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National Drinking Water Advisory Council's Water Security Working
Group Meeting Announcement
[Federal Register: August 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 159)]
[Notices]
[Page 51284-51285]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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National Drinking Water Advisory Council's Water Security Working
Group Meeting Announcement
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby announcing
a meeting of the Water Security Working Group (WSWG) of the National
Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC), established under the Safe
Drinking Water Act. The purpose of this meeting is to provide an
opportunity for the WSWG members to finalize the working group ground
rules, operating procedures, and project plan; to discuss coordination
with other on-going efforts; and to begin deliberation on an approach
to complete the WSWG charge. The WSWG members are meeting to analyze
relevant issues and facts pursuant to the charge to develop
recommendations for best security practices and policies for drinking
water and wastewater facilities for NDWAC's consideration.
DATES: The first WSWG public meeting will take place on August 31,
2004, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Standard Time (PST) and
September 2, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., PST. The meeting on
September 1, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., PST, will be closed to the
public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Hotel Monaco Seattle,
which is located at 1101 4th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested participants from the
public should contact Marc Santora, Designated Federal Officer, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water, Water Security Division (Mail Code 4601-M), 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please contact Marc Santora at
santora.marc@epa.gov or call (202) 564-1597 to receive additional
details.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The August 31 and September 2, 2004, meeting
is open to the public. Statements from the public will be taken if time
permits on both days. Oral statements will be limited to five minutes,
and it is preferred that only one person present the statement on
behalf of a group or organization.
The September 1, 2004, meeting will be closed to the public, as the
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discussion will involve the disclosure of sensitive information
relating to specific water sector vulnerabilities. Since the WSWG, as a
working group to the NDWAC, is not a Federal advisory committee, it is
not subject to the same public disclosure laws that govern NDWAC, which
is a Federal advisory committee. Until the working group agrees on the
protocol to be used to close any portion of future meetings, one day of
this meeting (September 1, 2004) will only be open to WSWG members,
Federal resource personnel, facilitation support contractors, and
outside experts identified by the facilitation support contractors.
Any person needing special accommodations at this meeting,
including wheelchair access, should contact Marc Santora, Designated
Federal Officer, at the number or e-mail under the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section, at least five business days in advance.
Background
The WSWG charge is to: (1) Identify, compile, and characterize best
security practices and policies for drinking water and wastewater
utilities and provide an approach for considering and adopting these
practices and policies at a utility level; (2) consider mechanisms to
provide recognition and incentives that facilitate a broad and
receptive response among the water sector to implement these best
security practices and policies and make recommendations as
appropriate; (3) consider mechanisms to measure the extent of
implementation of these best security practices and policies, identify
the impediments to their implementation, and make recommendations as
appropriate.
Dated: August 13, 2004.
Cynthia C. Dougherty,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 04-19006 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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