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EPA Water Headlines; week of July 12, 2010

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Water Headlines for the week of July 12, 2010

Water Headlines is a weekly on-line publication that announces
publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Office of Water

In This Week's Water Headlines:

1) New Consumer Campaign Kicks off: We're for Water
2) Drinking Water Strategy Web Dialogue: A New Framework for Addressing
Contaminants as Group(s)
3) EPA Seeking Public Comment and Input on Requests to Revise the
Performance Standards for Marine Sanitation Devices
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1) New Consumer Campaign Kicks off: We're for Water
EPA's WaterSense(r) program will kick off the new multi-year We're for
Water campaign July 14, 2010 to educate consumers about water-saving
behaviors and WaterSense labeled products.

We're for Water shows consumers that saving water can be as easy as
check, twist, replace.
1.      Check toilets for silent leaks, which can waste enough water
each year to fill a backyard swimming pool.
2.      Twist on a WaterSense labeled bathroom faucet aerator to save
water and energy at the tap without noticing a difference in flow.
3.      Replace old, inefficient showerheads with WaterSense labeled
models that use less water and energy, but provide a shower with power.

Consumers are encouraged to adopt one or all of these water-saving
behaviors and take the "I'm for Water" pledge on the WaterSense website.

Follow Flo, the We're for Water "spokesgallon," as she takes a road trip
across the country to launch the campaign and educate people about water
efficiency at www.epa.gov/watersense/wereforwater or
www.facebook.com/epawatersense .

2) Drinking Water Strategy Web Dialogue: A New Framework for Addressing
Contaminants as Group(s)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator,
Lisa P. Jackson, has outlined four principles to provide greater
protection of drinking water, one of which is to address contaminants as
group(s).

On July 28-29, EPA will hold a web dialogue focused on addressing
contaminants as group(s). EPA welcomes your input on approaches EPA
should consider when developing a framework to group contaminants.  This
dialogue will provide an opportunity for participants to exchange
information and share ideas. EPA will consider the feedback from this
Web dialogue and information from this exchange as it develops the
agenda for the upcoming Drinking Water Strategy stakeholder meeting and
the framework for addressing contaminants as group(s).

Register for the July 28-29 web dialogue at
www.webdialogues.net/epa/dwcontaminantgroups

For more information on the four principles of the Drinking Water
Strategy, visit www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwa/dwstrategy.html

3) EPA Seeking Public Comment and Input on Requests to Revise the
Performance Standards for Marine Sanitation Devices
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received a petition and
another separate request (collectively, "rulemaking requests") to revise
its regulations establishing performance standards for marine sanitation
devices (MSDs) (devices that treat vessel sewage) pursuant to the
Agency's authority under section 312(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
The rulemaking petition also requests that EPA establish monitoring,
recordkeeping and reporting requirements under the CWA to ensure
compliance with the performance standards.

EPA published a Federal Register (FR) Notice to make the public aware of
the issues raised in the rulemaking requests and to obtain the public's
input, in the form of comment and relevant information, to help EPA
determine appropriate action in response to the requests.  EPA has not
made a decision on whether to grant or deny either rulemaking request,
and is not making any changes to the MSD performance standards at this
time.

The FR Notice is titled "Clean Water Act Section 312(b): Notice Seeking
Stakeholder Input on Petition and Other Request to Revise the
Performance Standards for Marine Sanitation Devices", and is posted at
http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/regulatory/frnotice_marinesanitation.html
.

Comments in response to this FR Notice must be received on or before
November 9, 2010.
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