[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28871]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Announcement of Public Meeting on the Safe Drinking Water 
Information System (SDWIS/FED)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that EPA is sponsoring three public 
meetings to discuss drinking water data quality on November 5, 6, and 
9, 1998. The meetings will be held in Denver, Colorado (Nov. 5th), 
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 6th), and Kansas City, Missouri (Nov. 9th). The 
Denver meeting will be held in the Lakewood Sheraton, 360 Union Blvd., 
Lakewood, CO 80228, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Washington meeting 
will be held in the Auditorium at the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. The Kansas City meeting will be held in the Downtown Marriott 
Hotel, 200 W. 12th St., Kansas City, MO 64105, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    The purpose of these meetings is to obtain comments on EPA's draft 
action plan to improve drinking water data quality. The plan addresses 
data quality at all levels: from laboratories and public water 
utilities to local governments, state government, and finally to EPA, 
where data are housed in the Safe Drinking Water Information System, or 
SDWIS/FED, database. EPA is particularly interested in what is an 
appropriate data quality goal, how data quality problems originate, and 
how EPA can characterize, quantify, and improve data quality. EPA will 
ask for help in prioritizing activities to begin working on the most 
important activities first. Finally, participants will discuss ways to 
improve the way EPA presents SDWIS/FED data in its Envirofacts web 
site.
    For more information on the Denver meeting, please contact: Aundrey 
Wilkins, U.S. EPA, Region 8, 999 18th Street, 8P-W-MS, Suite 500, 
Denver, CO 80202 (phone: 303-312-6245, e-mail address: 
[email protected]). For more information on the Washington 
meeting, please contact: Christine O'Brien, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground 
Water and Drinking Water (4606), 401 M Street SW, Washington, D.C. 
20460 (phone: 202-260-4275, e-mail address: [email protected]). 
For more information on the Kansas City meeting, please contact Ann 
Keener, U.S. EPA, Region 7, 726 Minnesota Ave., WWPP/RMBC, Kansas City, 
KS 66101 (phone: 913-551-7388, e-mail address: [email protected]).
    To register for any of the meetings, call the Safe Drinking Water 
Hotline: 1-800-426-4791.

    Dated: Ocober 21, 1998.
Elizabeth Fellows,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 98-28871 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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