 |
||
|
Water |  |
 |
||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
WaterNews for February 25, 2003WaterNews 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
2003 National Source Water Protection Conference Set For June 2-4EPA’s Office of Water is pleased to invite you to participate in the 2003 National Source Water Protection (SWP) Conference June 2-4 at the Hotel Washington in Washington, DC. With over 165,000 source water assessments nearing completion, the National Source Water Protection Conference will promote protection planning and coordination, fostering partnerships, and identifying opportunities that lead to successful implementation of drinking water protection. The conference will bring together various Federal, Tribal, State, and local officials; Interstate organizations; watershed managers; conservation partners; members of environmental, public health, business, and citizens’ organizations; technical assistance providers and others to learn about effective actions that prevent contamination of drinking water sources. G. Tracy Mehan, III, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, will be the keynote speaker. He will discuss “Challenges and Opportunities of Source Water Protection.” In addition, the conference will provide a wide variety of action oriented sessions that will enable participants to:
For more information visit http://www.epa.gov/safewater/protect/swpconf.html or call the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. Advanced sign-up is required. G. Tracy Mehan, III to Testify on the President's FY '04 budget request for Water ProgramsG. Tracy Mehan, III will be testifying to Congress on the President's request for water program funding for fiscal year 2004 on Thursday, Feb. 27. at 10 a.m. in Washington, D.C. The hearing is before the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The hearing will be on the requests for OW and OSWER programs over which the subcommittee has jurisdiction. Governor Whitman will be testifying on the President's request for the whole agency on Wednesday, February 26, in front of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. EPA's FY 04 budget request can be seen at http://www.epa.gov/ocfo/budget/budget.htm. Assistant Administrator will be the Featured Speaker at Two EventsG. Tracy Mehan, III will be the featured speaker at two events on Friday, Feb. 28 in Washington, DC. At noon he will address the National Resources Council of America at the National Press Club. Later that afternoon he will speak to the National Association of Counties (NACO). Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) Features Water Quality Trading In February IssueChemical Engineering Process (CEP)
In the February issue of Chemical Engineering Process there is a feature story on Water Quality Trading. To read the complete story please visit the article written by Rita D’Aquino at http://www.cepmagazine.org/pdf/020310.pdf.
Extension of Public Comment Period on SWANCC ANPRMIn response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. EPA and the Department of the Army jointly issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Jan. 15, 2003. The ANPRM seeks information on factors related to the jurisdictional status of isolated intrastate non-navigable waters under the CWA, invites comments as to whether any other clarifications are needed to the existing jurisdictional regulations, and seeks information on the potential aquatic resource impacts of SWANCC as well as information on state water resource protection programs for isolated waters. The ANPRM was issued with a 45 day comment period closing on Mar. 3, 2003. In light of requests from the public for an extension of that public comment period, EPA and Army on Feb. 24, 2003, signed a notice that will be published in the Federal Register providing an additional 45 days for public comment. As a result, the ANPRM comment period now closes Apr. 16, 2003. Additional information on SWANCC and the ANPRM may be found on EPA’s website at http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/swanccnav.html. Arsenic Small Entity Compliance Guide Now AvailableThe Office of Water has published a guidance entitled Complying With the Revised Drinking Water Standard for Arsenic: Small Entity Compliance Guide – One of the Simple Tools for Effective Performance Guide Series. The booklet was produced as a small entity compliance guide for small drinking water systems affected under the revised Arsenic Rule. It provides small systems with step-by-step instruction on meeting the revised rule, from determining if the system has an arsenic problem, to arsenic monitoring requirements. To access the guide online go to, http://www.epa.gov/safewater/smallsys/ssinfo.htm. Copies can also be obtained from the Office of Water Resources Center by calling the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791 (reference number EPA 816-R-02-008A when requesting copies). Additional worksheets are also available; please reference Document Number EPA 816-R-02-008B when requesting worksheets. For further information, please contact Andrew Bielanski at (202) 564-3824. Subscribe to WaterNewsPlease forward this message to your friends and colleagues who share an interest in water-related issues and would like to hear from EPA's Office of Water. To subscribe to the WaterNews listserve: Send an email message, leave the subject line blank, and address it to: In the body of the message write: Subscribe WaterNews firstname lastname (Please leave one blank space between each word, do not include any other message, and use A welcome message will appear in your email box once you are officially subscribed. Following your welcome message, you will begin to receive WaterNews once a week. If you encounter difficulties subscribing to this list server or if you would like to be taken off the WaterNews list server at any time, please send your E-mail address to Gloria Posey at Posey.Gloria@epa.gov. We welcome any comments that you may have.
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
