Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0878-0123
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Revisions to the Total Coliform Rule; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2010-08-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 31, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 168)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 53267-53268]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 141 and 142

[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0878; FRL-9195-5]
RIN 2040-AD94

 
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Revisions to the 
Total Coliform Rule; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending by 30 
days the public comment period for a proposed National Primary Drinking 
Water Regulation, the Revisions to the Total Coliform Rule (RTCR), 
which was published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2010. This 
extended comment period will afford greater opportunity to all 
interested parties to review and submit comments on the proposal.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 13, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail to: Water Docket, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0878. Comments may also be submitted electronically or through 
hand delivery/courier by following the instructions provided in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical inquiries, contact Sean 
Conley, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (MC 4607M), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone (202) 564-1781. For general 
information, contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline, Telephone (800) 
426-4791 or e-mail: hotline-sdwa @epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The comment period for the proposed RTCR now 
ends on October 13, 2010. This is an extension of 30 days beyond the 
comment period established in the Federal Register on July 14, 2010. 
Anyone seeking to submit comments must follow the procedures specified 
in the SUMMARY section of the proposal as published in the Federal 
Register (75 FR 40926, July 14, 2010). The RTCR applies to all public 
water systems. The proposed revisions require systems that have an 
indication of coliform contamination in the distribution system to 
assess the problem and take corrective action that may reduce cases of 
illnesses and deaths due to potential fecal contamination and 
waterborne pathogen exposure. This proposal also establishes criteria 
for systems to qualify for and stay on reduced monitoring, thereby 
providing incentives for improved water system operation.
    See the proposal as published in the Federal Register (75 FR 40926, 
July 14, 2010) for additional information regarding public health 
concerns, proposed regulatory requirements, implementation schedules, 
estimated costs and benefits, implementation tools, and other issues.

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    Dated: August 25, 2010.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
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