Total Coliform Rule / Distribution Systems Advisory Committee Agreement In Principle, 1683-1684 [E9-469]
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Total Coliform Rule / Distribution
Systems Advisory Committee
Agreement In Principle
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of agreement in
principle.
SUMMARY: In September 2008, the Total
Coliform Rule/Distribution Systems
Advisory Committee (Committee)
signed an Agreement in Principle,
making recommendations to the
Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency on revisions to the
Total Coliform Rule and research/
information needs to better inform
distribution system issues. The purpose
of this notice is to make available to the
public the Agreement in Principle,
which includes the full
recommendations of the Committee.
The Agreement in Principle can be
found on EPA’s Office of Water, Office
of Ground Water and Drinking Water’s
Web site.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Agreement in Principle (AIP) can be
accessed on the Agency’s Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/safewater/
disinfection/tcr/regulation_
revisions.html. If accessing the AIP
through EPA’s Web site is not possible
or for general information, contact the
Drinking Water Hotline at 1–800–426–
4791 or go to the Internet Web site
https://www.epa.gov/safewater/
disinfection/tcr/regulation_revisions_
tcrdsac.html. For technical inquiries,
contact Karl Anderson, Standards and
Risk Management Division, Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water (MC
4607M), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–2833; fax number:
(202) 564–3767; e-mail address:
anderson.karld@epa.gov.
The Total
Coliform Rule (TCR) is a National
Primary Drinking Water Regulation,
originally promulgated in 1989 by EPA
under the Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq., which
sets both health goals (MCLGs) and legal
limits (MCLs) for the presence of
microbial indicators, such as total
coliform, in drinking water. The rule
also details the type and frequency of
testing public water systems must
undertake. EPA announced its intent to
revise the rule in 2003.
In June 2007, EPA established the
Total Coliform Rule/Distribution System
Advisory Committee (Committee,
TCRDSAC) in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.2,
9 (c). The purpose of the TCRDSAC was
to advise and make recommendations to
the Agency on revisions to the TCR, and
on what information about distribution
systems is needed to better understand
the public health impact from the
degradation of drinking water quality in
distribution systems. The Committee’s
activities included efforts to utilize
available information, analyze options
for revisions to the TCR and to consider
research and information needed to
better understand and address public
health risks from contamination of
distribution systems.
The Committee consisted of
organizational members representing
EPA, public interest groups, State and
local public health and regulatory
agencies, local elected officials, Indian
tribes, and drinking water suppliers.
The Committee met on 13 occasions
between July 2007 and September 2008.
All Committee members signed a final
AIP in September 2008. The AIP
contains recommendations on which all
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members of the Committee agreed. The
recommendations can be divided into
two main topics. The first topic is
recommendations on how EPA should
revise the TCR while maintaining or
improving public health protection. The
second topic concerns what data should
be collected, research conducted, and/or
risk management strategies evaluated to
better inform distribution system
contaminant occurrence and associated
public health risks.
Today’s notice, in addition to its
posting on the EPA’s TCR Web page,
provides additional notification to the
public regarding the availability of the
AIP. In accordance with its usual rule
development process, the Agency will
provide a public comment period for the
proposed Revised Total Coliform Rule
when it is published and will address
those comments in completing the final
rule.
The Agreement in Principle (AIP) is
the result of a tremendous collaborative
effort and EPA would like to express its
appreciation to all members of the
Committee, as well as to members of the
Technical Workgroup that supported
the Committee.
Dated: January 7, 2009.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water.
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Type of Respondent: Private industry
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and certain Federal Government
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Description of Affected Public: Private
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Federal Cost: $2.1 million.
Number of Forms: 1.
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reporting company is between 3 and 4
EEO–1 reports annually. The annual
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170,000. The form is estimated to
impose 599,000 burden hours annually.
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respondents are encouraged to report
data electronically whenever possible.
Dated: January 8, 2009.
For the Commission.
Reed L. Russell,
Legal Counsel.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8761-6]
Total Coliform Rule / Distribution Systems Advisory Committee
Agreement In Principle
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of agreement in principle.
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SUMMARY: In September 2008, the Total Coliform Rule/Distribution
Systems Advisory Committee (Committee) signed an Agreement in
Principle, making recommendations to the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency on revisions to the Total Coliform Rule
and research/information needs to better inform distribution system
issues. The purpose of this notice is to make available to the public
the Agreement in Principle, which includes the full recommendations of
the Committee. The Agreement in Principle can be found on EPA's Office
of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water's Web site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Agreement in Principle (AIP) can
be accessed on the Agency's Web site at https://www.epa.gov/safewater/
disinfection/tcr/regulation_revisions.html. If accessing the AIP
through EPA's Web site is not possible or for general information,
contact the Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791 or go to the
Internet Web site https://www.epa.gov/safewater/disinfection/tcr/
regulation_revisions_tcrdsac.html. For technical inquiries, contact
Karl Anderson, Standards and Risk Management Division, Office of Ground
Water and Drinking Water (MC 4607M), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:
(202) 564-2833; fax number: (202) 564-3767; e-mail address:
anderson.karld@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Total Coliform Rule (TCR) is a National
Primary Drinking Water Regulation, originally promulgated in 1989 by
EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.,
which sets both health goals (MCLGs) and legal limits (MCLs) for the
presence of microbial indicators, such as total coliform, in drinking
water. The rule also details the type and frequency of testing public
water systems must undertake. EPA announced its intent to revise the
rule in 2003.
In June 2007, EPA established the Total Coliform Rule/Distribution
System Advisory Committee (Committee, TCRDSAC) in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C.
App.2, 9 (c). The purpose of the TCRDSAC was to advise and make
recommendations to the Agency on revisions to the TCR, and on what
information about distribution systems is needed to better understand
the public health impact from the degradation of drinking water quality
in distribution systems. The Committee's activities included efforts to
utilize available information, analyze options for revisions to the TCR
and to consider research and information needed to better understand
and address public health risks from contamination of distribution
systems.
The Committee consisted of organizational members representing EPA,
public interest groups, State and local public health and regulatory
agencies, local elected officials, Indian tribes, and drinking water
suppliers. The Committee met on 13 occasions between July 2007 and
September 2008.
All Committee members signed a final AIP in September 2008. The AIP
contains recommendations on which all
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members of the Committee agreed. The recommendations can be divided
into two main topics. The first topic is recommendations on how EPA
should revise the TCR while maintaining or improving public health
protection. The second topic concerns what data should be collected,
research conducted, and/or risk management strategies evaluated to
better inform distribution system contaminant occurrence and associated
public health risks.
Today's notice, in addition to its posting on the EPA's TCR Web
page, provides additional notification to the public regarding the
availability of the AIP. In accordance with its usual rule development
process, the Agency will provide a public comment period for the
proposed Revised Total Coliform Rule when it is published and will
address those comments in completing the final rule.
The Agreement in Principle (AIP) is the result of a tremendous
collaborative effort and EPA would like to express its appreciation to
all members of the Committee, as well as to members of the Technical
Workgroup that supported the Committee.
Dated: January 7, 2009.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. E9-469 Filed 1-12-09; 8:45 am]
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