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Procedures for Detection and Quantitation

Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation for Uses in Clean Water Act Programs

Meeting #5

Thursday - Friday, July 13-14, 2006

L. William Seidman Center
3501 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA
Rooms 203 & 205

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AGENDA

DAY ONE: Thursday, July 13, 2006, 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Time	Activity	Materials
9:00 AM	Opening and Introductions
9:10 AM	Welcome from Mary Smith, Director, Engineering and Analysis Division, EPA
9:15 AM	Agenda Overview and Grounding Facilitator summary of goals for this meeting FACDQ Timeline and Charter Discussion: What do we need to accomplish at this meeting to meet the timeline?	FACDQ Committee Process Chart - Status Report (PDF) (1 page, 18 Kb) FACDQ Committee Timeline
9:35 AM	Discussion and Approval of Meeting #4 Summary	Draft Fourth Meeting Final Summary (PDF) (27 pages, 105 K)
9:40 AM	Caucus Reports of Outreach
10:10 AM	What Do We Need a Procedure to Do? Goal: Discuss and Approve Revised What Do We Need a Procedure to Do?	Revised Draft - What do we need a procedure to do? (PDF) (7 pages, 31 Kb)
10:30 AM	BREAK
10:45 AM	Pilot Study Design Presentation and Discussion Goals: Discuss Pilot Study Design scope: Ratify Pilot Study Design Provide Direction to TWG Through Completion of the Pilot Study	Proposed Pilot Study Design (PDF) (40 pages, 162 K) Features of the Pilot Study and Desired Features of a Post-FACDQ Pilot Study (PDF) (14 pages, 54 K) Technical Work Group Products, Approvals, Questions, Potential Assignments Proposed Limit Calculations/Analyses to be Used in Pilot Study (PDF) (55 K, 13 pages)
12:30 PM	LUNCH (in cafeteria)
1:30 PM	Uses of Detection and Quantitation: Committee Discussion and Decisions on Policy Issues and Actions Presentation by Uses Subgroup Review Caucus Positions and Suggestions on Straw Proposal Discuss Detection and Quantitation Approaches by Use: Setting Permit Limits Calculating Limits for Compliance and Enforcement Evaluating Compliance/Enforcement Analytical Data Reporting for Reasonable Potential Analysis Analytical Data Reporting for Compliance and Enforcement Analytical Data Reporting for Listing Impaired Waters Descriptive-Prescriptive Approaches Reach Agreement on a Package of Detection and Quantitation Approaches by Use	Straw Proposal on Uses (PDF) (8 pages, 45 K)
3:00 PM	Public Comment BREAK AND CAUCUS
3:45 PM	Continue Committee Discussion and Decisions on Policy Issues and Actions
4:50 PM	Wrap-up; Agenda Review and Assignments for Day 2
5:00 PM	ADJOURN DAY 1

DAY TWO: Friday, July 14, 2006, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Time	Activity	Materials
8:00 AM	Welcome, Agenda Review
8:15 AM	Confirm Agreements on Uses
10:00 AM	BREAK
10:15 AM	Committee Final Report Outline Goal: Discuss and Approve Expectations, Content and Work Assignments for Final Report	Proposed Final Report Outline
12:00 PM	LUNCH (in cafeteria) and Informal Dialogue Ephraim King, Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA; and Michael Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, EPA
1:00 PM	Continued Dialogue: Re-Cap Decisions and Closure on Outstanding Issues FACDQ Dialogue with Ephraim King and Michael Shapiro
2:00 PM	Assignments to Technical Work Group and Policy Work Group; Communications During Pilot Testing
2:45 PM	Public Comment
3:00 PM	ADJOURN

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