[Federal Register: June 19, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 118)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Announcement of a Stakeholder Meeting on Preliminary Regulatory 
Determinations for Priority Contaminants on the Drinking Water 
Contaminant Candidate List

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of a stakeholder meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled a 
public meeting to discuss the results of the Agency's preliminary 
regulatory determinations for nine CCL contaminants together with the 
determination process, rationale, and supporting technical information 
for each. The Federal Register notice that announced the Preliminary 
Regulatory Determinations for Priority Contaminants on the Drinking 
Water Contaminant Candidate List was published by EPA on June 3, 2002.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
eastern time, on July 16, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be at the Washington Plaza Hotel, phone 
(202) 842-1300, or (800) 424-1140, located at 10 Thomas Circle, NW 
(corner of M and 14th Streets) in downtown Washington, DC. The hotel is 
a short distance from both the McPherson Square Metro Station (Orange 
and Blue Lines) and Farragut North Metro Station (Red Line).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical inquiries regarding the 
Contaminant Candidate List Preliminary Determinations contact: Ms. 
Karen Wirth, (202) 564-5246, e-mail:wirth.karen@epa.gov; or Mr. Tom 
Carpenter, (202) 564-4885, e-mail:carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. For 
registration and general information about this meeting, please contact 
Ms. Paula Moreno at RESOLVE, Inc., 1255 23rd Street, NW., Suite 275, 
Washington, DC. 20037, by phone: (202) 965-6218; by fax: (202) 338-
1264, or by e-mail at pmoreno@resolv.org. Those registered by July 8, 
2002 will receive background materials prior to the meeting. Additional 
information on these and other EPA activities under SDWA is available 
at the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as 
amended in 1996, directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to 
publish a list of contaminants (referred to as the Contaminant 
Candidate List, or CCL) to assist in priority-setting efforts. SDWA 
also directs the Agency to select five or more contaminants from the 
current CCL and determine by August 2001 whether or not to regulate 
these contaminants with a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation 
(NPDWR). EPA developed an approach, or protocol, for the review of CCL 
contaminants in consultation with stakeholders. EPA has applied this 
protocol to the Agency's 1998 CCL. The review focused on 8 chemical and 
1 microbiological contaminants. The meeting will provide stakeholders 
information on EPA's protocol for the review of these 9 contaminants 
and EPA's preliminary determinations. Comments on the CCL preliminary 
regulatory determinations must be submitted in writing to the Agency's 
Water Docket (W-01-03 Comments Clerk) by August 2, 2002.
    There will be a limited number of teleconference lines available 
for those who are unable to attend in person. Information about how to 
access these lines will accompany the pre-meeting materials to be 
mailed out to those who register, and also will be available prior to 
the day of this meeting through the previously-noted point of contact 
at RESOLVE, Inc. On-site registration for this meeting will occur from 
8:45 a.m. to 9 a.m.
    Any person needing special accommodations at this meeting, 
including wheelchair access, should contact the same previously-noted 
point of contact at RESOLVE, Inc., at least five business days before 
the meeting so that the Agency can make appropriate arrangements.

    Dated: June 13, 2002.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 02-15462 Filed 6-18-02; 8:45 am]
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