[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20581]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5868-8]


National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and 
Technology--Total Maximum Daily Load Committee: Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, PL 92-463, EPA gives 
notice of a three day meeting of the National Advisory Council for 
Environmental Policy and Technology's (NACEPT) Total Maximum Daily Load 
(TMDL) Committee. NACEPT provides advice and recommendations to the 
Administrator of EPA on a broad range of environmental policy issues. 
The TMDL Committee has been charged to provide recommendations for 
actions which will lead to a substantially more effective TMDL program. 
This meeting is being held to enable the Committee and EPA to hear the 
views and obtain the advice of a widely diverse group of stakeholders 
in the National Water Program.
    In conjunction with the three day meeting, the FACA Committee 
members and the EPA will host two meetings designed to afford the 
general public greater opportunity to express its views on TMDL and 
water related issues.

DATES: The three day public meeting will be held on September 3-5, 
1997, in Portland, Oregon, at the Fifth Avenue Suites, 506 S.W. 
Washington at Fifth Avenue. The full Committee meeting begins on 
Wednesday, September 3, 1997, at 7:30 a.m. with adjournment scheduled 
for 5:30 p.m.. The meeting on Thursday, September 4, 1997, will 
reconvene at 7:30 a.m. and is scheduled to adjourn at 3:00 p.m. On 
Friday, September 5, 1997, the Committee begins deliberations at 7:30 
a.m. and is scheduled to conclude at 4:00 p.m.
    The two public input sessions are scheduled in conjunction with the 
full Committee meeting in the same location. The first will occur on 
September 3, 1997, from 7:30-9:00 p.m. The second will occur on 
September 4, 1997, from 3:30-5:00 p.m.

FUTURE MEETING DATES: The Committee has scheduled one more meeting: 
January 21-23, 1998 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ADDRESSES: Materials or written comments may be transmitted to the 
Committee through Corinne S. Wellish, Designated Federal Officer, 
NACEPT/TMDL, U.S. EPA, Office of Water, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and 
Watersheds, Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (4503F), 401 M 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Corinne S. Wellish, Designated Federal 
Officer for the Total Maximum Daily Load Committee at 202-260-0740.

    Dated: July 28, 1997.
Corinne S. Wellish,
Designated Federal Officer
[FR Doc. 97-20581 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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