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Public Water Supply Supervision Program Rules for the State of Alabama

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[Federal Register: June 2, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 106)]
[Notices]
[Page 32088-32089]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr02jn06-75]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R04-OW-2006-0183; FRL-8179-3]
 
Public Water Supply Supervision Program Rules for the State of Alabama

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve the State of Alabama's drinking 
water regulations for the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment, 
Disinfectants and Disinfection By-Products, and Filter Backwash 
Recycling Rules. EPA has determined that these revisions are no less 
stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, EPA 
intends on approving this State program revision.

DATES: All interested parties may request a public hearing and/or 
submit comments on or before July 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your requests and/or comments, identified by Docket 
ID No. EPA-R04-OW-2006-0183, in one of the following methods:
    1. http://www.regulations.gov: Exit Disclaimer Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: plouff.tom@epa.gov.
    3. Fax: (404) 562-9476.
    4. Mail: EPA-R04-W-2006-0183, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 4, Water Management Division, Ground Water and Drinking Water 
Branch, Drinking Water Section, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303-8960.
    5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Tom Plouff, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, Water Management Division, Drinking Water 
Section, 15th Floor, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's normal 
hours of operation. The Regional Office's official hours of business is 
Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding federal holidays.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-04-W-2006-
0183. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
http://www.regulations.gov, Exit Disclaimer 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 through http://www.regulations.gov
Exit Disclaimer or e-mail, information that you consider to be CBI 
or otherwise protected. The http://www.regulations.gov Exit Disclaimer Web site 
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 http://www.regulations.gov, Exit Disclaimer your e-mail 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 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

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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 additional information about EPA's public docket visit 
the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the 
http://www.regulations.gov Exit Disclaimer index. Although listed in the index, 
some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information 
whose 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 electronically in http://www.regulations.gov
Exit Disclaimer or in hard copy at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, Water Management Division, Ground Water 
and Drinking Water Branch, Drinking Water Section, 61 Forsyth Street, 
SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alabama Department of Environmental 
Management, Water Supply Branch, PO Box 301463, Montgomery, Alabama 
36130-1463 or Mr. Tom Plouff, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 4, Water Management Division, Ground Water and Drinking Water 
Branch, Drinking Water Section, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303. Please contact Mr. Plouff at (404) 562-9479 and/or 
electronic mail address at plouff.tom@epa.gov for questions and/or 
comments regarding this tentative approval.

    Authority: Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as 
amended in 1996 and 40 CFR part 142.

    Dated: May 22, 2006.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. E6-8618 Filed 6-1-06; 8:45 am]
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