95-2845. Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice; Notification of Availability of Federal Agency Environmental Justice Strategies for Comment

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6710-6711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2845]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5150-S]


Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice; Notification 
of Availability of Federal Agency Environmental Justice Strategies for 
Comment

    Executive Order 12898, ``Federal Actions to Address Environmental 
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-income Populations'' (February 
11, 1994) requires Federal agencies to develop Environmental Justice 
strategies for carrying out the requirements of the Executive Order. 
The Order also permits public input ``relating to the incorporation of 
environmental justice principles into Federal agency programs or 
policies.''
    As part of its effort to seek public input, the Interagency Working 
Group will make available to the public, the drafts of the Federal 
agency strategies. The following draft strategies are available for 
distribution at this time: [[Page 6711]] 

Publication No. and Agency or Department

200-D-95-900--Agriculture
200-D-95-901--Defense
200-D-95-902--Energy
200-D-95-001--Environmental Protection Agency
200-D-95-903--Health, Human Services
200-D-95-904--Housing and Urban Development
200-D-95-905--Interior
200-D-95-906--Justice
200-D-95-907--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    These strategies may be obtained, free of charge, by contacting: 
The National Center for Environmental Publications and Information, 
P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202; Phone: [phone]; FAX: 513/
489-8695 (Please include publication number).
    The following draft strategies should be available shortly; for 
information about their availability please contact: Department of 
Commerce--Paul Taggart [phone]; Department of Labor--Stephen 
Mallinger [phone]; Department of Transportation--Antonio Califa 
[phone]; and National Aeronautics and Space Administration--
Robert Hammond [phone].
    Comments--Send any comments on the strategies to the appropriate 
agency contact listed below by March 1, 1995.

Agency of Department, Contact, and Fax

Agriculture--Velma Charles-Shannon, Office of Civil Rights Enforcement, 
14 and Independence Ave., SW., Room 39A, Washington, DC 20250, (202) 
205-2891
Defense--Len Richeson, Environmental Security, 3000 Defense Pentagon, 
Washington, DC 20301-3000, [phone]
Energy--Georgia Johnson, Room 5B110, Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC 
20585, [phone]
Environmental Protection Agency--Clarice Gaylord, Office of 
Environmental Justice, 3103, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC, 20460, 
[phone]
Health and Human Services--DHHS Environmental Justice Strategic Plan, 
c/o Office of Minority Health Resource Center, P.O. Box 37337, 
Washington, DC 20013-7337, [phone]
Housing and Urban Development--Richard Broun, Dept. of HUD, Room 7240, 
451 7th St, SW., Washington, DC 20410, [phone]
Interior--Robert Faithful, Office of Environmental Policy and 
Compliance, Dept. of Interior MS 2340, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20240, [phone]
Justice--Cathy Sheafor, Director of Environmental Justice, DOJ, Office 
of the Associate Attorney General, Room 5214, 10th and Constitution, 
NW., Washington, DC 20530, [phone]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission--Maria Lopez-Otin, NRC, Federal Liaison, 
Office of State Programs, Washington, DC 20555, [phone]

    Dated: January 31, 1995.
Jonathan Z. Cannon,
Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 95-2845 Filed 2-2-95; 8:45 am]
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