[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67616-67617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28211]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7405-2]


Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 104(k)(6); ``Announcement of 
Implementation of Brownfields Job Training Grants''

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity to provide comments on EPA's draft 
fiscal year 2003 Brownfields job training grant application guidelines.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is interested in 
obtaining the views of interested stakeholders on a draft of the 
Agency's fiscal year 2003 Brownfields job training grant application 
guidelines (FY 03 Job Training Guidelines). EPA will make the draft FY 
03 Job Training Guidelines available to the public on the Agency's Web 
site at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields. Interested stakeholders and the 
public are encouraged to download and review the draft guidelines and 
provide comments by seven calendar days following the publication date 
of the federal register notice.

DATES: EPA will post the guidelines on the Agency's Web site on 
November 6, 2002. Those parties that wish to submit written comments on 
the draft Brownfields Grants Guidelines must submit their comments to 
EPA no later than one week (seven calendar days) after the publication 
of the Federal Register notice.

ADDRESSES: 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. 
LaKisha Odom, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Brownsfields Cleanup and Redevelopment, MC-5105T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
EPA's Office of the Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment at 202-566-
2777.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FY 03 Job training Guidelines will be 
issued under section 104(k)(6) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERLA) as amended by the 
recently enacted Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 
Revitalization Act, PL 107-118 (SBLRBRA). Guidelines for grant programs 
are exempt from notice and comment requirements under 5 U.S.C. 
552(a)(2). However, the Agency has decided that consultation with 
public stakeholders prior to issuing the final version of the FY 03 Job 
Training

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Guidelines is an appropriate step in effectively implementing SBLRBRA.
    All written comments must be received by the Agency no later than 
seven calendar days from federal notice publication. The Agency will 
carefully consider written comments received during the public comment 
period, prior to issuing final Brownfields Job Training Grant 
Application Guidelines in November, 2002. 2002. However, due to the 
need to promptly provide the final FY 03 Job Training Guidelines to 
potential applicants, EPA does not plan to respond in writing to 
written comments.

    Dated: October 24, 2002.
Linda Garczynski,
Director, Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment, Office of 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 02-28211 Filed 11-5-02; 8:45 am]
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