[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 73 (Thursday, April 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 20007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8577]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7647-9]


National Environmental Justice Advisory Council's (NEJAC) Puerto 
Rico Subcommittee; Notification of Public Comment Meeting (All Times 
Are Eastern Standard Time)

    The Environmental Protection Agency Region II will sponsor a 
National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) Puerto Rico 
Subcommittee Public Meeting on Cumulative Risks and Impacts on May 7, 
2004, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Specifically, the public meeting will be 
held at the Inter American University--Ponce Campus, Room 123 Academic 
Building, located on Highway 1, Sabanetas Ward, Mercedita, 
Ponce. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. with a short presentation by 
the PR Subcommittee Chair on the draft report prepared by a work group 
of the NEJAC entitled Ensuring Risk Reduction in Communities with 
Multiple Stressors: Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts. The 
presentation will be followed by a public comment period pertaining to 
environmental justice issues associated to cumulative risks and 
cumulative impacts on the island. The public meeting is scheduled to 
end at 8:30 p.m. A broad range of stakeholders and constituent groups 
from all of Puerto Rico are invited to participate to help develop 
general recommendations to address environmental justice issues related 
to cumulative risks and impacts on the island of Puerto Rico. A report 
and recommendations from the meeting will be prepared by the Puerto 
Rico Subcommittee and submitted to NEJAC for review and consideration 
in their final deliberations of the draft report. The NEJAC will then 
provide its comments to the EPA Administrator.
    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation 
should pre-register by contacting Tere Rodr[iacute]guez, Designated 
Federal Official, at (787) 977-5864 by May 4, 2004, to have time 
reserved on the agenda. Individuals or groups making oral presentations 
will be limited to a total time of five minutes. Written comments of no 
more than 10 pages should be received by May 4, 2004. Send your written 
comments to: Tere Rodr[iacute]guez, Designated Federal Official (DFO) 
of the Puerto Rico Subcommittee, Caribbean Environmental Protection 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Centro Europa Building, 
Suite 417, 1492 Ponce De Leon Avenue, Stop 22, San Juan, PR 00907-4127. 
After May 4, you should hand deliver 15 copies of your written comments 
to the DFO at the meeting. For more information please call (787) 977-
5864.

Tere Rodr[iacute]guez,
Designated Federal Official, Puerto Rico Subcommittee, National 
Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
[FR Doc. 04-8577 Filed 4-14-04; 8:45 am]
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