[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16889]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5849-8]


Microbial and Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Advisory 
Committee; Notice of Open Meeting

    Under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. App. 2, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Microbial 
and Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts MD/DBP Advisory Committee 
will be held on July 15, 1997 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the office of 
Resolve, Inc., located at 1255 23rd St., NW., Suite 275, Washington DC 
20037. The Committee was established earlier this year (on February 21, 
1997, at 62 FR 8012) to assist the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) in the development of regulations, guidance and policies to 
address microorganisms and disinfectants/disinfection by-products in 
drinking water.
    The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues related to the 
development of an Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule 
(IESWTR) and a Stage 1 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts (D/DBP) 
Rule. The agenda for the meeting will include discussion on the 
agreement in principle document which was drafted by Committee members 
at the previous meeting in June (Federal Register /Vol. 62, No. 93/ 
Wednesday, May 14, 1997), for purposes of signature. The agreement-in-
principle document includes recommendations on 9 key issues (i.e., 
Maximum Contaminant Levels for Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) and bromate; enhanced coagulation; microbial 
benchmarking/profiling; disinfection credit; turbidity; a Maximum 
Contaminant Level Goal for Cryptosporidium; removal of Cryptosporidium; 
multiple barrier concept for Cryptosporidium for the Enhanced Surface 
Water Treatment Rule; and sanitary surveys. The Committee will also 
review EPA's working draft of a Notice of Data Availability for the 
rules, which the Agency plans to publish in the Federal Register this 
fall, and discuss next steps.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Members of the public may 
attend the meeting, make oral statements at the meeting to the extent 
time permits and/or file written statements with the Committee for its 
consideration.
    Members of the public who would like more information or who would 
like to present an oral statement or submit a written statement are 
requested to contact the Committee's Designated Federal Officer, Steve 
Potts, at the Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, U.S. EPA, mail 
Code 4607, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20460. Mr. Potts may 
also be reached by telephone at (202) 260-5015 or contacted by e-mail 
at [email protected].

    Dated: June 24, 1997.
William R. Diamond,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 97-16889 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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