97-1755. Notice of Public Meetings on Drinking Water Issues

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3509-3510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1755]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5680-1]


Notice of Public Meetings on Drinking Water Issues

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) is holding a series of public meetings for purposes of 
information exchange on issues related to the development of 
regulations to control microbial pathogens and disinfection byproducts 
in drinking water, including an Interim Enhanced Surface Water 
Treatment Rule, a long-term Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, a 
Stage 1 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule and a Stage 2 
Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule. The Agency is developing 
this set of rules to take into account risk trade-offs between 
microbial contaminants and chemical byproducts of disinfection 
processes.
    This series of meetings is anticipated to continue through spring 
and may also include meetings at later dates during this year. EPA is 
hereby providing notice of and inviting interested members of the 
public to participate in the meetings. As with all previous meetings in 
this series, EPA is instituting an open door policy to allow members of 
the public to attend these meetings. To assist EPA in managing 
limitations on conference room seating, members of the public who are 
interested in attending meetings are requested to contact Elizabeth 
Corr of EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water. Ms. Corr's 
phone number and e-mail address are provided in the final paragraph of 
this Notice.
    As part of this series, a public meeting is scheduled for January 
28 and 29 at the office of RESOLVE, 2828 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC, that will include a broad discussion of issues related 
to the development of the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule 
and the Stage 1 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule. This 
meeting will include a summary of technical discussions for purposes of 
providing information and analysis to stakeholders to allow them to 
reach individual conclusions as to their roles and positions regarding 
development of the rules. The meeting will also include discussion of 
EPA's schedule for development of the rules and options for proceeding. 
The January 28 and 29 meeting will be preceded by a public meeting on 
January 27 on technical issues related to drinking water treatment 
processes with emphasis on enhanced coagulation and predisinfection.

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    For additional information about these or other meetings in this 
series or to be included on the mailing list to receive notice of 
further meetings in this series, members of the public are requested to 
contact Elizabeth Corr of EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking 
Water at [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail].

    Dated: January 21, 1997.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 97-1755 Filed 1-22-97; 8:45 am]
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