1145 Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board, Subcommittee on Attainment meeting on nonaqueous phase liquids

Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board, Subcommittee on Attainment Meeting on Nonaqueous Phase Liquids

[34 Pa.B. 3324]

   The Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board (Board) Subcommittee on Attainment will meet on July 2, 2004, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to discuss issues related to developing guidance on the assessment and removal feasibility of nonqueous phase liquids (NAPL) from groundwater. The meeting will be held in the large conference room on the 14th Floor, Rachael Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA. A speaker phone will be provided as the Board mem- bers will be participating by teleconference. For further information, contact Dave Hess, [phone], [e-mail]. The agenda and meeting materials for the July 2, 2004, meeting will be available through the Public Participation Center on the Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) website: www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword:  Participate).

   Persons with a disability who require accommodations to attend the July 2, 2004, meeting should contact the Department at [phone] or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at [phone] (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

   The standard regulatory approach with regard to NAPL is to recover NAPL to the maximum extent practicable. Experience indicates that using this approach leads to a ''no endpoint'' strategy that has no specific objectives. The lack of characterization of NAPL distribution and characteristics leads to ineffectively applied technology to remediate NAPL. This leads to delayed closures, backlogs and over-allocation of limited resources.

KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-1145. Filed for public inspection June 25, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]