[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38670-38671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18357]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6379-9]


National Environmental Justice Advisory Council's (NEJAC) 
International Subcommittee; Notification of Environmental Justice 
Roundtable on the U.S.-Mexico Border, Open Meeting and Public Comment 
Period(s) and Concurrent Meeting of NEJAC's Enforcement Subcommittee 
(All Times are Pacific Daylight Time)

    The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) and the 
Environmental Protection Agency will sponsor a Roundtable on 
Environmental Justice on the U.S.-Mexico Border, August 19, 20, 21, 
1999, in National City, California. A broad range of

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stakeholders and constituent groups from all the border states are 
invited to participate in the Roundtable to help develop a framework 
and general recommendations to address environmental justice issues on 
the U.S.-Mexico border. Roundtable activities will include public 
comment/community participation periods, speaker presentations, and 
panel-led discussions pertaining to environmental justice issues on the 
border. At general and break-out group sessions participants will 
dialogue, analyze, and develop policy recommendations on environmental 
justice, health, labor, immigration and environment, Indigenous 
People's issues, and trade and environment on the U.S.-Mexico border. 
The Roundtable will start with a public comment period 7:00 p.m. to 
9:30 p.m., Thursday, August 19, 1999. On Friday, August 20, general 
sessions and break-out groups will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 
with an additional public comment period from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., 
if necessary. The Roundtable will conclude on Saturday, August 21, 9:00 
a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with a general session at which reports from break-
out groups and next steps will be discussed. A report and 
recommendations from the Roundtable proceedings will be prepared by the 
International Subcommittee and submitted to NEJAC for review and 
consideration before forwarding them to the Administrator of the U.S. 
EPA.
    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation 
should contact Tetra Tech EM Inc. by August 9 to have time reserved on 
the agenda. Individuals or groups making oral presentations will be 
limited to a total time of five minutes. We should receive written 
comments of any length by August 9. Comments received after that date 
will be provided as logistics allow. Send your written comments to 
Tetra Tech EM Inc., 1881 Campus Commons, Suite 200, Reston, Virginia 
20191.
    A limited number of scholarships are available for representatives 
of impacted border community groups to participate in the Roundtable. 
For more information or to pre-register, please call the NEJAC 
Registration Toll-Free Hotline Telephone number at 1-888-335-4299 
(English & Spanish). For scholarship information, please call ICMA, 
Amparo Macias (Spanish) or Angele White (English) toll-free on 1-877-
278-0083.

Concurrent Meeting of NEJAC Enforcement Subcommittee: August 20, 
21, 1999

    The NEJAC Enforcement Subcommittee will hold a meeting concurrent 
with the International Roundtable in San Diego. The Subcommittee will 
meet on both August 20 and 21 to discuss a variety of environmental 
enforcement issues. For additional information, please contact Shirley 
Pate at (202) 564-2607 or via e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: July 12, 1999.
Alan D. Hecht,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of International Activities.
[FR Doc. 99-18357 Filed 7-16-99; 8:45 am]
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