[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 6950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3215]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 445

[FRL 6535-5]


Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards, and New 
Source Performance Standards for the Metal Products and Machinery Point 
Source Category; Announcement of Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement of meeting.

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SUMMARY: EPA will conduct a public meeting on the upcoming Metal 
Products and Machinery proposed rulemaking on March 3, 2000, from 9:30 
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    The Office of Science and Technology within EPA's Office of Water 
is holding the public meeting in order to inform all interested parties 
of the current status of the Metal Products and Machinery (MP&M) 
effluent guideline. EPA intends to propose effluent limitations 
guidelines and standards for the MP&M industrial category in October 
2000. The meeting is intended to be a forum in which EPA can report on 
the status of the rulemaking and interested parties can provide 
information and ideas to the Agency on key technical, economic, and 
implementation issues.
    The meeting is open to the public, and limited seating for the 
public is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For 
information on the location and directions, see the Addresses section 
below.

DATES: EPA will conduct a public meeting on the upcoming Metal Products 
and Machinery proposed rulemaking on March 3, 2000, from 9:30 a.m. to 
12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Metal Products and Machinery public meeting will be held 
at the National Wildlife Visitor Center Auditorium of the Patuxent 
Research Refuge, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD (301) 497-5760; 
``http://www.prr.r5.fws.gov/vclocation.html''. Directions are as 
follows: From Washington, D.C. take Baltimore-Washington Parkway North 
(I-295N) to the Powder Mill Road exit. Turn right (East) onto Powder 
Mill Road. Go 1.9 miles and turn right into Visitor Center entrance 
(Scarlet Tanager Loop). Go 1.3 miles to parking lot. From Baltimore 
take Baltimore/Washington Parkway South (I-295S) to the Powder Mill 
Road exit. Turn left (East) onto Powder Mill Road. Go 1.9 miles and 
turn right into Visitor Center entrance (Scarlet Tanager Loop). Go 1.3 
miles to parking lot.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shari Barash, Office of Water (4303), 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone (202) 
260-7130; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is developing proposed effluent 
limitations guidelines and standards for the MP&M Point Source Category 
under authority of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et. seq.). The 
MP&M effluent limitations guidelines and standards proposal will apply 
to facilities that manufacture, rebuild, or maintain finished metal 
parts, products, or machines. The 18 industrial sectors which are being 
examined for the MP&M regulation include the following: Aerospace; 
Aircraft; Bus & Truck; Electronic Equipment; Hardware; Household 
Equipment; Instruments; Metal Finishing and Electroplating Job Shops; 
Mobile Industrial Equipment; Motor Vehicles; Office Machines; Ordnance; 
Precious and Non-precious Metals; Railroad; Ships & Boats; Stationary 
Industrial Equipment; Printed Circuit Boards; and Other Metal Products. 
The meeting will provide an update on the development of the proposed 
rule to interested parties. EPA will provide an overview of the 
development of the regulation including a discussion of the data 
collection efforts, the potential treatment technology options, the 
potential subcategorization of industry segments, and the schedule for 
the MP&M rulemaking. The meeting will not be recorded by a reporter or 
transcribed for inclusion in the record for the MP&M rulemaking.
    Documents related to the topics mentioned above and a more detailed 
agenda will be available at the meeting. For those unable to attend the 
meeting, a document summary will be available following the meeting and 
can be obtained by an e-mail or telephone request to Shari Barash at 
the previously mentioned address.

    Dated: February 7, 2000.
Geoffrey H. Grubbs,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 00-3215 Filed 2-10-00; 8:45 am]
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