants, promulgated by EPA June 29,
1995 (60 FR 34083), National Primary Drinking Water Regulations:
Analytical Methods for Radionuclides; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA
March 5, 1997 (63 FR 10175), Revisions to State Primacy Requirements to
Implement Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments; Final Rule, promulgated
by EPA April 28, 1998 (63 FR 23361), Revision of Existing Variance and
Exemption Regulations To Comply With Requirements of the Safe Drinking
Water Act; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA August 14, 1998 (63 FR
43833), National Primary Drinking Water Regulation: Consumer Confidence
Reports; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA August 19, 1998 (63 FR 44511)
with the following Technical Corrections promulgated by EPA: June 29,
1999 (64 FR 34732), September 14, 1998 (64 FR 49671), November 27, 2002
(67 FR 70850), and December 9, 2002 (67 FR 73011), National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations: Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts;
Final Rule, promulgated by EPA December 16, 1998 (63 FR 69389),
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Interim Enhanced Surface
Water Treatment; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA December 16, 1998 (63
FR 69477), Suspension of Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring
Requirements for Small Public Water Systems; Final Rule, promulgated by
EPA January 8, 1999 (64 FR 1499), National Primary and Secondary
Drinking Water Regulations; Analytical Methods for Chemical and
Microbiological Contaminants and Revisions to Laboratory Certification
Requirements; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA December 1, 1999 (64 FR
67449), National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and
Copper; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA January 12, 2000 (65 FR 1950),
Revisions to the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule and the
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts, and Revisions to
State Primacy Requirements to Implement the Safe Drinking Water Act
Amendments; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA April 14, 2000 (65 FR
20304), National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Public
Notification Rule; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA May 4, 2000 (65 FR
25982), with the following Technical Corrections promulgated by EPA:
June 21, 2000 (65 FR 38629), June 30, 2000 (65 FR 40520), Removal of
the Maximum Contaminant Level Goal for Chloroform from the National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA May
30, 2000 (65 FR 34404), National Primary Drinking Water Regulations;
Radionuclides; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA December 7, 2000, (65 FR
76708), Revisions to the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule,
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), National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Arsenic and
Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring;
Final Rule, promulgated by EPA January 22, 2001 (66 FR 6976), with the
following Minor Clarification promulgated by EPA March 25, 2003 (68 FR
14502), Revisions to the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule,
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 February 12, 2001
(66 FR 9903), National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Filter
Backwash Recycling Rule; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA June 8, 2001
(66 FR 31086), National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Long Term 1
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA
January 14, 2002 (67 FR 1812), National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations; Methods Update; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA October 23,
2002 (67 FR 65220), National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Minor
Revisions to Public Notification Rule, Consumer Confidence Report Rule
and Primacy Rule; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA November 27, 2002 (67
FR 70850), with the following Technical Correction promulgated by EPA
December 9, 2002 (67 FR 73011), National Primary and Secondary
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Drinking Water Regulations: Approval of Additional Method for the
Detection of Coliforms and E. Coli in Drinking Water: Final Rule,
promulgated by EPA February 13, 2004 (69 FR 7156), National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations: Minor Corrections and Clarification to
Drinking Water Regulations; National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
for Lead and Copper: Final Rule, promulgated by EPA June 29, 2004 (69
FR 38850), National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Analytical
Method for Uranium, promulgated by EPA August 25, 2004 (69 FR 5217),
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Stage 2 Disinfectants and
Disinfection Byproducts Rule; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA January 4,
2006 (71 FR 388), with the following Technical Corrections promulgated
by EPA January 27, 2006 (71 FR 4644), June 29, 2006 (71 FR 37168), and
June 29, 2009 (74 FR 30953), National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Final
Rule, promulgated by EPA January 5, 2006 (71 FR 654), with the
following Technical Corrections promulgated by EPA January 30, 2006 (71
FR 4968) and February 6, 2006 (71 FR 6136), National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations: Ground Water Rule, Final Rule, promulgated by EPA
November 8, 2006 (71 FR 67427), and the following Technical Correction
promulgated by EPA November 21, 2006 (71 FR 67427), and National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Short-Term
Revisions and Clarifications; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA October
10, 2007 (72 FR 5782).
The application demonstrates that the U.S. Virgin Islands has
adopted drinking water regulations which satisfy the NPDWRs for the
above. The USEPA has determined that the U.S. Virgin Island's
regulations are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal
Regulations and that the U.S. Virgin Island's DPNR 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, 40 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR 142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13)
Dated: October 14, 2009.
George Pavlou,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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