[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53607-53608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23162]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7557-1]
RIN 2040-AD93


Stakeholder Meeting Concerning Development of ``Revisions to the 
Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water 
Systems''; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 1445 (a) (2) (42 U.S.C. 300j-4 (a)) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996, requires the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations 
establishing criteria for a monitoring program for unregulated 
contaminants. Monitoring shall vary based on system size, source water, 
and contaminants likely to be found. The SDWA also specifies that for 
systems serving 10,000 persons or fewer, only a representative sample 
of systems must monitor. Per SDWA, EPA is required to issue, every 5 
years, a list of not more than 30 unregulated contaminants to be 
monitored by public water systems. The first list of unregulated 
contaminants was published on September 17, 1999 (64 FR 50556). A 
second list is scheduled to be proposed by August 2004.
    The purpose of this notice is to announce a public stakeholder 
meeting to present information to stakeholders concerning the status of 
the Agency's efforts in the areas of analyte selection, analytical 
methods, sampling design, determination of minimum reporting levels, 
and other possible revisions to the current regulation.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 29, 2003, from 9 a.m. until 
5 p.m., Eastern standard time.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn, 
in the Shenandoah Room on the 2nd floor, at 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, 
Arlington, VA 22209. The Inn is located one block north of the Rosslyn 
Virginia Metro stop on the orange and blue lines. The Inn's telephone 
number is (703) 807-2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on the location, 
or general background information, please contact the Safe Drinking 
Water Hotline, phone: (800)426-4791 or (703)285-1093, e-mail: [email protected]. For technical information contact David J. Munch, 
Regulation Manager for the ``Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant 
Monitoring Regulation for

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Public Water Systems,'' USEPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 
Water, Mail Code 140, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45219. E-mail: [email protected]. An informational package will 
be prepared for the meeting and available at the meeting site on 
October 29, 2003. If you wish to receive this package prior to the 
meeting, contact Maureen Devitt of The Cadmus Group at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is open to the public. 
Statements from the public will be taken if time permits. This meeting 
will be held in a building that is accessible to persons using wheel 
chairs and scooters. Any person needing special accommodations at this 
meeting, including wheelchair access, should contact Susan Bjork at The 
Cadmus Group at (617) 673-7166 or [email protected] , as soon as 
possible, but preferably no less than five business days before the 
scheduled meeting.

    Dated: September 5, 2003.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 03-23162 Filed 9-10-03; 8:45 am]
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