[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71640-71641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27322]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice MG-2021-04; Docket No. 2021-0002; Sequence No. 31]


Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Green 
Building Advisory Committee; Notification of Upcoming Web-Based Public 
Meetings

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: Notice of these web-based public meetings is being provided in 
accordance with GSA policy. This notice provides the schedule for a 
series of public meetings of the Green Building Advisory Committee's 
Federal Building Decarbonization Task Group, which are open for the 
public to observe. Interested individuals must register to attend as 
instructed below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The Green Building Advisory Committee's (Committee's) Federal 
Building Decarbonization Task Group (Task Group) will hold recurring 
web-

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based meetings on Mondays from January 10, 2022, through September 26, 
2022, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET).
    The purpose of these web-based meetings is for the Task Group to 
develop consensus recommendations for submission to the full Committee. 
The Committee will, in turn, deliberate on the Task Group 
recommendations and decide whether to proceed with formal advice to GSA 
based upon these recommendations.
    The next phase of the Federal Building Decarbonization Task Group 
will build on the findings of the first phase of this Task Group, as 
described by a Task Group presentation posted at https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/Federal_Building_Decarbonization_Task_Group_11-16-21.pdf. The 
Task Group will discuss and work to develop recommendations to GSA to 
prioritize federal building decarbonization strategies and develop 
implementation plans and scenarios.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Procedures for Attendance

    Contact Dr. Ken Sandler, Designated Federal Officer, Green Building 
Advisory Committee, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, 
Office of Government-Wide Policy, General Services Administration, at 
[email protected] or 202-219-1121 to register to attend these public 
web-based meetings. Submit your full name, organization, email address 
and phone number. Requests to attend the web-based meetings must be 
received by 5:00 p.m. ET, on Thursday, January 6, 2022. Meeting call-in 
information will be provided to interested parties who register by the 
deadline. (GSA will be unable to provide technical assistance to any 
listener experiencing technical difficulties. Testing access to the 
web-based meeting site before the meetings is recommended.)
    Additional information about the Committee, including meeting 
materials and agendas, will be available on-line at http://www.gsa.gov/gbac.

Background

    The Administrator of GSA established the Committee on June 20, 2011 
(Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 118) pursuant to Section 494 of the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17123). Under 
this authority, the Committee provides independent policy advice and 
recommendations to GSA to advance federal building innovations in 
planning, design, and operations to reduce costs, enable agency 
missions, enhance human health and performance, and minimize 
environmental impacts.

Kevin Kampschroer,
Federal Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, 
Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-27322 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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