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 ( printed page 13042) 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.

84 FR 13041