[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68934-68935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27156]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10003-22-Region 4]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of
Tennessee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of intended approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Tennessee is revising
its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Tennessee has
adopted drinking water regulations for the Revised Total Coliform Rule.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that
Tennessee's regulations are no less stringent than the federal rule and
the revision otherwise meets applicable Safe Drinking Water Act
requirements. Therefore, EPA intends to approve this revision to the
State of Tennessee's Public Water System Supervision Program.
DATES: Any interested person may request a public hearing. A request
for a public hearing must be submitted by January 16, 2020, to the
Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 4 street address shown below.
The Regional Administrator may deny frivolous or insubstantial requests
for a hearing. However, if a substantial request for a public hearing
is made by January 16, 2020, 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 January
16, 2020. Any request for a public hearing shall include the following
information: The name, address, and telephone number of the individual,
organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; 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; and 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: Documents relating to this determination are available for
inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday (excluding legal holidays) at the following locations: The main
office of the Division of Water Resources, Tennessee Department of
Environment
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and Conservation, William R. Snodgrass--Tennessee Tower, 11th Floor,
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37243; and the Drinking
Water Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61
Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Froneberger, EPA Region 4,
Drinking Water Section, by mail at the Atlanta street address given
above, by telephone at (404) 562-9446, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State of Tennessee has submitted a
request that EPA approve a revision to the State's Safe Drinking Water
Act Public Water System Supervision Program to include the authority to
implement and enforce the Revised Total Coliform Rule. For the request
to be approved, EPA must find the state regulations codified at Tenn.
Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-45-01 to be no less stringent than the federal
rule codified at 40 CFR part 141. EPA reviewed Tennessee's application
using the federal statutory provisions (Section 1413 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act), federal regulations (at 40 CFR parts 141 and 142),
state regulations, state policies and procedures for implementing the
rule, regulatory crosswalk, and EPA regulatory guidance to determine
whether the request for revision is approvable. EPA determined that the
Tennessee regulations are no less stringent than the corresponding
federal rule and the revision otherwise meets applicable Safe Drinking
Water Act requirements. Therefore, EPA intends to approve this
revision. If EPA does not receive a timely and appropriate request for
a hearing and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a
hearing on her own motion, this approval shall become final and
effective on January 16, 2020.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142.
Dated: December 2, 2019.
Mary S. Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2019-27156 Filed 12-16-19; 8:45 am]
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