03-26542. Advisory Committee for Regulatory Negotiation Concerning All Appropriate Inquiry; Meeting

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice of meeting of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on All Appropriate Inquiry.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Protection Agency, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), is announcing the date and location of an upcoming meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee On All Appropriate Inquiry.

DATES:

A meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee On All Appropriate Inquiry is scheduled for November 12 through November 14, 2003. The location for the meeting is provided below. Dates and locations of subsequent meetings will be announced in later notices.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will take place at the headquarters office of the National Association of Home Builders, 1201 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. on each day.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons needing further information should contact Patricia Overmeyer of EPA's Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Mailcode 5105T, Washington, DC 20460, [phone], or [e-mail]. Information on the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee also can be found at www.epa.gov/​brownfields/​regneg.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, EPA is required to develop standards and practices for carrying out all appropriate inquiry. The Federal Advisory Committee meeting is for the purpose of negotiating the contents of a proposed regulation setting federal standards and practices for conducting all appropriate inquiry. At its meeting on November 12, 13, and 14, 2003, the Committee's agenda will include a continuation of substantive deliberations on the proposed rulemaking including discussions on recommendations for proposed regulatory language for addressing each of the criteria established by Congress in the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act amendments to CERCLA (101)(35)(B)(iii).

All meetings of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee are open to the public. There is no requirement for advance registration for members of the public who wish to attend or make comments at the meeting. Opportunity for the general public to address the Committee will be provided starting at 2:30 p.m. on each day.

Dated: October 15, 2003.

Thomas P. Dunne,

Associate Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.