REPRESENTATIVES

Glenn Eurick
      Director Environmental Relations US Barrick Goldstrike Mines
      and Chair - National Mining Association Water Subcommittee

Karen Bennett
      Attorney & Director of Water and Waste Policy
      National Mining Association

NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
The National Mining Association (NMA) is a major national trade association whose membership encompasses most of America's metal, coal, and industrial and agricultural minerals producers; the mining and mineral processing machinery and equipment manufacturers and suppliers as well as engineering and consulting firms and financial institutions that serve the mining industry.

NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
The National Mining Association - Water Quality Subcommittee of the Environment Committee is involved at a national level in the following water and water related issues:
       National water initiatives, programs, and plans
       Surface water criteria, monitoring, and analytical methodology
       Ground water criteria, monitoring, and analytical methodology
      Water appropriation and beneficial use
      Wetlands delineation techniques and criteria
       Potable water criteria, monitoring, and analytical methodology
      Analytical methodology and standards
      Watershed impact mitigation and restoration

NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
NMA priority water and water related issues currently under consideration include:
      Clean Water Act (CWA) reauthorization
      CWA surface water quality standards rulemaking
      CWA total maximum daily load rulemaking
      Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments 1996 implementation
      Nationwide Permit Program
      Abandoned Mined Land Initiative (AMLI)I
      Acid Drainage Technology Initiative (ADTI)
      Arid West Water Quality Research Project (AWWQRP)
      Interdepartmental Abandoned Mine Lands Watershed Cleanup Initiative
      Western Mine Restoration Partnership
      Clean Water Action Plan development

NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
The National Mining Association appreciates the invitation to become an active participant in the Nation's water information process through ACWI and looks forward to a productive relationship.

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