[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61109-61110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29306]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6472-4]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision and Definition
of Indian Country for the State of South Dakota
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice and request for public comments and announcement of
public hearing.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public
hearing for the proposed primacy revision of the State of South
Dakota's Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program as well as for
the proposed definition of Indian country as it extends to PWSS primacy
delegation and other environmental program authorizations and
delegations within the State of South Dakota. For further information
on the proposed primacy delegation, as well as on the proposed
definition of Indian country, please refer to 64 FR 44521-44522, August
16, 1999.
DATES: Any interested parties may submit oral or written statements at
the public hearing scheduled for Thursday, December, 2, 1999. There
will be two sessions: an afternoon session at 3 p.m. and an evening
session at 6:30 p.m. The hearing will be held at the Badlands National
Park Service Headquarters located nine miles south off of I-90 Exit
131, 72 miles from Rapid City or two miles north of the Town of
Interior. The telephone number for the Badlands National Park Service
Headquarters is 605-433-5281 or 605-433-5361. Persons wishing to make
oral statements must register at the Badlands National Park Service
Headquarters on December
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2, 1999, between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. or between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Himmelbauer, Municipal Systems
Unit, EPA Region 8 (8P-W-MS), 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver,
Colorado 80202-2466, telephone 303-312-6263.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public notice is hereby given in accordance
with the provisions of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR part 142, subpart B-Primary
Enforcement Responsibility, that the State of South Dakota has revised
its PWSS program. South Dakota's PWSS program, administered by the
Drinking Water Program of the South Dakota Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR), has adopted regulations for lead and
copper in drinking water that correspond to the National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) in 40 CFR part 141, subpart I (56 FR
26460-26564, June 7, 1991). The EPA proposes to approve South Dakota's
primacy revisions for the Lead and Copper regulation. The proposed
approval does not extend to public water systems in Indian country as
defined in 64 FR 44521-44522, August 16, 1999.
All documents relating to this determination are available for
inspection at the following locations: (1) U.S. EPA Region 8, Municipal
Systems Unit, 999 18th Street (4th floor), Denver, CO 80202-2466; (2)
South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Drinking
Water Program, 523 East Capital Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501.
Dated: October 27, 1999.
Jack W. McGraw,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 99-29306 Filed 11-8-99; 8:45 am]
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