98-16944. National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology Reinvention Criteria Committee; Environmental Information and Public Access Committee; Environmental Capital Markets Committee; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34871-34872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16944]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology 
Reinvention Criteria Committee; Environmental Information and Public 
Access Committee; Environmental Capital Markets Committee; Public 
Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, P.L. 92-463, EPA 
gives notice of a meeting of the following committees of the National 
Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) which 
provides advice and recommendations to the Administrator of EPA on a 
broad range of environmental policy issues.
    The Reinvention Criteria Committee (RCC) has been asked to help the 
Agency understand how incentives can be used most successfully to 
inspire firms, companies, communities, and individuals to go beyond 
mere compliance with existing regulations and to begin the process of 
addressing outstanding environmental problems. In particular, the 
committee will focus on the following questions:

--What opportunities exist for EPA to use incentives to promote 
environmental stewardship in industry? In local communities? In the 
general public?
--How can EPA evaluate the effectiveness of incentives to encourage 
environmental stewardship that leads to improved environmental results? 
How can EPA measure the impact that incentives have on public 
confidence? What criteria should be used to decide whether the use of 
incentives is appropriate?
--How can the concept of performance ladders be used to tailor 
incentives most effectively?


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    The Environmental Information and Public Access Committee (EIPAC) 
will discuss issues relating to the newly created Center for 
Environmental and Information Statistics; workgroups will discuss data 
quality, public access and use, and intergovernmental relations needed 
for the Center.
    The Environmental Capital Markets Committee (ECM) will provide 
stakeholder inputs on the potential utility of using Environmental 
Management Systems as an investment service. The ultimate goal of the 
committee is to identify concrete actions EPA can take, on its own or 
in cooperation with other Federal and State agencies, to help the 
financial services industry incorporate environmental information into 
its decision-making process.
    These meetings are being held to provide the EPA with perspectives 
from representatives of state, local, and tribal governments, 
environmental, business, and financial organizations, academia, 
industry, and NGOs.

DATES: The RCC and EIPAC will hold a two-day public meeting at the 
Embassy Suites Hotel, 1250 22nd Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, on 
Tuesday, July 7, and Wednesday, July 8, 1998 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
    The ECM will hold a one-day public meeting at the same location on 
Wednesday, July 8, 1998 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: Materials or written comments may be transmitted to the 
committees through Gwendolyn Whitt, Designated Federal Officer, NACEPT, 
U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative Environmental Management (1601F), 401 M 
Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. There will also be an opportunity 
for the public to make comments directly to the committees during the 
first day of the meetings. Requests to make public comments must be 
submitted no later than June 30, 1998 to Gwendolyn Whitt, at the 
address above or faxed to [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gwendolyn Whitt, Designated Federal 
Officer, NACEPT, at [phone].

    Dated: June 16, 1998.
Gwendolyn Whitt,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-16944 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]
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