[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24542-24543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11754]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6008-5]


Notice of Stakeholder Meeting on the Draft 1999 Drinking Water 
Infrastructure Needs Survey Approach

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Announcement of stakeholder meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a 
public meeting to brief interested parties and collect their opinions 
on the Draft 1999 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey Approach. 
The EPA will consider the comments and views expressed at these 
meetings in developing the final survey approach. EPA encourages the 
full participation of all stakeholders.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting regarding the Draft 1999 Drinking Water 
Infrastructure Needs Survey Approach will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 
1998, from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM EDT.

ADDRESSES: The May 19, 1998 stakeholder meeting will be held in the WIC 
Conference Room 17, U. S. EPA Headquarters, 401 M Street SW, 
Washington, DC. To register for the meeting, please contact the EPA 
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Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791, or Rick Naylor of EPA's 
Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water at (202) 260-5135. 
Participants registering in advance will be mailed a packet of 
materials before the meeting. Interested parties who cannot attend the 
meeting in person may participate via conference call and should 
register with the Safe Drinking Water Hotline. Conference lines are 
limited and will be allocated on the basis of first-reserved, first 
served.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on meeting logistics, 
please contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791 or 
Rick Naylor of EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water at (202) 
260-5135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 
Amendments of 1996 require EPA to conduct an assessment of water system 
capital improvement needs of all eligible public water systems in the 
United States every four years. The first (1995) Drinking Water 
Infrastructure Needs Survey [EPA 812-R-97-001] was submitted to 
Congress in January 1997. This document may be obtained by contacting 
the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791 or from the EPA Web 
Site at: http//www.epa.gov/OGWDW/docs/needs/. The 1999 Drinking Water 
Infrastructure Needs Survey Report to Congress is due February 2001.

    Dated: April 28, 1998.
Robert J. Blanco,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency.
[FR Doc. 98-11754 Filed 5-1-98; 8:45 am]
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