[Federal Register: August 21, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 162)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7547-1]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of
Arkansas
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Arkansas is revising
its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Arkansas has
adopted the Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions to provide monitoring
relief for public water systems and clarify some corrosion control
treatment requirements, Variance and Exemptions Rule to maintain the
authority to issue variances and exemptions especially small system
variances, Public Notification Rule to provide more timely notice for
violations that pose an acute risk to public health, Radionuclides Rule
to standardize the monitoring of radiological contaminants and
establish a maximum contaminant level (MCL) for uranium, the Arsenic
Rule to provide for better public health protection by lowering the MCL
for arsenic and the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule to require water
systems to institute changes to return recycle flow to a plant's
treatment process that may otherwise compromise microbial control. EPA
has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than the
corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to approve
these program revisions.
DATES: All interested parties may request a public hearing. A request
for a public hearing must be submitted by September 22, 2003 to the
Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 6 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 September 22, 2003, 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 his own
motion, this determination shall become final and effective on
September 22, 2003. 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: All documents relating to this determination are available
for inspection between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, at the following offices:
Arkansas Department of Health, Division of Engineering--Slot
37, 4815 West Markham, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 and United
States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Drinking Water
Section (6WQ-SD), 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jos[eacute] G. Rodriguez, EPA Region
6, Drinking Water Section at the Dallas address given above or at
telephone (214) 665-8087.
Authority: (Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations)
Dated: August 14, 2003.
Lawrence Starfield,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 03-21426 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]
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