[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 7, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57850-57851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25400]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 30, 31, 33, 35 and 40

[Docket ID No. OA-2002-0001; FRL-7569-7]
RIN 2020-AA39


Public Hearings on Participation by Disadvantaged Business 
Enterprises in Procurement under Environmental Protection Agency 
Financial Assistance Agreements

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; public hearings.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the dates and locations of Tribal 
public hearings wherein EPA will take comments on its proposed rule for 
``Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement 
under Environmental Protection Agency Financial Assistance 
Agreements,'' published on July 24, 2003 at 68 FR 43824. These Tribal 
public hearings will be held during the 180-day public comment period 
for the proposed rule, which ends on January 20, 2004. EPA will publish 
information concerning additional public hearings and Tribal public 
hearings during the comment period when that information becomes 
available.

DATES:
    See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for hearing dates.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for addresses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Gordon, Attorney Advisor, at 
(202) 564-5951, Kimberly Patrick, Attorney Advisor, at (202) 564-5386, 
or David Sutton, Deputy Director at (202) 564-4444, Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code 1230A, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA published its proposed rule for 
Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement 
under Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Financial Assistance 
Agreements on July 24, 2003 at 68 FR 43824. EPA has established an 
official public docket for this action under Docket ID No. OA-2002-
0001. The proposed rule and supporting materials are available for 
public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information Docket in the 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is

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open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-
1744, and the telephone number for the Office of Environmental 
Information is (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the public 
docket is available through EPA's electronic public docket and comment 
systems, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of 
the contents of the official public docket, and to access those 
documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once 
in the system, select ``search,'' and then key in docket identification 
number OA-2002-0001. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
Dates: The Tribal public hearings addressed by this Federal Register 
Proposal are scheduled as follows:
    1. October 8, 2003, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Worley, Idaho.
    2. October 16, 2003, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    3. November 18, 2003, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., East Syracuse, New York.
    4. December 9, 2003, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Atlanta, Georgia.
    5. January 14, 2004, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Chicago, Illinois.
    Addresses: The Tribal public hearings will be held at the following 
locations:
    1. EPA Region X Tribal Leader's Summit, Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort 
Hotel, 27068 South Highway 95, Worley, Idaho 83876.
    2. EPA Region VI Tribal Environmental Summit, Albuquerque Marriott 
Hotel, 2101 Louisiana Boulevard, NE., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110.
    3. EPA Region II Indian Nation Leaders Meeting, Embassy Suites 
Hotel Syracuse, 6646 Old Collamer Road, East Syracuse, New York 13057.
    4. Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303.
    5. Metcalfe Federal Building, Room 331, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604.

    Dated: October 2, 2003.
Thomas J. Gibson,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-25400 Filed 10-6-03; 8:45 am]
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