Notice2021-17098
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Hawaii
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Published
August 12, 2021
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that the State of Hawaii (State) revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by adopting regulations to implement the federal Radionuclides Rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the State's revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations and otherwise meet applicable SDWA primacy requirements. Therefore, EPA intends to approve the stated revisions as part of the State's PWSS Program.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 153 (Thursday, August 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44356-44357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17098]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8772-01-R9]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of
Hawaii
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Hawaii (State)
revised its Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program under the
federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by adopting regulations to
implement the federal Radionuclides Rule. The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has determined that the State's revisions are no less
stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations and otherwise meet
applicable SDWA primacy requirements. Therefore, EPA intends to approve
the stated revisions as part of the State's PWSS Program.
DATES: A request for a public hearing must be received or postmarked
before September 13, 2021.
ADDRESSES: All documents relating to this determination are available
for inspection online at <a href="http://health.hawaii.gov/sdwb/public-notices/">http://health.hawaii.gov/sdwb/public-notices/</a>.
In addition, documents relating to this determination are available
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except official State holidays, at the following address: Hawaii
Department of Health, Safe Drinking Water Branch, 2385 Waimano Home
Road, Uluakupu Building 4, Pearl City, Hawaii 96782.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Yen, United States Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 9, Drinking Water Section, via telephone
number: (415) 972-3976 or email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e8918d86c689868689a88d9889c68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6bfa3a8e8a7a8a8a786a3b6a7e8a1a9b0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background. EPA approved the State's initial
application for PWSS Program primary enforcement authority
(``primacy'') on October 20, 1977 (42 FR 47244). Since initial
approval, EPA has approved various revisions to Hawaii's PWSS Program.
For the revisions covered by this action, the EPA revised the
Radionuclides Rule on December 7, 2000 (66 FR 76708), which had been in
effect since 1977. The revisions set new monitoring provisions for
community water systems; retain the existing maximum contaminant levels
(MCLs) for combined radium-226 and radium-228, gross alpha particle
radioactivity, and beta particle and photon activity; and regulate
uranium for the first time. EPA has determined that the Radionuclides
Rule was adopted verbatim into the Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR),
Title 11, Chapter 20, in a manner that Hawaii's regulations are
comparable to and no less stringent than federal requirements. EPA has
also determined that the State's primacy revision application meets all
of the regulatory requirements for approval, as set forth in 40 CFR
142.12, including a side-by-side comparison of the Federal requirements
and the corresponding State authorities, additional materials to
support special primacy requirements of 40 CFR 142.16, and a statement
by the Hawaii Attorney General certifying that Hawaii's laws and
regulations to carry out the program revisions were duly adopted and
are enforceable. Therefore, EPA is tentatively approving the State's
revisions as part of Hawaii's PWSS Program.
Public Process. Any interested party may request a public hearing
on this determination. A request for a public hearing must be received
or postmarked before September 13, 2021, and addressed to the Regional
Administrator at the EPA Region 9, via the following email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e8bad18c9fc5989a878f9a8985a88d9889c68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="32600b56451f42405d5540535f725742531c555d44">[email protected]</span></a>. Please note, ``State Primacy Rule Determination''
in the subject line of the email. The Regional Administrator may deny
frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing. If a substantial
request for a public hearing is made before September 13, 2021, EPA
Region 9 will hold a public hearing. Any request for a public hearing
shall include the following information: 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
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determination and a brief statement of the information that the
requesting person intends to submit at such 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.
If EPA Region 9 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 determination shall become final and
effective on September 13, 2021, and no further public notice will be
issued.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended,
42 U.S.C. 300g-2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations.
Dated: August 5, 2021.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2021-17098 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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