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Notice of Availability of the Tribal Drinking Water
Operator Cert Draft Guidelines
[Federal Register: March 30, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 62)]
[Notices]
[Page 16917]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Notice of Availability of the Tribal Drinking Water Operator
Certification Program Draft Guidelines
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking
comments from Tribes and other parties who will be affected by
or are otherwise interested in the Tribal Drinking Water Operator
Certification Program Draft Guidelines. EPA will consider the comments
received when developing the final guidelines. There will be a
90-day comment period starting from the publication date of this notice
of availability.
DATES: Comments should be postmarked or received via email by June
27, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Attn: Staci Gatica (MC: 4606),
Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington DC 20460. Comments can also be sent via email to
gatica.staci@epamail.epa.gov. Typed comments are preferred.
AVAILABILITY: Please contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at
1-800-426-4791 to receive a copy of the Tribal Drinking Water Operator
Certification Program Draft Guidelines. The draft guidelines are
also available on the EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
website at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/tribal.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Safe Drinking Water Hotline,
toll free (800) 426-4791, can be contacted for general information about
and copies of this document. For technical inquiries, contact Staci Gatica,
Implementation and Assistance Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water (4606), Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC 20460. The telephone
number is (202) 260-3967 and the e-mail address is gatica.staci@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Amendments of 1996 direct the EPA, in cooperation with the States,
to develop guidelines specifying minimum standards for certification
and recertification of operators of State community and nontransient
noncommunity public water systems. The requirements pertaining
to States do not apply to Tribes but because having a certified operator
is a key factor in public health protection, EPA is developing,
in cooperation with Tribes, a voluntary Tribal Drinking Water Operator
Certification Program. This program is intended to protect public
health by providing Tribes with additional opportunities to become
trained and certified, by developing base standards for non-State
organizations certifying operators of tribal systems and by
establishing a consistent method of assessing, tracking, and addressing
certification and training needs on tribal lands.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. 00-7629 Filed 3-29-00; 8:45 am]
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