FACT SHEET ON NORTH CAROLINA’S REQUEST TO REVISE ITS PUBLIC WATER
SYSTEM SUPERVISION PROGRAM

Public Notification Rule

Status:

The primacy revision application submitted by the State of North
Carolina (State) for its Public Notification Rule (Rule) has been
reviewed by the Drinking Water Section (DWS) and the Office of Water
Legal Support (OWLS).  Both offices have concluded that this regulation
is no less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations.  

Background:	

The State submitted a request that the Region approve the revision to
the State’s Safe Drinking Water Act Primacy Program to include the
authority to implement and enforce this Rule.

As required by 40 C.F.R. §142.12(c)(1)(iii), and pursuant to authority
delegated by the Attorney General of The State of North Carolina, the
Senior Deputy Attorney General, Environmental Division, North Carolina
Department of Justice, certified that the laws of the State to carry out
this Rule have been duly adopted and are enforceable.   Furthermore, the
Senior Deputy Attorney General certified that the State has not enacted
any environmental audit privilege or immunity laws.

The DWS and the OWLS staff reviewed this package using the federal
regulations, state regulations, and guidance to determine whether this
Rule is approvable.

Notice of EPA’s tentative approval of the State’s revision to this
Rule will be published in the federal register.  Should no appropriate
request for a hearing be submitted within thirty (30) days of this
publication, EPA’s approval will automatically become final.

OMB Issues

Not Applicable

Anticipated Stakeholder Reaction

The program does not anticipate adverse stakeholder reaction or requests
for a hearing.

