Environmental Protection Agency April 17, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that the State of Arkansas is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Arkansas has adopted the Stage 2 Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DDBPR) to increase public health protection by reducing the potential risk of adverse health effects associated with disinfection byproducts throughout the distribution system. In addition, the State of Arkansas has adopted the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2ESWTR) to improve public health protection through the control of microbial contaminants by focusing on systems with elevated Cryptosporidium risk. EPA has determined that the proposed Stage 2 DDBPR and LT2ESWTR revisions submitted by Arkansas are no less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, EPA proposes to approve these program revisions.

EPA will be holding a public meeting to encourage input from stakeholders regarding approaches to ensuring success in meeting 2012 Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) goals to assess and initiate action, if necessary, on thousands of high (HPV) and moderate production volume (MPV) chemicals, to engage stakeholders on the concept of developing and implementing a HPV Challenge-type program for ``inorganic'' HPV chemicals, and on options for means to potentially reset the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory. Additional information on these Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP) efforts can be found on the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics homepage, https://www.epa.gov/oppt, and on the new ChAMP website, http:/ /www.epa.gov/champ. The purpose of this public meeting will be to further discussion and development of these initiatives.