Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 147 / Thursday, July 31, 1997 / Notices 41049

3This supersedes the downstream enforcement

timing discussed in ‘‘RFG/Anti-Dumping Questions

and Answers, November 12, 1996’’.

beginning November 28, 19973. In the

case of retail outlets and wholesale

purchaser-consumer facilities located in

the affected covered areas EPA will

enforce the new oxygen standard

beginning December 29, 1997. EPA

intends to initiate a rulemaking to revise

§ 80.41(p) to reflect the need for

additional downstream transition time

when a standard is changed.

Mary D. Nichols,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

Sylvia K. Lowrance,

Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance.

[FR Doc. 97–20220 Filed 7–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5866–5]

Safe Drinking Water Act State Primary

Enforcement Program Revision

Approval: New York State

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action.

SUMMARY: This Notice announces EPA’s

approval of a state primary enforcement

program revision application from New

York State to include the Surface Water

Treatment Rule.

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective June

3, 1997, except as noted below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of EPA’s final determination and

response to comments are available for

public distribution by writing to USEPA

Region II, Division of Environmental

Planning and Protection, 290 Broadway,

28th Floor, New York, New York,

10007–1866, ATTN: NYC Watershed

Team or by calling (212) 637–3519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

29, 1989, EPA promulgated the Surface

Water Treatment Rule (SWTR), 40 CFR

part 141, subpart H under authority of

the Safe Drinking Water Act. As

prescribed under 40 CFR 142.12,

Revision of State Program, states with

primary enforcement responsibility

(primacy) for the Safe Drinking Water

Act (SDWA) must adopt all new and

revised national primary drinking water

regulations (NPDWRs). States must

submit primacy program revision

application packages to EPA regions for

approval of the program revision. The

package must sufficiently demonstrate

that the state’s revised regulations are

no less stringent than the federal

regulations and that they are enforceable

by the state. If the application meets the

requirements of 40 CFR 142.12, it is to

be approved by EPA.

On March 11, 1992, the New York

State Department of Health (NYSDOH)

promulgated its own surface water

treatment regulations as part of the State

Sanitary Code and, thereafter, applied to

EPA for primacy program revision to

include these regulations. EPA reviewed

the NYSDOH’s request to revise its

Public Water System Supervision

Primacy Program regulations. Based on

this review EPA found that the

regulations, when compared to the

federal SWTR regulations (40 CFR part

141, subpart H), met the standards for

approval of primacy program revision

set out in 40 CFR part 142, subpart B.

The NYSDOH was notified of EPA’s

initial determination to approve its

application in a letter dated July 22,

1993.

In accordance with 40 CFR 142.13 a

notice of EPA’s initial decision to

approve NYSDOH’s application was

published in the Federal Register on

July 30, 1993 and in several newspapers

of general circulation throughout the

State shortly thereafter. The Notices

included an opportunity to request a

public hearing. A public hearing was

requested by The Coalition of

Watershed Towns and Putnam County

within the allowed 30 day request

period. Accordingly, EPA held a public

hearing on December 7, 1993. EPA

received written and oral comments at

the hearing and thereafter. Subsequent

to the public hearing, EPA must either

affirm or rescind its initial

determination by order pursuant to 40

CFR 142.13(f).

A final decision was delayed due to

challenges to New York City’s proposed

promulgation of revised watershed

regulations and critical watershed

protection programs set forth in EPA’s

1993 Filtration Avoidance

Determination (FAD) for New York

City’s Catskill/Delaware water supply

system. This led to negotiations between

EPA, New York City, New York State,

the Coalition of Watershed Towns,

several counties and environmental

groups over the next two years, causing

further delays. The negotiations resulted

in the New York City Watershed

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA),

executed January 21, 1997.

As part of the New York City

Watershed Memorandum of Agreement

(MOA) signed on January 21, 1997, the

State and EPA agreed that EPA will

retain SWTR primacy for New York

City’s Catskill/Delaware water supply

system until May 15, 2007. Therefore,

EPA’s approval of the State’s

application for SWTR primacy with

respect to this system will become

effective on May 15, 2007. The reason

for EPA retaining primacy during this

period is to provide the appropriate

oversight of New York City’s

implementation of the conditions of a

Filtration Avoidance Determination

which EPA issued on May 6, 1997. This

period will allow EPA to continue its

work with the City to ensure the City

meets the conditions of EPA’s Filtration

Avoidance Determination. It will also

allow time for NYSDOH to strengthen

its oversight program for New York

City’s Catskill/Delaware system. As

provided in the Watershed MOA, during

this period of EPA retained primacy,

EPA and the NYSDOH will work jointly

and cooperatively with respect to

decisions concerning enforcement of the

SWTR as it applies to the Catskill/

Delaware system.

Dated: July 14, 1997.

Jeanne M. Fox,

Regional Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1181–DR]

Michigan; Amendment to Notice of a

Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Michigan, (FEMA–1181-DR), dated July

11, 1997, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Michigan, is hereby amended to include

the following areas among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of July 11, 1997:

Genesee County for Individual Assistance.