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discharge will ensure protection of
water quality, biological habitats, and
beneficial uses of receiving waters.
(4) State determination and state
certification information: For revised or
renewal applications for CWA section
301(h) waivers, EPA needs a state
determination. The state determines
whether all state laws (including water
quality standards) are satisfied. This
helps ensure that water quality,
biological habitats, and beneficial uses
of receiving waters are protected.
Additionally, the state must determine
if the applicant’s discharge will result in
additional treatment, pollution control,
or any other requirement for any other
point or nonpoint sources. This process
allows the state’s views to be taken into
account when EPA reviews the CWA
section 301(h) application and develops
permit conditions. For revised and
renewed CWA section 301(h) waiver
applications, EPA also needs the CWA
section 401(a)(1) certification
information to ensure that all state water
quality laws are met by any permit it
issues with a CWA section 301(h)
modification, and the state accepts all
the permit conditions. This information
is the means by which the state can
exercise its authority to concur with or
deny a CWA section 301(h) decision
made by the EPA regional office.
Form Numbers: ‘‘None.’’
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
those municipalities that currently have
CWA section 301(h) waivers from
secondary treatment or have applied for
a renewal of a CWA section 301(h)
waiver, and the states within which
these municipalities are located.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary, required to obtain or retain a
benefit.
Estimated number of respondents: 34
(total).
Frequency of response: From once
every five years, to varies case-by-case,
depending on the category of
information.
Total estimated burden: 40,040 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b)
Total estimated cost: $1.1 million (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: A decrease of
hours in the total estimated respondent
burden is expected compared with the
ICR currently approved by OMB. EPA
expects the numbers will decrease due
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John Goodin,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and
Watersheds.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–10012–82–Region 5]
Public Water System Supervision
Program Approval for the State of Ohio
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has tentatively approved a
revision to the State of Ohio’s Public
Water System Supervision Program
under the federal Safe Drinking Water
Act (SDWA) by adopting the Arsenic
Rule. The EPA has determined this
revision is no less stringent than the
corresponding federal regulation.
Therefore, EPA intends to approve this
revision to the State of Ohio’s Public
Water System Supervision Program,
thereby giving the Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency primary enforcement
responsibility for this regulation.
DATES: Any interested party may request
a public hearing on this determination.
A request for a public hearing must be
submitted by September 9, 2020. The
EPA Region 5 Administrator may deny
frivolous or insubstantial requests for a
hearing. However, if a substantial
request for a public hearing is made by
September 9, 2020, EPA Region 5 will
hold a public hearing, and a notice of
such hearing will be published in the
Federal Register and a newspaper of
general circulation. Any request for a
public hearing shall include the
following information: The name,
address, and telephone number of the
individual, organization, or other entity
requesting a hearing; a brief statement of
the requesting person’s interest in the
Regional Administrator’s determination
and a brief statement of the information
that the requesting person intends to
submit at such hearing; and 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.
If EPA Region 5 does not receive a
timely and appropriate request for a
hearing and the Regional Administrator
does not elect to hold a hearing on his
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own motion, this determination shall
become final and effective on September
9, 2020 and no further public notice will
be issued.
ADDRESSES: All documents relating to
this determination are available for
inspection at the following offices
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except for
official holidays and unless the offices
are inaccessible due to COVID–19: Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency,
Division of Drinking and Ground
Waters, 50 West Town Street, Suite 700,
Columbus, Ohio 43215; and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking
Water Branch (WG–15J), 77 W. Jackson
Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604.
Requestors can email Wendy Drake,
drake.wendy@epa.gov, to receive
documents related to this determination
if offices are inaccessible.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wendy Drake, EPA Region 5, Ground
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at
the address given above, by telephone at
(312) 886–6705, or at drake.wendy@
epa.gov.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300g–2, and
the federal regulations implementing Section
1413 of the Act set forth at 40 CFR part 142.
Dated: August 4, 2020.
Kurt Thiede,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)
Homeland Security Subcommittee
Meeting—August 2020
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Office of Research and
Development (ORD), gives notice of a
virtual meeting of the Board of
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Homeland
Security (HS) Subcommittee to review
the initial progress on implementation
of the FY 19–22 HS Strategic Research
Action Plan (StRAP).
DATES: 1. The initial meeting will be
held over two days via videoconference:
a. Thursday, August 20, 2020, from
12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT); and
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10012-82-Region 5]
Public Water System Supervision Program Approval for the State of
Ohio
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has tentatively approved a revision to the State of Ohio's
Public Water System Supervision Program under the federal Safe Drinking
Water Act (SDWA) by adopting the Arsenic Rule. The EPA has determined
this revision is no less stringent than the corresponding federal
regulation. Therefore, EPA intends to approve this revision to the
State of Ohio's Public Water System Supervision Program, thereby giving
the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency primary enforcement
responsibility for this regulation.
DATES: Any interested party may request a public hearing on this
determination. A request for a public hearing must be submitted by
September 9, 2020. The EPA Region 5 Administrator may deny frivolous or
insubstantial requests for a hearing. However, if a substantial request
for a public hearing is made by September 9, 2020, EPA Region 5 will
hold a public hearing, and a notice of such hearing will be published
in the Federal Register and a newspaper of general circulation. Any
request for a public hearing shall include the following information:
The name, address, and telephone number of the individual,
organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; a brief statement
of the requesting person's interest in the Regional Administrator's
determination and a brief statement of the information that the
requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; and 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.
If EPA Region 5 does not receive a timely and appropriate request
for a hearing and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a
hearing on his own motion, this determination shall become final and
effective on September 9, 2020 and no further public notice will be
issued.
ADDRESSES: All documents relating to this determination are available
for inspection at the following offices between the hours of 9 a.m. and
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for official holidays and unless
the offices are inaccessible due to COVID-19: Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters, 50 West Town
Street, Suite 700, Columbus, Ohio 43215; and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch (WG-
15J), 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. Requestors can
email Wendy Drake, [email protected], to receive documents related to
this determination if offices are inaccessible.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Drake, EPA Region 5, Ground
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by
telephone at (312) 886-6705, or at [email protected].
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42
U.S.C. 300g-2, and the federal regulations implementing Section 1413
of the Act set forth at 40 CFR part 142.
Dated: August 4, 2020.
Kurt Thiede,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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