[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 67832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28354]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7405-9]


Notification of the National Advisory Council for Environmental 
Policy and Technology (NACEPT) Standing Committee on Compliance 
Assistance Meeting; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of public NACEPT standing committee on compliance 
assistance meeting on December 3, 2002.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, notice is hereby given that the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) will hold an open meeting of the NACEPT Standing Committee 
on Compliance Assistance (Committee) on Tuesday, December 3, 2002 from 
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Adams Mark Hotel at 
111 Pecan Street East, San Antonio, Texas 78205. Seating at the meeting 
will be on a first-come basis and limited time will be provided for 
public comment. The meeting will focus on the areas of the Compliance 
Assistance program on which the Committee has been asked to advise the 
EPA. These are: (1) Strengthening the national compliance assistance 
network by helping identify opportunities to enhance communication 
among compliance assistance providers and by promoting collaboration in 
compliance assistance planning and tool development; (2) developing and 
testing performance measurement systems to demonstrate the 
effectiveness and environmental outcomes of compliance assistance; and 
(3) acting as a sounding board to provide feedback on compliance 
assistance policies, strategies or other related matters. A formal 
agenda will be available at the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACEPT is a federal advisory committee under 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463. NACEPT provides 
advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator and other EPA 
officials on a broad range of domestic and international environmental 
policy issues. NACEPT consists of a representative cross-section of 
EPA's partners and principal constituents who provide advice and 
recommendations on policy issues and serve as a sounding board for new 
strategies. Over the last two years, EPA has undertaken a number of 
actions to improve our compliance assistance activities. To ensure that 
the Agency's efforts to improve compliance assistance are implemented 
in a way that continues to reflect stakeholder needs, NACEPT created a 
new Standing Committee on Compliance Assistance. This will provide a 
continuing Federal Advisory Committee forum from which the EPA can 
continue to receive valuable stakeholder advice and recommendations on 
compliance assistance activities. For further information concerning 
the NACEPT Standing Committee on Compliance Assistance, including the 
upcoming meeting, contact Joanne Berman, Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO), on (202) 564-7064, or e-mail: [email protected].
    Inspection of Subcommittee Documents: Documents relating to the 
above topics will be publicly available at the meeting.

    Dated: October 31, 2002.
Frederick F. Stiehl,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 02-28354 Filed 11-6-02; 8:45 am]
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