[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57813-57814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23264]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7375-8]
Implementation of the Small Business Liability and Brownfields
Revitalization Act
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding two
public meetings to discuss EPA's draft of the fiscal year 2003
Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup, and Revolving Loan Fund Grant
Application Guidelines (FY 03 Guidelines). The public meetings will be
held on Thursday, September 26, 2002 in Washington, DC at the times and
location specified below. EPA will make the draft Brownfields Grant
guidelines available to the public on the Agency's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields on September 18, 2002. Interested stakeholders
and the public are encouraged to download and review the draft
guidelines prior to the public meetings.
The purpose of the public meetings is for EPA's Office of
Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment to listen to the views of public
stakeholders on the Agency's draft Brownfields Grant Guidelines. During
the public meetings, EPA officials will discuss the draft Guidelines,
as well as reserve a limited amount of time at the meetings to discuss
other implementation issues regarding the new Brownfields Law.
DATES: The public meetings will be held on September 26, 2002 in
Learning Forum Rooms A and B of the Marriott Learning Complex in the
Ronald Reagan Building at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20004. The first session will be held from 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. The
second session will be held from 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Both public meetings will be held in Learning Forum Rooms A
and B of the Marriott Learning Complex in the Ronald Reagan Building
and International Trade Center at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20004. The Marriott Learning Center Complex is on the
concourse level of the Ronald Reagan Building just inside the building
entrance from the Federal Triangle Metro station.
Those parties that wish to submit written comments on the draft
Brownfields Grants Guidelines must submit their comments to EPA no
later than September 26, 2002. To ensure that EPA has adequate time to
consider any written comments, the Agency encourages parties to submit
their comments to the Agency in electronic format. Electronic comments
may be submitted to EPA's Office of Brownfields Cleanup and
Redevelopment at [email protected]. Parties wishing to submit their
comments via the United States Postal Service should address their
comments to: Ms. Patricia Overmeyer, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment, MC-5105T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20460. Hand deliveries should be
sent to Ms. Patricia Overmeyer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment, Room 2406, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
EPA's Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment at 202-566-2777.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FY2003 Brownfields Grant Guidelines will
be the first that EPA will issue under Section104(b)(5) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) as amended by the recently enacted Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, Public Law 107-118
(SBLRBRA). Guidelines for grant programs are exempt from notice and
comment requirements under 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2). However, the Agency has
decided that consultation with public stakeholders prior to issuing the
final version of the Brownfields Grant Guidelines is an appropriate
step in effectively implementing the new Brownfields Law.
Both meetings are open to the general public. Stakeholders that
have actively worked with EPA on Brownfields issues, including those
representing state, tribal, and local government associations, industry
trade associations, environmental interest groups, and environmental
justice interest groups will be invited by EPA. The focus of the
morning session will be on issues of general interest to state and
local governments, environmental justice organizations, and
environmental interest groups. The afternoon session generally will
focus on insights that industry trade associations and commercial
organizations may have on how the draft Brownfields Grant Guidelines
can leverage private investment in Brownfields revitalization.
Interested
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parties and the general public are invited to participate in either or
both of the public meetings.
Parties wishing to provide their views to EPA on the draft FY 03
Guidelines, or to listen to the views of other parties, are strongly
encouraged to attend the public meetings. Interested parties not able
to attend one of the public meetings on September 26, 2002 may submit
written comments to the Agency. All written comments must be received
by the Agency no later than September 26, 2002. The Agency will
carefully consider comments received during the public meetings, as
well as written comments received on or before September 26, 2002,
prior to issuing final Brownfields Grant Application Guidelines in
October, 2002. However, due to the need to provide the final Guidelines
to potential applicants promptly, EPA does not plan to respond in
writing to written comments.
Dated: September 5, 2002.
Linda Garczynski,
Director, Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Remediation.
[FR Doc. 02-23264 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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