[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 74537-74538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31708]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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

[Docket ID No. OA-2002-0001; FRL-7602.2]
RIN 2020-AA39


Public Hearings on Participation by Disadvantaged Business 
Enterprises in Procurement Under Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
Financial Assistance Agreements

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; public hearings.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the date and location of a Tribal 
hearing wherein EPA will take comments on its proposed rule for 
``Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement 
under Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Financial Assistance 
Agreements,'' published on July 24, 2003, at 68 FR 43824. This Tribal 
hearing 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 hearings 
during the comment period when that information becomes available.

DATES: The Tribal hearing addressed by this Federal Register Proposal 
is scheduled as follows: January 8, 2004, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Billings, 
Montana.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at the following location: The 
Northern Hotel, 19 North Broadway, Billings, Montana 59101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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

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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 
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: December 18, 2003.
Thomas J. Gibson,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-31708 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am]
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