[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 11483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6155]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7157-8]


Developing EPA Information Quality Guidelines Pursuant to OMB 
Information Quality Guidelines Under Section 515 of the Treasury and 
General Government Appropriations Act for FY 2001 (Public Law 106-554; 
HR 5658)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold an Online 
Public Comment Session between March 19, 2002, and March 22, 2002, to 
give early opportunity to comment on areas to be considered as EPA 
develops Information Quality Guidelines pursuant to Office of 
Management and Budget Final Guidelines issued on February 22, 2002 (67 
FR 8452-8460). EPA will post a request for public input on March 19 and 
comments will be accepted until midnight EST March 22, 2002. The time 
frame for this comment opportunity is brief due to the accelerated 
schedule for finalizing the Guidelines. The Public's comments will help 
inform and shape the direction EPA will take in developing the 
Guidelines. Instructions for providing your comments will be available 
online as of March 19, 2002. In addition to this online comment 
opportunity, EPA will make its draft Guidelines available for public 
comment and hold a Public Meeting on the Information Quality Guidelines 
in May 2002 in Washington, DC. Additional details about the Public 
Meeting will be posted on the EPA Office of Environmental Information 
website as soon as they become available.

DATES: The Online Public Comment Session will be held March 19-22, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: The Online Public Comment Session will be accessible via the 
Internet at www.epa.gov/oei.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evangeline Tsibris Cummings, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, 
Office of Information Analysis and Access; telephone: 202-260-1655; e-
mail: [email protected]

    Dated: March 7, 2002.
Elaine Stanley,
Director, Office of Information Analysis and Access, Office of 
Environmental Information.
[FR Doc. 02-6155 Filed 3-13-02; 8:45 am]
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