[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 5059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1207]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8026-3]


Notice of Two Open Meetings of the Environmental Financial 
Advisory Board (EFAB)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold one full board 
meeting and one Roundtable on Sustainable Watershed Financing. EFAB is 
an EPA advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) to provide advice and recommendations to EPA on 
creative approaches to funding environmental programs, projects, and 
activities.
    The purpose of this meeting is to hear from informed speakers on 
environmental finance issues, proposed legislation and Agency 
priorities and to discuss progress with work products under EFAB's 
current strategic action agenda.
    Environmental financing topics expected to be discussed include: 
Financial assurance mechanisms, environmental management systems, loan 
guarantee programs, innovative environmental financing tools, 
sustainable watershed financing, the application of useful life 
financing to state revolving loan funds, and affordability of water and 
wastewater.
    The purpose of the Roundtable is to explore innovative sustainable 
financing tools and techniques for timely implementation of watershed 
plans. The Board will collect information, ideas, and recommendations 
from a group of expert panelists who will share their perspectives.
    Both meetings are open to the public, however; seating is limited. 
All members of the public who wish to attend either meeting must 
register in advance, no later than Monday, February 23, 2006.

DATES: Full Board Meeting is scheduled for March 7, 2006 from 1 p.m.-5 
p.m. and March 8, 2006 from 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m. The Sustainable Watershed 
Finance Roundtable is scheduled for March 9, 2006 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Wyndham Washington Hotel, 1400 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20005.
    Registration and Information Contact: To register for either 
meeting or get further information please contact Alecia Crichlow, U.S. 
EPA, at (202) 564-5188 or [email protected]. Accommodations for 
persons with special needs should be requested at least 10 days prior 
to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 19, 2006.
Joseph Dillon,
Director, Office of Enterprise Technology & Innovation.
 [FR Doc. E6-1207 Filed 1-30-06; 8:45 am]
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