Effluent Guidelines Task Force Open Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Effluent Guidelines Task Force Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Effluent Guidelines Task Force, an EPA advisory committee,

will hold a meeting to discuss improvements to the Agency's Effluent

Guidelines Program. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 8, from 8:30 a.m.

to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, February 9, 1994, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Dupont Plaza Hotel, 1500

New Hampshire Avenue NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Strassler, Effluent Guidelines

Task Force Staff Director, Office of Water (4303), 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 202-260-7150, fax 202-260-7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Environmental Protection Agency gives notice

of a meeting of the Effluent Guidelines Task Force (EGTF). The EGTF is

a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for Environmental

Policy and Technology (NACEPT), the external policy advisory board to

the Administrator of EPA.

The EGTF was established in July of 1992 to advise EPA on the

Effluent Guidelines Program, which develops regulations for dischargers

of industrial wastewater pursuant to Title III of the Clean Water Act

(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). The Task Force consists of members appointed

by EPA from industry, citizen groups, state and local government, the

academic and scientific communities, and EPA regional offices. The Task

Force was created to offer advice to the Administrator on the long-term

strategy for the effluent guidelines program, and particularly to

provide recommendations on a process for expediting the promulgation of

effluent guidelines.

The meeting agenda will include a discussion on draft

recommendations regarding pollution prevention in effluent guidelines.

There will also be Task Force work group discussions and reports from

the groups on methodology for conducting preliminary industry studies,

and improving the project management and data collection processes for

effluent guidelines. The Task Force generally does not discuss specific

effluent guideline regulations currently under development.

The meeting will be open to the public. Limited seating for the

public is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The public may

submit written comments to the Task Force regarding improvements to the

Effluent Guidelines program. Comments should be sent to Eric Strassler

at the above address. Comments submitted by February 1 will be

considered by the Task Force at or subsequent to the meeting.

Dated: January 7, 1994.

Shelley Allen-Moorefield,

Acting NACEPT Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 94-859 Filed 1-12-94; 8:45 am]

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