[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17173-17174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9242]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5992-7]
Stakeholder Meetings on the Public Review Draft Guidelines for
the Certification and Recertification of the Operators of Community and
Nontransient Noncommunity Public Water Systems
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Announcement of Stakeholder Meetings.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold three
regional public meetings to gather information and collect opinions
from parties who will be affected by or are otherwise interested in the
Guidelines for the Certification and Recertification of the Operators
of Community and Nontransient Noncommunity Public Water Systems. EPA
will consider the comments and views expressed at these meetings in
developing the final guidelines. EPA encourages the full participation
of all stakeholders throughout this process.
DATES and LOCATIONS: The stakeholder meetings regarding the Public
Review Draft Guidelines for the Certification and Recertification of
the Operators of Community and Nontransient Noncommunity Public Water
Systems will be held as follows:
(1) Thursday, April 23, 1998, 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. PT., San
Francisco, CA.
(2) Tuesday, June 2, 1998, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET., Washington,
DC.
(3) Tuesday, June 9, 1998, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. CT., Dallas, TX.
ADDRESSES: The April 23, 1998 stakeholder meeting will be held in the
American Samoa Room, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, CA. The June 2, 1998 stakeholder meeting will be held in the
WIC Conference Room 17, U.S. EPA Headquarters, 401 M Street SW,
Washington, DC. The June 9, 1998 stakeholder meeting will be held in
the Arkansas Room, U.S. EPA Region VI, 1445 Ross Avenue, 12th Floor,
Dallas, TX.
To register for a meeting, please contact the EPA Safe Drinking
Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791, or Jenny Jacobs of EPA's Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water at (202) 260-2939. Participants
registering in advance will be mailed a packet of materials before the
meeting. Interested parties who cannot attend the meeting in person may
participate via conference call and should register with the Safe
Drinking Water Hotline. Conference lines are limited and will be
allocated on the basis of first-reserved, first served.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on meeting
logistics, please contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-
4791. For information on the activities related to these guidelines,
contact: Jenny Jacobs, U.S. EPA at (202) 260-2939 or e-mail at
jacobs.jenny@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Amendments of 1996 direct the EPA, in cooperation with the States, to
publish
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guidelines in the Federal Register specifying minimum standards for
certification and recertification of operators of community and
nontransient noncommunity public water systems. The final guidelines
are required to be published by February 6, 1999. States then have two
years to adopt and implement an operator certification program that
meets the requirements of these guidelines. After that date, if a State
has not adopted and implemented an approved program, the EPA must
withhold 20 percent of the funds a State is otherwise entitled to
receive in its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
capitalization grants under section 1452 of SDWA.
Elizabeth Fellows,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
Environmental Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. 98-9242 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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