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

Long Term 2 Surface Water Treatment Rule

&

Stage 2 Disinfection By-Products Rule

Status:

The primacy revision applications submitted by the State of Tennessee
(State) for its Long Term 2 Surface Water Treatment and Stage 2
Disinfection By-Products Rules (Rules) have been reviewed by the
Drinking Water Section (DWS) and the Office of Water Legal Support
(OWLS). Both offices have concluded that the regulations are no less
stringent than the corresponding federal regulations.

Background:

The State submitted requests that the Region approve revisions to the
State’s Safe Drinking Water Act Primacy Program to include the
authority to implement and enforce these Rules.

As required by 40 C.F.R. § 142.12(c)(1)(iii), and pursuant to authority
as the Attorney General of Tennessee, the Attorney General certifies
that the laws of the State of Tennessee to carry out the program set
forth in the “Program Description” submitted by the Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) have been duly adopted
and are enforceable. Furthermore, the Attorney General certified that
the State has not enacted any environmental audit privilege or immunity
laws. 

The DWS and the OWLS staff reviewed these packages using the federal and
state regulations, crosswalks, and guidance to determine whether these
Rules are approvable.  The EPA Headquarters Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water and Region 4 staff determined that these Rules were no
less stringent on August 27 and September 25, 2007, respectively.

Notice of EPA’s tentative approval of the State’s revisions to these
Rules 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.

