[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-6822]
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[Federal Register: March 23, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 122, 123, 131, and 132
[FRL-4854-2]
RIN 2040-AC08
Proposed Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce an open public
meeting scheduled for April 26, 1994, to express views on written
comments submitted by other parties on the proposed Water Quality
Guidance for the Great Lakes System.
DATES: The open public meeting will be held on April 26, 1994. The
meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m. or as
otherwise arranged.
ADDRESSES: The open public meeting will be held in room 331 of the
Ralph H. Metcalf Federal Building, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago,
Illinois.
Additional information concerning the meeting may also be obtained
by calling: (1) Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin (telephone: 800-621-8431); (2) Pennsylvania (telephone: 215-
597-6911); and (3) New York (telephone: 716-285-8842).
Materials in the public docket for the proposed Water Quality
Guidance for the Great Lakes System are available for viewing by
contacting Wendy Schumacher, Water Quality Standards (WQS-16J), EPA,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590,
(telephone: 312-886-0142). Microfiche copies of many of the supporting
documents for the proposal, as well as microfiche copies of the
comments, are available at the locations listed in the proposal (April
16, 1993; 58 FR 20802).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John J. O'Grady, Region 5 Team Leader,
Great Lakes Water Quality Guidance (WQS-16J), EPA, Region 5, 77 West
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, (telephone: 312-353-1938).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 16, 1993, EPA published the
proposed Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System in the
Federal Register (58 FR 20802). The period for receiving public
comments on the proposal closed on September 13, 1993. Subsequently,
EPA announced the availability of three additional reports that EPA is
considering as it develops the final Guidance (August 9, 1993, 58 FR
42266; September 13, 1993, 58 FR 47845). The period for receiving
comments on issues raised in the three reports closed on October 13,
1993.
The preamble to the April 16, 1993, proposal described EPA's intent
to hold an open public meeting to provide an opportunity to members of
the public who wish to express views on the written comments of other
parties submitted during the public comment period (58 FR 20823). This
meeting will be held on April 26, 1994, at the time and address shown
above. Interested parties are welcome to attend the meeting to present
their views.
All comments received in the public hearing held August 4 and 5,
1993, and all written comments received during the public comment
periods that closed September 13, 1993, and October 13, 1993, will be
considered by the Agency in the final rulemaking. The April 26, 1994,
meeting is intended to provide an opportunity for those parties who
wish to comment on issues raised by other commenters contained in the
public docket for the rulemaking. Therefore, interested parties who
provided comments on the proposal should not, and do not need to,
restate their views at the April 26, 1994, meeting. The public meeting
may also include separate concurrent sessions on the elements of the
proposed Guidance in order to facilitate the anticipated number of
commenters and issues. For further information on the meeting, you may
contact the persons identified above.
EPA also invites elected officials and other representatives of
State, local, and Tribal governments to attend the meeting. EPA
encourages such participation, in accordance with Executive Order
12875, Enhancing the Intergovernmental Partnership, issued October 26,
1993 (58 FR 58093).
Summaries of meetings with EPA that have been held at the request
of the Great Lakes States and other parties since the publication of
the proposal have been placed in the docket and are available from the
address listed above. EPA will place a summary of the open public
meeting in the public docket at the address listed above.
Dated: March 14, 1994.
David A. Ullrich,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 94-6822 Filed 3-22-94; 8:45 am]
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