97-17944. Notice of Public Meeting on the Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Industry

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36805-36806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17944]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Public Meeting on the Effluent Limitations Guidelines 
and Standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Industry

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Science and Technology (OST) within EPA's Office 
of Water (OW) is conducting a public meeting prior to re-proposing 
effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the Centralized Waste 
Treatment Industry. The EPA intends to re-propose effluent limitations 
guidelines and standards early next year, and this is the only public 
meeting that the Agency plans to sponsor prior to the re-proposal. EPA 
will report on the status of the regulatory development, and interested 
parties can provide information and ideas to the Agency on key 
technical, scientific, and economic issues.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 29, 1997, from 
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Auditorium, U.S. EPA Headquarters, Waterside Mall, 
401 M Street SW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Matuszko, Engineering and Analysis 
Division (4303), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street SW, Washington DC 20460. 
Telephone [phone], FAX [phone] or E-Mail 
[e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 27, 1995, under the the authority 
of the Clean Water Act (CWA), EPA proposed effluent limitations 
guidelines and pretreatment standards to reduce the discharge of 
pollutants from a category of industrial facilities described as the 
Centralized Waste Treatment Industry (60 FR 5464). The Centralized 
Waste Treatment Category includes facilities that accept, by any form 
of shipment, certain hazardous or non-hazardous industrial waste from 
off-site for treatment or recovery. On September 16, 1996, EPA 
published a notice of data availability describing revised estimates of 
the size and regulatory impacts of the proposed rulemaking on the 
proposed oils treatment and recovery subcategory of the industry (61 FR 
48805). EPA plans to re-propose effluent limitations guidelines and 
standards for the Centralized Waste Treatment Industry in early 1998.
    EPA has scheduled a public meeting to discuss the proposed 
regulation for Tuesday, July 29, 1997, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The 
public meeting will include a discussion of the scope of the 
regulation, subcategorization, summary of industry information, 
preliminary plans for technology-based regulatory options, and other 
regulatory issues. The meeting is informational and will not be 
recorded by a reporter or transcribed for inclusion in the record for 
the Centralized Waste Treatment Industry rulemaking. Documents relating 
to the topics mentioned above and a more detailed agenda will be 
available at the meeting.


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    Dated: June 30, 1997.
James A. Hanlon,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 97-17944 Filed 7-8-97; 8:45 am]
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