[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 84 (Thursday, April 30, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23940-23941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08642]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 141

[EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0583; FRL-10007-97-OW]
RIN 2040-AF93


Announcement of Preliminary Regulatory Determinations for 
Contaminants on the Fourth Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Request for public comment; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending 
the comment period for the document issued in the Federal Register on 
March 10, 2020, titled ``Announcement of Preliminary Regulatory 
Determinations for Contaminants on the Fourth Drinking Water 
Contaminant Candidate List.'' In response to stakeholder requests, the 
EPA is extending the comment period an additional 30 days from May 11, 
2020 to June 10, 2020. Please note changes for public visitors to the 
EPA Docket Center and Reading Room in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this document.

DATES: Comments for the proposed rule published on March 10, 2020 (85 
FR 14098) must be received on or before June 10, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2019-0583, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/ 
(the EPA's preferred method). Follow the online instructions for 
submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0583. Comments received may be posted without change 
to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information 
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments, see the Public 
Participation under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
document. Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and 
our staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room was closed to public 
visitors on March 31, 2020, to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-
19. Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote customer 
service via email, phone, and webform. We encourage the public to 
submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov or email, as there

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is a temporary suspension of mail delivery to the EPA, and no hand 
deliveries are currently accepted. For further information on the EPA 
Docket Center services and the current status, please visit us online 
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Weisman, Standards and Risk 
Management Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, MC: 
4607M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2822; email address: 
weisman.richard@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2019-
0583 via the https://www.regulations.gov (the EPA's preferred method) 
or any other method listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, 
comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment 
received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a 
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment 
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA 
will generally not consider comments or comment contents located 
outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other 
file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA 
public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, 
and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

II. General Information

    On March 10, 2020, the EPA published in the Federal Register (85 FR 
14098) a request for public comment for the ``Announcement of 
Preliminary Regulatory Determinations for Contaminants on the Fourth 
Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List.'' The proposed preliminary 
determinations and request for comment, as initially published in the 
Federal Register, provided for written comments to be submitted to the 
EPA on or before May 11, 2020 (a 60-day public comment period). Since 
publication, the EPA has received requests for additional time to 
submit comments. The EPA is extending the comment period for 30 days 
until June 10, 2020. The EPA will consider public comments in the 
development of final regulatory determinations for contaminants on the 
Fourth Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List. The Preliminary 
Regulatory Determinations and supporting documents are available at 
https://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0583).

David P. Ross,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2020-08642 Filed 4-28-20; 11:15 am]
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