D
&
Q
Public
Meeting
Mary
T.
Smith,
Director
Engineering
and
Analysis
Division
January
26,
2005
What
does
EPA
Need
to
Do
Next?

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Organize
internally
(
OWM,
OGWDW,

OECA,
OGC,
ORD,
OPEI)


FACA
Charter

Approval
by
EPA's
Deputy
Adm.

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GSA
review

Publish
public
notice
of
establishment
in
Federal
Register

File
Charter
with
Congressional
Committees,
Library
of
Congress,
GSA
More
on
Next
Steps

EPA
selects
balanced
set
of
FACA
members,
sends
letters
of
invitation
and
obtains
acceptances

Process
design
­­
Triangle
interviews
FACA
members
prior
to
first
plenary
meeting
What
is
Likely
to
Happen
Once
the
FACA
is
Established?

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Plenary
meetings
of
FACA

Notice
in
Federal
Register

Facilitated
with
a
policy
focus

Charge
Technical
Workgroup(
s)
and
review
their
work

Likely
to
be
1­
2
days
each
and
face­

toface

Likely
3
plenary
meetings
this
CY

Move
to
a
consensus
More
on
FACA

First
plenary
meeting

May/
June

Likely
work
on
process
design,
definitions,

descriptions
of
alternative
approaches
and
criteria
for
evaluating
alternatives,
use
and
interpretation
of
MDL
and
ML
in
permitting
process

Technical
workgroup(
s)


Charged
with
specific
issues

Technical
facilitator

Conducted
by
phone

Pilot
consensus
approach
What
Are
Your
Opportunities
to
Participate?


FACA
member
­­
deadline
for
nominations
is
February
9,
2005

Email:
smith.
maryt@
epa.
gov

FACA
technical
workgroup
member

All
meetings
are
open
to
the
public

Comments
to
docket:
OW­
2004­
0041

Contact
EPA
with
input

Marion
Kelly,
kelly.
marion@
epa.
gov,
566­
1045

Richard
Reding,
reding.
richard@
epa.
gov,
566­

2237
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Possible
future
rulemaking
How
Can
I
Stay
Informed?

Website:

www.
epa.
gov/
waterscience/
methods

FACA
charter

List
of
FACA
members

Meeting
dates
and
times

All
Federal
Register
notices

Minutes
of
plenary
meetings

Other
updates,
as
appropriate
Docket:
OW­
2004­
0041,

www.
epa.
gov/
edocket
Comments/
Questions?
