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WaterNews for March 30, 2001WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. Inside this week's WaterNews:
1) 2002 Effluent Guidelines Plan Workshop: April 2-3, 2001, Baltimore, MD EPA is holding a workshop to discuss its water pollution control program for industrial discharges. This meeting is a working session of invited participants, including federal, state and local regulatory authorities, industry representatives, technology experts, and environmental advocates. Workshop participants will evaluate approaches for identifying which industry categories will be subject to new or revised effluent guidelines. The workshop will be held on April 2 from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm and April 3 from 8:15 am to 5:30 pm at the Admiral Fell Inn at 888 South Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland. While this meeting is open to the public primarily for viewing and listening, the public may make oral comments on April 3 from 3:45 to 4:45. If you have any questions regarding this meeting, send an e-mail to matuszko.jan@epa.gov or liu.yu-ting@epa.gov. The Federal Register notice announcing the meeting can be found at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-MEETINGS/2001/March/Day-21/m7026.htm on the Internet. 2) Comment Period Extended on Proposal for Large Animal Feeding Operations On March 26, 2001, EPA Administrator Christie Whitman announced an extension of the public comment period on a proposal to reduce water pollution from large animal feedlot operations. The 75-day extended comment period will allow the public to comment through July 30. EPA proposed new water pollution permitting controls in January that would apply to large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), typically defined as having 1,000 cattle or comparable "animal units"of other livestock. Throughout March, EPA held eight public meetings across the country to provide additional information and encourage public comment on the proposal. EPA is providing the additional public comment opportunity based on comments received at these meetings asking for more time to study and comment on the proposed Clean Water Act permitting requirements and CAFO definitions. For more information, visit EPA's web site at http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=7 on the Internet. 3) Source Water Awareness Media Tool Kit Available Online EPA recently funded a project to raise public consciousness of the importance of protecting the quality of drinking water at the source -- river, stream, lake, reservoir, or aquifer. The International City/County Management Association used the EPA grant to create a source water awareness media tool kit, which details the benefits of source water protection, and what individuals and communities can do to protect their water supply. The tool kit includes a 2-color poster, fact sheet, flyer, sample public service announcements and press releases, and other materials that can be downloaded and adapted to meet the needs of local groups. The materials were tested in a pilot media campaign in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. The tool kit is available from EPA's source water protection web site at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/protect.html.
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