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###### Environmental Protection Agency

          - [FRL-11367-01-R6]

# AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

# ACTION:

Notice of tentative approval and solicitation of requests for a public hearing.

# SUMMARY:

Notice is hereby given that the State of Texas is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) program. Texas has adopted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water rules for the Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) and Ground Water Rule (GWR). Therefore, EPA intends to approve these PWSS program revision packages.

# DATES:

Comments or a request for a public hearing must be submitted by November 6, 2023, to the Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 6 address shown below.

# ADDRESSES:

                        All documents relating to this determination are available for inspection between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the following offices: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Water Supply Division, Public Drinking Water Section (MC-155), Building F, 12100 Park 35 Circle, Austin, TX 78753;                               ( print page 69179)                            and United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Drinking Water Section (6WD-DD), 1201 Elm St., Dallas, TX 75270.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        José G. Rodriguez, EPA Region 6, Drinking Water Section at the Dallas address given above, or by telephone at (214) 665-8087, or by email at                         *Rodriguez.Jose@epa.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing may be denied by the Regional Administrator. However, if a substantial request for a public hearing is made by November 6, 2023, 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 their own motion, this determination shall become final and effective. EPA will publish a document in the                     **Federal Register**                     announcing the date this determination becomes final and effective.                

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.

Texas has adopted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water rules for the Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) and Ground Water Rule (GWR). EPA has determined that the RTCR and GWR submitted by Texas are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to approve these PWSS program revision packages.

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

Dated: September 19, 2023.

Earthea Nance,

Regional Administrator, Region 6.

[FR Doc. 2023-20668 Filed 10-4-23; 8:45 am]

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