Document ID: EPA-R07-OW-2018-0565-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Approval of the Primacy Revision Application for the Public Water System Supervision Program From the State of Kansas
Posted Date: 2019-02-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2859-2860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01551]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R07-OW-2018-0565; FRL-9988-85-Region 7]

Notice of Approval of the Primacy Revision Application for the 
Public Water System Supervision Program From the State of Kansas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of approval and solicitation of requests for a public 
hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby giving 
notice that the state of Kansas is revising its approved Public Water 
System Supervision Program delegated to the Kansas Department of Health 
and Environment. EPA has reviewed the application and intends to 
approve these program revisions.

DATES: This determination to approve the Kansas program revision is 
made pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3). This determination shall become 
final and effective on March 11, 2019, 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 March 11, 2019. If a 
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 will become effective on 
March 11, 2019.
    All interested parties may request a public hearing on the approval 
to the Regional Administrator at the EPA Region 7 address shown below.

ADDRESSES: Any request for a public hearing shall include the following

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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 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. Requests for 
Public Hearing shall be addressed to: Regional Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, 11201 Renner Boulevard, 
Lenexa, Kansas 66219.
    All documents relating to this determination are available for 
inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through 
Friday at the following offices: (1) Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 7, Drinking Water Management Branch, Water Wetlands and 
Pesticides Division, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 and 
(2) the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Natural Resources, 
Public Water Supply Section, Bureau of Water, Curtis State Office 
Building, 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 420, Topeka, Kansas 66612.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas J. Brune, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 7, Drinking Water Management Branch, (913) 
551-7178, or by email at brune.doug@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA is hereby giving notice that the 
state of Kansas is revising its approved Public Water System 
Supervision Program delegated to the Kansas Department of Health and 
Environment. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment revised 
their program by incorporating the following EPA National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulation: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection 
Byproducts Rule (Vol. 71, No. 2, Jan. 4, 2006, Pages 387-493), Long 
Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (Vol. 71, No. 3, Jan. 5, 
2006, Pages 653-786), Ground Water Rule (Vol. 71, No. 216, Nov. 8, 
2006, Pages 65573-65660), Lead and Copper Rule: Short-Term Regulatory 
Revisions and Clarifications (Vol. 72, No. 195, Oct. 10, 2007, Pages 
57781-57820), and Revised Total Coliform Rule (Vol. 78, No. 30, Feb. 
13, 2013, Pages 10269-10365). EPA has reviewed the application and 
determined that the revisions are no less stringent than the 
corresponding Federal regulations and that the state of Kansas 
continues to meet all requirements for primary enforcement 
responsibility as specified in 40 CFR 142.10. Therefore, EPA intends to 
approve these program revisions.

(Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, 
and 40 CFR 142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13)

    Dated: December 18, 2018.
James B. Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2019-01551 Filed 2-7-19; 8:45 am]
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