[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46916-46917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19377]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6843-6]


Notification of Additional Public Listening Session on the Draft 
Title VI Guidance Documents

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public listening session.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the addition of a seventh public 
listening session on the draft Title VI guidance documents. On June 27, 
2000, EPA published a Federal Register notice (65 FR 39649) containing 
two draft Title VI guidance documents for public comment regarding 
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The first document is 
entitled the Title VI Guidance for EPA Assistance Recipients 
Administering Environmental Permitting Programs (``Draft Recipient 
Guidance''). The second document is entitled the Draft Revised Guidance 
for Investigating Title VI Administrative Complaints Challenging 
Permits (``Draft Revised Investigation Guidance'').
    EPA previously announced that six public listening sessions would 
be held to receive comments on the draft Title VI guidance documents. 
The first public listening session, held in the mid-Atlantic area, 
occurred the day before the documents were published in the Federal 
Register. In an effort to allow the public the opportunity to review 
the draft documents prior to attending a listening session, EPA will 
hold another session in that region.
    The meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 9, 2000, from 4:00 
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Shenandoah Room (4th floor) of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 office located at 1650 Arch 
Street in Philadelphia, PA. Consistent with the other listening 
sessions, this meeting will be attended by the Director of the Office 
of Civil Rights and key regional personnel. Members of the public 
wishing to make oral comments during the public listening session will 
be limited to not more than five (5) minutes and must register at the 
meeting site the day of the conference. Seating will be limited and 
available on a first come, first-served basis. If anyone attending the 
listening session needs special accommodations (i.e., sign language 
interpreter, alternative text format for materials), please contact 
Mavis Sanders of the EPA Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at (202) 564-7272 
at least three business days before the EPA listening session.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 9, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the 
Shenandoah Room (4th floor) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
Region 3 office located at 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mavis Sanders, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Civil Rights (1201A), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20460, telephone (202) 564-7272.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All comments on the draft Title VI guidance 
documents must be received in writing by EPA before August 28, 2000. 
Comments received by the Agency will be carefully considered in the 
revision of the draft guidance documents. Public comments should be 
mailed to: Title VI Guidance Comments, Office of Civil Rights (1201A), 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20460, or submitted to the 
following e-mail address: [email protected]. Please include your name 
and address, and, optionally, your affiliation.

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    Information regarding the other public listening sessions, a 
current list of scheduled outreach activities, as well as the June 27, 
2000, Federal Register notice containing the draft guidance documents 
is available on the EPA OCR Web site at www.epa.gov/civilrights.

    Dated: July 26, 2000.
Ann E. Goode,
Director, Office of Civil Rights.
[FR Doc. 00-19377 Filed 7-31-00; 8:45 am]
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