47598 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 158 / Thursday, August 14, 2008 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8704–9] 

Conference Call of the Total Coliform 

Rule Distribution System Advisory 

Committee—Notice of Public 

Conference Call 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is giving notice of a 

conference call of the Total Coliform 

Rule Distribution System Advisory 

Committee (TCRDSAC). The purpose of 

this conference call is to discuss the 

Total Coliform Rule (TCR) revision and 

information about distribution systems 

issues that may impact water quality. 

The TCRDSAC advises and makes 

recommendations to the Agency on 

revisions to the TCR, and on what 

information should be collected, 

research conducted, and/or risk 

management strategies evaluated to 

better inform distribution system 

contaminant occurrence and associated 

public health risks. 

During this conference call the 

TCRDSAC will continue the 

Committee’s discussions related to 

revisions to the draft Agreement in 

Principle (AIP), which includes 

recommended revisions to the TCR and 

recommendations for research and 

information collection to better 

understand and address possible public 

health impacts from potential 

degradation of drinking water quality in 

the distribution system. 

DATES: The public conference call will 

be held on Wednesday, September 3, 

2008 (1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time 

(ET)). Attendees should register for the 

conference call to receive the call in 

information by calling Kate Zimmer at 

(202) 965–6387 or by e-mail to 

kzimmer@resolv.org no later than 

August 29, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information, contact Kate 

Zimmer of RESOLVE at (202) 965–6387. 

For technical inquiries, contact Sean 

Conley (conley.sean@epa.gov, (202) 

564–1781), Standards and Risk 

Management Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (MC 4607M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; fax number: (202) 564–3767. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

conference call is open to the public. 

The Committee encourages the public’s 

input and will accept written 

statements. Any person who wishes to 

file a written statement can do so before 

or after a Committee meeting or 

conference call. Written statements 

received by August 29, 2008, will be 

distributed to all members before any 

final discussion or vote is completed. 

Any statements received on or after 

August 30, 2008, will become part of the 

permanent meeting and conference call 

file and will be forwarded to the 

members for their information. 

Special Accommodations 

For information on access or 

accommodations for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Crystal 

Rodgers-Jenkins at (202) 564–5275 or by 

e-mail at rodgersjenkins.crystal@epa.gov. Please allow at 

least 10 days prior to the conference call 

to give EPA time to process your 

request. 

Dated: August 8, 2008. 

Cynthia Dougherty, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8704–6] 

Tentative Approval and Solicitation of 

Request for a Public Hearing for Public 

Water Supply Supervision Program 

Revision for the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is 

revising its approved Public Water 

Supply Supervision Program. The EPA 

has determined that these revisions are 

no less stringent than the corresponding 

Federal regulations. Therefore, the EPA 

intends to approve these program 

revisions. All interested parties may 

request a public hearing. 

DATES: This determination to approve 

Puerto Rico’s primacy program revision 

application is made pursuant to 40 CFR 

142.12(d)(3). It shall become final and 

effective unless (1) a timely and 

appropriate request for a public hearing 

is received or (2) the Regional 

Administrator elects to hold a public 

hearing on his own motion. Any 

interested person, other than Federal 

Agencies, may request a public hearing. 

A request for a public hearing must be 

submitted to the Regional Administrator 

at the address shown below by 

September 15, 2008. If a substantial 

request for a public hearing is made 

within the requested thirty day time 

frame, a public hearing will be held and 

a notice will be given in the Federal 

Register and a newspaper of general 

circulation. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for a hearing may be denied by 

the Regional Administrator. If no timely 

and appropriate request for a hearing is 

received and the Regional Administrator 

does not elect to hold a hearing on his 

own motion, this determination shall 

become final and effective September 

15, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Any request for a public 

hearing shall include the following 

information: (1) 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 the 

Regional Administrator’s determination 

and a brief statement on information 

that the requesting person intends to 

submit at such hearing; (3) the signature 

of the individual making the requests 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. Requests 

for Public Hearing shall be addressed to: 

Regional Administrator, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency—

Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, 

New York 10007–1866. 

All documents relating to this 

determination are available for 

inspection between the hours of 9 a.m. 

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

at the following offices: 

Puerto Rico Department of Health, 

Public Water Supply Supervision 

Program, 9th Floor—Suite 903, 

Nacional Plaza Building, 431 Ponce 

De Leon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto 

Rico 00917. 

U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency—Region 2, 24th Floor 

Drinking Water Section, 290 

Broadway, New York, New York 

10007–1866. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael J. Lowy, Drinking Water 

Section, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency—Region 2, (212) 637–3830. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has determined to approve an 

application by the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico Department of Health to 

revise its Public Water Supply 

Supervision Primacy Program to 

incorporate regulations no less stringent 

than the EPA’s National Primary 


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