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EPA HOLDS LISTENING SESSIONS ON CLEAN WATER ACT'S TMDL PROGRAM
Release Date: 10/12/2001
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, OCT. 12, 2001
EPA HOLDS LISTENING SESSIONS ON
CLEAN WATER ACT'S TMDL PROGRAM
CLEAN WATER ACT'S TMDL PROGRAM
Robin Woods 202-564-7841 / woods.robin@epa.mail
In keeping with EPA Administrator Christie Whitman's review of the agency's impaired water program under the Clean Water Act and her intent to involve the active participation of a broad range of parties, EPA will hold five public listening sessions to help determine what changes may be needed to the regulatory program. The sessions will be held: Oct. 22-23 in Chicago; Nov. 1-2 in Sacramento; Nov. 7-8 in Atlanta; Nov. 15-16 in Oklahoma City; and Dec. 11 in Washington, D.C. On July 16, EPA Administrator Whitman announced that she would conduct an 18-month review of and provide additional public comment opportunities on the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) program. The TMDL program is a key element under the Clean Water Act that provides a framework for identifying and cleaning up polluted waters. To date, the states have identified 20,000 polluted waterways for clean up. Whitman asked for the review following a National Academy of Sciences report that made a number of recommendations on the implementation of the TMDL program. The final TMDL rule was published July 13, 2000. Additional details are available in a notice published in the Federal Register on Oct.9 and are posted on EPA's TMDL web site at: https://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/meetings
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