Notice of Tentative Approval and Solicitation of Request for a Public Hearing for Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the State of Maryland

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provision of section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended, and the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation 40 CFR part 142, that the State of Maryland is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Maryland has adopted the Public Notification Rule requiring the owner or operator of a public water system to give notice to the public for all violations of national primary drinking water regulations as well as for failure to comply with a prescribed treatment technique, for failure to perform required water quality monitoring or for failure to comply with prescribed testing procedures. It has also adopted the Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions, which makes minor changes to the existing Lead and Copper Rule, as well as adopting several other minor revisions to its regulations. EPA has determined that these revisions, all effective April 29, 2002, are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, EPA has decided to tentatively approve these program revisions. All interested parties are invited to submit written comments on this determination and may request a public hearing.