[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28172-28173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13196]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6349-4]


National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement of a stakeholders meeting on the National 
Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Data Base.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled a 
two-day public meeting on EPA's National Drinking Water Contaminant 
Occurrence Data Base (NCOD). At the upcoming meeting, EPA is seeking 
input from stakeholders, including national and state representatives, 
environmental organizations, industry, the public, and other interested 
parties. The purpose of the meeting is to demonstrate and obtain input 
from stakeholders on the alpha version of the National Drinking Water 
Contaminant Occurrence data base (NCOD). The demonstration and 
discussion will include database access, use, retrieval, and reporting. 
During this meeting EPA is also seeking input from stakeholders on the 
revised database development strategy and data quality documents and 
issues such as the analytical plan and quality assurance documents. EPA 
encourages the full participation of stakeholders throughout this 
process. This will not be a decision-making meeting but an opportunity 
for stakeholders to provide input to EPA. Such input will assist EPA in 
developing an effective and efficient database to support the EPA 
drinking water program.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting on the NCOD will be June 7, 1999 from 
10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST and June 8, 1999 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: Resolve, Inc. (an EPA contractor) will provide logistical 
support for the stakeholders meeting. The meeting will be held at 
Resolve, Inc., 1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 275, Washington, D.C. 20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on meeting 
logistics or for members of the public wishing to attend the meeting, 
please contact Sheri Jobe at RESOLVE, Inc., 1255 23rd Street, NW,. 
Suite 275, Washington, DC 20037, Phone: 202/965-6382, Fax: 202/338-
1264, Email: [email protected]. Those registered for the meeting by May 
24, 1999 will receive an agenda, logistics sheet, and other information 
prior to the meeting. A limited number of teleconference lines will be 
available for those who would like to participate by phone. You may 
request the teleconference number when you call to register. If you 
cannot attend the meeting but would like to be on the mailing list to 
receive further information about the meeting (including agenda and 
meeting summary), please provide your name, organization, address, 
phone, fax, and email address.
    For other information on the NCOD, please contact Charles Job at 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Phone: 202-260-7084, Fax: 
202-260-3762, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background on the National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence 
Data Base (NCOD)

    The Safe Drinking Water Act, SDWA, as amended in 1996, states that: 
Not later than three years after the date of enactment of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, the Administrator shall assemble 
and maintain a national drinking water contaminant occurrence data base 
using information on the occurrence of both regulated and unregulated 
contaminants in public water systems obtained under section 1445 
(a)(1)(A) or section 1445 (a)(2) and reliable information from other 
public and private sources. The NCOD is required to be developed by 
August 6, 1999.

B. Request for Stakeholder Involvement

    EPA has convened this public meeting to demonstrate the alpha 
release of the database and to hear the views of stakeholders on the 
revised database development strategy, the analytical plan, and the 
quality assurance documents for the NCOD. The public is invited to 
provide comments on the issues listed above or other issues related to 
the NCOD during this meeting.

    Dated: May 17, 1999.
Cynthia Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 99-13196 Filed 5-24-99; 8:45 am]
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