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

Résumé

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be holding a one-and-a-hald day public meeting on October 19 and 20, 1998 in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this meeting is to present updated information on EPA's activities for developing a proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for radon-222 and a summary of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Report findings on radon in drinking water, and to discuss the implications of these findings for the overall radon rule development. This upcoming meeting is the fourth stakeholders meetings on the NPDWR for radon. The first meeting was held on June 26, 1997 in Washington, DC, the second meeting on September 2, 1997 in San Francisco, CA, and the third on October 30, 1997 in Boston, MA. 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 the NPDWR for radon. EPA encourages the full participation of stakeholders throughout this process.