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EPA/WATER RIN: 2040-AC98 Publication ID: Spring 1998 
Title: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Radium, Uranium, Alpha, Beta and Photon Emitters 
Abstract: Standards for radium, alpha, and beta and photon emitters were promulgated in 1976. They were included in the list of 83 contaminants for regulation (because they had MCLs but MCLGs), along with uranium and radon, in the 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments. Regulations for uranium, radium 226, radium 228, and gross alpha and beta particles were proposed on July 18, 1991. The 1991 proposal was to raise the standard for radium 226/228 from combined level of 5 pCi/l to a separate standard of 20 pCi/l, and proposed uranium at 20 ug/l. EPA will take final action on proposed uranium regulations by November, 2000, and final action on radium, alpha, beta, and photon emitters or state reasons for not taking final action by November, 2000. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141    40 CFR 142   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300 SDWA 1412   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Other  Judicial  Uranium See additional information  11/00/2000 
Final  Judicial  Uranium  11/00/2000 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  09/30/1986  51 FR 34836   
NPRM  07/18/1991  56 FR 33050   
Final Rule  11/00/2000    
Additional Information: SAN No. 3992 ^PJudicial Deadline Description: Final or stated rationale for not taking final action on Radium Alpha Beta and Photon emitters. ^PRFA: N
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
David Huber
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4607,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 260-9566
Fax:202 260-3762
Email: huber.david@epa.gov