[Federal Register: December 9, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 236)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Notice of Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a
Public Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions
for the State of Maryland
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval and solicitation of requests for a
public hearing.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provision of
section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended, and the
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation 40 CFR part
142, that the State of Maryland is revising its approved Public Water
System Supervision Program. Maryland has adopted the Public
Notification Rule requiring the owner or operator of a public water
system to give notice to the public for all violations of national
primary drinking water regulations as well as for failure to comply
with a prescribed treatment technique, for failure to perform required
water quality monitoring or for failure to comply with prescribed
testing procedures. It has also adopted the Lead and Copper Rule Minor
Revisions, which makes minor changes to the existing Lead and Copper
Rule, as well as adopting several other minor revisions to its
regulations. EPA has determined that these revisions, all effective
April 29, 2002, are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal
regulations. Therefore, EPA has decided to tentatively approve these
program revisions. All interested parties are invited to submit written
comments on this determination and may request a public hearing.
DATES: Comments or a request for a public hearing must be submitted by
January 8, 2004. This determination shall become effective on January
8, 2004, 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, and if no comments are received which cause EPA to modify
its tentative approval.
ADDRESSES: Comments or a request for a public hearing must be submitted
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III, 1650 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. Comments may also be submitted electronically to Steve Maslowski at maslowski.steven@epa.gov.
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:
[sbull] Drinking Water Branch, Water Protection Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029.
[sbull] Water Supply Program, Maryland Department of the
Environment, Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Blvd,
Baltimore, MD 21230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Maslowski, Drinking Water Branch
(3WP22) at the Philadelphia address given above; telephone (215) 814-
2371 or fax (215) 814-2318.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All interested parties are invited to submit
written comments on this determination and may request a public
hearing. All comments will be considered, and, if necessary, EPA will
issue a response. 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 January 8, 2004, a public
hearing will be held.
A request for public hearing shall include the following: (1) The
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 of information that the requesting person intends to
submit at such a hearing; and (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.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 03-30517 Filed 12-8-03; 8:45 am]
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