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Announcement of Public Meetings of Stakeholders on Resource Needs and Shortfall for Administering Programs Under the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act and Resource Needs and Shortfall at the Local Level for Costs Eligible for Public Financial Support (Including Water Quality, and Drinking Water)
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[Federal Register: March 10, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 46)]
[Notices]
[Page 11866]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr10mr99-72]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FR-L6308-9]
Announcement of Public Meetings of Stakeholders on Resource Needs
and Shortfall for Administering Programs Under the Clean Water Act and
the Safe Drinking Water Act and Resource Needs and Shortfall at the
Local Level for Costs Eligible for Public Financial Support (Including
Water Quality, and Drinking Water)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a
series of stakeholder dialogue meetings on the resource needs and
shortfall for administering and implementing State and local level
programs under the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts. The
purpose of the meetings is to solicit input from interested parties on
the scope of the study, the approach, priorities and strategies for
comprehensive stakeholder approaches to address the problem, and to
discuss preliminary results. There will be two meetings. The first on
April 7th will focus on State water quality programs under the Clean
Water Act. The second on April 8th will be a general meeting which will
address all aspects of the project. It will include a summary of the
April 7th meeting, a discussion of state needs for managing drinking
water and ground water/underground injection control programs and a
discussion of local infrastructure needs for drinking water and clean
water. The meetings are open to all interested parties on a space
available basis.
DATES: There are two separate meetings:
(1) The State Water Quality Programs (under the Clean Water Act)
meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 7, 1999 from 8:30 a.m to 5
p.m.
(2) The Water Program (including State Water quality, State
drinking water and Local level implementation needs) meeting is
scheduled for Thursday, April 8, 1999 and will be held from 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at: Hilton Washington Dulles
Airport, 13869 Park Center Road, Herndon, VA 20171, Phone: (703) 478-
2900.
Persons interested in attending either of the meetings are
requested to register electronically through the Internet at the
following address:
http://161.80.11.87/Water/Formula.nsf/
State+Water+Quality?OpenNavigator.
On the lefthand side the screen that appears, click on the red oval
button under State Water Quality labeled ``STATUS.'' At the SWQStatus
screen, select ``FINAL'' and search for the entry entitled ``April
Meeting Registration.'' Interested parties who are unable to attend the
meeting but would like to participate in the discussion, may provide
comments via this website. Interested parties who do not have access to
the Internet may contact Shadonna Price at (202) 260-7880 . All
registration is requested by March 29, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information and background
materials (agenda, discussion papers, etc) for this meeting, please
visit the website at http://161.80.11.87/Water/Formula.nsf/
State+Water+Quality?OpenNavigator Should you have technical problems
accessing the website, please contact the technical hotline at (202)
260-1013.
Dated: March 1, 1999.
Alfred Lindsey,
Deputy Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Designated Federal
Official.
[FR Doc. 99-5957 Filed 3-9-99; 8:45 am]
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