Notice of Approval of the Primacy Application for National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for the State of Missouri, 33756 [2011-14297]
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September 1, 2012, or on the effective
date of the proposed new National CGP,
whichever is earlier.
EPA notes that, by law, NPDES
permits cannot be extended beyond 5
years. See 40 CFR 122.46. The proposed
extension of the expiration date of the
Region 4 CGP complies with this
restriction. The Region 4 CGP was
issued with an effective date of
September 1, 2009. Assuming the
extension of the expiration date of the
Region 4 CGP is finalized as proposed,
the permit would still have been in
effect for less than the 5-year limit.
Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251
et seq.
Signed this 27th day of May, 2011.
Douglas Mundrick,
Acting Director, Water Protection Division,
Region 4.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–R07–OW–2011–0504; FRL–9317–
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Notice of Approval of the Primacy
Application for National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations for the
State of Missouri
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of approval and
solicitation of requests for a public
hearing.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is hereby giving notice
that the State of Missouri is revising its
approved Public Water System
Supervision Program under the
Missouri Department of Natural
Resources (MDNR). 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.
DATES: This determination to approve
the Missouri program revision is made
pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3). This
determination shall become final and
effective on July 11, 2011, 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.
All interested parties may request a
public hearing on the approval of these
program revisions to the EPA Regional
Administrator to the address shown
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below by July 11, 2011. 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.
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 request 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:
Karl Brooks, Regional Administrator,
Environmental Protection AgencyRegion 7, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas
City, Kansas 66101.
All documents relating to this
determination are available for review
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, at the
following offices:
(1) Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, Public Drinking Water
Branch, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson
City, MO 65101. (2) Environmental
Protection Agency-Region 7, Water
Wetlands and Pesticides Division,
Drinking Water Management Branch,
901 North 5th Street, Kansas City,
Kansas 66101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Neftali Hernandez-Santiago,
Environmental Protection AgencyRegion 7, Drinking Water Management
Branch, (913) 551–7036, or by e-mail at
hernandez-santiago.neftali@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that the EPA has
determined to approve an application
by the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources to incorporate the following
EPA National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations: (1) Stage 2 Disinfectants
and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
(January 4, 2006, 71 FR 388) and (2)
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule (January 5, 2006, 71 FR
654). During the review of the state’s
drinking water regulations, EPA noted
an issue related to best available
technology (BAT). Under the Safe
Drinking Water Act, EPA must specify
the best available technology for each
maximum contaminant level (MCL) or
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maximum residual disinfectant level
(MRDL) that is set. Public water systems
that are unable to achieve an MCL or
MRDL may be granted a variance on
condition that the system use the BATs,
treatment techniques, or other means
which the Administrator finds are
available (taking costs into
consideration), based upon an
evaluation satisfactory to the State that
indicates that alternative sources of
water are not reasonably available to the
system. Missouri allows variances to
MCLs but has not adopted the BATs
listed in 40 CFR 141.64(a) and (b). Since
Missouri has the authority to grant
variances, the state must also adopt the
BATs specified by the EPA
Administrator, in order to be consistent
with the language in Sections 1415 and
1416 of the SDWA. The Missouri rule
language currently states that the system
installs BATs that the state (department)
finds to be available; this language is
less stringent than the Federal statute
requires. EPA Region 7 has negotiated a
resolution to this issue with MDNR,
concluding that, until Missouri
promulgates a rule adopting EPA’s
BATs, MDNR agrees to issue variances
only to systems that have agreed, as a
condition of being issued the variance,
to utilize BATs, treatment techniques, or
other means, which the EPA
Administrator, taking cost into
consideration, finds generally available,
in accordance with the requirements of
Title 40 of the CFR and Sections 1415
and 1416 of the SDWA. In light of
Missouri’s agreement to issue variances
only to systems that have agreed to
install BATs, treatment techniques, or
other means consistent with
requirements of the SDWA and its
implementing regulations, EPA has
determined that Missouri continues to
meet requirements for primary
enforcement responsibility of the
SDWA, as specified in 40 CFR 142.10.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, as amended, and 40 CFR
142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13.
Dated: May 31, 2011.
Karl Brooks,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R07-OW-2011-0504; FRL-9317-5]
Notice of Approval of the Primacy Application for National
Primary Drinking Water Regulations for the State of Missouri
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of approval and solicitation of requests for a public
hearing.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby giving
notice that the State of Missouri is revising its approved Public Water
System Supervision Program under the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources (MDNR). 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.
DATES: This determination to approve the Missouri program revision is
made pursuant to 40 CFR 142.12(d)(3). This determination shall become
final and effective on July 11, 2011, 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. All interested parties may request a public hearing
on the approval of these program revisions to the EPA Regional
Administrator to the address shown below by July 11, 2011. 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.
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 request 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: Karl Brooks, Regional
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency-Region 7, 901 North 5th
Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101.
All documents relating to this determination are available for
review between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, at the following offices:
(1) Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Public Drinking Water
Branch, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65101. (2)
Environmental Protection Agency-Region 7, Water Wetlands and Pesticides
Division, Drinking Water Management Branch, 901 North 5th Street,
Kansas City, Kansas 66101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neftali Hernandez-Santiago,
Environmental Protection Agency-Region 7, Drinking Water Management
Branch, (913) 551-7036, or by e-mail at hernandez-santiago.neftali@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the EPA has
determined to approve an application by the Missouri Department of
Natural Resources to incorporate the following EPA National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations: (1) Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection
Byproducts Rule (January 4, 2006, 71 FR 388) and (2) Long Term 2
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (January 5, 2006, 71 FR 654).
During the review of the state's drinking water regulations, EPA noted
an issue related to best available technology (BAT). Under the Safe
Drinking Water Act, EPA must specify the best available technology for
each maximum contaminant level (MCL) or maximum residual disinfectant
level (MRDL) that is set. Public water systems that are unable to
achieve an MCL or MRDL may be granted a variance on condition that the
system use the BATs, treatment techniques, or other means which the
Administrator finds are available (taking costs into consideration),
based upon an evaluation satisfactory to the State that indicates that
alternative sources of water are not reasonably available to the
system. Missouri allows variances to MCLs but has not adopted the BATs
listed in 40 CFR 141.64(a) and (b). Since Missouri has the authority to
grant variances, the state must also adopt the BATs specified by the
EPA Administrator, in order to be consistent with the language in
Sections 1415 and 1416 of the SDWA. The Missouri rule language
currently states that the system installs BATs that the state
(department) finds to be available; this language is less stringent
than the Federal statute requires. EPA Region 7 has negotiated a
resolution to this issue with MDNR, concluding that, until Missouri
promulgates a rule adopting EPA's BATs, MDNR agrees to issue variances
only to systems that have agreed, as a condition of being issued the
variance, to utilize BATs, treatment techniques, or other means, which
the EPA Administrator, taking cost into consideration, finds generally
available, in accordance with the requirements of Title 40 of the CFR
and Sections 1415 and 1416 of the SDWA. In light of Missouri's
agreement to issue variances only to systems that have agreed to
install BATs, treatment techniques, or other means consistent with
requirements of the SDWA and its implementing regulations, EPA has
determined that Missouri continues to meet requirements for primary
enforcement responsibility of the SDWA, as specified in 40 CFR 142.10.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended, and 40 CFR 142.10, 142.12(d) and 142.13.
Dated: May 31, 2011.
Karl Brooks,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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