Public Hearing Set on
Five State Water Programs
For Immediate Release
July 28, 1997 |
Contact: Joan Muraro
217-785-7209
TDD 217-782-9143 |
Springfield, Ill. -- Information
about five specific programs managed by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Bureau of Water will
be provided during a hearing July 30, 1997. The hearing, mandated
under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), will begin at 10 a.m. in
the Mississippi River Room in the Bureau’s offices at 1001
North Grand Ave. E., Springfield. Public comment on the programs
will also be accepted at that time.
The specific programs to be covered
include the drinking water and waste water revolving loan funds,
the nonpoint source management program, the Targeted Watershed
Approach for prioritization of watersheds, the source water
assessment program, and the water quality management plan.
The hearing record for the covered
programs will close at midnight, Aug. 14, 1997. Persons wishing
to comment on the programs should send written statements
postmarked before midnight on that date to Hearing Officer John
D. Williams, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 1021 North
Grand Ave. E., Post Office Box 19276, Springfield, IL 62794-9276.
Written comments do not need to be notarized. The hearing officer
can be reached by phone at 217-782-5544 (for the hearing
impaired, TDD 217-782-9143).
Information about specific programs can
be obtained from Bureau of Water staff. Contacts are Ron Drainer,
217-782-2027, revolving loan funds; Joel Cross, 217-782-3362,
prioritization of watersheds; Rick Cobb, 217-785-4787, source
water assessment program, and Rick Mollahan, 217-782-3362,
nonpoint source management program and water quality management
plan.
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