Proposed Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 122, 123, 131, and 132

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Proposed Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce an open public

meeting scheduled for April 26, 1994, to express views on written

comments submitted by other parties on the proposed Water Quality

Guidance for the Great Lakes System.

DATES: The open public meeting will be held on April 26, 1994. The

meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m. or as

otherwise arranged.

ADDRESSES: The open public meeting will be held in room 331 of the

Ralph H. Metcalf Federal Building, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago,

Illinois.

Additional information concerning the meeting may also be obtained

by calling: (1) Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and

Wisconsin (telephone: 800-621-8431); (2) Pennsylvania (telephone: 215-

597-6911); and (3) New York (telephone: 716-285-8842).

Materials in the public docket for the proposed Water Quality

Guidance for the Great Lakes System are available for viewing by

contacting Wendy Schumacher, Water Quality Standards (WQS-16J), EPA,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590,

(telephone: 312-886-0142). Microfiche copies of many of the supporting

documents for the proposal, as well as microfiche copies of the

comments, are available at the locations listed in the proposal (April

16, 1993; 58 FR 20802).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John J. O'Grady, Region 5 Team Leader,

Great Lakes Water Quality Guidance (WQS-16J), EPA, Region 5, 77 West

Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, (telephone: 312-353-1938).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 16, 1993, EPA published the

proposed Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System in the

Federal Register (58 FR 20802). The period for receiving public

comments on the proposal closed on September 13, 1993. Subsequently,

EPA announced the availability of three additional reports that EPA is

considering as it develops the final Guidance (August 9, 1993, 58 FR

42266; September 13, 1993, 58 FR 47845). The period for receiving

comments on issues raised in the three reports closed on October 13,

1993.

The preamble to the April 16, 1993, proposal described EPA's intent

to hold an open public meeting to provide an opportunity to members of

the public who wish to express views on the written comments of other

parties submitted during the public comment period (58 FR 20823). This

meeting will be held on April 26, 1994, at the time and address shown

above. Interested parties are welcome to attend the meeting to present

their views.

All comments received in the public hearing held August 4 and 5,

1993, and all written comments received during the public comment

periods that closed September 13, 1993, and October 13, 1993, will be

considered by the Agency in the final rulemaking. The April 26, 1994,

meeting is intended to provide an opportunity for those parties who

wish to comment on issues raised by other commenters contained in the

public docket for the rulemaking. Therefore, interested parties who

provided comments on the proposal should not, and do not need to,

restate their views at the April 26, 1994, meeting. The public meeting

may also include separate concurrent sessions on the elements of the

proposed Guidance in order to facilitate the anticipated number of

commenters and issues. For further information on the meeting, you may

contact the persons identified above.

EPA also invites elected officials and other representatives of

State, local, and Tribal governments to attend the meeting. EPA

encourages such participation, in accordance with Executive Order

12875, Enhancing the Intergovernmental Partnership, issued October 26,

1993 (58 FR 58093).

Summaries of meetings with EPA that have been held at the request

of the Great Lakes States and other parties since the publication of

the proposal have been placed in the docket and are available from the

address listed above. EPA will place a summary of the open public

meeting in the public docket at the address listed above.

Dated: March 14, 1994.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 94-6822 Filed 3-22-94; 8:45 am]

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