97-27267. A Public Meeting on the Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery (MP&M) Industrial Category

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27267]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5909-4]


A Public Meeting on the Effluent Limitations Guidelines and 
Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery (MP&M) Industrial 
Category

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Water (OW) is conducting a public meeting in 
order to inform all interested parties of the current status of the 
Metal Products and Machinery (MP&M) Effluent Guideline. The EPA intends 
to propose effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the MP&M 
industrial category in October of 2000. The meeting is intended to be a 
forum in which EPA can report on the status of the rulemaking and 
interested parties can provide information and ideas to the Agency on 
key technical, economic, and implementation issues.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the EPA auditorium at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Geil, Engineering and Analysis 
Division (4303), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460. 
Telephone [phone], fax [phone] or by e-mail at 
[e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is developing proposed effluent 
limitations guidelines and standards for the Metal Products and 
Machinery Point Source Category under authority of the Clean Water Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). The MP&M Category includes facilities that 
manufacture, rebuild, and maintain finished metal parts, products, or 
machines.
    The public meeting will include a discussion of the current status 
of the regulation including the combination of the two phases, the on-
going data gathering efforts including sampling activities and 
questionnaire responses, and other general issues. The meeting will not 
be recorded by a reporter or transcribed for inclusion in the record 
for the MP&M rulemaking.
    Documents relating to the topics mentioned above and a more 
detailed agenda will be available at the meeting. For those unable to 
attend the meeting, a document summary will be available following the 
meeting and can be obtained by an e-mail or telephone request to Steven 
Geil at the previously mentioned address.
Jim Hanlon,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 97-27267 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]
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