97-28136. Public Meetings Regarding Environmental Information  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 55248-55249]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-28136]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
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    Public Meetings Regarding Environmental Information
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
    
    ACTION: Notice of public meetings and opportunity for public comment.
    
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    SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
    announcing a series of public meetings to solicit information from 
    stakehodlers regarding their use of, and access to, environmental 
    information and data.
    
    DATES: EPA is scheduling up to twenty public meetings during October 
    1997 through December 1997. Specific dates and cities are listed in the 
    tentative schedule under Supplementary Information below. Requests to 
    attend the meetings and/or provide oral comments at the meetings must 
    be received at least 7 days prior to the scheduled meetings. The final 
    times and precise locations of the meetings will be available to 
    interested persons from the EPA contact person, upon request, two weeks 
    prior to each meeting.
    
    ADDRESSES: Requests to attend the meetings and/or to provide oral 
    comments should be made to Ms. Lisa M. Hunter; Center for Environmental 
    Information and Statistics (MC: 2164); Office of Policy, Planning and 
    Evaluation; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 401 M Street, SW; 
    Washington, DC; 20460; (202) 260-4744.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Ms. Lisa M. Hunter, EPA Headquarters, (202) 260-4744, or e-mail, 
    hunter.lisa@epamial.epa.gov.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is undertaking a variety of customer 
    survey efforts to learn how Agency stakeholders use and access 
    environmental information and data. One of these efforts will consist 
    of a series of twenty meetings throughout the country to better 
    understand the views of particular individuals and groups that 
    typically use environmental information. Each discussion session will 
    focus on a particular stakeholder group or user's environmental 
    information needs. The public is invited to attend these meetings as 
    observers and/or to provide comment during a public comment period at 
    the end of each meeting. The tentative schedule for the public 
    meetings--including potential dates, cites,and intended stakeholder 
    groups--is as follows:
    
    
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    1. October 23, 1997, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, African American 
    Community
    2. October 23, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia, Groups Concerned with Water 
    Quality
    3. October 28, 1997, New York, New York, Environmental Organizations
    4. October 30, 1997, Boston, Massachusetts, State Monitoring Agencies
    5. October 30, 1997, Arlington, Texas, Public Health Community
    6. November 4, 1997, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Researchers/Academic 
    Groups
    7. November 6, 1997, Kansas City, Kansas, Agricultural Community
    8. November 6, 1997, Cleveland, Ohio, Manufacturers/Process Industries
    9. November 12, 1997, Denver, Colorado, Manufacturers/Process 
    Industries
    10. November 12, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia, Groups Concerned with Air 
    Quality
    11. November 13, 1997, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Community/Regional 
    Representatives
    12. November 13, 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado, Agricultural Community
    13. November 18, 1997, New Hampshire, Environmental Organizations
    14. November 18, 1997, Seattle, Washington, Businesses
    15. November 20, 1997, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Regional Tribes
    16. November 20, 1997, St. Louis, Missouri, Public Health Community
    17. December 2, 1997, Olympia, Washington, Regional Tribes
    18. December 3, 1997, San Francisco, California, Community/Regional 
    Representatives
    19. December 4, 1997, Los Angeles, California, Local Ethnic Groups
    Art Koines,
    Deputy Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Environmental Data, 
    Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation.
    [FR Doc. 97-28136 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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