[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 53687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23273]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Chapter 1

[FRL-7556-5]


Advisory Committee for Regulatory Negotiation Concerning All 
Appropriate Inquiry; Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Meeting of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on all appropriate 
inquiry.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency, as required by the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), is announcing the date 
and location of an upcoming meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking 
Committee on All Appropriate Inquiry.

DATES: A meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Regulatory 
Negotiation on All Appropriate Inquiry is scheduled for October 14 and 
October 15, 2003. The location for the meeting is provided below. Dates 
and locations of subsequent meetings will be announced in later 
documents.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the EPA East Building, 1201 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. The meeting is scheduled 
to begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. on both October 14 and 
October 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons needing further information 
should contact Patricia Overmeyer of EPA's Office of Brownfields 
Cleanup and Redevelopment, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Mailcode 5105T, 
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-2774, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Small Business Liability Relief 
and Brownfields Revitalization Act, EPA is required to develop 
standards and practices for carrying out all appropriate inquiry. The 
Federal Advisory Committee meeting is for the purpose of negotiating 
the contents of a proposed regulation setting federal standards and 
practices for conducting all appropriate inquiry. At its meeting on 
October 14 and 15, 2003, the Committee's agenda will include a 
continuation of substantive deliberations on the proposed rulemaking 
including discussions on recommendations for proposed regulatory 
language for addressing each of the criteria established by Congress in 
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act 
amendments to CERCLA (101)(35)(B)(iii).
    All meetings of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee are open to the 
public. There is no requirement for advance registration for members of 
the public who wish to attend or make comments at the meeting. 
Opportunity for the general public to address the Committee will be 
provided starting at 2:30 p.m. on both October 14 and October 15, 2003.

    Dated: September 4, 2003.
Thomas P. Dunne,
Associate Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 03-23273 Filed 9-11-03; 8:45 am]
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