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title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On July 18, 2018, the Indiana 

Department of Environmental 

Management (IDEM) submitted an 

application titled Compliance 

Monitoring Data Portal for revision to its 

EPA-approved drinking water program 

under title 40 CFR to allow new 

electronic reporting. EPA reviewed 

IDEM’s request to revise its EPAauthorized program and, based on this 

review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program revision 

set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In 

accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this 

notice of EPA’s decision to approve 

Indiana’s request to revise its Part 142 

— National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program to 

allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR 

part 141 is being published in the 

Federal Register. 

IDEM was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Also, in today’s notice, EPA is 

informing interested persons that they 

may request a public hearing on EPA’s 

action to approve the State of Indiana’s 

request to revise its authorized National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation program under 40 CFR 

part 142, in accordance with 40 CFR 

3.1000(f), to allow for electronic 

reporting. Requests for a hearing must 

be submitted to EPA within 30 days of 

publication of today’s Federal Register 

notice. Such requests should include 

the following information: (1) The 

name, address and telephone number of 

the individual, organization or other 

entity requesting a hearing; (2) A brief 

statement of the requesting person’s 

interest in EPA’s determination, a brief 

explanation as to why EPA should hold 

a hearing, and any other information 

that the requesting person wants EPA to 

consider when determining whether to 

grant the request; (3) 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. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will provide notice of 

the hearing in the Federal Register not 

less than 15 days prior to the scheduled 

hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for hearing may be denied by 

EPA. Following such a public hearing, 

EPA will review the record of the 

hearing and issue an order either 

affirming today’s determination or 

rescinding such determination. If no 

timely request for a hearing is received 

and granted, EPA’s approval of the State 

of Indiana’s request to revise its part 

142—National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program to 

allow electronic reporting will become 

effective 30 days after today’s notice is 

published, pursuant to CROMERR 

section 3.1000(f)(4). 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Management. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R10–CERCLA–10–2017–0170; FRL– 

9980–22—Region 10] 

Proposed CERCLA Administrative 

Cost Recovery Settlement; Absorbent 

Technologies Site, Albany, Oregon 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA) notice is hereby given of a 

proposed administrative settlement for 

recovery of response costs incurred for 

the Absorbent Technologies Site located 

in Albany, Oregon. The settling parties 

are River City Environmental, Inc. 

(River City), David L. Ellis, Pamela L. 

Ellis, and Farouk Al-Hadi. The proposed 

settlement requires the settling parties 

to pay a total of $187,500 to the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Hazardous Substance Superfund. Of 

that amount, River City will pay 

$75,000, and Mr. Ellis, Ms. Ellis, and 

Mr. Al-Hadi will jointly pay $112,500. 

Upon payment of those sums, the 

settling parties will be released from 

their obligations for payments to EPA 

for costs EPA incurred at the Site prior 

to the effective date of the proposed 

settlement. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

CERCLA–10–2017–0170, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. 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. 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 http://

www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

proposed settlement is available for 

public inspection at the U.S. EPA 

Region 10 office located at 805 SW 

Broadway, Suite 500, in Portland, 

Oregon. Contact Tom Townsend, EPA 

Management Analyst, at (503) 326–2763 

or townsend.tom@epa.gov to arrange a 

viewing of the proposed settlement. A 

copy of the proposed settlement may 

also be obtained by contacting Richard 

Mednick, EPA Associate Regional 

Counsel, at (206) 553–1797 or 

mednick.richard@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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General Information 

The Absorbent Technologies Site is 

comprised of two properties where a 

company manufactured a soil additive 

which allowed farmers to use less water. 

This manufacturing process involved 

the use of chemicals, including 

acrylonitrile, hydrogen cyanide, 

potassium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, 

phosphoric acid, methanol and toxic 

metals. The properties which comprise 

the Site are located at 2830 Ferry Street 

SW, and 140 SW Queen Avenue in 

Albany, Oregon. When the 

manufacturing operations ceased in 

October 2013, a substantial amount of 

chemicals were discarded on-site. 

Following a notice from the Albany Fire 

Department, EPA required and 

performed cleanup activities at the Site 

through April 2014. In a 2014 

settlement, EPA received a payment of 

$250,000 from owners and operators of 

the Site. That settlement resolved a cost 

claim of approximately $500,000. The 

proposed administrative settlement 

agreement which is currently subject to 

public comment will require River City 

Environmental, Inc., David L. Ellis, 

Pamela L. Ellis, and Farouk Al-Hadi, 

four owners of personal or real property 

at the Queen Avenue portion of the Site, 

to pay EPA a total of $187,500. These 

parties also funded or performed some 

of the cleanup work required by EPA at 

the Site. Subsequent to the 2014 

settlement, EPA incurred approximately 

$364,786 in additional response costs 

for the Queen Avenue portion of the 

Site. Pursuant to the terms of the 

proposed CERCLA section 122(h)(1) 

Settlement Agreement for Recovery of 

Response Costs, the settling parties will 

pay EPA a total of $187,500. Of that 

amount, River City will pay $75,000, 

and Mr. Ellis, Ms. Ellis, and Mr. Al-Hadi 

will jointly pay $112,500. In return for 

those payments, EPA covenants not to 

sue the settling parties for past response 

costs—response costs incurred by EPA 

prior to the effective date of the 

proposed Settlement Agreement—at the 

Site. For 30 days following the date of 

publication of this document, EPA will 

receive written comments relating to the 

proposed settlement. EPA will consider 

all comments received and may modify 

or withdraw its consent to the 

settlement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

EPA’s response to any comments 

received will be available for public 

inspection at the U.S. EPA Region 10 

offices located at 1200 Sixth Avenue in 

Seattle, Washington, and 805 SW 

Broadway, Suite 500, in Portland, 

Oregon. 

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Calvin Terada, 

Emergency Management Program Manager, 

Region 10 Office of Environmental Cleanup. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0573; FRL–9982–04- 

Region 1] 

Program Requirement Revisions 

Related to the Public Water System 

Supervision Programs for the State of 

Connecticut and the State of New 

Hampshire 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the State of Connecticut and the State of 

New Hampshire are in the process of 

revising their respective approved 

Public Water System Supervision 

(PWSS) programs to meet the 

requirements of the Safe Drinking Water 

Act (SDWA). 

DATES: A request for a public hearing 

must be submitted on or before 

September 13, 2018 to the Regional 

Administrator. 

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to 

this determination are available for 

inspection between the hours of 8:30 

a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, at the following office(s): 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Ecosystem Protection, 5 Post 

Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 

02109–3912. 

For state-specific documents: 

Connecticut Department of Public 

Health, Drinking Water Section, 410 

Capital Avenue, Hartford, CT 06134; 

and New Hampshire Department of 

Environmental Services, Drinking 

Water and Groundwater Bureau, 29 

Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03302– 

0095. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri 

Weiss, U.S. EPA-New England, Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, telephone (617) 

918–1568). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The State of Connecticut has adopted 

drinking water regulations for the Stage 

1 Disinfectant and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule (63 FR 69390) 

promulgated on December 16, 1998, and 

the Stage 2 Disinfectant and 

Disinfection Byproducts Rule (71 FR 

388) promulgated on January 4, 2006. 

After review of the submitted 

documentation, EPA has determined 

that the State of Connecticut’s Stage 1 

Disinfectant and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule and Stage 2 

Disinfectant and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule are no less stringent 

than the corresponding federal 

regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to 

approve Connecticut’s PWSS program 

revision for these rules. 

The State of New Hampshire has 

adopted drinking water regulations for 

the Ground Water Rule (71 FR 65574) 

promulgated on November 8, 2006, the 

Lead and Copper Short Term Revisions 

Rule (72 FR 57782) promulgated on 

October 10, 2007, the Revised Total 

Coliform Rule (78 FR 10269) 

promulgated February 13, 2013, the 

Stage 1 Disinfectant and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule (63 FR 69390) 

promulgated on December 16, 1998, and 

the Stage 2 Disinfectant and 

Disinfection Byproducts Rule (71 FR 

388) promulgated on January 4, 2006. 

After review of the submitted 

documentation, EPA has determined 

that the state of New Hampshire’s 

Groundwater Rule, Lead and Copper 

Short-Term Revisions Rule, Revised 

Total Coliform Rule, Stage 1 

Disinfectant and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule, and the Stage 2 

Disinfectant and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule are no less stringent 

than the corresponding federal 

regulations. In addition, EPA’s primary 

enforcement responsibility regulations 

require states that accept electronic 

documents to have adopted regulations 

consistent with 40 CFR part 3 

(Electronic reporting). New Hampshire 

accepts electronic documents and is in 

the process of adopting the necessary 

regulations that will supplement the 

State’s legal authority under the State’s 

Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. 

Therefore, EPA intends to approve New 

Hampshire’s PWSS program revision for 

these rules. 

II. Public Hearing Requests 

All interested parties may request a 

public hearing for any of the EPA 

determinations. 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 this date, 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 his/her own motion, this 


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