National Drinking Water Advisory Council, Health Care Provider Outreach and Education Working Group; Notice of Open Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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National Drinking Water Advisory Council, Health Care Provider

Outreach and Education Working Group; Notice of Open Meeting

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

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

Care Provider Outreach and Education Working Group'' 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 2, 1998 from 9 am to approximately 5 pm, and on December 3,

1998 from 9 am to approximately 12:30 pm. The meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn-Georgetown, located at 2101 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.,

Washington DC, 20007, telephone (202) 338-4600. The meeting is open to

the public, but due to past experience, seating will be limited.

The purpose of this meeting is to clarify the needs of the health

care provider community for information on drinking water, and begin to

consider a strategy for meeting these needs. The meeting is open to the

public to observe. The working group members are meeting to gather

information on this topic and recommend steps towards a draft position

paper for deliberation by the Advisory Council within the next year.

Given the scope of this effort, therefore, there will be only limited

time at the meeting available for statements from the public.

For more information, please contact, Ron Hoffer, Designated

Federal Officer, of the Health Care Provider Outreach and Education

Working Group, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water

(Mail Code 4607), 401 M Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. Mr. Hoffer's

telephone number is (202) 260-7096 and E-mail address is

[email protected]. In Mr. Hoffer's absence you may contact Ms. Sherri

Umansky, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (Mail Code

4607) at (202) 260-0432, and by E-mail at [email protected].

Dated: October 29, 1998.

Charlene E. Shaw,

Designated Federal Officer, National Drinking Water Advisory Council.

[FR Doc. 98-30148 Filed 11-9-98; 8:45 am]

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