94-25218. Drinking Water; National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts and Enhanced Surface Water Treatment

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 141 and 142

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Drinking Water; National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: 
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts and Enhanced Surface Water 
Treatment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of public meeting dates and locations.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is announcing dates and locations for 
public meetings to discuss and receive public comment on proposed 
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) for Disinfectants 
and Disinfection Byproducts (D/DBPR) (59 FR 38668, July 29, 1994) and 
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment (ESWTR) (59 FR 38832, July 29, 1994). 
The NPDWRs consist of maximum residual disinfectant levels or maximum 
contaminant levels or treatment techniques for disinfectants, 
disinfection byproducts, and microbiological pathogens. The NPDWRs also 
include proposed monitoring, reporting, and public notification 
requirements for these compounds.

DATES: The Agency will hold public hearings on the D/DBPR proposal on 
the dates as follows:

1. October 31 (and November 1, if necessary), 1994, Washington, DC.
2. November 29 (and 30, if necessary), 1994, Denver, CO.

    The hearings will begin on the first day at 9:30 a.m., with 
registration at 9:00 a.m. The hearings will end at 4 p.m., unless 
concluded earlier. If continued to the second day, the hearings will 
resume at 9:00 a.m. and end at 12:00 p.m.
    The Agency will hold public hearings on the ESWTR proposal on the 
dates as follows:

1. November 1 (and November 2, if necessary), 1994, Washington, DC.
2. November 30 (and December 1, if necessary), 1994, Denver, CO.

    The hearings will begin on the first day at 1:30 p.m., with 
registration at 1:00 p.m. The hearings will end at 4:00 p.m., unless 
concluded earlier. If continued to the second day, the hearings will 
resume at 9:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Agency will hold public hearings on the D/DBPR and ESWTR 
proposals at the locations as follows:
1. Washington, DC--EPA Education Center Auditorium, 401 M Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
2. Denver--Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling Streets, Building 25, 
Lecture Halls A and B (3rd Street), Denver, CO 80225.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General information may be obtained 
from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline, telephone [phone]; Stig 
Regli, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (4603), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 
20460, telephone [phone]; Tom Grubbs, Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water (4603), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone [phone]; or Paul 
Berger, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (4603), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 
20460, telephone [phone]

.SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Anyone planning to attend the public 
hearings (especially those who plan to make statements) may register in 
advance by writing the D/DBPR Public Hearing Officer, Office of Ground 
Water and Drinking Water (4603), USEPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington, 
DC 20460; or by calling Tina Mazzocchetti, [phone]. Oral and 
written comments may be submitted at the public hearing. Persons who 
wish to make oral presentations are encouraged to have written copies 
(preferably three) of their complete comments for inclusion in the 
official record.
    On July 29, 1994 EPA proposed two drinking water regulations: the 
Disinfectant/Disinfection Byproducts (D/DBP) and Enhanced Surface Water 
Treatment (ESWTR) rules. These proposals were the product of a 
negotiated rulemaking. The negotiators included State and local health 
and regulatory agency staff and elected officials, consumer groups, 
environmental groups, and representatives of public water systems.
    The group agreed to propose a disinfectant/disinfection byproduct 
rule to extend coverage to all community and non transient, non-
community water systems that use disinfectants, reduce the current 
total trihalomethane (TTHM) maximum contaminant level (MCL), regulate 
additional disinfection byproducts, set limits for the use of 
disinfectants, and reduce the level of compounds that may react with 
disinfectants to form byproducts. The group further agreed that 
revisions to the current Surface Water Treatment Rule might be required 
at the same time to ensure that microbial risk is not increased as 
byproduct rules go into effect, and to provide explicit control of 
Cryptosporidium. As a result, the Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule 
was proposed with a number of options for microbial control, including 
the option to simply retain the requirements of the current Surface 
Water Treatment Rule.
    The purpose of the hearings is to provide the public an opportunity 
to hear a description of the regulations and to obtain comment from the 
public on the rules. This notice corrects the hearing dates which were 
listed in the July 29, 1994 proposals. The comment period for 
submission of formal written comments in response to the D/DBPR rule 
closes December 29, 1994. The comment period for formal written 
comments in response to the ESWTR rule closes May 30, 1996 to allow 
time for the public to consider data being collected prior to that 
date. The Agency may hold additional hearings on the ESWTR to consider 
those additional data.

    Dated: October 3, 1994.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-25218 Filed 10-11-94; 8:45 am]
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