Michigan: FYI, from USEPA.
From: U.S. EPA
[mailto:usaepa@govdelivery.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 9:42
AM
Subject: Water News (Region 5):
Proposed changes to Michigan
drinking water rules will better protect public health
CONTACT:
William Omohundro, 312-353-8254, omohundro.william@epa.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
No. 07-OPA107
Proposed
changes to Michigan
drinking water rules will better protect public health
CHICAGO
(June 26, 2007) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 seeks comments
on its tentative decision to approve four changes to Michigan's drinking water
regulations that will enhance protection of public health and increase
information provided to the public about their drinking water.
The
changes are required under amendments to the federal Safe Drinking Water
Act. As EPA adopts new drinking water regulations, states such as Michigan that administer
their own programs must adopt rules at least as stringent.
Michigan plans to
adopt:
- the revised Radionuclides Rule that will reduce
exposure to radionuclides in drinking water and reduce the risk of cancer;
- the revised Arsenic and Clarifications to
Compliance and New Source Monitoring (Arsenic) Rule to reduce the public's
exposure to arsenic in drinking water, thereby reducing the frequency of
cancers and noncarcinogenic diseases;
- the Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment
Rule which will control microbial contaminants, particularly
cryptosporidium; and
- the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule that requires
changes to a water treatment plant's process that may otherwise compromise
microbial control.
If
there is sufficient interest, EPA will hold a public hearing on the proposed
changes. Comments and requests for a hearing should be postmarked by July
21 and sent to EPA Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch (WG-15J), 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 or e-mailed to crooks.jennifer@epa.gov.
Documents
on the proposed changes are available for review at the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality, Water Bureau, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan St., 2nd Floor, P.O. Box 30273, Lansing,
MI 48909-7773,
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. They
can also be viewed at EPA's Chicago
office.
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