[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33683-33684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15884]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[WH-FRL-6999-1]


Public Stakeholder Meeting on the National Strategy to Develop 
Regional Nutrient Criteria

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Public Stakeholder Meeting on the National Strategy 
to Develop Regional Nutrient Criteria

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a 
stakeholder meeting on June 27, 2001, to stimulate an information 
exchange with stakeholders on issues related to the National Strategy 
to Develop Regional Nutrient Criteria.

DATES: The public stakeholder meeting will start at 9:00 AM and adjourn 
at 5:30 PM on June 27, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The public stakeholder meeting will be held at the Sheraton 
Crystal City Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Robert Cantilli (4304), U.S. EPA 
Headquarters, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (MC 
4304), Washington, D.C. 20460 (Telephone: (202) 260-5546).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public stakeholder meeting will be held 
at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA for the purpose of conducting an information exchange 
with stakeholders on issues related to the National Strategy to Develop 
Regional Nutrient Criteria. The public stakeholder meeting will provide 
an opportunity for interested persons to discuss the issues and process 
for developing and implementing regional nutrient criteria. 
Specifically, EPA will discuss progress it has made in developing 
ecoregional nutrient criteria, peer review and public comments it has 
received on the 17 ecoregional nutrient criteria that were published in 
2000, as well as recommended procedures for implementing these 
criteria. The stakeholder meeting will also be an opportunity for 
substantive input and dialogue with the primary authors of the Nutrient 
Waterbody Type Guidance Documents as well as EPA Regional Nutrient 
Coordinators who are supporting the development and adoption of 
regional nutrient criteria at the State and ecoregional level.
    Participants at the stakeholders meeting who wish to make comments 
or ask questions are strongly encouraged to sign up and be placed on 
the speakers list given the available time. Speakers will have the 
opportunity to comment during the meeting in the order they sign up and 
time limitations will be set depending on the total number of speakers. 
Requests to speak at the stakeholder meeting should be made to John 
Bachman, Great Lakes Environmental Center, Inc. at (231) 941-2230 or by 
e-mail at: tc.com">jbachman@glec-tc.com.

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    EPA is inviting all interested members of the public to participate 
in the stakeholder meeting. Approximately 150 seats will be available 
for the public. Seats will be available on a first-come, first served 
basis. On-site registration for the meeting will begin at 8:00 AM.
    For additional information about the meeting, please contact Robert 
Cantilli of EPA's Office of Science and Technology at (202) 260-5546 or 
by e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: June 8, 2001.
Geoffrey H. Grubbs,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 01-15884 Filed 6-22-01; 8:45 am]
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