[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 41 (Monday, March 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 12288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04228]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R07-OW-2020-0061; FRL-10005-74-Region 7]


Notice of Approval of the Primacy Revision Application for the 
Public Water Supply Supervision Program From the State of Missouri

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of approval and solicitation of requests for a public 
hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby giving 
notice that the state of Missouri is revising its approved Public Water 
Supply Supervision Program delegated to the Missouri Department of 
Natural Resources (MDNR). EPA has reviewed the application and intends 
to approve these program revisions.

DATES: This determination to approve the Missouri program revision is 
made pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3). This determination shall become 
final on April 1, 2020, unless (1) a timely and appropriate request for 
a public hearing is received or (2) the Regional Administrator elects 
to hold a public hearing on his own motion. Any interested person, 
other than Federal Agencies, may request a public hearing.
    A request for a public hearing must be submitted to the Regional 
Administrator at the address shown below by April 1, 2020. If a request 
for a public hearing is made within the requested thirty-day time 
frame, a public hearing will be held and a notice will be given in the 
Federal Register and a newspaper of general circulation. Frivolous or 
insubstantial requests for a hearing may be denied by the Regional 
Administrator. If no timely and appropriate request for a hearing is 
received, and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a 
hearing on his own motion, this determination will become final on 
April 1, 2020.
    All interested parties may request a public hearing on the approval 
to the Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 7 address shown below.

ADDRESSES: Requests for public hearing shall be addressed to: Regional 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, 11201 Renner 
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Harden, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 7, Groundwater and Drinking Water Branch, 
(913) 551-7723, or by email at harden.samantha@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is hereby giving notice that the 
state of Missouri is revising its approved Public Water Supply 
Supervision Program. MDNR revised their program by incorporating the 
following EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Lead and 
Copper: Short-Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications (72 FR 
57781, October 10, 2007) and Revised Total Coliform Rule (78 FR 10269, 
February 13, 2013). The EPA has determined that MDNR's program 
revisions are consistent with and no less stringent than Federal 
regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to approve these program revisions.

Public Hearing Requests

    Any request for a public hearing shall include the following 
information: (1) 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 a brief statement on information that 
the requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; (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. Requests for 
public hearing shall be addressed to: Regional Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, 11201 Renner Boulevard, 
Lenexa, Kansas 66219.
    All documents relating to this determination are available for 
inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through 
Friday at the following offices: (1) Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 7, Groundwater and Drinking Water Branch, Water Division, 11201 
Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 and (2) the Missouri Department 
of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102.

    Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended, and 40 CFR 142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13.

    Dated: February 25, 2020.
James Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2020-04228 Filed 2-28-20; 8:45 am]
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