[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63862-63863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27402]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6891-1]


Good Neighbor Environmental Board Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The next meeting of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board, a 
federal advisory committee focused on environmental sustainability 
within the U.S.-Mexico border region, will take place in Brownsville, 
Texas, on November 2nd and 3rd, 2000. It will last from 8:30 a.m.--4:30 
p.m. on Thursday, November 2nd, and from 8 a.m. until noon on Friday, 
November 3rd. The entire meeting is open to the public.

Location: The meeting will take place at the Fort Brown Hotel & Resort 
(Holiday Inn), located at 1900 East Elizabeth Street in Brownsville, 
Texas. The hotel is one block from the international bridge to Mexico.

Agenda: During the morning of the first day, the draft agenda calls for 
report-outs from Board Members on border-region activities, several 
informational briefings from local officials and organizations, and a 
public comment session late morning. After lunch, the meeting will 
continue with another guest presentation, followed by a planning 
session for the Board's upcoming Fifth Report to the President and 
Congress of the United States. The hotel site portion of the meeting 
currently is scheduled to end at 4:30 p.m., after which the Board will 
travel to the Cameron Park Community Center, 2100 Gregory, Brownsville 
for a briefing and informal discussion with Center officials scheduled 
to begin at approximately 5:30 p.m.
    The second day of the meeting primarily will focus on ongoing Board 
business such as dissemination of the Board's Fourth Report, strategy 
sessions on increasing visibility, development of potential themes for 
upcoming reports, and additional discussion on the framework for its 
next report.

Public Attendance: The public is welcome to attend all portions of the 
meeting. Members of the public who plan to file written statements and/
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make brief oral statements at the public comment session on the morning 
of November 2nd are encouraged to contact the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Board prior to the meeting.

Background: The Good Neighbor Environmental Board was created by the 
Enterprise for the Americans Initiative Act of 1992. An Executive Order 
delegates implementing authority to the Administrator of EPA. The Board 
is responsible for providing advice to the President and the Congress 
on environmental and infrastructure issues and needs within the States 
contiguous to Mexico in order to improve the quality of life of persons 
residing on the United States side of the border. The statute calls for 
the Board to have representatives from U.S. Government agencies; the 
governments of the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas; 
and private organizations with expertise on environmental and 
infrastructure problems along the southwest border. The Board meets 
three times annually, primarily in various border locations. The U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency gives notice of this meeting of the 
Good Neighbor Environmental Board pursuant to the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine M. Koerner, Designated Federal 
Officer for the Good Neighbor Environmental Board: Office of 
Cooperative Environmental Management, Office of the Administrator, 
USEPA, MC1601A, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004, (202) 
564-1484, [email protected].

    Dated: October 13, 2000.
Elaine M. Koerner,
DFO, Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
[FR Doc. 00-27402 Filed 10-24-00; 8:45 am]
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