83 FR 50364 - Request for Nominations of Drinking Water Contaminants for the Fifth Contaminant Candidate List
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 194 (October 5, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 194 (October 5, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 50364-50366] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-21748] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0594; FRL-9985-17-OW] Request for Nominations of Drinking Water Contaminants for the Fifth Contaminant Candidate List AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting nominations of chemical and microbial contaminants that are not currently regulated, for possible inclusion on the fifth drinking water Contaminant Candidate List. The EPA requests that nominations include information showing the nominated contaminant is known or anticipated to occur in public water systems and indicating the nominated contaminant may require regulation due to the potential for adverse effects on the health of persons. DATES: Nominations must be received on or before December 4, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW- 2018-0594, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. You may also submit comments by mail or hand delivery to: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. 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. The 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 additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. More information about comment submissions and CBI specific to the nomination process is included in Section III of this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this notice and/or inquiries regarding the EPA's fifth drinking water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5) nominations, please contact Kesha Forrest, Standards and Risk Management Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-3632; email address: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? This notice does not impose any requirements on anyone; it only requests nominations for the drinking water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL) and provides information on how the public can submit nominations to the EPA. B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information? The EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0594. Publicly available docket materials are accessible either electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center (see the ADDRESSES section of this notice). II. Background A. What is the CCL? The CCL is a list of contaminants that are currently not subject to any proposed or promulgated national primary drinking water regulations, that are known or anticipated to occur in public water systems, and which may require regulation under the Safe [[Page 50365]] Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The EPA uses this list of unregulated contaminants to prioritize research and data collection efforts to help the Agency determine whether to regulate a specific contaminant. The SDWA requires that the EPA publish the CCL every five years (SWDA Sec. 1412(b)(1)). The EPA is also required to consult with the scientific community, including the Science Advisory Board, and provide notice and opportunity for public comment prior to publication of the final CCL. The SDWA also requires the EPA to determine whether to regulate at least five contaminants from the CCL every five years (SWDA Sec. 1412(b)(1)). To regulate a contaminant, the SDWA specifies the EPA must determine that: 1. The contaminant may have an adverse effect on the health of persons; 2. The contaminant is known to occur, or there is a substantial likelihood that the contaminant will occur, in public water systems with a frequency and at levels of public health concern; and 3. In the sole judgment of the Administrator, regulation of such contaminant presents meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction for persons served by public water systems. B. What contaminants were listed on the previous Contaminant Candidate List? The fourth CCL (CCL 4) was published on November 17, 2016 (81 FR 81099). CCL 4 included 97 chemicals or chemical groups and 12 microbial contaminants. The list includes, among others, chemicals used in commerce, pesticides, biological toxins, disinfection byproducts, pharmaceuticals, and waterborne pathogens. The list of contaminants included on CCL 4, and other information regarding the CCL, can be found on the internet at https://www.epa.gov/ccl and in the Federal Register notice for the final CCL 4 (81 FR 81099, November 17, 2016). C. Why is the EPA soliciting contaminant nominations? The EPA is conducting an evaluation of potential contaminants for inclusion on the draft CCL 5. The EPA is requesting public nominations for contaminants that are not currently regulated, to ensure that contaminants that may not be typically identified as part of the EPA's CCL process are considered. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS, 2001) and National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC, 2004) recommended to the EPA that the CCL be a data-driven, step-wise approach to classifying contaminants. These experts also recognized the importance of providing an additional pathway for the public to identify new and emerging contaminants for the EPA to further evaluate. A public nomination process allows the EPA to consider new and emerging contaminants that might not otherwise be considered because new information may exist that the EPA is unaware of and/or the information may not have been widely reported or recorded. III. The EPA CCL Nomination Process This contaminant nomination process is the first opportunity for the public to make nominations for contaminants to be considered for the CCL 5. The EPA will also accept nominations during the notice and comment period following the EPA's publication of the draft CCL 5 in the Federal Register. A. How can stakeholders, agencies, industry, and the public nominate contaminants for the CCL 5? Interested parties can nominate chemicals, microbes, or other materials for consideration on the CCL 5 by sending information electronically through http://www.regulations.gov, by mail, or by hand delivery (see the ADDRESSES section of this notice). Do not submit confidential business information (CBI) to the EPA through http://www.regulations.gov or email. Submit comments that contain CBI only by mail or hand delivery, and clearly mark the part of or all the information that you claim to be CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a non- CBI copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 40 CFR part 2. When submitting a nomination, it is preferred that the nominators include a name, affiliation, phone number, mailing address, and email address; however, this information is not required and nominations can be submitted anonymously. The nominator should also address the following questions for each contaminant nominated to the CCL: 1. What is the contaminant's name, CAS number, and/or common synonym (if applicable)? Please do not nominate a contaminant that is already subject to a national primary drinking water regulation. 2. What are the data that you believe support the conclusion that the contaminant is known or anticipated to occur in public water systems? For example, provide information that shows measured occurrence of the contaminant in drinking water or measured occurrence in sources of drinking water or provide information that shows the contaminant is released in the environment or is manufactured in large quantities and has a potential for contaminating sources of drinking water. Please provide the source of this information with complete citations for published information (i.e., author(s), title, journal, and date) or contact information for the primary investigator. 3. What are the data that you believe support the conclusion that the contaminant may require regulation? For example, provide information that shows the contaminant may have an adverse health effect on the general population or that the contaminant is potentially harmful to subgroups that comprise a meaningful portion of the population (such as children, pregnant women, the elderly, individuals with a history of serious illness, or others). Please provide the source of this information with complete citations for published information (i.e., author(s), title, journal, and date) or contact information for the primary investigator. B. How do I submit nominations in hard copy? You may submit nominations by mail or hand delivery. To allow full consideration of your nomination, please ensure that your nominations are received or postmarked by midnight December 4, 2018. The address for submittal of nominations by mail or hand delivery is listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document. C. What will happen to my nominations after I submit them? The EPA will evaluate the information available for the nominated contaminants to determine the appropriateness of inclusion on the CCL 5. The EPA does not intend to respond to the nominations directly or individually. The EPA will summarize the nominations received when the draft CCL 5 list is published in the Federal Register. IV. References Copies of these documents are found at http://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0594. NAS 2001. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. 2001. Classifying Drinking Water Contaminants for Regulatory Consideration. National Academy Press. Washington, DC. Available at http://books.nap.edu/books/0309074088/html/ [[Page 50366]] index.html. NDWAC 2004. National Drinking Water Advisory Council. National Drinking Water Advisory Council Report on the CCL Classification Process to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, May 18, 2004. Available at https://www.epa.gov/ccl/national-drinking-water-advisory-council-report-ccl-classification-process. Dated: September 27, 2018. David P. Ross, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water. [FR Doc. 2018-21748 Filed 10-4-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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effect of the dumping on esthetic, reflects updated reporting burden Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
recreational, or economic values; land- estimates. Specifically, since the etc.) must be accompanied by a written
based alternatives to ocean dumping; issuance of the current ICR, EPA issued comment. The written comment is
and the adverse effects of the dumping an additional general permit under the considered the official comment and
on other uses of the ocean. The Ocean MPRSA for the transport and disposal of should include discussion of all points
Dumping Criteria are codified in 40 CFR marine mammal carcasses in ocean you wish to make. The EPA will
parts 227–228. To meet U.S. reporting waters under specified conditions. The generally not consider comments or
obligation under the London estimates in the supporting information comment contents located outside of the
Convention, an international treaty on reflect the increase associated with the primary submission (i.e., on the web,
ocean dumping, EPA also reports some general permit, which was published in cloud, or other file sharing system). For
of this information in the annual United the Federal Register on December 6, additional submission methods, the full
States Ocean Dumping Report. 2016 [81 FR 87928]. EPA public comment policy,
EPA uses ocean dumping information information about CBI or multimedia
Dated: September 27, 2018.
to make decisions regarding whether submissions, and general guidance on
John Goodin,
issue, deny, as well as to impose making effective comments, please visit
conditions on ocean dumping permits Acting Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans
and Watersheds.
http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
issued by EPA in order to ensure commenting-epa-dockets. More
consistency with the Ocean Dumping [FR Doc. 2018–21750 Filed 10–4–18; 8:45 am]
information about comment
Criteria. EPA uses monitoring and BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
submissions and CBI specific to the
reporting data from permittees to assess nomination process is included in
compliance with ocean dumping Section III of this notice.
permits, including associated ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
monitoring activities. questions about this notice and/or
Form numbers: None. [EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0594; FRL–9985–17– inquiries regarding the EPA’s fifth
Respondents/affected entities: OW]
drinking water Contaminant Candidate
Respondents/affected entities may
Request for Nominations of Drinking List (CCL 5) nominations, please contact
include any private person or entity, or
Water Contaminants for the Fifth Kesha Forrest, Standards and Risk
state, local, or foreign governments.
Respondent’s obligation to respond: Contaminant Candidate List Management Division, Office of Ground
Required to obtain or retain a benefit, Water and Drinking Water,
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
specifically permit authorization and/or
Agency (EPA). Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
compliance with permits required under
MPRSA sections 102 and 104, 33 U.S.C. ACTION: Notice. 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–
1402 & 1404, and implementing 3632; email address: forrest.kesha@
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection epa.gov.
regulations at 40 CFR parts 220–229. Agency (EPA) is requesting nominations
Estimated number of respondents: of chemical and microbial contaminants SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
2,768 respondents per year. that are not currently regulated, for
Frequency of response: The frequency I. General Information
possible inclusion on the fifth drinking
of response varies for application and A. Does this action apply to me?
water Contaminant Candidate List. The
reporting requirements for different
EPA requests that nominations include This notice does not impose any
permits. Other than the general permit
information showing the nominated requirements on anyone; it only
for transportation and disposal of
contaminant is known or anticipated to requests nominations for the drinking
vessels, response is required once for
occur in public water systems and water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL)
each permit application, whether a
indicating the nominated contaminant and provides information on how the
single notification to EPA or a permit
may require regulation due to the public can submit nominations to the
application. Depending on the type of
potential for adverse effects on the EPA.
MPRSA permit, a permit application
health of persons.
would be required prior to expiration if B. How can I get copies of this document
the permittee seeks re-issuance: General DATES: Nominations must be received and other related information?
permit (once every seven years), special on or before December 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
The EPA has established a docket for
permit (once every three years), and this action under Docket ID No. EPA–
research permit (once every 18 months). identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OW–2018–0594, to the Federal HQ–OW–2018–0594. Publicly available
Total estimated burden: The public
eRulemaking Portal: http:// docket materials are accessible either
reporting and recordkeeping burdens for
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online electronically through http://
this collection of information are
instructions for submitting comments. www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
estimated to be 3,497 hours per year.
You may also submit comments by mail the Water Docket in the EPA Docket
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
or hand delivery to: Water Docket, Center (see the ADDRESSES section of
Total estimated cost: Annual costs are
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail this notice).
estimated to be $380,376, which
includes $184,503 for labor and Code: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. II. Background
$195,874 for capital or operation & NW, Washington, DC 20460.
Once submitted, comments cannot be A. What is the CCL?
maintenance costs.
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Changes in estimates: There is no edited or withdrawn. The EPA may The CCL is a list of contaminants that
significant increase in the burden. There publish any comment received to its are currently not subject to any
is an increase of 1 hour in the total public docket. Do not submit proposed or promulgated national
estimated respondent burden compared electronically any information you primary drinking water regulations, that
with the ICR currently approved by consider to be Confidential Business are known or anticipated to occur in
OMB. This increase is due to a change Information (CBI) or other information public water systems, and which may
in the program requirements and whose disclosure is restricted by statute. require regulation under the Safe
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index.html. the information that the requesting Dated: September 25, 2018.
NDWAC 2004. National Drinking Water person intends to submit at such Onis ‘‘Trey’’ Glenn, III,
Advisory Council. National Drinking hearing; and the signature of the Regional Administrator, Region 4.
Water Advisory Council Report on the
CCL Classification Process to the U.S.
individual making the request, or, if the [FR Doc. 2018–21752 Filed 10–4–18; 8:45 am]
Environmental Protection Agency, May request is made on behalf of an BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
18, 2004. Available at https:// organization or other entity, the
www.epa.gov/ccl/national-drinking- signature of a responsible official of the
water-advisory-council-report-ccl- organization or other entity. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
classification-process. AGENCY
ADDRESSES: Documents relating to this
Dated: September 27, 2018.
determination are available for
David P. Ross, inspection between the hours of 9:00 [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0586; FRL–9983–38]
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water. a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through
[FR Doc. 2018–21748 Filed 10–4–18; 8:45 am] A Working Approach for Identifying
Friday (excluding legal holidays) at the
Potential Candidate Chemicals for
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P following offices: Public Water Supply
Prioritization; Notice of Availability
Section, North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality, 512 North AGENCY: Environmental Protection
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Salisbury Street, Archdale Building,
AGENCY Agency (EPA).
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604; and the
[FRL–9985–16–Region 4] Drinking Water Section, U.S. ACTION: Notice.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Public Water System Supervision Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, SUMMARY: This Notice announces the
Program Revision for the State of Georgia 30303. availability of a document: A Working
North Carolina Approach for Identifying Potential
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Candidate Chemicals for Prioritization.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Froneberger, EPA Region 4, Drinking The document lays out EPA’s near-term
Agency (EPA). Water Section, by mail at the Atlanta approach for identifying potential
ACTION: Notice of intended approval. street address given above, by telephone chemicals for prioritization, the initial
at (404) 562–9446, or by email at step in evaluating the safety of existing
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that froneberger.dale@epa.gov.
the State of North Carolina is revising its chemicals under the Toxic Substances
approved Public Water System SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The State Control Act (TSCA). The document also
Supervision Program. North Carolina of North Carolina has submitted a includes a longer-term risk-based
has adopted drinking water regulations request that EPA approve a revision to approach for considering the larger
for the Revised Total Coliform Rule. the State’s Safe Drinking Water Act TSCA active chemical universe. EPA is
EPA has determined that North Public Water System Supervision opening a public docket to accept
Carolina’s regulations are no less Program to include the authority to comments on this approach, which will
stringent than the federal rule and the implement and enforce the Revised inform a public meeting to be held in
revision otherwise meets applicable Total Coliform Rule. For the request to early 2019. This docket will remain
Safe Drinking Water Act requirements. be approved, EPA must find the state open until November 15, 2018. In a
Therefore, EPA intends to approve this regulations codified at Title 15A NCAC related but separate action, EPA is
revision to the State of North Carolina’s Subchapter 18C to be no less stringent opening 74 public dockets, one for each
Public Water System Supervision than the federal rule codified at 40 CFR of the 73 remaining chemicals on the
Program. part 141. EPA reviewed North Carolina’s 2014 Update to the TSCA Work Plan for
application using the federal statutory Chemical Assessments that have not
DATES: Any interested person may received manufacturer requests for EPA
request a public hearing. A request for provisions (Section 1413 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act), federal regulations evaluation and an additional general
a public hearing must be submitted by docket for chemicals not on the Work
November 5, 2018, to the Regional (at 40 CFR parts 141 and 142), state
regulations, state policies and Plan. These dockets will be open until
Administrator at the EPA Region 4 street December 1, 2019.
address shown below. The Regional procedures for implementing the rule,
Administrator may deny frivolous or regulatory crosswalk, and EPA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
insubstantial requests for a hearing. regulatory guidance to determine For technical information on A
However, if a substantial request for a whether the request for revision is Working Approach for Identifying
public hearing is made by November 5, approvable. EPA determined that the Potential Candidate Chemicals for
2018, a public hearing will be held. If North Carolina regulations are no less Prioritization document contact:
no timely and appropriate request for a stringent than the corresponding federal Susanna Blair, Office of Pollution
hearing is received and the Regional rule and the revision otherwise meets Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Administrator does not elect to hold a applicable Safe Drinking Water Act Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
hearing on his own motion, this requirements. Therefore, EPA intends to Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001;
determination shall become final and approve this revision. If EPA does not telephone number: (202) 564–4371;
effective on November 5, 2018. Any receive a timely and appropriate request email address: susanna.blair@epa.gov.
request for a public hearing shall for a hearing and the Regional
For general information contact: The
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include the following information: the Administrator does not elect to hold a
hearing on his own motion, this TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422
name, address, and telephone number of South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
the individual, organization, or other approval shall become final and
effective on November 5, 2018. 14620; telephone number: (202) 554–
entity requesting a hearing; a brief 1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@
statement of the requesting person’s Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe epa.gov.
interest in the Regional Administrator’s Drinking Water Act, as amended (1996), and
determination and a brief statement of 40 CFR part 142. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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| Dates | Nominations must be received on or before December 4, 2018. | |
| Contact | For questions about this notice and/or inquiries regarding the EPA's fifth drinking water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5) nominations, please contact Kesha Forrest, Standards and Risk Management Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-3632; email | |
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