83_FR_63738 83 FR 63502 - Notice of Meeting of the National Environmental Education Advisory Council

83 FR 63502 - Notice of Meeting of the National Environmental Education Advisory Council

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 236 (December 10, 2018)

Page Range63502-63502
FR Document2018-26694

Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gives notice of a teleconference meeting of the National Environmental Education Advisory Council (NEEAC). The NEEAC was created by Congress to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on matters related to activities, functions and policies of EPA under the National Environmental Education Act (the Act). The purpose of this meeting is to discuss specific topics of relevance for consideration by the council to provide advice and insights to the Agency on environmental education.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 236 (Monday, December 10, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 236 (Monday, December 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 63502]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26694]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL 9987-56-OA]


Notice of Meeting of the National Environmental Education 
Advisory Council

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) gives notice of a teleconference meeting of the 
National Environmental Education Advisory Council (NEEAC). The NEEAC 
was created by Congress to advise, consult with, and make 
recommendations to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) on matters related to activities, functions and policies 
of EPA under the National Environmental Education Act (the Act).
    The purpose of this meeting is to discuss specific topics of 
relevance for consideration by the council to provide advice and 
insights to the Agency on environmental education.

DATES: The National Environmental Education Advisory Council will hold 
a public meeting on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 and Thursday January 
24, 2019. from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. The 
meeting will be held at: U.S. EPA Region 7, 11201 Renner Boulevard, 
Lenexa, KS 66209 (Lakeview Conference Room), 2.B-C.32.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Araujo, Designated Federal 
Officer, [email protected], 202-564-2642, U.S. EPA, Office of 
Environmental Education, William Jefferson Clinton North Room, 1426, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the public wishing to gain access 
to the teleconference, make brief oral comments, or provide a written 
statement to the NEEAC must contact Javier Araujo, Designated Federal 
Officer, at [email protected] or 202-564-2642 by 10 business days 
prior to each regularly scheduled meeting.
    Meeting Access: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities or to request accommodations, please 
contact Javier Araujo at [email protected] or 202-564-2642, 
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

Elizabeth (Tate) Bennett,
Associate Administrator, Office of Public Engagement and Environmental 
Education.
Javier Araujo,
(NEEAC) Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-26694 Filed 12-7-18; 8:45 am]
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63502 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 236 / Monday, December 10, 2018 / Notices the environment. Without the 2019. from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Central FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any information collection, the agency Standard Time. The meeting will be member of the public wishing further cannot assure that the facilities are held at: U.S. EPA Region 7, 11201 information regarding this Notice and designed and operated properly. Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66209 Request for Nominations may contact Form Numbers: None. (Lakeview Conference Room), 2.B–C.32. Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Respondents/affected entities: Entities FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science potentially affected by this action are Javier Araujo, Designated Federal Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R), private sector and State, Local, or Tribal Officer, araujo.javier@epa.gov, 202– U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, governments. 564–2642, U.S. EPA, Office of 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Respondent’s obligation to respond: Environmental Education, William Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at Mandatory (40 CFR 261, 264, 265, and Jefferson Clinton North Room, 1426, (202) 564–2155 or at armitage.thomas@ 266). 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, epa.gov. Estimated number of respondents: Washington, DC 20460. General information concerning the 4,543. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members EPA SAB can be found at the EPA SAB Frequency of response: On occasion. website at http://www.epa.gov/sab. of the public wishing to gain access to Total estimated burden: 654,097 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the teleconference, make brief oral hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. comments, or provide a written CFR 1320.03(b). 4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory statement to the NEEAC must contact Total estimated cost: $25,535,215 (per Committee that provides independent Javier Araujo, Designated Federal year), which includes $21,852,508 in scientific and technical peer review, Officer, at araujo.javier@epa.gov or 202– annualized labor and $3,682,707 in advice and recommendations to the EPA 564–2642 by 10 business days prior to annualized capital or operation & Administrator on the technical basis for each regularly scheduled meeting. maintenance costs. EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory Meeting Access: For information on Changes in Estimates: The burden Committee, the SAB conducts business access or services for individuals with hours are likely to stay substantially the in accordance with the Federal disabilities or to request same. Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 accommodations, please contact Javier Dated: November 29, 2018. Araujo at araujo.javier@epa.gov or 202– U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. Barnes Johnson, 564–2642, preferably at least 10 days The SAB STAA Committee is an ad hoc Director, Office of Resource Conservation and prior to the meeting, to give EPA as subcommittee of the SAB that provides Recovery. much time as possible to process your advice through the chartered SAB on [FR Doc. 2018–26691 Filed 12–7–18; 8:45 am] request. recommendations for awards under BILLING CODE 6560–50–P EPA’s STAA program. The SAB and the Elizabeth (Tate) Bennett, 2019–2021 STAA Committee will Associate Administrator, Office of Public comply with the provisions of FACA Engagement and Environmental Education. and all appropriate SAB Staff Office ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Javier Araujo, procedural policies. (NEEAC) Designated Federal Officer. The EPA established the STAA in [FRL 9987–56–OA] [FR Doc. 2018–26694 Filed 12–7–18; 8:45 am] 1980 to recognize Agency scientists and Notice of Meeting of the National BILLING CODE 6560–50–P engineers who published their work in Environmental Education Advisory the peer-reviewed literature. The STAA Council Program is an agency-wide competition ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION to promote and recognize scientific and AGENCY: Environmental Protection AGENCY technological achievements by EPA Agency (EPA). [FRL–9987–47–OA] employees. The STAA program is ACTION: Notice of meeting. administered and managed by the EPA’s Request for Nominations of Office of Research and Development SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Candidates for EPA’s Science (ORD). Each year the SAB has been Committee Act, Environmental Advisory Board 2019–2021 Scientific asked to review the EPA’s STAA Protection Agency (EPA) gives notice of and Technological Achievement nominations and make a teleconference meeting of the National Awards Committee recommendations to the Administrator Environmental Education Advisory for monetary awards. The SAB Staff Council (NEEAC). The NEEAC was AGENCY: Environmental Protection Office is seeking nominations of experts created by Congress to advise, consult Agency. to serve on the SAB 2019–2021 STAA with, and make recommendations to the ACTION: Notice. Committee, which operates under the Administrator of the Environmental auspices of the SAB. Protection Agency (EPA) on matters SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Request for nominations: The SAB related to activities, functions and Protection Agency (EPA) Science Staff Office is seeking nominations of policies of EPA under the National Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office experts in the following disciplines as Environmental Education Act (the Act). invites nominations of scientific experts they relate to human health and the The purpose of this meeting is to from a diverse range of disciplines to be environment: Air pollution exposure; discuss specific topics of relevance for considered for appointment to the chemical engineering; civil and consideration by the council to provide SAB’s 2019–2021 Scientific and environmental engineering; decision advice and insights to the Agency on Technological Achievement Awards science; ecology; environmental environmental education. (STAA) Committee described in this economics; groundwater and surface DATES: The National Environmental document. water contaminant fate and transport; Education Advisory Council will hold a DATES:Nominations should be human health effects and risk public meeting on Wednesday, January submitted in time to arrive no later than assessment; monitoring and 23, 2019 and Thursday January 24, December 31, 2018. measurement methods for air and water; VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Dec 07, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10DEN1.SGM 10DEN1


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CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe National Environmental Education Advisory Council will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 and Thursday January 24, 2019. from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. The meeting will be held at: U.S. EPA Region 7, 11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66209 (Lakeview Conference Room), 2.B-C.32.
ContactJavier Araujo, Designated Federal Officer, [email protected], 202-564-2642, U.S. EPA, Office of Environmental Education, William Jefferson Clinton North Room, 1426, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
FR Citation83 FR 63502 
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