World Water Crisis (LIFE)

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Comment on EPA’s Approach for Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water Study

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Science Advisory Board Staff Office
Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory Board
Environmental Engineering Committee Augmented for the Evaluation and
Comment on EPA’s Proposed Research Approach for Studying the Potential
Relationships between Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water Resources


SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public face-to-face meeting of the SAB
Environmental Engineering Committee (EEC). The SAB EEC, augmented with other
SAB members, will evaluate and comment on EPA’s proposed approach to study the
potential public health and environmental protection issues that may be associated with
hydraulic fracturing.

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 7, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and
April 8, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon (Eastern Daylight Time).

ADDRESSES: The Committee meeting will be held at the St. Regis Hotel located at
923 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C., 20006.

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