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| EPA/WATER | RIN: 2040-AD38 | Publication ID: Spring 2006 |
| Title: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule | |
| Abstract: This Regulation, along with a Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2ESWTR) that was promulgated simultaneously, is intended to expand existing public health protections and address concerns about risk trade-offs between pathogens and disinfection byproducts. The Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule (Stage 2 DBPR) was promulgated on January 4, 2006 (71 FR 388) and the LT2ESWTR was promulgated on January 5, 2006 (71 FR 654). This rule could affect all public water systems that add a disinfectant to the drinking water during any part of the treatment process, although the impacts may be limited to community water systems (CWSs) and non-transient non-community water systems (NTNCWSs). Promulgating the LT2ESWTR and the Stage 2 DBPR as a paired rulemaking was necessary to ensure that adequate protection from microbial risk is maintained while EPA manages risk from disinfection byproducts. In developing the Stage 2 DBPR, EPA analyzed a significant body of new survey data on source water quality parameters, treatment data and disinfection byproduct occurrence. This survey data, which was collected under the Information Collection Rule (ICR), Supplemental Surveys to the ICR, and additional research projects, provide a substantially more comprehensive and complete picture of the occurrence of DBPs and microbiological pathogens than was previously available. EPA also used new information on the health effects of exposure to DBPs to determine effective regulatory requirements for controlling risk. On March 30, 1999, EPA reconvened a committee of stakeholders under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to assist in the development of these rules; an Agreement in Principle was signed in September 2000 outlining the proposed rule options. | |
| Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Economically Significant |
| RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions |
| Major: Yes | Unfunded Mandates: State, local, or tribal governments; Private Sector |
| CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141-142 40 CFR 9 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.) | |
| Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f 42 USC 300 g-1 42 USC 300g-2 42 USC 300g-3 42 USC 300g-4 42 USC 300g-5 42 USC 300g-6 42 USC 300j-4 42 USC 300j-9 42 USC 300j-11 | |
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| Additional Information: SAN No. 4342; EPA publication information: Final Action - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/2006/January/Day-04/w03.htm; ; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0043 | |
| Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal |
| Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: Yes |
| Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes | |
| RIN Information URL: http:/www.epa.gov.safewater/disinfection/stage2/index.html | |
| Sectors Affected: 22131 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems | |
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Agency Contact: Tom Grubbs Environmental Protection Agency Water 4607, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-5262 Fax:202 564-3767 Email: grubbs.thomas@epa.gov Stig Regli Environmental Protection Agency Water 4607M, 4607, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-5270 Fax:202 564-3767 Email: regli.stig@epa.gov |
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