[Federal Register: March 10, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 46)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FR-L6308-9]

 
Announcement of Public Meetings of Stakeholders on Resource Needs 
and Shortfall for Administering Programs Under the Clean Water Act and 
the Safe Drinking Water Act and Resource Needs and Shortfall at the 
Local Level for Costs Eligible for Public Financial Support (Including 
Water Quality, and Drinking Water)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a 
series of stakeholder dialogue meetings on the resource needs and 
shortfall for administering and implementing State and local level 
programs under the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts. The 
purpose of the meetings is to solicit input from interested parties on 
the scope of the study, the approach, priorities and strategies for 
comprehensive stakeholder approaches to address the problem, and to 
discuss preliminary results. There will be two meetings. The first on 
April 7th will focus on State water quality programs under the Clean 
Water Act. The second on April 8th will be a general meeting which will 
address all aspects of the project. It will include a summary of the 
April 7th meeting, a discussion of state needs for managing drinking 
water and ground water/underground injection control programs and a 
discussion of local infrastructure needs for drinking water and clean 
water. The meetings are open to all interested parties on a space 
available basis.

DATES: There are two separate meetings:
    (1) The State Water Quality Programs (under the Clean Water Act) 
meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 7, 1999 from 8:30 a.m to 5 
p.m.
    (2) The Water Program (including State Water quality, State 
drinking water and Local level implementation needs) meeting is 
scheduled for Thursday, April 8, 1999 and will be held from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at: Hilton Washington Dulles 
Airport, 13869 Park Center Road, Herndon, VA 20171, Phone: (703) 478-
2900.
    Persons interested in attending either of the meetings are 
requested to register electronically through the Internet at the 
following address:

http://161.80.11.87/Water/Formula.nsf/
State+Water+Quality?OpenNavigator.

    On the lefthand side the screen that appears, click on the red oval 
button under State Water Quality labeled ``STATUS.'' At the SWQStatus 
screen, select ``FINAL'' and search for the entry entitled ``April 
Meeting Registration.'' Interested parties who are unable to attend the 
meeting but would like to participate in the discussion, may provide 
comments via this website. Interested parties who do not have access to 
the Internet may contact Shadonna Price at (202) 260-7880 . All 
registration is requested by March 29, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information and background 
materials (agenda, discussion papers, etc) for this meeting, please 
visit the website at http://161.80.11.87/Water/Formula.nsf/
State+Water+Quality?OpenNavigator Should you have technical problems 
accessing the website, please contact the technical hotline at (202) 
260-1013.

    Dated: March 1, 1999.
Alfred Lindsey,
Deputy Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Designated Federal 
Official.
[FR Doc. 99-5957 Filed 3-9-99; 8:45 am]
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