[Federal Register: January 18, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 12)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Implementation Guidance for Radionuclides
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments on the draft radionuclides
implementation guidance.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
published the final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for
Radionuclides on December 7, 2000, in the Federal Register (65 FR
76708). The EPA has also prepared the Draft Implementation Guidance for
the Radionuclides Rule. This Notice is announcing the availability of
this draft document and asking for comments from stakeholders and the
public. These comments will be considered in developing the Final
Implementation Guidance document. The EPA encourages the full
participation of all stakeholders and the public throughout this
process.
The Draft Implementation Guidance for the Radionuclides Rule is a
comprehensive reference to assist States in implementing the Rule. The
draft guidance was developed based on the Final Rule, with input and
review from EPA Headquarters and Regional staff, and comments from
States and the public on a previous version of the document. Along with
summaries of the Rule and implementation timelines, the document
contains: A detailed explanation of the rule requirements; guidance for
violation determinations, and significant non-compliance definitions;
Safe Drinking Water Information (SDWIS) reporting requirements;
guidance for State primacy revision applications, and special primacy
requirements; and a series of ``stand-alone'' fact sheet guidance
materials for States and Public Water Systems. The guidance document
describes the new standards for uranium, as well as the revisions to
the radionuclides monitoring framework.
The Appendices to the document provide further information and
tools to assist States and EPA Regional Offices with primacy revisions
and Rule implementation, including: Violation tables to assist with
compliance determination; a sample Extension Agreement between EPA and
the States to document how implementation responsibilities will be
shared if States do not submit a primacy applications by the deadline;
a primacy revision crosswalk; a ``stand-alone'' State reporting
guidance; rule training materials; and beta and photon emitter
conversion tables.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 30, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this Notice to Ed Thomas,
Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (MC-4606), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for information to request a copy
of the draft guidance and electronic addresses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information related to the
Radionuclides Rule, contact: Ed Thomas, at (202) 260-0910 or e-mail to
thomas.edwin@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the draft guidance may be obtained
by contacting the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 800-426-4791, or at
EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water's (OGWDW) Web Site:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/rads/implement.html, or by contacting Ed
Thomas of OGWDW at (202) 260-0910 or by e-mail at
thomas.edwin@epamail.epa.gov.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Environmental
Protection Agency.
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