Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 22.12.2000

Public Water Supply Supervision Program; Program Revision for the State of Oregon

Notice is hereby given that the State of Oregon has revised its approved State Public Water Supply Supervision (PWSS) Primacy Program. Oregon has revised its PWSS program with respect to administrative penalty authority, has adopted a revised definition of public water system, and has adopted drinking water regulations requiring consumer confidence reports from all community water systems. EPA has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, EPA intends on approving these State program revisions. This approval action does not extend to public water systems (PWSs) in Indian Country, as that term is defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. EPA interprets its past approvals as not extending to Indian Country unless the State has made an explicit demonstration of jurisdiction over Indian Country and EPA has specifically approved the State's Drinking Water program over that area. EPA is aware that, historically, certain non-Indian owned PWSs in Indian Country may have followed the State's PWS program. EPA is currently developing a plan to secure EPA oversight of all of these systems in a manner which will ensure that the public health an