[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 248 (Thursday, December 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 66872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31914]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Hearing on Environmental Justice; Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Amendment of notice of hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil 
Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, Section 3, Public Law 103-
419, 180 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, at the Hilton Hotel, in the Monroe Room, 1919 
Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20009, beginning at 
approximately 10:00 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 is 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 is 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 origin, 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, Administrative 
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 20, 2001.
Debra A. Carr,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 01-31914 Filed 12-21-01; 11:29 am]
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