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National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and 

Oxides of Sulfur: Second Draft can be 

accessed at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/ 

naaqs/standards/no2so2sec/ 

cr_rea.html. The agenda and other 

materials for the CASAC meetings will 

be posted on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/casac. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for consideration on the 

topics included in this advisory activity. 

Oral Statements: In general, individuals 

or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at the public meeting will 

be limited to five minutes per speaker, 

with no more than a total of one hour 

for all speakers. Public statements 

during the teleconference will be 

limited to three minutes per speaker, 

with no more than a total of thirty 

minutes for all speakers. To be placed 

on the public speaker list for the July 

22–23, 2009 meeting, interested parties 

should notify Ms. Kyndall Barry, DFO, 

by e-mail no later than July 17, 2009. To 

be placed on the public speaker list for 

the August 20, 2009 teleconference, 

interested parties should notify Dr. 

Holly Stallworth, DFO, by e-mail no 

later than August 14, 2009. Written 

Statements: Written statements for the 

July 22–23, 2009 received in the SAB 

Staff Office by July 17, 2009, so that the 

information may be made available to 

the CASAC Panel for its consideration 

prior to this meeting. For the 

teleconference meeting of the chartered 

CASAC on August 20, 2009, statements 

should be received in the SAB Staff 

Office by August 14, 2009. Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

appropriate DFO in the following 

formats: one hard copy with original 

signature and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file format: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Submitters are requested to provide 

versions of each document submitted 

with and without signatures, because 

the SAB Staff Office does not publish 

documents with signatures on its Web 

sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Ms. Barry at 

the phone number or e-mail address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the face-to-face meeting, to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: June 17, 2009. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–14712 Filed 6–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0372; FRL–8921–7] 

Proposed Approval of the Central 

Characterization Project’s RemoteHandled Transuranic Waste 

Characterization Program at General 

Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; opening 

of public comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or the Agency) is 

announcing the availability of, and 

soliciting public comments for 45 days 

on, the proposed approval of the 

radioactive, remote-handled (RH), 

transuranic (TRU) waste 

characterization program implemented 

by the Central Characterization Project 

(CCP) at General Electric Vallecitos 

Nuclear Center in Sunol, California. 

This waste is intended for disposal at 

the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in 

New Mexico. 

In accordance with the WIPP 

Compliance Criteria, EPA evaluated the 

characterization of RH TRU debris waste 

from GEVNC–CCP during an inspection 

conducted on December 2–4, 2008. 

Using the systems and processes 

developed as part of the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 

Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) program, 

EPA verified whether DOE could 

adequately characterize RH TRU waste, 

consistent with the Compliance Criteria. 

The results of EPA’s evaluation of 

GEVNC–CCP’s RH program and its 

proposed approval are described in the 

Agency’s inspection report, which is 

available for review in the public 

dockets listed in ADDRESSES. We will 

consider public comments received on 

or before the due date mentioned in 

DATES. 

This notice summarizes the waste 

characterization processes evaluated by 

EPA and EPA’s proposed approval. As 

required by the 40 CFR 194.8, at the end 

of a 45-day comment period EPA will 

evaluate public comments received, and 

if appropriate, finalize the reports 

responding to the relevant public 

comments, and issue a final report and 

approval letter to DOE. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 7, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2009–0372, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1741. 

• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Attn: Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2009–0372. The Agency’s policy is that 

all comments received will be included 

in the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

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will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. As provided in 

EPA’s regulations at 40 CFR part 2, and 

in accordance with normal EPA docket 

procedures, if copies of any docket 

materials are requested, a reasonable fee 

may be charged for photocopying. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rajani Joglekar or Ed Feltcorn, Radiation 

Protection Division, Center for Waste 

Management and Regulations, Mail 

Code 6608J, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–343–9601; fax 

number: 202–343–2305; e-mail address: 

<joglekar.rajani@epa.gov> or 

<feltcorn.ed@epa.gov>. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

DOE is developing the WIPP, near 

Carlsbad in southeastern New Mexico, 

as a deep geologic repository for 

disposal of TRU radioactive waste. As 

defined by the WIPP Land Withdrawal 

Act (LWA) of 1992 (Pub. L. No. 102– 

579), as amended (Pub. L. No. 104–201), 

TRU waste consists of materials with 

radionuclides that have atomic numbers 

greater than 92 (with half-lives greater 

than twenty years), in concentrations 

greater than 100 nanocuries of alphaemitting TRU isotopes per gram of 

waste. Much of the existing TRU waste 

consists of items contaminated during 

the production of nuclear weapons, 

such as rags, equipment, tools, and 

sludges. 

TRU waste is itself divided into two 

categories, based on its level of 

radioactivity. Contact-handled (CH) 

TRU waste accounts for about 97 

percent of the volume of TRU waste 

currently destined for the WIPP. It is 

packaged in 55-gallon metal drums or in 

metal boxes and can be handled under 

controlled conditions without any 

shielding beyond the container itself. 

The maximum radiation dose at the 

surface of a CH TRU waste container is 

200 millirems per hour. CH waste 

primarily emits alpha particles that are 

easily shielded by a sheet of paper or 

the outer layer of a person’s skin. 

Remote-handled (RH) TRU waste 

emits more radiation than CH TRU 

waste and must therefore be both 

handled and transported in specially 

shielded containers. Surface radiation 

levels of unshielded containers of 

remote-handled transuranic waste 

exceed 200 millirems per hour. RH 

waste primarily emits gamma radiation, 

which is very penetrating and requires 

concrete, lead, or steel to block it. 

On May 13, 1998, EPA issued a final 

certification of compliance for the WIPP 

facility. The final rule was published in 

the Federal Register on May 18, 1998 

(63 FR 27354). EPA officially recertified 

WIPP on March 29, 2006 (71 FR 18015). 

Both the certification and recertification 

determined that WIPP complies with 

the Agency’s radioactive waste disposal 

regulations at 40 CFR part 191, subparts 

B and C, and is therefore safe to contain 

TRU waste. 

The final WIPP certification decision 

includes conditions that (1) prohibit 

shipment of TRU waste for disposal at 

WIPP from any site other than the Los 

Alamos National Laboratories (LANL) 

until the EPA determines that the site 

has established and executed a quality 

assurance program, in accordance with 

194.22(a)(2)(i), 194.24(c)(3), and 

194.24(c)(5) for waste characterization 

activities and assumptions (Condition 2 

of Appendix A to 40 CFR part 194); and 

(2) (with the exception of specific, 

limited waste streams and equipment at 

LANL) prohibit shipment of TRU waste 

for disposal at WIPP (from LANL or any 

other site) until EPA has approved the 

procedures developed to comply with 

the waste characterization requirements 

of 194.22(c)(4) (Condition 3 of 

Appendix A to 40 CFR part 194). The 

EPA’s approval process for waste 

generator sites is described in Section 

194.8 (revised July 2004). 

Condition 3 of the WIPP Certification 

Decision requires EPA to conduct 

independent inspections at DOE’s waste 

generator/storage sites of their TRU 

waste characterization capabilities 

before approving their program and the 

waste for disposal at the WIPP. EPA’s 

inspection and approval process gives 

EPA (a) discretion in establishing 

technical priorities, (b) the ability to 

accommodate variation in the site’s 

waste characterization capabilities, and 

(c) flexibility in scheduling site waste 

characterization inspections. 

As described in Section 194.8(b), 

EPA’s baseline inspections evaluate 

each waste characterization process 

component (equipment, procedures, and 

personnel training/experience) for its 

adequacy and appropriateness in 

characterizing TRU waste destined for 

disposal at WIPP. During an inspection, 

the site demonstrates its capabilities to 

characterize TRU waste(s) and its ability 

to comply with the regulatory limits and 

tracking requirements under 194.24. A 

baseline inspection may describe any 

limitations on approved waste streams 

or waste characterization processes 

[§ 194.8(b)(2)(iii)]. In addition, a 

baseline inspection approval must 

specify what subsequent waste 

characterization program changes or 

expansion should be reported to EPA 

[§ 194.8(b)(4)]. The Agency is required 

to assign Tier 1 (T1) and Tier 2 (T2) 

designations to the reportable changes 

depending on their potential impact on 

data quality. A T1 designation requires 

that the site must notify EPA of 

proposed changes to the approved 

components of an individual waste 

characterization process (such as 

radioassay equipment or personnel), 

and EPA must also approve the change 

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before it can be implemented. A waste 

characterization element with a T2 

designation allows the site to implement 

changes to the approved components of 

individual waste characterization 

processes (such as visual examination 

procedures) but requires EPA 

notification. The Agency may choose to 

inspect the site to evaluate technical 

adequacy before approval. EPA 

inspections conducted to evaluate T1 or 

T2 changes are follow-up inspections 

under the authority of § 194.24(h). In 

addition to the follow-up inspections, if 

warranted, EPA may opt to conduct 

continued compliance inspections at 

TRU waste sites with a baseline 

approval under the authority of 

§ 194.24(h). 

The site inspection and approval 

process outlined in § 194.8 requires EPA 

to issue a Federal Register notice 

proposing the baseline compliance 

decision, docket the inspection report 

for public review, and seek public 

comment on the proposed decision for 

a period of 45 days. The report must 

describe the waste characterization 

processes EPA inspected at the site, as 

well as their compliance with § 194.24 

requirements. 

III. Proposed Baseline Compliance 

Decision 

EPA has performed a baseline 

inspection of RH TRU waste 

characterization activities at GEVNC– 

CCP (EPA Inspection No. EPA–GEVNC– 

CCP–RH–12.08–8). The purpose of 

EPA’s inspection was to verify that the 

waste characterization program 

implemented at GEVNC–CCP for 

characterizing RH TRU, retrievablystored, debris waste is technically 

adequate and meets the regulatory 

requirements at 40 CFR 194.24. 

The RH waste that DOE is proposing 

for WIPP disposal is from the 

decontamination and demolition (D&D) 

of Hot Cell 4 in Building 102 at GEVNC 

between 2008 and 2009. The hot cells 

were used primarily for non-destructive 

examination of fuel materials and the 

production of radionuclide sources. The 

examinations consisted mainly of postirradiation examination (PIE) of 

uranium fuel and reactor components 

until 1982. Since then, the hot cell has 

been used for the production of 

radionuclide sources. 

Initially, CCP was not prepared for the 

EPA inspection and did not provide 

sufficient objective evidence for the 

Agency’s evaluation during the 

inspection. This resulted in EPA 

identifying several significant issues. 

EPA concluded that the inspection 

could not be completed and that 

extensive documentation revisions were 

necessary. In early 2009, CCP provided 

revised documentation in the form of 

additional technical information and 

objective evidence in response to the 

outstanding issues EPA had identified 

previously. These are discussed in 

EPA’s GEVNC Inspection Report (EPA 

DOCKET NO: A–98–49, II–A4–113) 

available in the regulatory docket 

accompanying this FR notice. 

The inspection scope covered only 

one RH waste stream (GEVNC.01); no 

additional RH TRU waste is to be 

generated during the D&D of the Hot 

Cell 4. This inspection’s focus was to 

evaluate the acceptable knowledge (AK) 

records that had been assembled to 

document RH TRU WC activities, in 

conjunction with the development of 

scaling factors, dose-to-curie (DTC) and 

visual examination (VE) to confirm 

physical and radiological contents of 

individual TRU RH debris waste 

containers, and the use of the WIPP 

Waste Information System (WWIS) to 

report and track waste information. This 

inspection was similar to previous EPA 

inspections of CCP WC activities at RH 

waste sites (see Air Docket Nos. A–98– 

49, II–A4–72; A–98–49, II–A4–73; A– 

98–49, II–A4–96; A–98–49, II–A4–104; 

and A–98–49, II–A4–111). Today’s 

proposed baseline approval, therefore, is 

limited to one retrievably-stored RH 

TRU debris waste stream (GEVNC.01). 

The EPA inspection team identified 

one finding and five concerns related to 

WC processes GEVNC–CCP 

implemented to characterize RH debris 

waste (see Attachments B.1 through B.6 

of the accompanying inspection report). 

GEVNC–CCP revised a number of 

specific documents to address the EPA 

finding and concerns. 

After reviewing the documents 

provided by DOE through early 2009, 

EPA determined that the GEVNC–CCP 

RH WC program was technically 

adequate and that all concerns have 

been resolved. Therefore, EPA is 

proposing to approve the following 

GEVNC–CCP RH WC program 

components implemented to 

characterize GEVNC RH Waste Stream 

GEVNC.01 only: 

(1) The AK process for the RH TRU 

debris waste stream designated as 

Waste Stream GEVNC.01 generated 

during the D&D of Hot Cell 4 

(2) The radiological characterization 

process using DTC and scaling 

factors for assigning radionuclide 

values to Waste Stream GEVNC.01 

that is documented in CCP–AK– 

GEV–501, Revision 1, as supported 

by the revised calculation packages 

and detailed in EPA’s GEVNC 

Inspection Report mentioned above 

(3) The VE process to identify waste 

material parameters (WMPs) and 

the physical form of the waste 

(4) The WWIS to submit data for both 

characterization and certification 

for RH TRU waste 

(5) The attainment of pertinent data 

quality objectives (DQOs) 

Since all the RH waste at GEVNC is 

only one debris waste stream from D&D 

activities, no Tier 1 (T1) changes for the 

EPA-evaluated waste characterization 

components are needed. No additional 

RH TRU debris waste streams requiring 

characterization by CCP for disposal at 

the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant will be 

generated. Following an EPA 

inspection, CCP and other TRU sites 

routinely revise WC procedures as 

additional waste containers are 

characterized and waste-related 

information is generated. EPA refers to 

these changes as Tier 2 (T2) changes 

that require EPA review at regular 

intervals. The waste stream at GEVNC to 

be disposed of at the WIPP is of limited 

volume, and as of the date of this 

proposed report, more than 75% of the 

waste has been characterized and 

packaged. Soon after the CBFO issues a 

certification, all of the RH TRU waste 

will be disposed. No additional RH 

debris waste characterization will occur 

once the debris from D&D activity is 

characterized and disposed of at WIPP. 

The quarterly notification of T2 changes 

required of other waste characterization 

sites is not applicable to GEVNC–CCP. 

In lieu of a quarterly T2 changes 

submission, however, a one-time T2 

information submission to EPA will be 

necessary. Therefore, no later than four 

weeks after the last shipment of RH 

debris waste from the site, GEVNC–CCP 

must provide applicable T2 changes 

included in Table 1 below to EPA for 

review. 

GEVNC has indicated that a small 

quantity of debris from the D&D 

operation may qualify as contacthandled (CH) TRU debris (i.e., not 

meeting the external dose rate criterion 

for RH TRU). It is expected that 

GEVNC–CCP will ship these CH debris 

containers to CCP at the Idaho National 

Laboratory (INL–CCP) for 

characterization as CH waste prior to 

disposal at the WIPP. EPA notification 

prior to shipment concerning these CH 

waste containers is necessary. In 

addition, upon characterizing these 

GEVNC CH containers, INL–CCP must 

provide EPA documentation on how CH 

container-specific AK information was 

handled, non destructive assay (NDA) 

data on the individual drums, and other 

supporting information, as appropriate. 

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TABLE 1—TIERING OF RH TRU WC PROCESSES IMPLEMENTED BY GEVNC–CCP, BASED ON DECEMBER 2–4, 2008 

BASELINE INSPECTION

RH WC process elements GEVNC–CCP RH 

WC—T1 changes GEVNC–CCP RH WC—T2 changes * 

Acceptable Knowledge (AK) ................. None ** ...................... Notification and submission of the following items: 

—Correlation and Surrogate Summary Form; (AK 2) 

—Revisions to the AK Summary CCP–AK–GEV–500, including changes 

to the associated Reference List; (AK 6) 

—Updates and revisions to CCP–AK–GEV–501; (AK 12) 

—Revision of reference M007; (AK 12) 

—Additional discrepancy resolutions; (AK 13) 

—Final Waste Stream Profile Form and related attachments, and subsequent change requests; (AK 14) 

—AK Accuracy reports for this waste stream; (AK 15). 

Radiological Characterization, Dose-toCurie (DTC), and the application of 

radionuclide-specific scaling factors.

None ** ...................... Notification and submission of the following items: 

—Revisions of CCP–AK–GEV–501 or CCP–TP–504 that require CBFO 

approval; (RC 3) 

—Generation of measurement data for any GEVNC RH TRU container(s) 

that subsequently qualifies as CH and is subject to NDA; (RC 8). 

Visual Examination (VE) ....................... None ** ...................... Notification and submission of the following items: 

—Any change to VE procedure(s) that requires CBFO approval; (VE 

2); *** 

WIPP Waste Information System 

(WWIS).

None at this time ....... Notification and submission of the following items: 

—Changes to WWIS procedure(s) that require CBFO approval; (WWIS 

2); *** 

—Changes to the Excel spreadsheet titled WWIS Data Entry Summary 

Characterization and Certification; (WWIS 2). 

* All applicable T2 changes must be provided to EPA within four (4) weeks of completion of the last shipment of GEVNC RH debris proposed 

for approval to WIPP for disposal. 

** No additional RH waste from GEVNC will be characterized using the site processes evaluated during the inspection. 

*** Excluding changes that are editorial in nature or are required to address administrative concerns. 

IV. Availability of the Baseline 

Inspection Report for Public Comment 

EPA has placed the report discussing 

the results of the Agency’s inspection of 

GEVNC–CCP in the public docket as 

described in ADDRESSES. In accordance 

with 40 CFR 194.8, EPA is providing the 

public 45 days to comment on these 

documents. The Agency requests 

comments on the proposed approval 

decision, as described in the inspection 

report. EPA will accept public comment 

on this notice and supplemental 

information as described in Section 1.B. 

above. EPA will not make a 

determination of compliance before the 

45-day comment period ends. At the 

end of the public comment period, EPA 

will evaluate all relevant public 

comments and revise the inspection 

report as necessary. If appropriate, the 

Agency will then issue a final approval 

letter and inspection report, both of 

which will be posted on the WIPP Web 

site. 

Information on the certification 

decision is filed in the official EPA Air 

Docket, Docket No. A–93–02 and is 

available for review in Washington, DC, 

and at the three EPA WIPP 

informational docket locations in 

Albuquerque, Carlsbad, and Santa Fe, 

New Mexico. The dockets in New 

Mexico contain only major items from 

the official Air Docket in Washington, 

DC, plus those documents added to the 

official Air Docket since the October 

1992 enactment of the WIPP LWA. 

Dated: June 12, 2009. 

Elizabeth Cotsworth, 

Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air. 

[FR Doc. E9–14706 Filed 6–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8921–3] 

Public Water Supply Supervision 

Program; Program Revision for the 

State of Idaho 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Tentative Approval. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the State of Idaho has revised its 

approved State Public Water Supply 

Supervision Primacy Program. Idaho 

has adopted regulations analogous to 

EPA’s Variance and Exemptions Rule, 

Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule, Long Term 2 

Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 

Rule, Ground Water Rule, and Lead and 

Copper Short-Term Regulatory 

Revisions and Clarifications Rule. EPA 

has determined that these revisions are 

no less stringent than the corresponding 

federal regulations. Therefore, EPA 

intends to approve these State program 

revisions. By approving these rules, EPA 

does not intend to affect the rights of 

Federally recognized Indian tribes 

within ‘‘Indian country’’ as defined by 

18 U.S.C. 1151, nor does it intend to 

limit existing rights of the State of 

Idaho. 

All interested parties may request a 

public hearing. A request for a public 

hearing must be submitted by July 23, 

2009 to the Regional Administrator at 

the EPA address shown below. 

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 July 23, 2009, 

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 July 23, 2009. 

Any request for a public hearing shall 

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 the Regional 

Administrator’s determination and a 

brief statement of the information that 

the requesting person intends to submit 

at such hearing; (3) the signature of the