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Dated: March 30, 2021.
Michelle L. Pirzadeh,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
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Lead and Copper Rule (LCRR) Virtual
Engagements
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Announcement of events;
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) will host virtual
engagements beginning in April 2021.
The goal of the events is to obtain
further public input on EPA’s revision
to the Lead and Copper rule (LCRR),
particularly from individuals and
communities that are most at-risk of
exposure to lead in drinking water. For
more information on each event, visit
EPA’s drinking water website:
www.epa.gov/safewater. For more
information, go to the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
DATES: Public listening sessions will be
held on April 28, 2021 and May 5, 2021,
from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., eastern daylight
time. Should additional dates and times
be required, EPA will provide updates
on our website: www.epa.gov/safewater.
If you are unable to attend any of the
events, you will be able to submit
comments at https://
www.regulations.gov: enter Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OW–2021–0255 until
June 30, 2021.
EPA will host virtual communityfocused roundtables starting in May
2021. Virtual roundtables with
stakeholder groups including drinking
water utilities, environmental
organizations, environmental justice
organizations, public health
organizations, and consumer
associations will be held starting in June
2021. EPA also intends to host a
national co-regulator meeting in July
2021 to discuss the feedback received
from communities. Details and times for
these engagements will be posted on
EPA’s drinking water website at:
www.epa.gov/safewater.
ADDRESSES: Individuals, including those
that attend and provide oral statements,
are encouraged to send written
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statements, identified by Docket ID
EPA–HQ–OW–2021–0255, by the
following method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov/ (our
preferred method). Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OW–2021–0255 for this EPA
engagements. Comments received may
be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov/, including any
personal information provided. For
detailed instructions on sending
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
‘‘Public Participation’’ heading of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina Wadlington, USEPA, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566–
1859; email address: LCRR@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
A. Written Comments—No.
B. Submit your comments, identified
by Docket ID EPA–HQ–OW–2021–0255,
at https://www.regulations.gov. Once
submitted, comments cannot be edited
or removed from the docket. The EPA
may publish any comment received to
its public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. EPA will generally
not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). For the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
C. Details about Participating in the
Listening Session:
The public is invited to speak during
the April 28, 2021 or May 5, 2021
listening sessions. Those interested in
speaking can sign up for a 3-minute
time slot on EPA’s website at https://
www.epa.gov/safewater. EPA will send
an email to each speaker to confirm
their speaking time and date. EPA
intends to make each session available
for viewing to those who are not
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participating but are interested in
listening. EPA will be posting additional
event details on www.epa.gov/safewater,
as they become available.
D. Details about Participating in the
Community Roundtable:
EPA intends to host community
virtual roundtables during which local
organizations can participate in a
discussion of LCRR related topics and
provide their unique perspective to
EPA. These roundtables will focus on
communities that are disproportionately
impacted by the challenges of lead in
drinking water. EPA requests that
communities that would like to be
considered for a roundtable submit their
nomination letter to EPA via email to
LCRR@epa.gov not later than April 23,
2021. Nomination letters should include
the following information:
• Name of location,
• Primary point of contact and
contact information,
• A description of how your
community has been underserved or
experienced disproportionate impacts
from drinking water lead exposure, and
• A list of no more than 25
recommended community participants
and/or local organizations.
EPA recommends that the list of
participants/organizations that are
submitted be representative of all
interests in their community including,
but not limited to, local government
entities, public water utilities,
community-organized groups,
environmental groups and elected
officials. EPA intends to make each
roundtable available for viewing to
those who are not participating but are
interested in listening. EPA will be
posting meeting materials and
additional event details on
www.epa.gov/safewater, as they become
available.
E. Details about Participating in
Stakeholder Roundtables:
EPA intends to host stakeholder
roundtables where representatives of
national organizations (e.g.,
environmental, industry, consumer,
intergovernmental) can participate in a
discussion of LCRR related topics and
provide their perspective to the Agency.
EPA requests that organizations that
would like to participate in a roundtable
submit their nomination letter to EPA
via email to LCRR@epa.gov not later
than April 23, 2021. Nomination letters
should include the following
information:
• Name of organization,
• Primary point of contact and
contact information, and
• Why your organization should be
considered as a participant.
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EPA intends to make each roundtable
available for viewing to those who are
not participating but are interested in
listening. EPA will be posting meeting
materials and additional event details
on www.epa.gov/safewater, as they
become available.
F. Details of National Co-Regulator
Meeting:
EPA will be reaching out directly to
primacy agencies (e.g., states, tribes,
territories) with a specific date, time,
and details of this meeting in the
coming months. EPA will be posting
meeting materials and additional event
details on www.epa.gov/safewater, as
they become available.
II. Revised LCR Extension
On March 12, 2021, EPA announced
that it is extending the effective date of
the Revised Lead and Copper Rule
(LCRR) so that the agency can seek
further public input, particularly from
communities that are most at-risk of
exposure to lead in drinking water. To
accomplish this goal, EPA published in
the Federal Register two rules regarding
the revised LCR as follows: Final Rule
delay of effective date (86 FR 14003,
March 12, 2021); and Proposed Rule
delay of effective and compliance dates
(86 FR 14063, March 12, 2021).
The first is a final rule that announced
an extension of the effective date for the
revised LCR from March 16, 2021 until
June 17, 2021. The purpose of this
initial extension of the effective date is
to enable EPA to take public comment
on a second action that would provide
a longer extension of the effective date
to allow EPA to undertake its review of
the rule in a deliberate and thorough
manner, consistent with the public
health purposes of the Safe Drinking
Water Act, President Biden’s Executive
Order on Protecting Public Health and
the Environment and Restoring Science
to Tackle the Climate Crisis, the
President’s Chief of Staff’s Regulatory
Freeze Pending Review Memorandum,
and in consultation with affected
stakeholders. The second action is a
proposed rulemaking to extend the
effective date until December 16, 2021,
and also proposes a corresponding
extension of the revised LCR’s
compliance deadline to September 16,
2024. This action would provide time
for EPA to complete its review and
obtain additional stakeholder input but
would also ensure that drinking water
systems and primacy states continue to
have adequate time as provided by the
Safe Drinking Water Act to take actions
needed to assure regulatory compliance.
The request for public comment on
these extensions, which closes on April
12, is separate from the stakeholder
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meetings EPA is announcing in this
action.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water.
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Nevada: Authorization of State
Hazardous Waste Management
Program Revisions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
Nevada has applied to the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
for final authorization of changes to its
hazardous waste program under the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA). These changes correspond
to certain federal rules promulgated
between July 1, 2008 and July 1, 2018.
EPA has reviewed Nevada’s application
with regard to federal requirements and
is proposing to authorize the state’s
changes.
DATES: Comments on this proposed rule
must be received by May 5, 2021.
ADDRESSES: All documents in the docket
are listed in the www.regulations.gov
index. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically in www.regulations.gov,
or in hard copy. You can view and copy
Nevada’s application and associated
publicly available materials at the
Nevada Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources, Division of
Environmental Protection, 901 So.
Stewart Street, Ste. 4001, Carson City,
NV 89701 (phone number: 775–687–
4670), during business hours from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Interested persons wanting to examine
these documents should make an
appointment at least 24 hours in
advance.
Instructions: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09–
RCRA–2021–0047, at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
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Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. EPA will generally
not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). The https://
www.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 email comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your email
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public 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. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sorcha Vaughan, Vaughan.Sorcha@
epa.gov, 415–947–4217
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Why are revisions to state programs
necessary?
States that have received final
authorization from EPA under RCRA
section 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), must
maintain a hazardous waste program
that is equivalent to, consistent with,
and no less stringent than the federal
program. As the federal program
changes, states must change their
programs and ask EPA to authorize the
changes. Changes to state programs may
be necessary when federal or state
statutory or regulatory authority is
modified or when certain other changes
occur. Most commonly, states must
change their programs because of
changes to EPA’s regulations in 40 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 124,
260 through 268, 270, 273, and 279.
New federal requirements and
prohibitions imposed by federal
regulations that EPA promulgates
pursuant to the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA)
take effect in authorized states at the
same time that they take effect in
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 141
[EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0255; FRL 10022-33-OW]
RIN 2040-AF15
Lead and Copper Rule (LCRR) Virtual Engagements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Announcement of events; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host virtual
engagements beginning in April 2021. The goal of the events is to
obtain further public input on EPA's revision to the Lead and Copper
rule (LCRR), particularly from individuals and communities that are
most at-risk of exposure to lead in drinking water. For more
information on each event, visit EPA's drinking water website:
www.epa.gov/safewater. For more information, go to the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
DATES: Public listening sessions will be held on April 28, 2021 and May
5, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., eastern daylight time. Should
additional dates and times be required, EPA will provide updates on our
website: www.epa.gov/safewater. If you are unable to attend any of the
events, you will be able to submit comments at https://www.regulations.gov: enter Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0255 until June
30, 2021.
EPA will host virtual community-focused roundtables starting in May
2021. Virtual roundtables with stakeholder groups including drinking
water utilities, environmental organizations, environmental justice
organizations, public health organizations, and consumer associations
will be held starting in June 2021. EPA also intends to host a national
co-regulator meeting in July 2021 to discuss the feedback received from
communities. Details and times for these engagements will be posted on
EPA's drinking water website at: www.epa.gov/safewater.
ADDRESSES: Individuals, including those that attend and provide oral
statements, are encouraged to send written statements, identified by
Docket ID EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0255, by the following method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0255 for this EPA engagements. Comments received may
be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any
personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending
comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the
``Public Participation'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Wadlington, USEPA, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
566-1859; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
A. Written Comments--No.
B. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID EPA-HQ-OW-2021-
0255, at https://www.regulations.gov. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may publish any comment
received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of
the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI
or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective
comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
C. Details about Participating in the Listening Session:
The public is invited to speak during the April 28, 2021 or May 5,
2021 listening sessions. Those interested in speaking can sign up for a
3-minute time slot on EPA's website at https://www.epa.gov/safewater.
EPA will send an email to each speaker to confirm their speaking time
and date. EPA intends to make each session available for viewing to
those who are not participating but are interested in listening. EPA
will be posting additional event details on www.epa.gov/safewater, as
they become available.
D. Details about Participating in the Community Roundtable:
EPA intends to host community virtual roundtables during which
local organizations can participate in a discussion of LCRR related
topics and provide their unique perspective to EPA. These roundtables
will focus on communities that are disproportionately impacted by the
challenges of lead in drinking water. EPA requests that communities
that would like to be considered for a roundtable submit their
nomination letter to EPA via email to [email protected] not later than April
23, 2021. Nomination letters should include the following information:
Name of location,
Primary point of contact and contact information,
A description of how your community has been underserved
or experienced disproportionate impacts from drinking water lead
exposure, and
A list of no more than 25 recommended community
participants and/or local organizations.
EPA recommends that the list of participants/organizations that are
submitted be representative of all interests in their community
including, but not limited to, local government entities, public water
utilities, community-organized groups, environmental groups and elected
officials. EPA intends to make each roundtable available for viewing to
those who are not participating but are interested in listening. EPA
will be posting meeting materials and additional event details on
www.epa.gov/safewater, as they become available.
E. Details about Participating in Stakeholder Roundtables:
EPA intends to host stakeholder roundtables where representatives
of national organizations (e.g., environmental, industry, consumer,
intergovernmental) can participate in a discussion of LCRR related
topics and provide their perspective to the Agency. EPA requests that
organizations that would like to participate in a roundtable submit
their nomination letter to EPA via email to [email protected] not later than
April 23, 2021. Nomination letters should include the following
information:
Name of organization,
Primary point of contact and contact information, and
Why your organization should be considered as a
participant.
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EPA intends to make each roundtable available for viewing to those
who are not participating but are interested in listening. EPA will be
posting meeting materials and additional event details on www.epa.gov/safewater, as they become available.
F. Details of National Co-Regulator Meeting:
EPA will be reaching out directly to primacy agencies (e.g.,
states, tribes, territories) with a specific date, time, and details of
this meeting in the coming months. EPA will be posting meeting
materials and additional event details on www.epa.gov/safewater, as
they become available.
II. Revised LCR Extension
On March 12, 2021, EPA announced that it is extending the effective
date of the Revised Lead and Copper Rule (LCRR) so that the agency can
seek further public input, particularly from communities that are most
at-risk of exposure to lead in drinking water. To accomplish this goal,
EPA published in the Federal Register two rules regarding the revised
LCR as follows: Final Rule delay of effective date (86 FR 14003, March
12, 2021); and Proposed Rule delay of effective and compliance dates
(86 FR 14063, March 12, 2021).
The first is a final rule that announced an extension of the
effective date for the revised LCR from March 16, 2021 until June 17,
2021. The purpose of this initial extension of the effective date is to
enable EPA to take public comment on a second action that would provide
a longer extension of the effective date to allow EPA to undertake its
review of the rule in a deliberate and thorough manner, consistent with
the public health purposes of the Safe Drinking Water Act, President
Biden's Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment
and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis, the President's
Chief of Staff's Regulatory Freeze Pending Review Memorandum, and in
consultation with affected stakeholders. The second action is a
proposed rulemaking to extend the effective date until December 16,
2021, and also proposes a corresponding extension of the revised LCR's
compliance deadline to September 16, 2024. This action would provide
time for EPA to complete its review and obtain additional stakeholder
input but would also ensure that drinking water systems and primacy
states continue to have adequate time as provided by the Safe Drinking
Water Act to take actions needed to assure regulatory compliance. The
request for public comment on these extensions, which closes on April
12, is separate from the stakeholder meetings EPA is announcing in this
action.
Yu-Ting Guilaran,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 2021-06926 Filed 4-2-21; 8:45 am]
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