Meeting of the Local Government Advisory Committee and the Small Community Advisory Subcommittee

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The Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) and its three subcommittees the Small Community Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS), the Process Subcommittee (Process) and the Issues Subcommittee (Issues) will meet on October 24-26, 2001, in Dallas, Texas. The Committee and Subcommittees will be discussing issues concerning the relationship between local governments and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The focus will be the development of recommendations to the EPA Administrator on a range of issues affecting environmental management activities including: Identification of obstacles to effective local government environmental improvement; needs of local governments, financial and otherwise, for improving environmental protection; and measure the success of environmental improvement at the local level over the long term. The LGAC in its plenary sessions will review reports and recommendations from its Subcommittees, receive updates on the implementation of previously approved recommendations, consider development of an annual report, consider work plans, and engage in a discussion on State and local water quality issues. The SCAS, Process and Issues Subcommittees will meet in