[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 200 (Thursday, October 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65400-65401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22730]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10015-35-Region 4]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of 
South Carolina

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of intended approval.

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SUMMARY: This notice is hereby given that the State of South Carolina 
is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. South 
Carolina has adopted drinking water regulations for the Ground Water 
Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Short-Term Regulatory Revisions and 
Clarifications, and Revised Total Coliform Rule. The Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that South Carolina's 
regulations are no less stringent than these federal rules and the 
revisions otherwise meet applicable Safe Drinking Water Act 
requirements. Therefore, the EPA intends to approve these revisions to 
the State of South Carolina's Public Water System Supervision Program.

DATES: Any interested person may request a public hearing. A request 
for a public hearing must be submitted by November 16, 2020, to the 
Regional Administrator at the following address: U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street 
SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The Regional Administrator may deny 
frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing. However, if a 
substantial request for a public hearing is made by November 16, 2020, 
a public hearing will be held. If no timely and appropriate request for 
a hearing is received and the Regional Administrator does not elect to 
hold a hearing on her own motion, this determination shall become final 
and effective on November 16, 2020. 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.

ADDRESSES: Documents relating to this determination are available for 
inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through 
Friday (excluding legal holidays), at the following location: The main 
office of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental 
Control (SCDHEC), 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201. Due 
to COVID-19, those intending to view documents at this location should 
contact Richard Welch, Bureau of Water, SCDHEC, by telephone at (803) 
898-3546 at least 24 hours prior to arriving at SCDHEC to coordinate 
viewing. Documents relating to the determination are also available 
online at https://www.scdhec.gov/public-water-system-supervision-program-revision for inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Froneberger, EPA Region 4, Safe 
Drinking Water Branch, by mail at the Atlanta street address given 
above, by telephone at (404) 562-9446, or by email at 
froneberger.dale@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State of South Carolina has submitted 
requests that the EPA approve revisions to the State's Safe Drinking 
Water Act Public Water System Supervision Program to include the 
authority to implement and enforce the Ground Water Rule, Lead and 
Copper Rule Short-Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications, and 
Revised Total Coliform Rule. For the requests to be approved, the EPA 
must find the state regulations codified at S.C. Code Ann. Regs. 61-58 
to be no less stringent than the federal rules codified at 40 CFR part 
141. The EPA reviewed South Carolina's applications using the federal 
statutory provisions (Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act), 
federal regulations (at 40 CFR parts 141 and 142), state regulations, 
state policies and procedures for implementing the rules, regulatory 
crosswalks, and the EPA regulatory guidance to determine whether the 
requests for revision are approvable. The EPA determined that the South 
Carolina regulations are no less stringent than the corresponding 
federal rules and the revisions otherwise meet applicable Safe Drinking 
Water Act requirements. Therefore, the EPA intends to approve these 
revisions. If the EPA does not receive a timely and appropriate request 
for a hearing and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a 
hearing on her own motion, this approval shall become final and 
effective on November 16, 2020.

    Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142.


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    Dated: September 29, 2020.
Mary Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2020-22730 Filed 10-14-20; 8:45 am]
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