[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 42 (Friday, March 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10614-10615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4264]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7880-1]


Announcement of the Board of Trustees for the National 
Environmental Education and Training Foundation, Inc.

SUMMARY: The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation 
was created by Section 10 of Public Law 101-619, the National 
Environmental Education Act of 1990. It is a private 501(c)(3) non-
profit organization established to promote and support education and 
training as necessary tools to further environmental protection and 
sustainable, environmentally sound development. It provides the common 
ground upon which leaders from business and industry, all levels of 
government, public interest groups, and others can work cooperatively 
to expand the reach of environmental education and training programs 
beyond the traditional classroom. The Foundation supports a grant 
program that promotes innovative environmental education and training 
programs; it also develops partnerships with government and other 
organizations to administer projects that promote the development of an 
environmentally literal public.
    The Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as 
required by the terms of the Act,

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announces the following appointment to the National Environmental 
Education and Training Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees. The 
appointee is Arthur Gibson, Vice President of Environment, Health and 
Safety for Home Depot. This appointee will join the current Board 
members which include:
     Braden Allenby, Vice President, Environment, Health and 
Safety, AT&T.
     Richard Bartlett, (NEETF Chairman) Vice Chairman, Mary Kay 
Holding Corporation.
     Dorothy Jacobson, Consultant.
     Karen Bates Kress, President, KBK Consulting, Inc.
     Dorothy McSweeny, (NEETF Vice Chair), Chair, DC Commission 
on the Arts and Humanities.
     Honorable William Sessions, former Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation.
    Additional Considerations: Great care has been taken to assure that 
this new appointee not only has the highest degree of expertise and 
commitment, but also brings to the Board diverse points of view 
relating to environmental education and training.
    This appointment shall be for two consecutive four year terms.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. Michael Baker, 202-564-0446, Acting 
Director, Office of Environmental Education, Office of Public Affairs 
(1704A) U.S. EPA 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

    Dated: February 18, 2005.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Acting Administrator.

BIO of New Member

    Arthur J. Gibson, Vice President, Environmental, Health & Safety; 
The Home Depot, Inc.
    Arthur J. Gibson is Vice President of Environmental, Health and 
Safety for Home Depot, Inc.
    He is responsible for leading the strategy, planning processes, and 
the day to day functional operations of the Environmental, Health and 
Safety Organization.
    Prior to joining The Home Depot, Art served as Senior Vice 
President of Corporate Environmental, Health, Safety, Security and 
Workers' Compensation for the R.R. Donnelley Corporation. Prior to his 
tenure with R.R. Donnelley, Art was with the Grumman Corporation, where 
he was the Corporate Director of Environmental, Health, Safety, Medical 
Services and Energy. Art was also an Aeronautical Design Engineer at 
Grumman Aerospace Corporation.
    Mr. Gibson holds Bachelor's degrees in American Foreign Policy and 
Aeronautical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in 
International Finance from Long Island University.
    Art currently resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife Patricia and 
their three children, Sarah, Abigail and Matthew.

[FR Doc. 05-4264 Filed 3-3-05; 8:45 am]
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