[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 35423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12539]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10010-25-Region 5]


Public Water System Supervision Program Approval for the State of 
Michigan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) has tentatively approved a revision to the state of 
Michigan's Public Water System Supervision Program under the federal 
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by adopting the Revised Total Coliform 
Rule. The EPA has determined this revision is no less stringent than 
the corresponding federal regulation. Therefore, the EPA intends to 
approve this revision to the state of Michigan's Public Water System 
Supervision Program, thereby giving Michigan Department of Environment, 
Great Lakes, and Energy primary enforcement responsibility for this 
regulation. This approval action does not extend to public water 
systems in Indian Country. By approving this rule, EPA does not intend 
to affect the rights of federally recognized Indian Tribes in Michigan, 
nor does it intend to limit existing rights of the state of Michigan.

DATES: Any interested party may request a public hearing on this 
determination. A request for a public hearing must be submitted by July 
10, 2020. The EPA Region 5 Administrator may deny frivolous or 
insubstantial requests for a hearing. However, if a substantial request 
for a public hearing is made by July 10, 2020, EPA Region 5 will hold a 
public hearing, and a notice of such hearing will be published in the 
Federal Register and a newspaper of general circulation. Any request 
for a public hearing shall include the following information: the name, 
address, and telephone number of the individual, organization, or other 
entity requesting a hearing; a brief statement of the requesting 
person's interest in the Regional Administrator's determination and a 
brief statement of the information that the requesting person intends 
to submit at such hearing; and 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.
    If EPA Region 5 does not receive a timely and appropriate request 
for a hearing and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a 
hearing on his own motion, this determination shall become final and 
effective on July 10, 2020 and no further public notice will be issued.

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to this determination are available 
for inspection at the following offices between the hours of 9 a.m. and 
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for official holidays and unless 
the offices are closed due to COVID 19: Michigan Department of 
Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, Drinking Water and Environmental 
Health Division, 525 W Allegan, Constitution Hall 4th floor, Lansing, 
MI 48909-7741; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, 
Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch (WG-15J), 77 W Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, IL 60604. Requestors can email Jennifer Kurtz Crooks, 
crooks.jennifer@epa.gov, to receive documents related to this 
determination in the case of office closures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Kurtz Crooks, EPA Region 5, 
Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by 
telephone at 312-886-0244, or at crooks.jennifer@epa.gov.

    Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 
U.S.C. 300g-2, and the federal regulations implementing Section 1413 
of the Act set forth at 40 CFR part 142.

    Dated: June 4, 2020.
Kurt Thiede,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2020-12539 Filed 6-9-20; 8:45 am]
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