[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38278-38279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15507]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6719-5]


Drinking Water Utilities Team; Strategic SDWA Compliance Planning 
for Small Systems Workshops

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement of Workshops on Strategic SDWA Compliance 
Planning for Small Systems.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled a 
series of one-day workshops on ``Strategic SDWA Compliance Planning for 
Small Systems'' for consulting engineers, state regulatory agency 
staff, and other individuals who provide advice or assistance to small 
water systems. Water system managers and decision-makers are also 
encouraged to attend. The agency is conducting these workshops in 
cooperation with the Association of State Drinking Water 
Administrators, American Consulting Engineers Council, American Water 
Works Association, National Association of Regulatory Utility 
Commissioners, National Association of State Utility Consumer 
Advocates, National Association of Water Companies, National Drinking 
Water Clearinghouse, National Rural Water Association, Rural Community 
Assistance Program, and U.S. Department of Agriculture--Rural Utilities 
Service. One workshop will be offered in each EPA Region. There will be 
no teleconferencing available at any of these workshops.
    The purpose of the workshops is to offer approaches designed to 
assist small systems in understanding the full range of challenges and 
opportunities they face in the very near future. Acknowledging the 
increasing regulatory burden to be faced by small systems, the 
workshops will cover issues such as: source water supply and 
protection; existing infrastructure repair and replacement; system 
organizational structures; new regulations; technologies for 
compliance; and financial issues. Specific tools and techniques to 
assist systems in identifying and prioritizing strategic issues and to 
identify optimum solutions will also be presented.
    Included on the agenda for these workshops will be:
Strategic Planning in the 21st Century
Internal System Assessment
     Existing Infrastructure
     Technical, Financial, and Managerial Capacity
Assessing External Challenges
     New Regulations
     Treatment Technology for regulatory compliance
     Source Water Supply
     Competition
Assessing External Opportunities
     Partnerships
     Source Water Protection
     Resources
     Public Awareness
Identifying Options and Determining Optimum Solutions

DATES: All workshops will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The schedule 
for the workshops is as follows:

June 27--DoubleTree Riverfront Hotel, 50 Warren Street, Lowell, MA 
01852, Phone #: 978-452-1200; For group rate, must contact hotel by 
June 12
June 28--Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, Albany, NY 12211, 800-
448-3500; For group rate, must contact hotel by June 13
June 29--The Venice Inn, 431 Dual Highway, Hagerstown, MD 21740, Phone 
#: 301-733-0830; For group rate, must contact hotel by June 15 301-733-
0830
July 12--Clarion Hotel, 3601 N. Desert Drive, Atlanta, GA 30344, Phone 
#: 404-762-5566; For group rate, must contact hotel by June 21
July 13--Radisson Hotel Dallas, 1893 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 
75235, Phone #: 888-588-9846; For group rate, must contact hotel by 
June 21

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July 26--Radisson Hotel Lincolnwood, 4500 W. Touhy Ave., Lincolnwood, 
IL 60646, Phone #: 847-677-1234; For group rate, must contact hotel by 
July 4
July 27--Hilton St. Louis Airport, 10330 Natural Bridge Road, St. 
Louis, MO 63134, Phone #: 314-426-5500; For group rate, must contact 
hotel by July 7
August 15--Holiday Inn Denver International Airport, 15500 E. 40th 
Ave., Denver, CO 80239, Phone #: 303-371-9494; For group rate, must 
contact hotel by July 15)
August 16--Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 
94109, Phone #: 800-622-0855 or 415-776-8200; For group rate, must 
contact hotel by July 18
August 17--Radisson Hotel Seattle Airport, 17001 Pacific Highway, So., 
Seattle, WA 98188, Phone #: 206-244-6000; For group rate, must contact 
hotel by July 16

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for any of the workshops, 
please contact the Safe Drinking Water Act Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. 
For additional information, please visit our web site at http://www.epa.gov/safewater.html or contact Peter E. Shanaghan, Team Leader, 
Drinking Water Utilities Team, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water (4606), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,Washington, DC 
20460 at 202-260-5813.

    Dated: June 13, 2000.
Janet Pawlukiewicz,
Acting Director, Office of Ground Water & Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 00-15507 Filed 6-19-00; 8:45 am]
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