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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey

 

National Water-Quality Assessment Program Symposium

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Symposium on the National Water-Quality Assessment 
(NAWQA) Program.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a symposium on the National Water-
Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program sponsored by the U.S. Geological 
Survey. The proposed agenda for the meeting includes presentations by 
Federal officials on the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) NAWQA Program 
followed by a panel discussion of emerging water-quality issues and 
related water-information needs in the year 2000. The panel will 
include Congressional staff, Federal, State, and county 
representatives, and the public sector.
    The USGS NAWQA Program is designed to assess historic, current, and 
future water-quality conditions in representative river basins and 
aquifers nationwide. One of the primary objectives of the program is to 
describe relations between natural and human factors and water-quality 
conditions and to define those factors that most affect water quality 
in different parts of the Nation. The linkage of water quality to 
environmental processes is of fundamental importance to water-resource 
managers, planers, and policy makers. Recent NAWQA findings will be 
presented that provides a strong and unbiased basis for better 
decisionmaking for those responsible for managing our water resources, 
including the United States Congress, Federal, State, and local 
agencies, environmental groups, and industry. Information from the 
NAWQA Program also will be useful for targeting research, monitoring, 
and regulatory priorities in cost effective ways.

DATES: The symposium will convene at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 
1994, and will adjourn at 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Washington Court on Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
P. Patrick Leahy, Chief, NAWQA Program; 413 National Center; Reston, 
Virginia 22092 Telephone: (703) 648-5012; Fax: (703) 648-5722.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public. However, 
seating space is limited. Persons wishing to attend are asked to call 
the NAWQA Program office at (703) 648-5716 no later than noon, April 1, 
1994, to help assure adequate seating space.

    Dated: February 25, 1994.
Philip Cohen,
Chief, Water Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-5325 Filed 3-8-94; 8:45 am]
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