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WaterNews for October 8, 2002WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water Inside this week’s WaterNews
National Water Monitoring Day is October 18Administrator Christie Whitman recently encouraged everyone to participate in local water quality monitoring activities during National Water Monitoring Day on Oct. 18 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act. Stay Current with Events on EPA’s Year of Clean Water websiteLog on to http://www.epa.gov/water/yearofcleanwater/ to learn what the nation is doing in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act. Final Arsenic Rule Implementation Guidance AvailableThe final implementation guidance for the "Arsenic Rule-Drinking Water Regulations for Arsenic and Clarifications to the Compliance and New Source Monitoring" is available on EPA’s website at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ars/implement.html. For further information contact Ronald Bergman at 202-564-3823. "Consider The Source: A Pocket Guide to Protecting Your Drinking Water”Third in a series of outreach and assistance publications, this Pocket Guide includes a discussion of the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act regulatory and voluntary resources, tools, management measures, and finances sources available to States, local governments, and consumers. The guide also provides information on the integration efforts of the Underground Injection Control program with the Source Water Protection program. For further information please contact Kevin McCormack at 202-564-3890 or Sherri Umansky at 202-564-4639. EPA Cruise Ship Tracking SurveyThe Environmental Protection Agency conducted a Cruise Ship Plume Tracking field survey during August off the Florida Coast in response to a series of public hearings in 2000. The information from this survey will be incorporated into the draft discharge assessment report which should be available for public review in a few months. Please send questions or comments regarding the plume tracking report to Cruise.Ships@epa.gov. You can also visit the website at http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/cruise_ships/. International Interest in Underground Injection Control (UIC)Two delegations from Nigeria visited with the Underground Injection control staff to learn more about successful outreach efforts and useful technologies. You can visit the UIC web site at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic.html. Work Group Looks at Contaminant Candidate List Classification ProcessThe National Drinking Water Advisory Council Working Group on the Contaminate Candidate List Classification Process will help EPA develop the process to identify and evaluate contaminants which may be necessary to regulate in drinking water. The next meeting of this Working Group is Dec. 16-17. For further information contact Karen Wirth at 202-564-5246.
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