[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28172-28173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13196]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6349-4]
National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; announcement of a stakeholders meeting on the National
Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Data Base.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled a
two-day public meeting on EPA's National Drinking Water Contaminant
Occurrence Data Base (NCOD). At the upcoming meeting, EPA is seeking
input from stakeholders, including national and state representatives,
environmental organizations, industry, the public, and other interested
parties. The purpose of the meeting is to demonstrate and obtain input
from stakeholders on the alpha version of the National Drinking Water
Contaminant Occurrence data base (NCOD). The demonstration and
discussion will include database access, use, retrieval, and reporting.
During this meeting EPA is also seeking input from stakeholders on the
revised database development strategy and data quality documents and
issues such as the analytical plan and quality assurance documents. EPA
encourages the full participation of stakeholders throughout this
process. This will not be a decision-making meeting but an opportunity
for stakeholders to provide input to EPA. Such input will assist EPA in
developing an effective and efficient database to support the EPA
drinking water program.
DATES: The stakeholder meeting on the NCOD will be June 7, 1999 from
10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST and June 8, 1999 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: Resolve, Inc. (an EPA contractor) will provide logistical
support for the stakeholders meeting. The meeting will be held at
Resolve, Inc., 1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 275, Washington, D.C. 20037.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on meeting
logistics or for members of the public wishing to attend the meeting,
please contact Sheri Jobe at RESOLVE, Inc., 1255 23rd Street, NW,.
Suite 275, Washington, DC 20037, Phone: 202/965-6382, Fax: 202/338-
1264, Email: sjobe@resolv.org. Those registered for the meeting by May
24, 1999 will receive an agenda, logistics sheet, and other information
prior to the meeting. A limited number of teleconference lines will be
available for those who would like to participate by phone. You may
request the teleconference number when you call to register. If you
cannot attend the meeting but would like to be on the mailing list to
receive further information about the meeting (including agenda and
meeting summary), please provide your name, organization, address,
phone, fax, and email address.
For other information on the NCOD, please contact Charles Job at
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Phone: 202-260-7084, Fax:
202-260-3762, or e-mail at job.charles@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background on the National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence
Data Base (NCOD)
The Safe Drinking Water Act, SDWA, as amended in 1996, states that:
Not later than three years after the date of enactment of the Safe
Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, the Administrator shall assemble
and maintain a national drinking water contaminant occurrence data base
using information on the occurrence of both regulated and unregulated
contaminants in public water systems obtained under section 1445
(a)(1)(A) or section 1445 (a)(2) and reliable information from other
public and private sources. The NCOD is required to be developed by
August 6, 1999.
B. Request for Stakeholder Involvement
EPA has convened this public meeting to demonstrate the alpha
release of the database and to hear the views of stakeholders on the
revised database development strategy, the analytical plan, and the
quality assurance documents for the NCOD. The public is invited to
provide comments on the issues listed above or other issues related to
the NCOD during this meeting.
Dated: May 17, 1999.
Cynthia Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 99-13196 Filed 5-24-99; 8:45 am]
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