1698 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 7 / Monday, January 12, 2004 / Notices ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE washingtonaqueduct. Meeting Cancellations. nab.usace.army.mil. Department of the Army; Corps of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUMMARY: On Thursday, September 11, Engineers Questions about the proposed action 2003 (68 FR 53597) the Department of and the Draft Environmental Impact Defense announced closed meetings of Intent To Prepare a Draft Statement (DEIS) can be addressed to: the Defense Science Board Task Force Environmental Impact Statement for a Michael C. Peterson, (202) 764–0025, on Patriot Systems Performance. The Proposed Water Treatment Residuals [email protected], meetings scheduled for January 7–8, Management Process for the Environmental Engineer, Washington 2004, were cancelled. Washington Aqueduct, Washington, DC Aqueduct Division, Baltimore District, Dated: January 5, 2004. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 5900 Patricia L. Toppings, AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. MacArthur Boulevard, Washington, DC Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 20016. Officer, Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of intent. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [FR Doc. 04–506 Filed 1–9–04; 8:45 am] SUMMARY: The Washington Aqueduct 1. Background BILLING CODE 5001–06–M seeks to plan and create a water Washington Aqueduct operates the treatment residuals management process Dalecarlia and McMillan Water DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE that will comply with the standards Treatment Plants in Washington, DC, established in National Pollutant which provide potable water to over one Office of the Secretary Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) million persons in the District of Permit DC0000019 and will allow for Columbia and Northern Virginia. Raw Strategic Environmental Research and continued safe, reliable, and cost water diverted from the Potomac River Development Program, Scientific effective production of drinking water. is collected in the Dalecarlia Reservoir, Advisory Board Washington Aqueduct generates where river sediment settles naturally. residual solids, a byproduct of AGENCY: Department of Defense. The sediment periodically dredged from producing drinking water, and currently the Dalecarlia Reservoir is not returned ACTION: Notice. periodically discharges this material to to the Potomac River. the Potomac River. The residuals consist Raw water flows from the Dalecarlia SUMMARY: In accordance with section of river sediment and solid materials Reservoir to the Dalecarlia Water 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory generated by adding coagulant as part of Treatment Plant and also via the Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), the drinking water treatment process. Georgetown Reservoir to the McMillan announcement is made of the following NPDES Permit DC0000019 includes Water Treatment Plant. Aluminum Committee meeting: effluent standards for the discharge of sulfate, the chemical used for DATES: March 30, 2004 from 0800 a.m. the water treatment residuals that coagulation, is added from the to 12:10 p.m.; March 31, 2004 from 0800 cannot be achieved by the current Dalecarlia Plant to the raw water for a.m. to 15:30 p.m. and April 1, 2004 Washington Aqueduct residual both the Dalecarlia and McMillan Water from 0800 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. management process. Treatment Plants. Chemically included This notice advises the public that ADDRESSES: The Shelter Pointe Hotel sedimentation takes place in four basins pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the at the Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant and Marina, 1551 Shelter Island Drive, National Environmental Policy Act San Diego, CA 92106. and two basins at the Georgetown (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, Reservoir. The Dalecarlia facility FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Washington Aqueduct, which operates employs 36 rapid dual media filters and Veronica Rice, SERDP Program Office, the Dalecarlia and McMillan Water the McMillan facility is equipped with 901 North Stuart Street, Suite 303, Treatment Plants, will prepare a 12 rapid dual media filters. Except for Arlington, VA or by telephone at (703) combined Feasibility Study/Draft the filter backwash water at the 696–2119. Environmental Impact Statement. The McMillan Water Treatment Plant, which SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: combined studies will identify, analyze, is recycled to the McMillan Reservoir, and evaluate alternatives for reducing or and the filter backwash water at the Matters To Be Considered eliminating the discharge of water Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant, Research and Development proposals treatment residuals from the Dalecarlia which is recycled to the Dalecarlia and continuing projects requesting Water Treatment Plant and Georgetown Reservoir, all sedimentation residuals Strategic Environmental Research and Reservoir to the Potomac River in order are currently returned to the Potomac Development Program funds in excess to comply with NPDES Permit River. of $1M will be reviewed. DC0000019, effective April 15, 2003, and a Federal Facility Compliance 2. Regulatory Mandate The meeting is open to the public. Agreement, signed June 12, 2003. In Any interested person may attend, In the recently issued NPDES permit, addition, Washington Aqueduct will the Environmental Protection Agency appear before, or file statements with consider alternate methods of managing the Scientific Advisory Board at the has significantly reduced the allowable the Potomac River sediment that concentration of residuals that time and in the manner permitted by the accumulates in the Dalecarlia Reservoir. Board. Washington Aqueduct can discharge to DATES: A public scoping meeting will be the Potomac. This change in the permit Dated: January 5, 2004. held on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 requires Washington Aqueduct to Patricia L. Toppings, between 7 and 9 p.m. at St. Patrick’s evaluate alternate methods of residuals Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Episcopal Church and Day School, 4700 collection, processing, conveyance, and Officer, Department of Defense. Whitehaven Parkway, NW., disposal. Washington Aqueduct and [FR Doc. 04–507 Filed 1–9–04; 8:45 am] Washington, DC 20007–1586. Directions Environmental Protection Agency BILLING CODE 5001–06–M are available at http:// Region III entered into a Federal Facility VerDate jul<14>2003 14:58 Jan 09, 2004 Jkt 203001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM 12JAN1.