[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7343]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5801-4]


Public Meeting on the Effluent Limitations Guidelines and 
Standards for the Landfills Industry

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a public 
meeting on the upcoming proposed effluent limitations guidelines and 
standards for the Landfills industry. The EPA intends to propose 
effluent limitations guidelines and standards late in 1997, and this is 
the only public meeting that the Agency plans to sponsor prior to 
proposal. EPA will report on the status of regulatory development, and 
interested parties can provide information and ideas to the Agency on 
key technical, scientific, economic, and other issues.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Monday, April 21, 1997, from 
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the EPA auditorium at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Tinger, Engineering and Analysis 
Division (4303), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460. 
Telephone (202) 260-4992, fax (202) 260-7185 or E-Mail 
Tinger.J[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is developing proposed effluent 
limitations guidelines and standards for the Landfills industry under 
authority of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). The 
Landfills industry includes landfills that generate wastewater from 
leachate collection systems. The Landfills industry includes 
industrial, municipal, and hazardous waste landfills.
    Topics for the public meeting include subcategorization, 
exclusions, summary of industry information, and preliminary plans for 
technology-based regulatory options. The meeting will not be recorded 
by a reporter or transcribed for inclusion in the rulemaking record.
    Documents relating to the topics mentioned above and a more 
detailed agenda will be available at the meeting. For those unable to 
attend the meeting, a document summary will be available following the 
meeting, and can be obtained by sending an e-mail request to John 
Tinger at the previously mentioned address.

    Dated: March 17, 1997.
Tudor Davies,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 97-7343 Filed 3-21-97; 8:45 am]
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