[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23331]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6154-2]
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and
Technology; 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, Pub. L. 92463, EPA
gives notice of a meeting of the Environmental Capital Markets
Committee 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 Environmental Capital Markets Committee has been evaluating
practical ways for the financial services industry to include the
environmental performance of its clients as an integral part of its
core credit, investment, and underwriting processes. Some of the major
issues the Committee has been addressing are:
The extent to which--and why--the financial services
industry currently takes environmental factors into account in its
credit, investment, and underwriting processes.
The characteristics of current (and projected)
environmental management systems (EMS) and practices that could help
correlate environmental performance and financial performance.
How information flowing from these EMSs/practices might be
quantified in a manner that could be integrated into the financial
service industry's credit, investment, and underwriting processes.
The ultimate goal of the Committee is to identify concrete actions
that EPA, on its own or in cooperation with other Federal or state
agencies, could take to help the financial services industry
incorporate this environmental information into its core decision-
making processes.
DATES: The Environmental Capital Markets Committee will hold a one day
public meeting at the Crystal City Marriott Courtyard, 2899 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia on Friday, September 25, 1998 from 9
a.m. to 6 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Materials or written comments may be transmitted to the
Committee through Mark Joyce, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. EPA,
Office of Cooperative Environmental Management (1601F), 401 M Street
SW, Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Joyce, Designated Federal
Officer, Environmental Capital Markets Committee, at 202-260-6889.
Dated: August 20, 1998.
Mark Joyce,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-23331 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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