ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0520; FRL _XXXX-X]

40 CFR Part 147

State of Tennessee; Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Primacy

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public comment period and of public hearing.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce that: (1) the EPA has
received a complete application from the State of Tennessee requesting
approval of its Underground Injection Control program; (2) the EPA has
determined the application contains all the required elements; (3) the
application is available for inspection and copying at the address
appearing below; (4) public comments are requested; and (5) a public
hearing will be held. 

DATES: Requests for a public hearing and/or to present oral testimony
must be received by May 31, 2012; if determined to be warranted, the
Public Hearing will be held on June 7, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Requests to
testify may be mailed to Fred McManus, Chief, Ground Water and SDWA
Enforcement Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61
Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.  If it is determined that a
hearing is warranted, it will be held on the 17th Floor Conference Room
B, L&C Tower, 401 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37243. Comments
will be accepted until June 14, 2012. The EPA will determine by June 4,
2012, whether there is sufficient interest to warrant a public hearing.
Contact Nancy H. Marsh to determine if a hearing is warranted (see the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section).

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0520, by one of the following methods:

 HYPERLINK "http://www.regulations.gov" www.regulations.gov : Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting comments.

	•	Email: marsh.nancy@epa.gov.

	•	Fax:  (404) 562-9439.

Mail: State of Tennessee; Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program
Primacy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Hand Delivery: Water
Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the Docket’s normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.

Instructions:  Direct your comments to Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0520. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
online at  HYPERLINK "http://www.regulations.gov" www.regulations.gov ,
including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes
information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not
submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected
through  HYPERLINK "http://www.regulations.gov" www.regulations.gov  or
e-mail. The  HYPERLINK "http://www.regulations.gov" www.regulations.gov 
website is an “anonymous access” system, which means the EPA will
not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in
the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to the
EPA without going through  HYPERLINK "http://www.regulations.gov"
www.regulations.gov , your e-mail address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment,
the EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you
submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the EPA may not
be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use
of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any
defects or viruses. For additional information about the EPA’s public
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at  HYPERLINK
"http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm"
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm  of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.

Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the  HYPERLINK
"http://www.regulations.gov" www.regulations.gov  index.  Although
listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g.,
CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically in  HYPERLINK
"http://www.regulations.gov" www.regulations.gov  or in hard copy at the
following locations:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Library, 9th Floor, 61
Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The Library is open from
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
The telephone number for the Library is 

(404) 562-8190. 

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, 6th Floor,
401Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee 32743, The Library is open from
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
The telephone number for the Library is 

(615) 532-0191. 

State of Tennessee; Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program Primacy
Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW,
Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OW Docket is (202)
566-2426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy H. Marsh, Safe Drinking Water Branch, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia
30303; telephone number:  404-562-9450. Fax number:  404-562-9439; email
address: marsh.nancy@epa.gov. Comments should also be sent to this
address.

 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State of Tennessee has submitted an
application to regulate Class I, II, III, IV and V injection wells in
the State. The application was determined to be complete because it
included all of the requirements of 40 CFR § 145.22(a): a letter from
the Governor requesting program approval; a complete description of the
State Underground Injection Control program; a statement of legal
authority; a memorandum of agreement between the State of Tennessee and
the EPA, Region 4; copies of all applicable rules and forms; and a
showing of the State’s public participation process prior to program
submission. 

Date:  

A. Stanley Meiburg,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.

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