[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 68999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29227]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6902-1]


National Drinking Water Advisory Council Research Working Group; 
Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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    Under section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-423, ``The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act,'' notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Drinking 
Water Research Working Group of the National Drinking Water Advisory 
Council (NDWAC) established under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. S300f et seq.), will be held on November 28-29, 
2000. On November 28 the meeting will be held from 8:30 am-5 pm ET 
(approximately), at RESOLVE, 1255 23rd Street, NW., Suite 275, 
Washington, DC 20037. On November 29 the meeting will be held, from 
8:30 an-3:30 pm ET (approximately), at the Environmental Protection 
Agency's Washington Information Center (WIC), 401 M Street, SW., 
Conference Room #3 North Washington, DC 20460. The meeting will be open 
to the public to observe and statements will be taken from the public 
as time allows. Seating is limited.
    This is the first meeting of the Drinking Water Research Working 
Group. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates 3-4 
meetings of this working group over the course of the next year. The 
purpose of this working group will be to provide advice to NDWAC as it 
develops recommendations for EPA on a Comprehensive Drinking Water 
Research Strategy (as required under the Safe Drinking Water Act) that 
will consider a broad range of research needs to support the Agency's 
drinking water regulatory activities. The research strategy will 
include an assessment of research needs for microbes and disinfection 
by-products (M/DBPs), arsenic, contaminants on the Contaminant 
Candidate List (CCL), and other critical research issues. This first 
meeting will focus on the proposed approach for developing the 
Comprehensive Drinking Water Research Strategy. Specifically, the 
working group will discuss the outline of the strategy, the scientific 
framework upon which it is organized, and the list of topics to be 
included.
    For more information please contact Paula Mason, Designated Federal 
Officer, U.S. EPA (4607), Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. The telephone 
number is 202-260-1893, fax 202-401-6135, and e-mail 
[email protected].

    Dated: November 7, 2000.
Charlene E. Shaw,
Designated Federal Officer, National Drinking Water Advisory Council.
[FR Doc. 00-29227 Filed 11-14-00; 8:45 am]
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