[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 116 (Friday, June 17, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-14818]


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[Federal Register: June 17, 1994]


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POSTAL SERVICE
40 CFR Part 435

[FRL-5000-9]

 

Public Meeting on Planned Effluent Guidelines for the Coastal Oil 
and Gas Subcategory

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a public 
meeting prior to proposing effluent guidelines and standards for the 
Coastal Oil and Gas subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction category. 
EPA intends to propose a rule in January 1995, and this is the only 
public meeting that the Agency plans to sponsor prior to proposal. The 
meeting is intended to be a forum in which EPA can report on the status 
of regulatory development and in which interested parties can provide 
information and ideas to the Agency on key technical, scientific, and 
other issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 19, 1994 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Conference Room 111 at the 
Minerals Management Service (MMS), Gulf of Mexico/Outer Continental 
Shelf Regional Office, 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd., New Orleans, LA. 
Seating will be available for approximately 100 attendees.
    MMS is located approximately five miles from New Orleans 
International Airport. To reach MMS, go East on U.S. Route 61 (Airline 
Highway). Turn right on Clearview Parkway and go over the overpass. 
There will be a shopping center on the right. Turn right at the light 
marking the entrance to the shopping center. MMS is in the Elmwood 
Towers Building adjacent to the K-Mart. Parking is available at the 
front and rear of the building. For additional directions please call 
Cheryl Rauch of MMS at 504-736-2949.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Wiedeman, Engineering and 
Analysis Division, Office of Science and Technology/Office of Water, 
Mail Code 4303, US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. 
Telephone (202) 260-7179, fax (202) 260-7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is developing effluent limitations 
guidelines and standards for the Coastal Oil and Gas subcategory under 
authority of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). The Coastal 
subcategory includes operations involved in drilling for and production 
of oil and gas in the coastal areas of the United States. Such coastal 
areas include states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, the coast of 
California, and both the North Slope and Cook Inlet in Alaska.
    The public meeting will include discussions of the effluent 
guidelines regulatory development process, applicability of the 
forthcoming rule, regulatory approach (i.e. treatment technologies 
considered for effluent limits and their costs), affected population 
estimates, and general coastal oil and gas issues. The meeting will not 
be recorded by a reporter or transcribed for inclusion in the record 
for the Coastal Oil and Gas industry rule.
    Documents relating to the topics mentioned above and a more 
detailed agenda will be available at the meeting.
Tudor T. Davies,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 94-14818 Filed 6-16-94; 8:45 am]
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