[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 6536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3358]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7141-5]


Notice of Open Meeting; Environmental Financial Advisory Board; 
March 4-6, 2002

    The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Financial 
Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold two open meetings on March 4-6, 2002. 
Both meetings will be held at the National Press Club, 14th and F 
Streets, NW., Washington, DC, 13th Floor.
    On Monday, March 4, 2002 EFAB's Cost Effective Environmental 
Management Workgroup (CEM) will hold a Workshop on the Governmental 
Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 34 (GASB 34). The meeting will 
be held in the Zenger Room and will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 
approximately 3 p.m.
    The purposes of the workshop are to: (1) Gain a better 
understanding of GASB 34 among EFAB members and EPA staff; (2) assess 
how various stakeholders might be affected by implementation of the 
standard and examine its implications; and (3) identify possible 
recommendations for EFAB to make to EPA with respect to its role and 
any action it may take. The meeting will consist of a group of informed 
panelists from the Government Accounting Standards Board, public 
utilities, EPA, as well as the financial services industry, who will 
share their perspectives on GASB 34. Information from this meeting will 
help the Board develop a report with advice and recommendations to EPA.
    On March 5-6, 2002 a meeting of the full Board will be held in the 
Holeman Lounge. The Tuesday, March 5 session will run from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m. and the Wednesday, March 6 session will begin at 8 a.m. and end 
at 11 a.m.
    The purposes of this meeting are to: (1) Hear from informed 
speakers on environmental finance issues, proposed legislation and 
Agency priorities; and (2) discuss progress with work products under 
EFAB's current strategic action agenda. Environmental financing topics 
expected to be discussed include: Stewardship financing, cost-effective 
environmental management, international initiatives, superfund and 
brownfields initiatives, and public finance issues.
    Both meetings are open to the public, but seating is limited. For 
further information, please contact Vanessa Bowie, EFAB Coordinator, 
U.S. EPA on (202) 564-5186.

    Dated: February 4, 2002.
Joseph Dillon,
Comptroller.
[FR Doc. 02-3358 Filed 2-11-02; 8:45 am]
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