[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 6536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3364]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7142-1]


Paying for Water Quality: Managing Funding Programs To Achieve 
the Greatest Environmental Benefits; a Public Workshop

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public 
workshop on March 14-15, 2002, to provide a forum to discuss how water 
quality funding programs can be managed and enhanced to achieve the 
greatest environmental benefit.

DATES: The workshop will be held on March 14-15, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA East Building, 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20004, in the EPA Hearing Room, Room 1153.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jordan Dorfman, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Wastewater Management, State Revolving 
Fund Branch; telephone: 202-564-0614; e-mail: [email protected]
    Registration: Though the workshop is free, registration is 
requested for planning purposes. Please send your name, title, 
affiliation, address, phone number, fax, and email to Nikki Cleaveland 
at Northbridge Environmental, by fax, 202-625-0461, or by email, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA will convene this public workshop, 
Paying for Water Quality: Managing Funding Programs to Achieve the 
Greatest Environmental Benefits, to discuss the current status of water 
quality funding in the United States, provide an overview of funding 
programs and illustrate their use through case studies by practitioners 
from around the country. The Committee on Appropriations, in House 
Report 107-159, identified a range of issues affecting water quality. 
The Committee particularly focused on issues concerning nonpoint source 
pollution. It noted that ``septic system repair and management projects 
and other nonpoint source pollution prevention and control measures, 
which can produce substantial benefits of water quality protection, are 
not eligible for SRF funding in most of the states.'' It also noted 
that many recipients of federal funding have not instituted user fees 
to provide for long-term maintenance of infrastructure.
    To address these problems, EPA will hold a workshop to provide a 
forum to discuss how water quality funding programs can be managed and 
enhanced to achieve the greatest environmental benefit. The agenda will 
include topics such as an overview of the Clean Water State Revolving 
Fund program, the role of other federal water quality funding programs, 
funding decentralized wastewater systems and nonpoint source projects, 
exploring the use of environmental outcomes and affordability studies, 
environmental performance tracking, and efficient wastewater 
management. Invited to the workshop will be representatives from the 
State/EPA SRF Workgroup, the Environmental Council of the States, 
Environmental Finance Centers, centralized and decentralized wastewater 
and nonpoint source stakeholder groups and any member of the public who 
wishes to attend. Participants will have the opportunity to openly 
discuss present concerns and possible solutions.

    Dated: February 6, 2002.
Richard T. Kuhlman,
Director, Municipal Support Division, Office of Wastewater Management.
[FR Doc. 02-3364 Filed 2-11-02; 8:45 am]
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