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        <RIN>2040-AA97</RIN>
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            <PUBLICATION_ID>199704</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <CODE>2040</CODE>
            <NAME>Water</NAME>
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            <CODE>2000</CODE>
            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Groundwater Disinfection</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[In accordance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996, EPA will propose that all public water systems using groundwater use disinfection treatment processes, unless they have natural disinfection or meet specified variance criteria. This rule will reduce microbial contamination risk from public water systems relying on groundwater as their drinking water source. The sources of microbial contamination are ubiquitous, and contamination can cause diarrhea, other gastrointestinal illness, hepatitis, and a variety of other illnesses. The approximately 180,000 public water systems that use groundwater not under direct influence of surface water, serving about 90 million people, will be affected by this regulation. Known treatment technologies include disinfection (through use of chlorine, chloramines, ozone, chlorine dioxide, or ultraviolet); source protection; well construction codes; and backflow prevention programs. No cost projections have yet been made. All States with primacy would be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the rule, including enforcement of monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, public notification and treatment requirements. Local and tribal governments which own water systems are responsible for implementing the requirements of the rule. ^PEPA and the litigant will file papers with the court by October 21, 1996, concerning the status of this rule under the SDWA, as amended on August 6, 1996.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Long-Term Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Yes</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>State, local, or tribal governments</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 141</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 142</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 300/SDWA 1412</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>05/00/2002</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC> Publish radon risk reduction and cost analysis</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/1998</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/00/2002</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>SAN No. 2340. ^PRFA:  Y</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Yes</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Governmental Jurisdictions</SMALL_ENTITY>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Organizations</SMALL_ENTITY>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Local</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Tribal</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Bruce</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Macler</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2040</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Water</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OW</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>415 744-1884</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Region IX,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>San Francisco</CITY>
                    <STATE>CA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>94105</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Erin</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Flannery-Keith</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2040</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Water</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OW</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 566-0689</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>flannery-keith.erin@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>4607, 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
        <REINVENT_GOVT>No</REINVENT_GOVT>
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