[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 200 (Thursday, October 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65400-65401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22730]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10015-35-Region 4]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of
South Carolina
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of intended approval.
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SUMMARY: This notice is hereby given that the State of South Carolina
is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. South
Carolina has adopted drinking water regulations for the 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 South Carolina'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 South Carolina'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 November 16, 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 November 16, 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 November 16, 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
office of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control (SCDHEC), 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201. Due
to COVID-19, those intending to view documents at this location should
contact Richard Welch, Bureau of Water, SCDHEC, by telephone at (803)
898-3546 at least 24 hours prior to arriving at SCDHEC to coordinate
viewing. Documents relating to the determination are also available
online at https://www.scdhec.gov/public-water-system-supervision-program-revision 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 State of South Carolina 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 Ground Water Rule, Lead and
Copper Rule Short-Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications, and
Revised Total Coliform Rule. For the requests to be approved, the EPA
must find the state regulations codified at S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 61-58
to be no less stringent than the federal rules codified at 40 CFR part
141. The EPA reviewed South Carolina'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 South
Carolina 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 November 16, 2020.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142.
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Dated: September 29, 2020.
Mary Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2020-22730 Filed 10-14-20; 8:45 am]
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