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Effluent Guidelines Task Force Open Meeting

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[Federal Register: January 18, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 11)]
[Notices]
[Page 2611-2612]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6525-9]


Effluent Guidelines Task Force Open Meeting

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION:  Notice of Meeting.

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SUMMARY:  The Effluent Guidelines Task Force, an EPA advisory
committee, will hold a meeting to discuss the Agency's Effluent
Guidelines Program. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES:  The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2000 from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, January 26, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will take place at the Hotel Washington, 515
15th Street, NW, Washington, DC (Capital Room).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:  Beverly Randolph, Office of Water (4303), 401
M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460; telephone (202) 260-5373; fax
(202) 260-7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Environmental Protection Agency gives notice
of a meeting of the Effluent Guidelines Task Force (EGTF). The EGTF is
a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for Environmental
Policy and Technology (NACEPT), the external policy advisory board to
the Administrator of EPA.
    The EGTF was established in July of 1992 to advise EPA on the
Effluent Guidelines Program, which develops regulations for dischargers
of industrial wastewater pursuant to Title III of the Clean Water Act
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). The Task Force consists of members appointed
by EPA from industry, citizen groups, state and local government, the
academic and scientific communities, and EPA regional offices. The Task

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Force was created to offer advice to the Administrator on the long-term
strategy for the effluent guidelines program, and particularly to
provide recommendations on a process for expediting the promulgation of
effluent guidelines. The Task Force generally does not discuss specific
effluent guideline regulations currently under development.
    The meeting is open to the public, and limited seating for the
public is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The public may
submit written comments to the Task Force regarding improvements to the
Effluent Guidelines Program. Comments should be sent to Beverly
Randolph at the above address. Comments submitted by January 21, 2000
will be considered by the Task Force at or subsequent to the meeting.

    Dated: January 11, 2000.
Geoffrey H. Grubbs,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 00-1065 Filed 1-14-00; 8:45 am]
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