[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR142.33]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 142_NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTATION--Table of 
 
                      Subpart D_Federal Enforcement
 
Sec. 142.33  Public hearing.

    (a) If the Administrator grants the petition for public hearing, he 
shall give appropriate public notice of such hearing. Such notice shall 
be by publication in the Federal Register and in a newspaper of general 
circulation or by other appropriate communications media covering the 
area served by such public water system.
    (b) A hearing officer designated by the Administrator shall gather 
during the public hearing information from technical or other experts, 
Federal, State, or other public officials, representatives of the public 
water system, persons served by the system, and other interested persons 
on:
    (1) The ways in which the system can within the earliest feasible 
time be brought into compliance, and
    (2) The means for the maximum feasible protection of the public 
health during any period in which such system is not in compliance.
    (c) On the basis of the hearing and other available information the 
Administrator shall issue recommendations which shall be sent to the 
State and public water system and shall be made available to the public 
and communications media.