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EPA/WATER RIN: 2040-AD94 Publication ID: Spring 2003 
Title: ●National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Revisions to the Total Coliform Monitoring and Analytical Requirements and Additional Distribution System Requirements 
Abstract: EPA will review and revise the Total Coliform Rule (TCR) as part of the 6-year review required by the 1996 SDWA Amendments. EPA intends revisions to the TCR to maintain or provide for greater human health protection than under the existing TCR. A Federal Advisory Committee recommended that EPA, as part of the TCR 6-year review process, "initiate a process for addressing cross-connection control and backflow prevention requirements and consider additional distribution system requirements related to significant health risks."The TCR, promulgated in 1989, protects human health by requiring microbial monitoring in drinking water distribution systems. The TCR does not include distribution system corrective or protective requirements to reduce contamination from coliforms and other contaminants. EPA has gained a better understanding of distribution system impacts on human health and, therefore, is considering strengthening the TCR by adding distribution system requirements. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: State, local, or tribal governments; Private Sector 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 141    40 CFR 142   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 300f et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/00/2006    
Final Action  06/00/2008    
Additional Information: SAN No. 4775
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions  Federalism: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Ken Rotert
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4607M,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-5280
Fax:202 564-3767
Email: rotert.kenneth@epa.gov

Eric Burneson
Environmental Protection Agency
Water
4607M, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-5250
Email: burneson.eric@epa.gov