[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 59563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26190]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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

[Docket ID No. OA-2002-0001; FRL-7575-4]
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 and 
other 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 
and other 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 Tribal hearings 
during the comment period when that information becomes available.

DATES: The hearings are scheduled as follows:
1. October 23, 2003, 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Temecula, CA
2. October 28, 2003, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., San Juan, PR
3. October 30, 2003, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., St. Thomas, VI

ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held at the following locations:

1. Pechanga Resort and Casino, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula, 
California 92592.
2. Inter American University of PR, Central Office of the System, 399 
Galileo Street--End, Jardines Metropolitanos, Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 
00927.
3. Ron De Lugo Federal Building, 5500 Veteran's Drive, St. Thomas, VI 
00802.

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 
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.

    Dated: October 10, 2003.
Thomas J. Gibson,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-26190 Filed 10-15-03; 8:45 am]
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