[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 16257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8655]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5989-9]


National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and 
Technology: Full Council 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 two-day meeting of the National Advisory Council for 
Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice 
and recommendations to the Administrator of EPA on a broad range of 
environmental policy issues. This meeting will begin with a plenary 
session and is being held to initiate the work of three standing 
committees: The Reinvention Criteria Committee, the Environmental 
Information and Public Access Committee, and the Environmental Capital 
Markets Committee.
    The Reinvention Criteria Committee will provide advice and 
recommendations to EPA on criteria to measure the progress and success 
of improving public confidence, fostering flexibility and environmental 
innovation, and increasing accountability for environmental results. 
This committee will also provide advice on how EPA can promote an 
internal culture change that goes beyond specific reinvention programs 
and incorporates reinvention philosophies into general EPA practices, 
and identify a mechanism that EPA can use to ensure management 
accountability for reinvention programs.
    The Environmental Information and Public Access Committee will 
focus on providing stakeholder input into key information management 
infrastructure issues, including: access to, and validation of 
environmental statistics; the long-term role of the Center for 
Environmental Information & Statistics and how it fits within the 
Agency's current information management model; updating of the Agency's 
information management strategic plan; implementation of legislation in 
EPA such as the Government Performance & Results and the Paperwork 
Reduction Act; the expanded role of the Chief Information Officer, and 
other key information management strategies.
    The Environmental Capital Markets Committee 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.

DATES: The two-day public meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 
1998, from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, April 22, 1998, from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. On both days, the meeting will be held at the 
Sheraton National Hotel, Columbia Pike and Washington Boulevard, 
Arlington, Virginia.

ADDRESSES: Material or written comments may be transmitted to the 
Council through Gwendolyn Whitt, Designated Federal Officer, NACEPT, 
U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative Environmental Management (1601-F), 401 
M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gwendolyn Whitt at the address shown 
above and 202-260-9484.

    Dated: March 24, 1998.
Gwendolyn Whitt,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-8655 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am]
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