National Drinking Water Advisory Council; Notice of Open Meetings

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5658-2]

National Drinking Water Advisory Council; Notice of Open Meetings

Under Section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-423, ``The Federal Advisory

Committee Act,'' notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National

Drinking Water Advisory Council established under the Safe Drinking

Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. S300f et seq.), will be held on

December 19, 1996, from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., in Room 1026 East

Tower, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters, 401 M

Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. Council members will be

participating by Conference Call. The meeting is open to the public,

but due to past experience, seating will be limited.

The purpose of this meeting is to provide the Council with the

mini-workplans for the new working groups that will be set up to advise

them on consumer confidence reports, operator certification, small

systems capacity building, the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund,

drinking water contaminant identification, source water protection, and

possibly rule development for microbial contaminants and disinfectants/

disinfection by-products. This meeting will also serve as a planning

session for future Council meetings and scheduling of participation of

its members on the working groups.

The meeting is open to the public. The Council encourages the

hearing of outside statements and will allocate one-half hour for this

purpose. Oral statements will be limited to five minutes, and it is

preferred that only one person present the statement. Any outside

parties interested in presenting an oral statement should petition the

Council by telephone at (202) 260-2285 before December 18, 1996.

Any person who wishes to file a written statement can do so before

or after a Council meeting. Written statements received prior to the

meeting will be distributed to all members of the Council before any

final discussion or vote is completed. Any statements received after

the meeting will become part of the permanent meeting file and will be

forwarded to the Council members for their information.

Members of the public that would like to attend the meeting,

present an oral statement, or submit a written statement, should

contact Ms. Charlene Shaw, Designated Federal Officer, National

Drinking Water Advisory Council, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water (4601), 401 M Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. The

telephone number is Area Code (202) 260-2285 or E-Mail

Shaw.C[email protected].

Dated: November 26, 1996.

Barbara Elkus,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.

[FR Doc. 96-30738 Filed 12-2-96; 8:45 am]

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