97-26441. Notice Of Public Meeting On Drinking Water Analytical Methods

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52097-52098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26441]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5905-6]


Notice Of Public Meeting On Drinking Water Analytical Methods

    Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) is holding a three-day Protozoan Method Development Workshop on 
October 20-22, 1997, for the purpose of information exchange on 
research projects, currently underway, related to developing an 
improved analytical method for Cryptosporidium and Giardia to address 
detection,

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enumeration and characterization of these protozoan in drinking water. 
This workshop will also address what performance criteria may be 
appropriate for an analytical method for the final Enhanced Surface 
Water Treatment Rule (ESWTR), to be promulgated in May 2002. Topics to 
be presented by experts may include methods that enhance the 
sensitivity and reliability of the ICR Protozoan Method, provide 
improved recovery efficiencies, determine speciation of Cryptosporidium 
and Giardia using molecular biological methods, and ascertain viability 
and infectivity of Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
    EPA is inviting all interested members of the public to attend the 
meeting, which will be held at Quality Hotel in Arlington, Virginia 
(Arlington Boulevard and North Courthouse Road). For further 
information regarding agenda or other aspects of the meeting, members 
of the public are requested to contact Crystal Rodgers of EPA's Office 
of Ground Water and Drinking Water at [phone] or by e-mail at 
[e-mail].

    Dated: September 30, 1997.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 97-26441 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]
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