[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1437-1438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-773]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Supplemental Hearing on Environmental Justice

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of supplemental 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, 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, February 8, 2002, at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in 
the Fifth Floor Conference Room 540, 624 Ninth Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20425, beginning at approximately 10:00 a.m., immediately following 
the Commission's regularly-scheduled monthly meeting. This is a 
continuation of the Commission's first environmental justice hearing, 
which was held on January 11, 2002, and first published in the Federal 
Register on December 13, 2001, at 66 FR 64397. The purpose of this 
supplemental 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 hearing and require the services of a sign 
language interpreter, should contact Pamela Dunston, Administrative 
Services and

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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: January 8, 2002.
Debra A. Carr,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 02-773 Filed 1-10-02; 8:45 am]
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