Notice2022-18251
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Georgia
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Published
August 24, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that the State of Georgia is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Georgia has adopted drinking water regulations for the Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions, Public Notification Rule, Radionuclides Rule, Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring Rule, Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Ground Water Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Short-Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications, and Revised Total Coliform Rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that Georgia's regulations are no less stringent than these Federal rules and the revisions otherwise meet applicable Safe Drinking Water Act requirements. Therefore, the EPA intends to approve these revisions to the State of Georgia's Public Water System Supervision Program.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18251]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10085-01-R4]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of
Georgia
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of intended approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Georgia is revising
its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Georgia has
adopted drinking water regulations for the Lead and Copper Rule Minor
Revisions, Public Notification Rule, Radionuclides Rule, Arsenic and
Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring
Rule, Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Long Term
2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Ground Water Rule, Lead and
Copper Rule Short-Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications, and
Revised Total Coliform Rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has determined that Georgia's regulations are no less stringent than
these Federal rules and the revisions otherwise meet applicable Safe
Drinking Water Act requirements. Therefore, the EPA intends to approve
these revisions to the State of Georgia's Public Water System
Supervision Program.
DATES: Any interested person may request a public hearing. A request
for a public hearing must be submitted by September 23, 2022, to the
Regional Administrator at the following address: U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street
SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The Regional Administrator may deny
frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing. However, if a
substantial request for a public hearing is made by September 23, 2022,
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
on September 23, 2022. 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: Documents relating to this determination are available for
inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday (excluding legal holidays), at the following location: Macon
Conference Room, 3rd Floor Tower Building, Atlanta Federal Center, 61
Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Those intending to view
documents should contact Dale Froneberger, EPA Region 4, by telephone
at (404) 562-9446 at least 24 hours prior to arriving to coordinate
viewing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Froneberger, EPA Region 4, Safe
Drinking Water Branch, by telephone at (404) 562-9446, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#284e5a47464d4a4d5a4f4d5a064c49444d684d5849064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fa9c8895949f989f889d9f88d49e9b969fba9f8a9bd49d958c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State of Georgia has submitted requests
that the EPA approve revisions to the State's Safe Drinking Water Act
Public Water System Supervision Program to include the authority to
implement and enforce the Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions, Public
Notification Rule, Radionuclides Rule, Arsenic and Clarifications to
Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring Rule, Stage 2
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Long Term 2 Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment Rule, Ground Water Rule, Lead and Copper Rule
Short-Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications, and
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Revised Total Coliform Rule. For the requests to be approved, the EPA
must find the state regulations codified at Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r.
391-3-5 to be no less stringent than the Federal rules codified at 40
CFR part 141. The EPA reviewed Georgia's applications using the Federal
statutory provisions (section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act),
federal regulations (at 40 CFR parts 141 and 142), state regulations,
state policies and procedures for implementing the rules, regulatory
crosswalks, and the EPA regulatory guidance to determine whether the
requests for revision are approvable. The EPA determined that the
Georgia regulations are no less stringent than the corresponding
Federal rules and the revisions otherwise meet applicable Safe Drinking
Water Act requirements. Therefore, the EPA intends to approve these
revisions. If the EPA does not receive a timely and appropriate request
for a hearing and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a
hearing on his own motion, this approval shall become final on
September 23, 2022.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended
(1996), and 40 CFR part 142.
Dated: August 18, 2022.
Daniel Blackman,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-18251 Filed 8-23-22; 8:45 am]
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