[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14252]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6992-4]


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 that reports to the President and Congress 
on environmental and infrastructure projects along the U.S. border with 
Mexico, will take place July 25-26 in San Diego, California. The 
meeting is open to the public. It is the second of three Good Neighbor 
meetings that will take place along the border during 2001.

DATES: The meeting will take place on July 25-26.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Horton Grand Hotel, 
Three-Eleven Island Avenue, San Diego, California, 92101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    The theme for this meeting is water. During the morning of July 
25th, the Board will hear presentations on this topic from a diverse 
group of invited speakers representing government, the private sector, 
and the public sector. These presentations will be followed by a public 
comment session that will take place before lunch. During this session, 
attendees will be encouraged to speak briefly about their own concerns 
and priorities for their communities as well as the wider border 
region.
    Following lunch, the meeting will continue with several additional 
speakers discussing other border-region environmental topics. Then 
Board members will report out on recent developments within their 
respective sectors. The balance of the day, as well as the following 
morning, primarily will be devoted to ongoing Board business such as 
strengthening outreach and preparations for the Board's next advisory 
report. The meeting will end at noon on July 26th.

Public Attendance

    The public is welcome to attend all portions of the meeting. 
Members of the public who plan to file written statements and/or make 
brief (suggested 5-minute limit) oral statements at the public comment 
session on the morning of July 25th 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: May 25, 2001.
Elaine M. Koerner,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-14252 Filed 6-5-01; 8:45 am]
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