[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 28469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13383]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6349-7]


Futures Forum Discussion of Small Drinking Water Systems and 
Unserved Populations; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be holding 
a one-day public meeting from 9:00--5:00 on June 10, 1999 in 
Washington, DC. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the small 
systems and unserved populations questions related to the drinking 
water futures forum.
    The purpose of the Drinking Water Futures Forum is to evaluate the 
challenges facing the nation in ensuring a safe supply of drinking 
water in 25 years, and develop a plan to meet these challenges. The 
question to be discussed is: How should we ensure safe drinking water 
in 25 years? To help discusion, this all-encompassing question will be 
broken into 7 sub-questions: treatment technologies, source water 
quality and quantity, sensitive subpopulations, cost, small systems, 
unserved populations, and research.
    The specific questions to be discussed on June 10 are small systems 
and unserved populations. Issues related to small systems include: what 
should the structure of the drinking water provision system be in the 
future? Can consolidation and restructuring take more advantage of 
economies of scale? Are there additional activities to help alleviate 
tribal and small system compliance problems? What can/will be the 
drivers affecting the structure of the industry? Are there innovative 
or alternative institutional structures for the provision of drinking 
water to small populations?
    Issues related to unserved populations include: What are our 
responsibilities to help provide safe drinking water to those not 
served by public water systems? How could we meet such responsibilities 
(e.g., education?)

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Department of the Interior, 
1849 C St. NW, Washington DC 20240, in Conference Room 7000B.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for the meeting, please 
contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791 or 703-285-
1093 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. EDT. For specific meeting 
information on the small systems question, please contact Peter 
Shanaghan at 202-260-5813 or by e-mail at [email protected]. For 
specific information on the unserved populations question, please 
contact Joshua Joseph at 202-260-2446, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 99-13383 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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