80_FR_57164 80 FR 56982 - Environmental Financial Advisory Committee; Request for Nominations of Candidates to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board

80 FR 56982 - Environmental Financial Advisory Committee; Request for Nominations of Candidates to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 182 (September 21, 2015)

Page Range56982-56983
FR Document2015-23629

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointments to fill vacancies on the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (the Board or EFAB). The Board seeks to maintain diverse representation across all workforce sectors and geographic locations. Nominees should demonstrate experience in any of the following areas: Environmental insurance; energy efficiency; commercial banking; local utility management and finance; green infrastructure financing; sustainable community partnerships; water resiliency; water and wastewater utility financial management; public-public; public-private; and public-nonprofit partnerships. Nominees are encouraged who live and work in the pacific northwest, northeast, and mid-west parts of the United States. 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. In addition to this notice, other sources may be utilized in the solicitation of nominees. The deadline for receiving nominations is Friday, October 9, 2015. Appointments will be made by the Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and will be announced in November 2015. Nominee qualifications will be assessed under the mandates of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which requires Committees to maintain diversity across a broad range of constituencies, sectors, and groups.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 182 (Monday, September 21, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23629]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9934-38-OW]


Environmental Financial Advisory Committee; Request for 
Nominations of Candidates to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of request for nominations of candidates to the 
Environmental Financial Advisory Board.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
invites nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for 
appointments to fill vacancies on the Environmental Financial Advisory 
Board (the Board or EFAB). The Board seeks to maintain diverse 
representation across all workforce sectors and geographic locations. 
Nominees should demonstrate experience in any of the following areas: 
Environmental insurance; energy efficiency; commercial banking; local 
utility management and finance; green infrastructure financing; 
sustainable community partnerships; water resiliency; water and 
wastewater utility financial management; public-public; public-private; 
and public-nonprofit partnerships. Nominees are encouraged who live and 
work in the pacific northwest, northeast, and mid-west parts of the 
United States.
    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. In addition to this notice, other sources may 
be utilized in the solicitation of nominees. The deadline for receiving 
nominations is Friday, October 9, 2015. Appointments will be made by 
the Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
will be announced in November 2015. Nominee qualifications will be 
assessed under the mandates of the Federal

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Advisory Committee Act, which requires Committees to maintain diversity 
across a broad range of constituencies, sectors, and groups.

DATES: Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than 
October 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: EPA, Office of Water, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., (4102M), 
Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Submit nomination materials by postal 
mail or electronic mail to: Pamela Scott, Membership Coordinator, 
Environmental Financial Advisory Board, or email scott.pamela@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Financial Advisory Board 
was chartered in 1989 under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to 
provide advice and recommendations to EPA on the following issues:
     Reducing the cost of financing environmental facilities 
and discouraging polluting behavior;
     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 Board meets two times each calendar year (two days per meeting) 
at different locations within the continental United States. Board 
members typically contribute approximately 1-3 hours per month to the 
Board's work. The Board's membership services are voluntary and the 
Agency is unable to provide honoraria or compensation, according to 
FACA guidelines. However, Board members may receive travel and per diem 
allowances, where appropriate, and in accordance with Federal Travel 
Regulations for invitational travelers.
    Evaluation Criteria: The following criteria will be used to 
evaluate nominees:
    [ssquf] Residence in the continental United States;
    [ssquf] Professional knowledge of, and experience with, 
environmental financing activities;
    [ssquf] Senior level-experience that fills a gap in Board 
representation, or brings a new and relevant dimension to its 
deliberations;
    [ssquf] Demonstrated ability to work in a consensus-building 
process with a wide range of representatives from diverse 
constituencies; and
    [ssquf] Willingness to serve a two-year term as an active and 
contributing member, with possible re-appointment to a second term.
    Nominations for membership must include a resume describing the 
professional and educational qualifications of the nominee as well as 
expertise/experience. Contact details should include full name and 
title, business mailing address, telephone, fax, and email address. A 
supporting letter of endorsement is encouraged but not required.

    Dated: September 10, 2015.
Andrew D. Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2015-23629 Filed 9-18-15; 8:45 am]
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56982 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 182 / Monday, September 21, 2015 / Notices ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and Media Programs Division, Office of There is also an increase in the total AGENCY Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, O&M cost associated with this ICR. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Similar to the total estimated burden, [EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0075; FRL–9934– 31–OEI] Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, EPA has adjusted the total O&M cost to DC 20460; telephone number: (202) account for industry growth that has Information Collection Request 564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; occurred since the previous ICR. Submitted to OMB for Review and email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov. Courtney Kerwin, Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Acting Director, Collection Strategies for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Supporting documents which explain in Division. (Renewal) detail the information that the EPA will [FR Doc. 2015–23555 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] be collecting are available in the public AGENCY: Environmental Protection docket for this ICR. The docket can be BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Agency (EPA). viewed online at www.regulations.gov ACTION: Notice. or in person at the EPA Docket Center, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 AGENCY Agency has submitted an information Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the [FRL–9934–38–OW] collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (40 Docket Center is (202) 566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s Environmental Financial Advisory CFR part 63, subpart AAAA) (Renewal)’’ Committee; Request for Nominations (EPA ICR No. 1938.06, OMB Control No. public docket, visit www.epa.gov/ dockets. of Candidates to the Environmental 2060–0505) to the Office of Management Financial Advisory Board and Budget (OMB) for review and Abstract: The affected entities are approval in accordance with the subject to the General Provisions of the AGENCY: Environmental Protection Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, Agency (EPA). 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed and any changes, or additions to the ACTION: Notice of request for extension of the ICR, which is currently Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, nominations of candidates to the approved through September 30, 2015. subpart AAAA. Owners or operators of Environmental Financial Advisory Public comments were previously affected facilities must submit initial Board. requested via the Federal Register (79 notification, performance tests, and FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 during a 60- periodic reports and results. Owners or SUMMARY: The United States day comment period. This notice allows operators are also required to maintain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an additional 30 days for public records of the occurrence and duration invites nominations of qualified comments. A fuller description of the of any startup, shutdown, or candidates to be considered for ICR is given below, including its malfunction in the operation of an appointments to fill vacancies on the estimated burden and cost to the public. affected facility, or any period during Environmental Financial Advisory An Agency may not conduct or sponsor which the monitoring system is Board (the Board or EFAB). The Board and a person is not required to respond inoperative. Reports, at a minimum, are seeks to maintain diverse representation to a collection of information unless it required semiannually. across all workforce sectors and displays a currently valid OMB control Form Numbers: None. geographic locations. Nominees should number. Respondents/affected entities: demonstrate experience in any of the Owners or operators of municipal solid following areas: Environmental DATES: Additional comments may be waste landfills. insurance; energy efficiency; submitted on or before October 21, Respondent’s obligation to respond: commercial banking; local utility 2015. Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart management and finance; green ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, AAAA). infrastructure financing; sustainable referencing Docket ID Number EPA– Estimated number of respondents: community partnerships; water HQ–OECA–2014–0075, to (1) EPA 1,127 (total). resiliency; water and wastewater utility online using www.regulations.gov (our Frequency of response: Occasionally financial management; public-public; preferred method), by email to and semiannually. public-private; and public-nonprofit docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Total estimated burden: 20,900 hours partnerships. Nominees are encouraged Docket Center, Environmental (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR who live and work in the pacific Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1320.3(b). northwest, northeast, and mid-west 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Total estimated cost: $2,120,000 (per parts of the United States. Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via year), includes $16,900 annualized EPA values and welcomes diversity. email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. capital or operation & maintenance In an effort to obtain a diverse pool of Address comments to OMB Desk Officer costs. candidates, EPA encourages for EPA. Changes in the Estimates: There is an nominations of women and men of all EPA’s policy is that all comments increase in the total estimated burden as racial and ethnic groups. In addition to received will be included in the public currently identified in the OMB this notice, other sources may be docket without change including any Inventory of Approved Burdens. This utilized in the solicitation of nominees. personal information provided, unless increase is due to an increase in the The deadline for receiving nominations rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES the comment includes profanity, threats, number of new sources due to industry is Friday, October 9, 2015. information claimed to be Confidential growth; it is not due to any program Appointments will be made by the Business Information (CBI), or other changes. In addition, we have adjusted Deputy Administrator of the information whose disclosure is the respondent burden calculation to Environmental Protection Agency and restricted by statute. assume all respondents will re- will be announced in November 2015. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 182 / Monday, September 21, 2015 / Notices 56983 Advisory Committee Act, which D Professional knowledge of, and below, including its estimated burden requires Committees to maintain experience with, environmental and cost to the public. An Agency may diversity across a broad range of financing activities; not conduct or sponsor and a person is constituencies, sectors, and groups. D Senior level-experience that fills a not required to respond to, a collection DATES: Nominations should be gap in Board representation, or brings a of information unless it displays a submitted in time to arrive no later than new and relevant dimension to its currently valid OMB control number. October 9, 2015. deliberations; DATES: Additional comments may be ADDRESSES: EPA, Office of Water, 1301 D Demonstrated ability to work in a submitted on or before October 21, Constitution Avenue NW., (4102M), consensus-building process with a wide 2015. Washington, DC 20004. range of representatives from diverse ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: constituencies; and referencing Docket ID Number EPA– Submit nomination materials by postal D Willingness to serve a two-year term HQ–OECA–2014–0087, to: (1) EPA mail or electronic mail to: Pamela Scott, as an active and contributing member, online using www.regulations.gov (our Membership Coordinator, with possible re-appointment to a preferred method), or by email to Environmental Financial Advisory second term. docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Board, or email scott.pamela@epa.gov. Nominations for membership must Docket Center, Environmental SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The include a resume describing the Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, Environmental Financial Advisory professional and educational 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Board was chartered in 1989 under the qualifications of the nominee as well as Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via Federal Advisory Committee Act to expertise/experience. Contact details email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. provide advice and recommendations to should include full name and title, Address comments to OMB Desk Officer EPA on the following issues: business mailing address, telephone, for EPA. • Reducing the cost of financing fax, and email address. A supporting EPA’s policy is that all comments environmental facilities and letter of endorsement is encouraged but received will be included in the public discouraging polluting behavior; not required. docket without change including any • Creating incentives to increase Dated: September 10, 2015. personal information provided, unless private investment in the provision of Andrew D. Sawyers, the comment includes profanity, threats, environmental services and removing or Director, Office of Wastewater Management, information claimed to be Confidential reducing constraints on private Office of Water. Business Information (CBI) or other involvement imposed by current [FR Doc. 2015–23629 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] information whose disclosure is regulations; restricted by statute. • Developing new and innovative BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: environmental financing approaches Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, and supporting and encouraging the use and Media Programs Division, Office of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION of cost-effective existing approaches; Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, AGENCY • Identifying approaches specifically Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 targeted to small/disadvantaged [EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0087; FRL–9934– Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, community financing; 23–OEI] DC 20460; telephone number: (202) • Increasing the capacity of state and 564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; local governments to carry out their Information Collection Request email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov. respective environmental programs Submitted to OMB for Review and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: under current Federal tax laws; Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP • Analyzing how new technologies for Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Supporting documents which explain in can be brought to market expeditiously; Roofing Manufacturing (Renewal) detail the information that the EPA will • Increasing the total investment in be collecting are available in the public environmental protection of public and AGENCY: Environmental Protection docket for this ICR. The docket can be private environmental resources to help Agency (EPA). viewed online at www.regulations.gov ease the environmental financing ACTION: Notice. or in person at the EPA Docket Center, challenge facing our nation. WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 The Board meets two times each SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, calendar year (two days per meeting) at Agency has submitted an information DC. The telephone number for the different locations within the collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For continental United States. Board Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing additional information about EPA’s members typically contribute Manufacturing (40 CFR part 63, subpart public docket, visit: http:// approximately 1–3 hours per month to LLLLL) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. www.epa.gov/dockets. the Board’s work. The Board’s 2029.06, OMB Control No. 2060–0520), Abstract: The affected entities are membership services are voluntary and to the Office of Management and Budget subject to the General Provisions of the the Agency is unable to provide (OMB) for review and approval in NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart A), honoraria or compensation, according to accordance with the Paperwork and any changes, or additions to the FACA guidelines. However, Board Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Provisions are specified at 40 CFR part members may receive travel and per This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 63, subpart LLLLL. Owners or operators diem allowances, where appropriate, which is currently approved through of the affected facilities must submit rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES and in accordance with Federal Travel September 30, 2015. Public comments initial notification, performance tests, Regulations for invitational travelers. were previously requested, via the and periodic reports and results. Evaluation Criteria: The following Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May Owners or operators are also required to criteria will be used to evaluate 27, 2014, during a 60-day comment maintain records of the occurrence and nominees: period. This notice allows for an duration of any startup, shutdown, or D Residence in the continental United additional 30 days for public comments. malfunction in the operation of an States; A fuller description of the ICR is given affected facility, or any period during VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:14 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21SEN1.SGM 21SEN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of request for nominations of candidates to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board.
DatesNominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than October 9, 2015.
ContactSubmit nomination materials by postal mail or electronic mail to: Pamela Scott, Membership Coordinator, Environmental Financial Advisory Board, or email [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 56982 
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