Water supply: Public water supply supervision program— South Dakota,

[Federal Register: November 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 216)]

[Notices]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Public Water System Supervision Program Revision and Definition of Indian Country for the State of South Dakota

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice and request for public comments and announcement of public hearing.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing for the proposed primacy revision of the State of South Dakota's Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program as well as for the proposed definition of Indian country as it extends to PWSS primacy delegation and other environmental program authorizations and delegations within the State of South Dakota. For further information on the proposed primacy delegation, as well as on the proposed definition of Indian country, please refer to 64 FR 44521-44522, August 16, 1999.

DATES: Any interested parties may submit oral or written statements at the public hearing scheduled for Thursday, December, 2, 1999. There will be two sessions: an afternoon session at 3 p.m. and an evening session at 6:30 p.m. The hearing will be held at the Badlands National Park Service Headquarters located nine miles south off of I-90 Exit 131, 72 miles from Rapid City or two miles north of the Town of Interior. The telephone number for the Badlands National Park Service Headquarters is 605-433-5281 or 605-433-5361. Persons wishing to make oral statements must register at the Badlands National Park Service Headquarters on December

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2, 1999, between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. or between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Himmelbauer, Municipal Systems Unit, EPA Region 8 (8P-W-MS), 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466, telephone 303-312-6263.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 300g-2, and 40 CFR part 142, subpart B-Primary Enforcement Responsibility, that the State of South Dakota has revised its PWSS program. South Dakota's PWSS program, administered by the Drinking Water Program of the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), has adopted regulations for lead and copper in drinking water that correspond to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) in 40 CFR part 141, subpart I (56 FR 26460-26564, June 7, 1991). The EPA proposes to approve South Dakota's primacy revisions for the Lead and Copper regulation. The proposed approval does not extend to public water systems in Indian country as defined in 64 FR 44521-44522, August 16, 1999.

All documents relating to this determination are available for inspection at the following locations: (1) U.S. EPA Region 8, Municipal Systems Unit, 999 18th Street (4th floor), Denver, CO 80202-2466; (2) South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Drinking Water Program, 523 East Capital Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501.

Dated: October 27, 1999. Jack W. McGraw, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.

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