[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22609]


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THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT


The Fifteenth Meeting of the President's Council on Sustainable 
Development (PCSD) in Tulsa, Oklahoma

SUMMARY: The President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD), a 
Presidential Commission with representation from industry, government, 
and environmental, labor, and Native American organizations will 
convene its fifteenth meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Monday, September 
22, 1997.
    At the Council's last meeting on April 29, 1997, members discussed 
their workplan under a revised charter approved by the Administration 
on April 25, 1997. In the new charter, the Administration asked the 
Council to continue its work by continuing to forge consensus on 
policy, demonstrating implementation, getting the word out about 
sustainable development, and evaluating progress. The Council will 
advise the President in four specific areas: domestic implementation of 
policy options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, next steps in 
building the new environmental management system of the 21st century, 
promoting multi-jurisdictional and community cooperation in 
metropolitan and rural areas, and policies that foster U.S. leadership 
role in sustainable development internationally.
    At the meeting, the Council will focus on domestic policy options 
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and will hear from a series of 
experts in the field. The discussion will address the following agenda 
items:
     the science of climate change,
     technology options and opportunities,
     importance of the assumptions in estimating the benefits 
and costs of greenhouse gas emissions, and
     international, national and local policy options.
    Public comment period: The Council will seek public comment on 
potential council activities to implement the Administration's 
directive. Specifically, the Council is interested in hearing from the 
public on the following questions:
     What principles/policies should the Council recommend to 
the President as the United States enters negotiation on an 
international Climate Change treaty?
     Are there unique local opportunities in Oklahoma and 
surrounding regions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
    The Council's previous recommendations to the President may be 
found in two reports:
    Sustainable America: A New Consensus for Prosperity, Opportunity, 
and a Healthy Environment for the Future (March 1996) and Building on 
Consensus: A Progress Report on Sustainable America (January 1997). 
Copies of both reports can be ordered by calling 1-800-363-3732 or 
downloaded off the Internet at http://www.whitehouse.gov/PCSD.
    Dates/Times: Monday, September 22, 1997 from 9:00 am to 1 pm.
    Place: The Adams Mark Hotel, Williams Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma 
74103, (918) 582-9000.
    Status: Open to the public. Public comments are welcome and may be 
submitted orally on September 22 or in writing any time prior to or 
during the meeting. Please submit written comments prior to meeting to: 
PCSD, Public Comments, 730 Jackson Place, NW., Washington, DC 20503, or 
fax to: 202/408-6839, e-mail:[email protected].
    Contact: Patricia Sinicropi, Administrative Officer or Paul Flaim, 
Administrative Assistant, at 202/408-5296.
    Sign Language interpreter: Please call the contact if you will need 
a sign language interpreter.
Martin A. Spitzer,
Executive Director, President's Council on Sustainable Development.
[FR Doc. 97-22609 Filed 8-21-97; 8:45 am]
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