[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-1965]
[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 438
[FRL-4830-8]
Public Meeting on Planned Effluent Guidelines for the Metal
Products and Machinery Category
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Announcement of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a public
meeting prior to proposing effluent guidelines and standards for the
Metal Products and Machinery category. EPA intends to propose a rule in
November 1994, and this is the only public meeting that the Agency
plans to sponsor prior to proposal. The meeting is intended to be a
forum in which EPA can report on the status of regulatory development
and in which interested parties can provide information and ideas to
the Agency on key technical, scientific, and other issues.
DATES: The meeting will be held on February 23, 1994 from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) National Center Auditorium, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,
Virginia. Seating will be available for approximately 300 attendees.
The USGS National Center is located approximately five miles from
Dulles International Airport. To reach USGS, take the Dulles Toll Road
to Reston Parkway, go south on Reston Parkway to Sunrise Valley Drive,
right on Sunrise Valley Drive, 1/4 mile to the USGS entrance on the
left side of the road.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Cleary, Engineering and Analysis
Division, Office of Science and Technology/Office of Water, Mail Code
4303, US EPA, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Telephone (202)
260-9817, fax (202) 260-7185.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is developing effluent limitations
guidelines and standards for the metal products and machinery category
under authority of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). The
metal products and machinery (MP&M) category includes facilities that
manufacture, rebuild and maintain finished metal parts, products, or
machines.
The public meeting will include discussions of the effluent
guidelines regulatory development process, applicability of the
forthcoming rule, regulatory approach (i.e. mass-based vs.
concentration-based effluent limits), affected population estimates,
and general MP&M issues. The meeting will not be recorded by a reporter
or transcribed for inclusion in the record for the MP&M industry
rulemaking.
Documents relating to the topics mentioned above and a more
detailed agenda will be available at the meeting.
Dated: January 24, 1994.
Tudor T. Davies,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 94-1965 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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