[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13041-13042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06483]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9991-58-OW]
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB); Request for
Nominations of Expert Consultants on Stormwater Funding and Financing
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice. Request for nominations of expert consultants to the
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) on stormwater funding and
financing.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
invites nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for expert
consultants to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB). The
expert consultants will advise the EFAB workgroup focused on stormwater
funding and financing responsive to the America's Water Infrastructure
Act of 2018, Section 4101 (STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING TASK
FORCE). Expert consultants will provide knowledge, information, and
contribute to the EFAB Stormwater Finance Workgroup's recommendations
to the EPA in the following areas: Identify how funding for stormwater
infrastructure from such sources has been made available, and utilized,
in each state to address stormwater infrastructure needs; Identify how
the source of funding affects the affordability of the infrastructure,
including consideration of the costs associated with financing the
infrastructure; and Evaluate whether such sources of funding are
sufficient to support capital expenditures and long-term operation and
maintenance costs. Additional, related, areas may be identified in the
first meeting. Experts will serve through the end of April 2020.
The deadline for receiving nominations is Friday, April 19, 2019.
Appointments will be made by EFAB's Designated Federal Officer and will
be announced in early May 2019. A meeting is expected to be held in
Washington, DC, on June 6, 2019.
DATES: Nominations should be electronically submitted to
[email protected] with the subject line ``EFAB Stormwater
Finance Workgroup--Expert Consultant Nomination'' no later than 11:59
p.m. local time on Friday, April 19, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Ellen Tarquinio
([email protected]) with questions about the workgroup.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Evaluation Criteria: The Administrator of the EPA will appoint up
to 20 external expert consultants to advise the members of the EFAB
that comprise the stormwater finance workgroup.
EPA values and welcomes diversity. In an effort to obtain a diverse
pool of candidates, EPA encourages nominations of women and men of all
racial and ethnic groups. The following criteria will be used to
evaluate nominees: Representation from Federal agencies, state
government, local government, private sector, and non-profit
organizations; demonstrated expertise in stormwater funding and/or
financing, stormwater technical experience, stormwater stakeholder
engagement, or water infrastructure funding and management; geographic
diversity; and varying community characteristics experience.
Nominations for membership must include a resume describing the
professional and/or educational qualifications of the nominee as well
as expertise/experience. Contact details should include full name,
affiliation title, business mailing address, telephone, and email
address. A supporting letter of endorsement is encouraged but not
required.
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB): The Environmental
Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) was chartered in 1989 under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act to provide advice and recommendations to EPA on
the following issues: Creating incentives to increase private
investment in the provision of environmental services and removing or
reducing constraints on private involvement imposed by current
regulations; developing new and innovative environmental financing
approaches and supporting and encouraging the use of cost-effective
existing approaches; identifying approaches specifically targeted to
small/disadvantaged community financing; increasing the capacity of
state and local governments to carry out their respective environmental
programs under current Federal tax laws; analyzing how new technologies
can be brought to market expeditiously; increasing the total investment
in environmental protection of public and private environmental
resources to help ease the environmental financing challenge facing our
nation.
The EFAB typically meets two times each calendar year (up to two
days per meeting) at different locations within the continental United
States. EFAB Workgroups focusing on specific environmental finance
topics typically meet over conference calls in between the in-person
meetings to discuss recommendations and other work products. These
recommendations and/or work products are voted on by the full EFAB
before they are provided to the EPA.
Expert consultants for the Stormwater Finance Workgroup are
expected to attend the in-person meetings and participate on workgroup
conference calls that will occur up to twice a month through November
2019. Expert consultants will receive no salary or other compensation
for participation in workgroup activities. Reimbursement for travel and
per diem is subject to funding availability.
Expert consultants are expected to assist in the development of
workgroup discussions, reports, and recommendations on stormwater
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funding and financing resulting in a final recommendation report
submitted to the EPA by Friday, December 6, 2019. Expert consultants
are expected to fully participate, coordinate, and contribute to EFAB
workgroup products, but are not able to vote, on EFAB's final
recommendations. The EFAB workgroup will focus specifically on a report
to EPA that is responsive to the America's Water Infrastructure Act of
2018, Section 4101.
Dated: March 21, 2019.
Andrew Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2019-06483 Filed 4-2-19; 8:45 am]
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