[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 1151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-361]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6520-7]
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and
Technology, (NACEPT) Standing Committee on Compliance Assistance
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of public advisory NACEPT standing committee on
compliance assistance meeting; open meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, notice is hereby given that the Standing Committee on compliance
assistance will meet on the date and time described below. The meeting
is open to the public. Seating at the meeting will be a first-come
basis and limited time will be provided for public comment. For further
information concerning this meeting, please contact the individual
listed with the announcement below. NACEPT Standing Committee on
Compliance Assistance; January 31 and February 1, 2000. Notice is
hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency will hold an open
meeting of the NACEPT Standing Committee on Compliance Assistance on
Thursday, Monday, January 31, 2000 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and February
1, 2000 from 8:30-5. The meeting will be held at the Academy for
Educational Development (AED) Conference Center, 1825 Connecticut Ave.,
NW, Washington, DC 20009. The agenda for both days of the meeting will
be focused primarily on the development of the compliance assistance
clearinghouse, national forum and the annual agency plan. A formal
agenda will be available at the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACEPT is a federal advisory committee under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463. NACEPT provides
advice and recommendations to the Administrator and other EPA officials
on a broad range of domestic and international environmental policy
issues. NACEPT consists of a representative cross-section of EPA's
partners and principal constituents who provide advice and
recommendations on policy issues and serve as a sounding board for new
strategies.
EPA recently issued a new report, ``Aiming for Excellence.'' This
report commits EPA to take a number of actions to enhance our
reinvention programs, including several to improve our compliance
assistance efforts. The report was developed based on extensive
external outreach to a broad range of stakeholders through a variety of
forums. It is available on EPA's Reinvention home page (www.epa.gov/
reinvent/).
In connection with this effort, the Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance (OECA) has recently completed work on an action
plan, ``Innovative Approaches to Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance.'' This action plan includes the compliance assistance
activities identified in the Task Force report as well as additional
OECA commitments. The action items described in the OECA report
(available at www.epa.gov/oeca/innovative/approaches.html) will change
fundamental aspects of the Agency's compliance assistance planning and
programs.
To ensure that the compliance assistance activities in the action
plan are implemented in a way that continues to reflect stakeholder
needs, the National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and
Technology (NACEPT) is creating a new Standing Committee on Compliance
Assistance. This will provide a continuing Federal Advisory Committee
forum from which the Agency can continue to receive valuable
stakeholder advice and recommendations on compliance assistance
activities.
For further information concerning the NACEPT Standing Committee on
Compliance Assistance, including the upcoming meeting, contact Gina
Bushong Designated Federal Officer (DFO), on (202) 564-2242, or E-mail:
bushong.gina@epa.gov.
INSPECTION OF SUBCOMMITTEE DOCUMENTS: Documents relating to the above
topics will be publicly available at the meeting.
Dated: December 16, 1999.
Gina Bushong,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-361 Filed 1-6-00; 8:45 am]
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