[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64083-64084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30846]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Effluent Guidelines Task Force Open Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Effluent Guidelines Task Force, an EPA advisory committee,
will hold a meeting to discuss the Agency's Effluent Guidelines
Program. The meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 1998 from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, December 2, 1998 from 8:30 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Radisson Barcelo Hotel,
2121 P Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Randolph, Office of Water
(4303), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460; telephone (202) 260-
5373; fax (202) 260-7185.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.L. 92-463), the
Environmental Protection Agency gives notice of a meeting of the
Effluent Guidelines Task Force (EGTF). The EGTF is a committee of the
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology
(NACEPT), the external policy advisory board to the Administrator of
EPA.
The EGTF was established in July of 1992 to advise EPA on the
Effluent Guidelines Program, which develops regulations for dischargers
of industrial wastewater pursuant to Title III of the Clean Water Act
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). The Task Force consists of members appointed
by EPA from industry, citizen groups, state and local government, the
academic and scientific communities, environmental justice community,
and EPA regional offices. The Task Force was created to offer advice to
the Administrator on the long-term strategy for the effluent guidelines
program, and particularly to provide recommendations on a process for
expediting the promulgation of effluent guidelines. The Task Force
generally
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does not discuss specific effluent guideline regulations currently
under development.
The meeting is open to the public, and limited seating for the
public is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The public may
submit written comments to the Task Force regarding improvements to the
Effluent Guidelines program. Comments should be sent to Beverly
Randolph at the above address. Comments submitted by November 24, 1998
will be considered by the Task Force at or subsequent to the meeting.
Dated: November 12, 1998.
Tudor T. Davies,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 98-30846 Filed 11-17-98; 8:45 am]
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