[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2000)] [Notices] [Page 1151] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 00-361] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-6520-7] National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, (NACEPT) Standing Committee on Compliance Assistance
Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Action
Notification of public advisory NACEPT standing committee on compliance assistance meeting; open meeting.
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Summary
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the Standing Committee on compliance assistance will meet on the date and time described below. The meeting is open to the public. Seating at the meeting will be a first-come basis and limited time will be provided for public comment. For further information concerning this meeting, please contact the individual listed with the announcement below. NACEPT Standing Committee on Compliance Assistance; January 31 and February 1, 2000. Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency will hold an open meeting of the NACEPT Standing Committee on Compliance Assistance on Thursday, Monday, January 31, 2000 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and February 1, 2000 from 8:30-5. The meeting will be held at the Academy for Educational Development (AED) Conference Center, 1825 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009. The agenda for both days of the meeting will be focused primarily on the development of the compliance assistance clearinghouse, national forum and the annual agency plan. A formal agenda will be available at the meeting.
Supplementary Information
NACEPT is a federal advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463. NACEPT provides advice and recommendations to the Administrator and other EPA officials on a broad range of domestic and international environmental policy issues. NACEPT consists of a representative cross-section of EPA's partners and principal constituents who provide advice and recommendations on policy issues and serve as a sounding board for new strategies. EPA recently issued a new report, ``Aiming for Excellence.'' This report commits EPA to take a number of actions to enhance our reinvention programs, including several to improve our compliance assistance efforts. The report was developed based on extensive external outreach to a broad range of stakeholders through a variety of forums. It is available on EPA's Reinvention home page (www.epa.gov/ reinvent/). In connection with this effort, the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) has recently completed work on an action plan, ``Innovative Approaches to Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.'' This action plan includes the compliance assistance activities identified in the Task Force report as well as additional OECA commitments. The action items described in the OECA report (available at www.epa.gov/oeca/innovative/approaches.html) will change fundamental aspects of the Agency's compliance assistance planning and programs. To ensure that the compliance assistance activities in the action plan are implemented in a way that continues to reflect stakeholder needs, the National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) is creating a new Standing Committee on Compliance Assistance. This will provide a continuing Federal Advisory Committee forum from which the Agency can continue to receive valuable stakeholder advice and recommendations on compliance assistance activities. For further information concerning the NACEPT Standing Committee on Compliance Assistance, including the upcoming meeting, contact Gina Bushong Designated Federal Officer (DFO), on (202) 564-2242, or E-mail: bushong.gina@epa.gov.
INSPECTION OF SUBCOMMITTEE DOCUMENTS: Documents relating to the above topics will be publicly available at the meeting.
Dated: December 16, 1999. Gina Bushong, Designated Federal Officer. [FR Doc. 00-361 Filed 1-6-00; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-M