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| EPA/WATER | RIN: 2040-AD94 | Publication ID: Fall 2003 |
| Title: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Revisions to the Total Coliform Monitoring and Analytical Requirements and Additional Distribution System Requirements | |
| Abstract: EPA has determined the need to revise the Total Coliform Rule (TCR), as published in the July 18, 2003 Federal Register (68FR42907). 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, intends to strenghten the TCR by adding distribution system requirements. | |
| Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
| RIN Status: Previously 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 | |
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| Additional Information: SAN 4775. | |
| Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes | Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal |
| Small Entities Affected: Businesses | Federalism: Undetermined |
| Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
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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 |
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