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or respond to nominations. E-Mail your

questions to

shaw.charlene@epamail.epa.gov or call

202/260–2285.

Dated: August 18, 1997.

Charlene E. Shaw,

Designated Federal Officer, National Drinking

Water Advisory Council.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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Common Sense Initiative Council

(CSIC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory

CSIC Printing, Computers and

Electronics, Metal Finishing, and Iron

and Steel Sector Subcommittee

Meetings; Open Meetings.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, notice is hereby given that the

Printing, Computers and Electronics,

Metal Finishing, and Iron and Steel

Sector Subcommittees of the Common

Sense Initiative Council will meet on

the dates and times described below. All

meetings are open to the public. Seating

at all three meetings will be on a firstcome basis and limited time will be

provided for public comment. For

further information concerning specific

meetings, please contact the individuals

listed with the three announcements

below.

(1) Printing Sector Subcommittee—

September 12, 1997

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency will

hold an open meeting of the Printing

Sector Subcommittee on Friday,

September 12, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. CDT

until approximately 4 p.m. CDT. The

Multi-media Flexible Permitting Team

and the New York City Education

Project Team (NYCEPT) will hold

workgroup meetings from 9 a.m. CDT to

5 p.m. CDT on Thursday, September 11,

1997. All Printing Sector Subcommittee

and Workgroup Meetings will be held at

Lawry’s (banquet room), 100 E. Ontario

Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. The

telephone number is (317) 787–5000.

The purpose of the Subcommittee

meeting is to discuss the continued

progress of the two project teams. The

NYCEPT will be reporting on project

developments in technical assistance

and community involvement. The

Multi-media Flexible Permit Project

Team will be reporting on the results of

exploring major sources, public

participation, and thresholds for the

proposed permit.

For further information concerning

this Printing Sector Subcommittee

meeting, please contact either Frank

Finamore, Designated Federal Officer

(DFO), at EPA, by telephone on (202)

564–7039, or Mick Kulik, Alternate

DFO, at EPA Region 3 in Philadelphia,

PA on (215) 566–5337.

(2) Computers and Electronics Sector

Subcommittee—September 22 and 23,

1997

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency will

hold an open meeting of the Computers

and Electronics Sector Subcommittee on

Monday, September 22, 1997, from 9

a.m. EDT until 5:30 p.m. EDT

(registration from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.) and

on Tuesday, September 23, 1997, from

8:30 a.m. EDT to 3 p.m. EDT, at the

Sheraton City Centre Hotel, 1143 New

Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20036. The telephone number is

(202) 755-0800 or (800) 526–7495.

Both days, September 22 and 23, will

be devoted partly to breakout sessions

for the three subcommittee workgroups

(Reporting and Information Access;

Overcoming Barriers to Pollution

Prevention, Product Stewardship, and

Recycling; and Integrated and

Sustainable Alternative Strategies for

Electronics) and partly to plenary

sessions. In addition to discussing

ongoing projects, the Subcommittee will

focus on selecting projects to initiate

during the coming year.

The Subcommittee is considering

undertaking the following new projects:

Design of a voluntary program for life

cycle management of electronic

products; state-level multistakeholder

conference/dialogue on removing

electronic products from the waste

stream; definition of ‘‘legitimate

recycling’’ of electronic products re:

RCRA; evaluation of models and

development of best practices for

electronic equipment recovery;

development of baseline data on the

recovery and recycling of electronic

equipment; continuation of collection

pilots; data collection/analysis of results

of the city of San Francisco’s Municipal

curbside collection pilot project; efforts

to integrate the computerized

emergency response reporting and

access system developed for Phoenix,

AZ into the EPA’s ‘‘One Plan’’ program,

and to further test that system in two

other cities; greentrack; community

engagement; and worker health.

For further information concerning

this meeting of the Common Sense

Initiative’s Computers and Electronics

Sector Subcommittee, please contact

John J. Bowser, Acting DFO, U.S. EPA

on (202) 260–1771, by fax on (202) 260–

1096, by e-mail at

bowser.john@epamail.epa.gov., or by

mail at U.S. EPA (MC 7405), 401 M

Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460;

Mark Mahoney, U.S. EPA Region 1 on

(617) 565–1155; or David Jones, U.S.

EPA Region 9 on (415) 744–2266.

(3) Metal Finishing Sector

Subcommittee—September 24 and 25,

1997

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency will

hold an open meeting of the Metal

Finishing Sector Subcommittee on

Wednesday, September 24 and

Thursday, September 25, 1997, at the

Radisson Barcelo Hotel, 2121 P Street,

NW (near DuPont Circle) Washington,

DC. The telephone number is (202) 293–

3100. The Subcommittee will meet both

days from approximately 9 a.m. EDT to

approximately 4 p.m. EDT.

It is anticipated that most of the

Subcommittee meeting will focus on the

Metal Finishing Sector’s Strategic Goals

Initiative. During this time, there will

likely be breakout sessions for different

stakeholder groups to discuss the

Sector’s Strategic Goals. It is further

anticipated that there will be breakout

sessions for small plenary groups,

workgroups, and stakeholder groups to

discuss ongoing sector issues such as

Research and Technology, Regulatory

and Reporting, and Performance TierOriented projects. A formal agenda will

be available later this month.

For further information concerning

meeting times and agenda of the Metal

Finishing Sector Subcommittee, please

contact Bob Benson, DFO, at EPA by

telephone on (202) 260–8668 in

Washington, DC, by fax on (202) 260–

8662, or by e-mail at

benson.robert@epamail.epa.gov.

(4) Iron and Steel Sector

Subcommittee—October 8 and 9, 1997

Notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency is

convening an open meeting of the Iron

and Steel Sector Subcommittee on

Wednesday and Thursday, October 8

and 9, 1997. On Wednesday, the

meeting will begin at 10 a.m. EDT and

run until 5 p.m. EDT. On Thursday,

October 9, 1997, the meeting will begin

at 8 a.m. EDT and end at 4 p.m. EDT.

The meeting will be held at the Ramada

Plaza Pentagon Hotel, 4641 Kenmore

Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia, both

days. The telephone number is (703)
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751–4510. At its July meeting, the

Subcommittee discussed an iron and

steel compliance problems report that

had been prepared by EPA’s Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

and the Iron and Steel sector. A small

group was formed to work with EPA to

review the data presentation and

identify what inferences may be made

based on the data. The Subcommittee

also discussed at the July meeting the

development of potential sector goals. It

decided that each stakeholder group

would identify specific goals that it

hoped to achieve out of CSI and what

it was willing to give in order to achieve

them. These goals would then be shared

among the entire Subcommittee to see

what agreements can be made and

worked towards.

At the October 8 and 9, 1997, meeting,

the Subcommittee will review the

findings of the compliance group and

determine the next steps it wants to

take. It will also discuss the goals that

have been identified, areas where CSI

can promote those goals, and projects to

carry out in support of those goals. Task

groups will be created as necessary to

carry out the projects. The

Subcommittee will also hear brief

reports on any major events in the

ongoing projects (Brownsfields, Iron and

Steel Web Site, Community Advisory

Committee, Consolidated Reporting, and

Alternative Compliance Strategy) and,

time permitting, may continue

discussions on the economic

environment in which the industry

operates. Several hours will also be

devoted to allowing the newly formed

task forces time to organize and begin

work.

For further information concerning

this Iron and Steel Sector Subcommittee

Meeting, please call Ms. Judith Hecht at

EPA in Washington, DC on (202) 260–

5682, Mr. Bob Tolpa at EPA Region 5 in

Chicago, Illinois, on (312) 886–6706, or

Dr. Mahesh Podar at EPA, Washington,

DC on (202) 260–5387.

INSPECTION OF SUBCOMMITTEE

DOCUMENTS: Documents relating to the

above Sector Subcommittee

announcements, will be publicly

available at the meeting. Thereafter,

these documents, together with the

official minutes for the meetings, will be

available for public inspection in room

2821M of EPA Headquarters, Common

Sense Initiative Staff, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460, telephone

number (202) 260–7417. Common Sense

Initiative information can be accessed

electronically on our web site at http./

/www.epa.gov/commonsense.

Dated: August 20, 1997.

Gregory Ondich,

Acting Designated Federal Officer.

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AGENCY

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Stakeholders Meeting on Drinking

Water Regulation Action

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of Stakeholders

meeting on EPA’s revision to the public

notification rule under the 1996 Safe

Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

amendments.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a

public meeting on September 18, 1997

in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the

meeting will be to gather information

and collect opinions from parties who

will be affected by provisions of the

Public Notification Rule of the new Safe

Drinking Water Act (SDWA), amended

in 1996. Comments and views expressed

will be used to help develop the new

Federal and State program

requirements. EPA is seeking input from

State drinking water programs, the

regulated community (public water

systems), public health and safety

organizations, environmental and public

interest groups, and other stakeholders

on a number of issues related to

developing the drinking water

regulation. EPA encourages the full

participation of all stakeholders

throughout this process.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting on the

drinking water regulation for public

notification will be held on September

18, 1997, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Eastern Daylight Savings Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn Central; 1501 Rhode

Island Ave., N.W.; Washington, D.C.

20005; Phone No.: (800) 248–0016/(202)

483–2000. For information on meeting

logistics or if you want to register for the

meeting, please contact the EPA Safe

Drinking Water Hotline at 1–800–426–

4791, or Carl Reeverts of EPA’s Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water at

(202) 260–7273. Participants registering

in advance will be mailed a packet of

materials before the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl

Reeverts, U.S. EPA, at (202) 260–7273.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Environmental Protection Agency is

developing revised Public Notification

regulations (under existing 40 CFR

141.32) to incorporate the new

provisions enacted under the 1996 Safe

Drinking Water Amendments (SDWA),

specifically the amended sections 1414

(c)(1) and (c)(2) of the SDWA. The 1996

SDWA amendments completely

replaced the language in the statute

under 1414(c). There is no statutory

deadline for implementing the amended

sections 1414 (c)(1) and (c)(2).

The Administrator is required by

statute to prescribe by regulation the

manner, frequency, form, and content

that public water systems must follow

for giving public notice. The 1996

SDWA amendments amended this EPA

obligation to require consultation with

the States prior to rulemaking. Public

Water Systems are currently required to

notify their customers whenever: (1) A

violation of any drinking water

regulation occurs (including MCL,

treatment technique, and monitoring/

reporting requirements); (2) a variance

or exemption (V&E) to those regulations

is in place or the conditions of the V&E

are violated; (3) or results from

unregulated contaminant monitoring

required under section 1445 of the

SDWA are received. This coverage was

not changed by the 1996 SDWA

Amendments.

The current rule sets different

requirements based on the type of

violation and type of system. The 1996

SDWA amendments substantially alter

what is currently in place: (1) SDWA

section 1414(c)(2)(C) requires notice

within 24 hours and sets other new,

more prescriptive notice requirements

for violations with ‘‘Potential to Have

Serious Adverse Health Risks to Human

Health’’; (2) SDWA section 1414(c)(2)(D)

gives EPA more discretion to set less

prescriptive notice requirements for all

other violations, including requiring the

notice in an annual report; and (3)

SDWA section 1414(c)(2)(B) allow the

State to prescribe alternative

notification requirements by rule to the

form and content of the notice,

consistent with the current primacy

requirements.

To meet the letter and spirit of the

new statutory provisions, EPA will hold

three or more public stakeholder

meetings prior to drafting the regulation.

This is the second of the scheduled

stakeholder meetings that are planned

over the next several months, to

exchange information on our mutual

experience with the current regulation

and the elements needed in the new

regulation to meet the intent of

Congress. The legislative changes

provide an excellent opportunity to

streamline the existing regulations by

focusing the notices on situations that