[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 33225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15596]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey


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

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

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of the Intergovernmental Task Force 
on Monitoring Water Quality (ITFM).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the ITFM. The purpose 
of the meeting will be to discuss and lay the foundation for the 
transition of the ITFM to the National Council for Monitoring Water 
Quality. The proposed agenda for the meeting includes a brief report of 
the future plans for continuing workgroups, discussion of the future 
need of the workgroups and breakout groups that will address the water-
quality monitoring needs at various geographic scales. The ITFM is a 
partnership of representatives from Federal, State, Native American, 
and interstate governmental organizations. Working since January 1992 
in consultation with representatives of other public and private 
organizations, the ITFM is developing an integrated, nationwide, 
voluntary strategy for water-quality monitoring.

DATES: The meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m., on Tuesday, July 18, 
1995, and will adjourn at 5 p.m., on Wednesday, July 19, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Reston Hotel, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, 
Virginia, 22091.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Lopez, Chief, Office of Water Data Coordination, USGS, 417 
National Center, Reston, VA 22092, (703) 648-5014. Also, for 
information about the ITFM, you may contact the chairperson of ITFM, 
Elizabeth Fellows, at (202) 260-7062. Ms. Fellows is the Chief, 
Monitoring Branch, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, Office 
of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public. A half 
hour at the end of the meeting on Wednesday is being set aside for 
public comment. Persons wishing to make a brief presentation (up to 5 
minutes) are asked to provide a written request with a description of 
the general subject area to Nancy Lopez at the above address no later 
than noon, July 12, 1995, to reserve space on the agenda. It is 
requested that 30 copies of a written statement for the record be 
submitted to Ms. Lopez at the time of the meeting. We will distribute 
these copies to the members of the ITFM and place them in the official 
file.
John N. Fischer,
Associate Chief Hydrologist.
[FR Doc. 95-15596 Filed 6-26-95; 8:45 am]
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