[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 65603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26263]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8737-6]


EPA-Venture Capital Community Summit: Exploring Programs to 
Commercialize Environmental Technology

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold an EPA-
Venture Capital Community Summit: Exploring Programs to Commercialize 
Environmental Technology to follow up the National Advisory Council for 
Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) report on ``EPA and the 
Venture Capital Community: Building Bridges to Commercialize 
Technology'' (April 2008). The report recommends that EPA create 
programs, similar to those of the U.S. Department of Energy, to provide 
financial support (e.g., loan guarantees, grants, revolving loan funds) 
to encourage venture capital investment in environmental technology 
commercialization. The Summit will bring together senior career EPA 
managers (Deputy Assistant Administrators and Deputy Regional 
Administrators) with senior venture capitalists who were part of the 
NACEPT Venture Capital Study. A report will be produced from the Summit 
that will be a companion to the NACEPT Venture Capital Report; both 
will be given to the next Administration, the venture capital 
community, technology developers, state and local governments, 
Congressional members and staff, academia, and members of the public. 
The Summit will be open to the public.

DATES: The Summit will be held on November 12, 2008, beginning at 10 
a.m. and adjourning at 4:30 p.m. Registration is at 9:30 a.m. Times 
noted are Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ronald Reagan Building and 
International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC, in the International Gateway Room on the Mezzanine.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Venture Capital Report is available 
electronically through http://www.epa.gov/etop. A hard copy of the 
report can be ordered from the National Service Center for 
Environmental Publications by requesting document number EPA/600/R-08/
043 through the Web site ordering system at http://www.epa.gov/nscep or 
by calling 1-800-490-9198. The agenda for the Summit can be found 
electronically through the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ncer/venturecapital.
    The Summit is open to the public. Registration before the Summit is 
requested. Any member of the public wishing to make a presentation at 
the Summit should request to do so beforehand. Presentations should be 
limited to 3 minutes or less. Time allotted will be shortened if 
several people request to speak.
    The results of the Summit will be discussed the following day 
(November 13) in a NACEPT forum on future directions for EPA to be 
chaired by the EPA Administrator. This forum will be part of the NACEPT 
Council 20-Year Meeting on November 13 and 14, for which there will be 
a separate Federal Register notice.
    Special Accommodations: EPA welcomes the attendance of the public 
at this Summit and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
disabilities. If you require special accommodations due to a 
disability, please contact Linda Parham at [email protected] at 
least seven days before the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for the Summit, request 
time to make an oral public comment at the Summit, and for details on 
how to provide written public comments, please see the National Center 
for Environmental Research's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ncer/venturecapital. Questions about the Summit and written comments should 
be submitted to Paul Shapiro at [email protected].

    Dated: October 28, 2008.
William H. Sanders III,
Director, National Center for Environmental Research.
 [FR Doc. E8-26263 Filed 11-3-08; 8:45 am]
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