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EPA Seeks Input on Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts NPDWRs Rulemaking
Revisions
WASHINGTON – Today, August 9, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
invites small public water systems to participate as Small Entity
Representatives (SERs) providing advice and recommendations to a Small
Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel. Building on past extensive EPA
engagement with stakeholders, this SBAR Panel will focus on the agency’s
development of potential revisions to one or more of the current Microbial and
Disinfection Byproducts (MDBP) National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
(NPDWRs), including Stage 1 and Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection
Byproducts Rules (D/DBPRs); Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR); Interim
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR); and Long-Term 1 Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT1).
These NPWDRs are a series of interrelated regulations that protect drinking
water from microbes, disinfectants, and/or disinfection byproducts (DBPs). The
rule revisions are intended to improve existing regulations based on new
information on health effects, treatment technologies, analytical methods,
occurrence and exposure, and implementation as determined in EPA’s third Six
Year Review.
EPA has determined that revisions to the SWTRs would further reduce exposure
to microbial pathogens including Cryptosporidium, Giardia lamblia, Legionella,
and viruses in drinking water, which have been linked to diseases including
gastrointestinal illness (such as diarrhea, vomiting, and cramps) and
Legionnaire’s Disease. EPA is also considering revisions to the D/DBPRs that
intend to further limit exposure to DBPs, which can form in water when
disinfectants used to control microbial pathogens react with natural and
human-caused materials found in source water and have been linked to adverse
health outcomes.
The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires agencies to establish an SBAR Panel
for rules that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number
of small entities. The SBAR Panel will include federal representatives from
the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), and EPA. The Panel members ask a selected group of SERs to provide
advice and recommendations on behalf of their company, government, or
organization to inform the Panel members about potential impacts of the
proposed rule on small entities.
EPA seeks self-nominations directly from the small entities that may be
subject to the rule requirements. Other representatives, such as trade
associations that exclusively or at least primarily represent potentially
regulated small entities, may also serve as SERs.
Self-nominations may be submitted through the link below and must be received
by August 23, 2024.
Nominate yourself as a SER.
Learn more information about the MDBP rule revisions.
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