本文讨论了美国环境保护局于2000年5月4日发布的修订后的《公告条例》。最终规则简化了法规中的要求，以更有效地实现公共通知流程的目标。创建了一个全新的联邦法规子部分，其中纳入了1996年修订的《安全饮用水法》的新条款。

This article discusses a revised public notification regulation that was publishedby the US Environmental Protection Agency on May 4, 2000. The final rule streamlines the requirements in the regulation to more effectively meet the objectives of the public notification process. An entirely new Code of Federal Regulations subpart is created which incorporates the new provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended in 1996.