67 FR 242 pgs. 77271-77272 - Public Water Supervision Program Revision for the State of Tennessee
Type: NOTICEVolume: 67Number: 242Pages: 77271 - 77272
Docket number: [FRL-7422-6]
FR document: [FR Doc. 02-31676 Filed 12-16-02; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7422-6]
Public Water Supervision Program Revision for the State of Tennessee
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice of tentative approval.
SUMMARY:
Notice is hereby given that the State of Tennessee is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Tennessee has adopted drinking water regulations which incorporate the requirements of the FilterBackwash Recovery Rule and the Radionuclides Rule. EPA has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to approve this State program revision.
All interested parties may request a public hearing. A request for a public hearing must be submitted by January 16, 2003 to the Regional Administrator at the address shown below. Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing may be denied by the Regional Administrator. However, if a substantial request for a public hearing is made by January 16, 2003, a public hearing will be held. If no timely and appropriate request for a hearing is received, and the RegionalAdministrator does not elect to hold a hearing on his own motion, this determination shall become final and effective on January 16, 2003. 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 determination and a brief statement of the information that the requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; (3) The signature of the individual making the request, or, if the request is made on the behalf of an organization or other entity, the signature of a responsible official of the organization or other entity.
ADDRESSES:
All documents relating to this determination are available for inspection between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday throughFriday, at the following offices:Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of WaterSupply, 401 Church Street, LC Tower, Sixth Floor, Nashville, Tennessee,37243-1549, or at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Drinking Water Section, 61 Forsyth Street Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vivian Doyle, EPA Region 4, Drinking Water Section at the Atlanta address given above, or by telephone at (404) 562-9942.
Authority:
Sections 1401 and 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (1996), and 40 CFR parts 141 and 142.
Dated: December 4, 2002.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator,Region 4.
[FR Doc. 02-31676 Filed 12-16-02; 8:45 am]
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