[Federal Register: November 6, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 215)]
[Notices]
[Page 67616-67617]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7405-2]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 104(k)(6); ``Announcement of
Implementation of Brownfields Job Training Grants''
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of an opportunity to provide comments on EPA's draft
fiscal year 2003 Brownfields job training grant application guidelines.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is interested in
obtaining the views of interested stakeholders on a draft of the
Agency's fiscal year 2003 Brownfields job training grant application
guidelines (FY 03 Job Training Guidelines). EPA will make the draft FY
03 Job Training Guidelines available to the public on the Agency's Web
site at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields. Interested stakeholders and the
public are encouraged to download and review the draft guidelines and
provide comments by seven calendar days following the publication date
of the federal register notice.
DATES: EPA will post the guidelines on the Agency's Web site on
November 6, 2002. Those parties that wish to submit written comments on
the draft Brownfields Grants Guidelines must submit their comments to
EPA no later than one week (seven calendar days) after the publication
of the Federal Register notice.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that EPA has adequate time to consider any written
comments, the Agency encourages parties to submit their comments to the
Agency in electronic format. Electronic comments may be submitted to
EPA's Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment at
BF.comments@epa.Gov. Parties wishing to submit their comments via the
united States Postal Service should address their comments to: Ms.
LaKisha Odom, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Brownsfields Cleanup and Redevelopment, MC-5105T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
EPA's Office of the Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment at 202-566-
2777.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FY 03 Job training Guidelines will be
issued under section 104(k)(6) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERLA) as amended by the
recently enacted Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act, PL 107-118 (SBLRBRA). Guidelines for grant programs
are exempt from notice and comment requirements under 5 U.S.C.
552(a)(2). However, the Agency has decided that consultation with
public stakeholders prior to issuing the final version of the FY 03 Job
Training
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Guidelines is an appropriate step in effectively implementing SBLRBRA.
All written comments must be received by the Agency no later than
seven calendar days from federal notice publication. The Agency will
carefully consider written comments received during the public comment
period, prior to issuing final Brownfields Job Training Grant
Application Guidelines in November, 2002. 2002. However, due to the
need to promptly provide the final FY 03 Job Training Guidelines to
potential applicants, EPA does not plan to respond in writing to
written comments.
Dated: October 24, 2002.
Linda Garczynski,
Director, Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment, Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 02-28211 Filed 11-5-02; 8:45 am]
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