[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 98 (Monday, May 23, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey

 

Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data; Intergovernmental 
Task Force on Monitoring Water Quality

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of the Intergovernmental Task Force 
of Monitoring Water Quality (ITFM) in Reston, Virginia, and of the 
availability for public review and comment of the second ITFM report on 
water-quality monitoring.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the ITFM. This meeting 
is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15, 
1994.

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Reston Hotel; 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive; Reston, 
Virginia 22091. Telephone: (703) 620-9000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Lopez, Chief, Office of Water 
Data Coordination; 417 National Center; Reston, Virginia 22092; 
Telephone: (703) 648-5014; Fax: (703) 648-6802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda includes presentations by 
representatives of industrial and manufacturing organizations that 
monitor water quality for compliance and other purposes. These 
participants will provide information to the ITFM about their water-
quality monitoring activities and requirements. The information will 
include relationships to other water-quality-monitoring efforts and 
decisionmaking. The discussions will include comments on two reports by 
the ITFM. The first report is titled ``Ambient Water Quality Monitoring 
in the United States: First Year Review, Evaluation and 
Recommendations,'' and the Federal Register dated April 29, 1993, 
announced its availability for public review and comment. The most 
recent report is titled ``Water Quality Monitoring in the United 
States,'' and it is available for public review and comment through 
July 31, 1994. Copies of the second report can be obtained from the 
Office of Water Data Coordination by telephone (703) 648-5023, or by 
writing Ms. Lopez at the address shown in the section immediately 
above. The June meeting is intended to facilitate outreach to members 
of the private sector that are interested in water-quality monitoring 
and the recommendations of the ITFM. At the end of the day, some time 
will be available for public comments, and individual speakers may have 
up to 5 minutes. Those wishing to be placed on the agenda must provide 
a written request with a description of the general subject area to Ms. 
Lopez by noon May 27, 1994. Any member of the public may submit written 
information and/or comments on the report to her at the above address 
for distribution to the ITFM.
John N. Fischer,
Acting Chief Hydrologist.
[FR Doc. 94-12546 Filed 5-20-94; 8:45 am]
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