65206 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 242 / Monday, December 18, 1995 / Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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Workshop on Trace Metals Analysis

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Office of Water is

sponsoring two workshops to aid

attendees in resolving the problems

associated with the sampling and

analysis of trace metals, including the

difficulty in precluding contamination.

These workshops will be held in

conjunction with the Public Meetings

on Method Flexibility and Streamlining

Approval of Analytical Methods at 40

CFR Part 136 announced concurrently

in the Federal Register.

DATES: EPA will conduct the Trace

Metals Workshops on Wednesday,

January 24, 1996, in Boston,

Massachusetts and on Tuesday,

February 13, 1996, in Chicago, Illinois.

Registration for each workshop will

begin at 10:00 AM. Each workshop will

be held from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

ADDRESSES: The workshop on January

24, 1996, will be held in the O’Neill

Auditorium, Thomas P. O’Neill Jr.

Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street,

Boston, Massachusetts. The workshop

on February 13, 1996, will be held in

the Morrison Room, Metcalfe Building,

77 West Jackson, Chicago, Illinois

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions concerning this notice can be

directed to Marion Thompson by phone

at (202)260–7117 or by facsimile at

(202)260–7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting

arrangements are being coordinated by

DynCorp, Inc. For information on

registration, contact Cindy Simbanin,

300 N. Lee Street, Suite 500, Alexandria,

VA 22314. Phone: (703)519–1386.

Facsimile number: (703)684–0610.

Space is limited and reservations are

being taken on a first come, first served

basis. No fees will be charged to attend.

Hotel reservations for Massachusetts

may be made by contacting the Holiday

Inn-Government Center in Boston at

(617)742–7630. Guest rates are $101

single and $121 double occupancy,

including tax. Reservations must be

made by January 5, 1996, and you must

specify that you are affiliated with

USEPA/TM to qualify for the quoted

rate.

For the Chicago meeting, hotel

reservations may be made by contacting

Marriott Reservations at (800)228–9290.

Guest rates are $91 single and double

occupancy. These rates are subject to

applicable state and local taxes.

Reservations must be made by January

20, 1996, and you must reference the

event as the EPA TM Meeting and

request the Chicago Marriott-Downtown

in order to qualify for the group rate.

Accommodations are limited at each

location, so please make your

reservations early. The hotels are within

walking distance of the meeting

facilities.

Background

The USEPA Office of Water’s interest

in trace metals determinations has been

driven by the development of ambient

water quality criteria (WQC) in response

to Congressional mandates in the 1987

Water Quality Act. Ambient water

quality criteria require determinations

of metals at levels significantly lower

than those required by technology-based

effluent limits or achievable by routine

environmental laboratory analyses.

Agenda Topics

The Office of Water’s purpose in

sponsoring these workshops is to assist

State and Regional authorities, regulated

community, and commercial

laboratories in understanding the

requirements and techniques necessary

to determine trace metals at EPA’s

ambient WQC levels. These workshops

will focus on sampling and analysis

techniques, data review, and quality

assurance measures necessary to

support reliable trace metals

measurements for data gathering and

compliance monitoring purposes.

Tudor T. Davies,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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