Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a Public Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 40590-40591 [E9-19321]

Download as PDF jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES 40590 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 154 / Wednesday, August 12, 2009 / Notices the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the U.S. EPA Region 10 offices, located at 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 11, 2009. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at the U.S. EPA Region 10 offices, located at 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from Carol Kennedy, Regional Hearing Clerk, U.S. EPA Region 10, Mail Stop ORC–158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101; (206) 553–0242. Comments should reference the Circle DE Lumber Site in Klamath Falls, Oregon, EPA Docket No. CERCLA–10– 2009–0211 and should be addressed to Alexander Fidis, Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 10, Mail Stop ORC–158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Fidis, Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA Region 10, Mail Stop ORC–158, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101; (206) 553–4710. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Circle DE Lumber Site is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon (Site). Wood treating operations were conducted at the Site using a dip tank containing pentachlorophenol. These operations and others resulted in the release of hazardous substances including, but not limited to, pentachlorophenol, dioxin, diesel, poly aromatic hydrocarbons, total petroleum hydrocarbons, and metals. These hazardous substances were detected in soil and groundwater at the Site. The Agency conducted a time-critical removal action at the Site in February 2006 that involved removing the dip tank and associated structures, excavation and disposal of 437 cubic yards of contaminated soil, and the installation of monitoring wells to determine the extent of groundwater contamination. The Agency incurred approximately $605,834 in response costs at the Site. The Site is currently owned by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. and V. Elouise Brown. Mr. Brown operated the Site as a lumber mill between 1975 and 2000 VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:38 Aug 11, 2009 Jkt 217001 and currently leases the Site as a staging area for equipment. The entities associated with Mr. Brown’s Site operations include the Circle DE Lumber Company and Francis D. Brown & Son Logging, Inc. The Agency determined that settling parties have limited financial ability to pay the response costs incurred at the Site. Therefore, the Agency is proposing to enter into an administrative settlement that would require the settling parties to record an easement and equitable servitude as an institutional control for the Site, and to execute an agreement assigning the rights under certain insurance policies issued to the settling parties to an Environmental Trust established for the benefit of the Agency. The proposed settlement will release the settling parties from liability for past response costs incurred by the Agency subject to certain reserved rights. Dated: August 3, 2009. Daniel D. Opalski, Director, Office of Environmental Cleanup. [FR Doc. E9–19304 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8937–5] Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a Public Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program to adopt EPA’s National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Short Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications; Final Rule. The EPA has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, the EPA intends to approve these program revisions. All interested parties may request a public hearing. DATES: This determination to approve Puerto Rico’s primacy program revision application is made pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3). It shall become final and effective 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 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 September 11, 2009. If a substantial 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 shall become final and effective September 11, 2009. ADDRESSES: Any request for a public hearing shall include the following 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 requests 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, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency— Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007–1866. All documents relating to this determination are available for inspection between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the following offices: Puerto Rico Department of Health, Public Water Supply Supervision Program, 9th Floor—Suite 903, Nacional Plaza Building, 431 Ponce De Leon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00917. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—Region 2, 24th Floor Drinking Water Ground Water Protection Section, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007–1866. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Lowy, Drinking Water Ground Water Protection Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency— Region 2, (212) 637–3830. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined to approve an application by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Health to E:\FR\FM\12AUN1.SGM 12AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 154 / Wednesday, August 12, 2009 / Notices revise its Public Water Supply Supervision Primacy Program to incorporate regulations no less stringent than the EPA’s National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for Lead and Copper: Short Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications; Final Rule, promulgated by EPA October 10, 2007 (72 FR 57782). The application demonstrates that Puerto Rico has adopted drinking water regulations which satisfy the NPDWRs for the above. The USEPA has determined that Puerto Rico’s regulations are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal Regulations and that Puerto Rico continues to meet all requirements for primary enforcement responsibility as specified in 40 CFR 142.10. Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, 40 U.S.C. 300g–2, and 40 CFR 142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13. Dated: July 6, 2009. George Pavlou, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2. [FR Doc. E9–19321 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0592; FRL–8432–1] Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by September 11, 2009 for these registrations, for which the registrant requested a waiver of the 180–day comment period, orders will be issued canceling these registrations. The Agency will consider withdrawal requests postmarked no later than September 11, 2009 Comments must be received on or before September 11, 2009. Submit your comments and your withdrawal request, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA– HQ–OPP–2009–0592, by one of the following methods: ADDRESSES: VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:38 Aug 11, 2009 Jkt 217001 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. Written withdrawal requests, Attention: Barbara Briscoe, Product Reregistration Branch, Special Review and Reregistration Division, (7508P). • Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket Facility’s normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805. Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009– 0592. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index available at https://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 40591 information for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at https:// www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Briscoe, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 0001; telephone number: (703) 308– 8177; e-mail address: briscoe.barbara@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general. Although this action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the information in this notice, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, remember to: E:\FR\FM\12AUN1.SGM 12AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40590-40591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19321]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8937-5]


Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a Public 
Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is 
revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program to adopt 
EPA's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: 
Short Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications; Final Rule. The EPA 
has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than the 
corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, the EPA intends to 
approve these program revisions. All interested parties may request a 
public hearing.

DATES: This determination to approve Puerto Rico's primacy program 
revision application is made pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3). It shall 
become final and effective 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 September 11, 2009. If a 
substantial 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 shall 
become final and effective September 11, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Any request for a public hearing shall include the following 
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 requests 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, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York, New 
York 10007-1866.
    All documents relating to this determination are available for 
inspection between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, at the following offices:

Puerto Rico Department of Health, Public Water Supply Supervision 
Program, 9th Floor--Suite 903, Nacional Plaza Building, 431 Ponce De 
Leon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00917.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region 2, 24th Floor Drinking 
Water Ground Water Protection Section, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 
10007-1866.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Lowy, Drinking Water Ground 
Water Protection Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Region 
2, (212) 637-3830.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined to approve 
an application by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Health 
to

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revise its Public Water Supply Supervision Primacy Program to 
incorporate regulations no less stringent than the EPA's National 
Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for Lead and Copper: Short 
Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications; Final Rule, promulgated 
by EPA October 10, 2007 (72 FR 57782).
    The application demonstrates that Puerto Rico has adopted drinking 
water regulations which satisfy the NPDWRs for the above. The USEPA has 
determined that Puerto Rico's regulations are no less stringent than 
the corresponding Federal Regulations and that Puerto Rico continues to 
meet all requirements for primary enforcement responsibility as 
specified in 40 CFR 142.10.

    Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended, 40 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR 142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13.

    Dated: July 6, 2009.
George Pavlou,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. E9-19321 Filed 8-11-09; 8:45 am]
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