[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 64397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30764]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Hearing on Environmental Justice

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of hearings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil 
Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, section3, Public Law 103-419, 
108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR 702.3., that a public hearing 
before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will take place on Friday, 
January 11, 2002, beginning at approximately 10 a.m., immediately 
following previously scheduled Commission business taking place earlier 
that morning. The purpose of this hearing is to collect information 
within the jurisdiction of the Commission, under Public Law 98-183, 
section 5(a)(1) and Section 5 (a)(5), related particularly to the 
effect of environmental hazards, including hazardous waste sites and 
industries located in, or near, low-income communities and communities 
of color, and the question of whether the civil rights of those 
communities in question are being violated.
    The Commission are authorized to hold hearings and to issue 
subpoenas for the production of documents and the attendance of 
witnesses pursuant to 45 CFR 701.2. The Commission in an independent 
bipartisan, fact finding agency authorized to study, collect, and 
disseminate information, and to appraise the laws and policies of the 
Federal Government, and to study and collect information with respect 
to discrimination or denials of equal protection of the laws under the 
Constitution because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or 
national original, or in the administration of justice. Hearing 
impaired persons who will attend the hearings and require the services 
of a sign language interpreter, should contact Pamela Dunston, 
Administration's Services and Clearinghouse Division at (202) 376-8105 
(TDD (202) 376-8116), at least five (5) working days before the 
scheduled date of the hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Les Jin, Office of the Staff Director 
(202) 376-7700.

    Dated: December 7, 2002.
Les Jin,
Staff Director.
[FR Doc. 01-30764 Filed 12-12-01; 8:45 am]
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