[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53367-53368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18935]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10013-97-Region 4]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the
Commonwealth of Kentucky
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of intended approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth of Kentucky is
revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Kentucky
has adopted drinking water regulations for the Interim Enhanced Surface
Water Treatment Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions, Filter
Backwash Recycling Rule, and Revised Total Coliform Rule. The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that Kentucky'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 Commonwealth of Kentucky'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 28, 2020, 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 28, 2020,
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 her own motion, this determination shall become final
and effective on September 28, 2020. 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: The main
lobby of the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (KEEC), 300 Sower
Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. Due to COVID-19, those intending
to view documents at this location should contact Ms. Alicia Jacobs,
KEEC, by telephone at (502) 782-6987 at least 30 minutes prior to
arriving at KEEC to coordinate viewing. Documents relating to the
determination are also available online at https://eec.ky.gov/Environmental-Protection/Water/Pages/Water-Public-Notices-and-Hearings.aspx for inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Froneberger, EPA Region 4, Safe
Drinking Water Branch, by mail at the Atlanta street address given
above, by telephone at (404) 562-9446, or by email at
froneberger.dale@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commonwealth of Kentucky has submitted
requests that the EPA approve revisions to the Commonwealth's Safe
Drinking Water Act Public Water System Supervision Program to include
the authority to implement and enforce the Interim Enhanced Surface
Water Treatment Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions, Filter
Backwash Recycling Rule, and Revised Total Coliform Rule. For the
requests to be approved, the EPA must find the commonwealth regulations
codified at Title 401 KAR chapter 8 to be no less stringent than the
federal rules codified at 40 CFR part 141. The EPA reviewed Kentucky's
applications using the federal statutory provisions (Section 1413 of
the Safe Drinking Water Act), federal regulations
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(at 40 CFR parts 141 and 142), commonwealth regulations, commonwealth
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
Kentucky 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 her own motion, this approval shall become final and
effective on September 28, 2020.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142.
Dated: August 21, 2020.
Mary Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2020-18935 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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