Announcement of Stakeholders Meeting on the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for Radon-222

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be holding a one-day public meeting on Thursday, October 30, 1997, in Boston, MA. The purpose of this meeting is to present information on EPA's plans for activities to develop a proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for radon-222, and solicit public input on major technical and implementation issues, and on preferred approaches for continued public involvement. This upcoming meeting is the third of a series of stakeholders meetings on the NPDWR for radon. The first meeting was held on June 26, 1997 in Washington, DC and the second meeting on September 2, 1997 in San Francisco, CA. These meetings were initiated as part of the Drinking Water Program Redirection efforts to help refocus EPA's drinking water priorities and to support strong, flexible partnerships among EPA, States, Tribes, local governments, and the public. At the upcoming meeting, EPA is seeking input from State and Tribal drinking water and radon programs, the regulated community (public water systems), public health and safety organizations, environmental and public interest groups, and other stakeholders on a number of issues related to developing