ADVISORY/EPA To Hold Public Hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida Regarding Proposed Revisions to Federal Requirements for Wastewater Disposal.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (Aug. 24) --(BUSINESS WIRE) The United States Environmental Protection Agency "EPA" redirects here. For other uses see EPA (disambiguation) and Environmental Protection Agency. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes USEPA (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) will hold a public hearing on Thursday, August 24 in West Palm Beach, Florida West Palm Beach, also known as West Palm, is the most populous city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida. According to the University of Florida's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 107,617. regarding proposed revisions to the Federal requirements for deep well injection of municipal wastewater to further protect underground sources of drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. in South Florida and continue protection of Florida's coastal environment. The proposed revisions establish an alternate method for owners and/or operators of municipal wells in Florida to comply with Underground Injection Control (UIC UIC University of Illinois at Chicago UIC Underground Injection Control UIC Union of Islamic Courts UIC United Industrial Corporation UIC Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer (International Union of Railways) ) regulations. The proposed rule pertains only to certain counties in Florida The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county. List of 67 counties in the U.S. state of Florida: State Abbr. FIPS State Code State FL 12 Florida Index # on Map FIPS County Code County Name 1 001 Alachua County largely because their underground features are capable of accepting large quantities of domestic wastewater through deep injection wells. The proposed rule would only be for existing municipal wells that inject domestic waste in the following counties: Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Dade, Flagler, Glades Glades may refer to:
WHO: UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WHAT: PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PROPOSED REVISION TO FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR WASTEWATER DISPOSAL
WHEN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2000
1:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M.
6:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M.
WHERE: THE SHERATON WEST PALM BEACH HOTEL
630 CLEARWATER PARK ROAD
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
PRESS CONTACT: Carl Terry, EPA Media Relations, 404-562-8325
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