95-21170. Effluent Guidelines Task Force Open Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 44343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21170]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5285-5]


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 improvements to the Agency's Effluent 
Guidelines Program. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 12, 1995, from 
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, September 13, 1995, from 9:00 
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Dupont Plaza Hotel, 1500 
New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra DiCianna, Acting Effluent 
Guidelines Task Force Director, Office of Water (4303), 401 M Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone [phone], fax [phone].

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 subcommittee 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, 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 does not discuss specific 
effluent guideline regulations currently under development.
    The meeting agenda will include a presentation to EPA Office of 
Water management on work group recommendations and a discussion of 
remaining issues from previous work group recommendations which have 
not been adopted. Much of the meeting time will be set aside as working 
time for the three work groups: selecting industries for regulation, 
co-regulation (cross-media); and pretreatment (pass-through 
determination).
    The meeting will be open to the public. 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 Debra DiCianna 
at the above address. Comments submitted by September 5 will be 
considered by the Task Force at or subsequent to the meeting.

    Dated: August 16, 1995.
Eric Strassler,
Designated Federal Official.
[FR Doc. 95-21170 Filed 8-24-95; 8:45 am]
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