90 FR 99 pgs. 22088-22089 - Revision of Approved State Primacy Program for the State of California
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 99Pages: 22088 - 22089
Pages: 22088, 22089Docket number: [FRL-12670-01-R9]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-09273 Filed 5-22-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-12670-01-R9]
Revision of Approved State Primacy Program for the State of California
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice of approval.
SUMMARY:
[top] Notice is hereby given that the State of California revised its approved State primacy program under the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by adopting regulations that effectuate the Federal Public Water System (PWS) Definition. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that California's
DATES:
A request for a public hearing must be received or postmarked before June 23, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Documents relating to this determination that were submitted by California as part of its program revision request are available for public inspection at the following locations:
Redding, CA: 364 Knollcrest Drive, Suite 101, Redding, CA 96002, for an appointment at this location please call (530) 224-4800;
Sacramento, C: 1001 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814, for an appointment at this location please call (916) 449-5577;
Fresno, CA: 265 West Bullard Avenue, Suite 101 Fresno, CA 93704, for an appointment at this location please call (559) 447-3300; or
Glendale, CA: 500 North Central Avenue, Suite 500, Glendale, CA 91203, for an appointment at this location please call (818) 551-2004.
Documents may also be provided by email by submitting a request to DDWRegUnit@waterboards.ca.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daria Evans-Walker, EPA Region 9, Drinking Water Section; via telephone at (415) 972-3451 or via email address at evans-walker.daria@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background. EPA approved California's initial application for primary enforcement authority ("primacy") of drinking water systems on June 9, 1978 (43 FR 25180). Since initial primacy approval, EPA has approved various revisions to California's primacy program. For the revision covered by this action, EPA promulgated rules incorporating the PWS Definition as a requirement of primacy at 40 CFR 141.2 on April 28, 1998 (63 FR 23362) and EPA issued guidance on the PWS definition on August 5, 1998 (63 FR 41940). EPA has determined that California has adopted into state law PWS Definition requirements that are comparable to and no less stringent than the Federal requirements. EPA has also determined that the State's program revision request 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 demonstrating the corresponding State authorities, additional materials to support special primacy requirements of 40 CFR 142.16, a review of the requirements contained in 40 CFR 142.10 necessary for States to attain and retain primary enforcement responsibility, and a statement by the California Attorney General certifying that California's laws and regulations to carry out the program revision were duly adopted and are enforceable. The Attorney General's statement also affirms that there are no environmental audit privilege and immunity laws that would impact California's ability to implement or enforce the California laws and regulations pertaining to the program revision. Therefore, EPA approves this revision of California's approved State primacy program. The Technical Support Document, which provides EPA's analysis of California's program revision request, is available by submitting a request to the following email address: R9dw-program@epa.gov. Please note "Technical Support Document" in the subject line of the email.
Public Process. Any interested person may request a public hearing on this determination. A request for a public hearing must be received or postmarked before June 23, 2025 and addressed to the Regional Administrator of EPA Region 9, via the following email address: R9dw-program@epa.gov, or by contacting the EPA Region 9 contact person listed above in this notice by telephone if you do not have access to email. Please note "State Program Revision Determination" in the subject line of the email. The Regional Administrator may deny frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing. If a timely request for a public hearing is made, then EPA Region 9 may 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 determination and of 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 request for a hearing or a request for a hearing was denied by the Regional Administrator for being frivolous or insubstantial, and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing on their own motion, EPA's approval shall become final and effective on June 23, 2025, 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: April 18, 2025.
Joshua F.W. Cook,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2025-09273 Filed 5-22-25; 8:45 am]
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