Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041-0022
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act Programs
Posted Date: 2007-04-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 81)]
[Notices]               
[Page 21008-21010]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation 
Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; FACA committee meeting announcement.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 
92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a three-day 
meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation 
Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs (FACDQ).

DATES: A meeting of the FACDQ will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, and 
Friday, June 6, 7, and 8, 2007. The meeting on June 6 and 7 will be 
from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. and on June 8, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. All times 
are Eastern Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Virginian Suites, 1500 
Arlington Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 22209. Members of the public may 
attend in person or via teleconference. The public may obtain the call-
in number and access code for the teleconference lines from Meghan 
Hessenauer, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    Document Availability: The agenda for the meeting is provided in 
the General Information section of this notice or from Meghan 
Hessenauer whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. The agenda may also be 
viewed through EDOCKET, as provided in section I.A. of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. Any member of the 
public interested in making an oral presentation at the meeting may 
contact Richard Reding, whose contact information is listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Requests for making 
oral presentations will be accepted up to June 4, 2007. In general, 
each oral presentation will be limited to a total of three minutes.
    Submitting Comments: Written comments may be submitted 
electronically, by mail, or through hand delivery/courier. Follow the 
detailed instructions as provided in section I.B of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section. Written comments will be accepted up to two 
business days prior to the start of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meghan Hessenauer, Engineering and 
Analysis Division, 4303T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
566-1040; fax number: (202) 566-1053; e-mail address: 
hessenauer.meghan@epa.gov; Richard Reding, Designated Federal Officer, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, 4303T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
566-2237; fax number: (202) 566-1053; e-mail address: 
reding.richard@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

    This notice announces a meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee 
on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in CWA Programs. The 
purpose of the meeting is to review a report from the Technical Work 
Group on the results of the Pilot Study, to review the Technical Work 
Group's evaluation of the procedures tested in the Pilot Study relative 
to the FACDQ's criteria, to develop a recommendation on procedures for 
detection and quantitation, and to review and make decisions relative 
to the uses of the results of the analytical testing methods. The 
Advisory committee will provide direction to both the Policy and the 
Technical Work Groups on additional work to be carried out in advance 
of the committee's next 2007 meeting.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on access or services for individuals with 
disabilities, please contact Meghan Hessenauer at (202) 566-1040 or e-
mail: hessenauer.meghan@epa.gov to request accommodation of a 
disability, at least ten days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.
A. How Can I Get Copies of Related Information?
    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this committee under 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041 in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC). In 
addition to electronic access through http://www.regulations.gov, public 

inspection of the docket materials will be available by appointment. 
Appointments may be made by calling (202) 566-1744. The public reading 
room is in EPA West, Room 3334 at 1301 Constitution Ave., N.W., 
Washington, DC.
    2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document 
through the EPA Internet under the Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
 An electronic version of the public docket is 

available through http://www.regulations.gov You may use http://www.regulations.gov.
 to submit or view public comments, access the index 
listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access 
those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. 
Once in the system, select ``search'', then, key in the appropriate 
docket identification number, EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. You may also view 
the meeting material on the website, http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/det/
.

B. How and To Whom Do I Submit Comments?
    You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand 
delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the 
appropriate docket identification number (OW-2004-0041) in the subject 
line on the first page of your comment. Please ensure that your 
comments are submitted within the specified comment period.
    1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as 
prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing 
address, or an e-mail address or other contact information in the body 
of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside 
of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying 
the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the 
submitter of the comment, and it allows EPA to contact you if further 
information on the substance of the comment is needed or if your 
comment cannot be read due to technical difficulties. EPA's policy is 
that EPA will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact 
information provided in the body of the comment will be included as 
part of the comment placed in the official public docket and made 
available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
    i. EDOCKET. Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to submit 
comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving 
comments. Go directly to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for submitting comments. To access EPA's electronic 
public docket from the EPA Internet Home Page, http://www.epa.gov, 

select ``Information Sources'', ``Dockets''. Once in the system, select 
``search'' and then key in Docket ID No., EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. The 
system is an anonymous access system, which means EPA will not know 
your identity, e-mail address, or other contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment.
    ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to 
OW-Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No., EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. In

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contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is not 
an anonymous access system. If you send an e-mail comment directly to 
the docket without going through EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's 
e-mail system automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail 
addresses that are automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public 
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
    iii. Disk or CD ROM. Your may submit comments on a disk or CD ROM 
mailed to the mailing address identified in Section I.B.2 of this 
notice. These electronic submissions will be accepted in Word, or rich 
text files. Avoid the use of special characters and any form of 
encryption.
    2. By Mail. Send your comments to: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, OW Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No., 
OW-2004-0041.
    3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 
Attention Docket ID No., OW-2004-0041 (Note: this is not a mailing 
address). Such deliveries are only accepted during the docket's normal 
hours of operation as identified in Section I.A.1 of this notices. For 
those wishing to make public comments, it is important to note that 
EPA's policy is that comments, whether submitted electronically or on 
paper, will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic 
public docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the 
comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business 
information, or other information whose disclosure is restricted by 
statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, 
EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version of the 
comment that is placed in EPA's electronic public docket. The entire 
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available 
in the public docket. Public comments submitted on computer disks 
mailed or delivered to the docket will be transferred to EPA's 
electronic public docket. Written public comments mailed or delivered 
to the Docket will be scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public 
docket.

    Dated: April 20, 2007.
Richard Reding,
Designated Federal Officer, Office of Water.
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