ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R04-OW-2007-1049; FRL-____-____]

Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions

for the State of North Carolina

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice of tentative approval.

SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that the State of North Carolina is
revising their Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) program to meet
the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).  North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources has adopted drinking
water regulations for the Public Notification Rule.  EPA has determined
that these revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding
federal regulations.  Therefore, EPA intends to approve North
Carolina’s PWSS program for this rule.

DATES:  All interested parties may request a public hearing and/or
submit comments within thirty (30) days of the Federal Register
publication date to the Regional Administrator at the address shown
below.  Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a public hearing may be
denied by the Regional Administrator.  However, if a substantial request
for a public hearing is made within the 30 days, a public hearing will
be held.  If no timely and appropriate request is received, and the
Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing on his/her own
motion, this determination shall become final and effective 30 days
after the publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES:  All documents relating to this determination are available
for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding federal holidays, at U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, Water Management Division, Ground Water and
Drinking Water Branch, Drinking Water Section, 61 Forsyth Street, SW,
Atlanta, GA 30303.  For documents specific to this State: North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Public Water Supply
Section, 1634 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699.

You may also submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-R04-OW-2007-1049, in one of the following methods:

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

	E-mail: shadle.jennifer@epa.gov

	Fax: (404) 562-9439

Instructions:  Direct your comments to Docket ID No.
EPA-R04-OW-2007-1049.  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 through   HYPERLINK
http://www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov  or e-mail, information
that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected.  The   HYPERLINK
http://www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov  website is an
“anonymous access” system, which means 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 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, 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 EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, 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 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 .

Docket:  All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the  
HYPERLINK http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/index.jsp www.regulations.gov 
index.  Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.  Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is
not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard
copy form.  Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in   HYPERLINK http://www.regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov  or in hard copy at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4 Office.  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Jennifer Shadle, Drinking Water Section at (404) 562-9436 or at  
HYPERLINK "mailto:shadle.jennifer@epa.gov"  shadle.jennifer@epa.gov .

AUTHORITY: Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended in
1996 and 

the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations in 40 CFR Part 142.

Dated:

J. I. Palmer, Jr.

Regional Administrator

Region 4

Billing Code 6560-50P

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