[Federal Register: March 14, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 50)]
[Notices]
[Page 11483]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7157-8]
Developing EPA Information Quality Guidelines Pursuant to OMB
Information Quality Guidelines Under Section 515 of the Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act for FY 2001 (Public Law 106-554;
HR 5658)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold an Online
Public Comment Session between March 19, 2002, and March 22, 2002, to
give early opportunity to comment on areas to be considered as EPA
develops Information Quality Guidelines pursuant to Office of
Management and Budget Final Guidelines issued on February 22, 2002 (67
FR 8452-8460). EPA will post a request for public input on March 19 and
comments will be accepted until midnight EST March 22, 2002. The time
frame for this comment opportunity is brief due to the accelerated
schedule for finalizing the Guidelines. The Public's comments will help
inform and shape the direction EPA will take in developing the
Guidelines. Instructions for providing your comments will be available
online as of March 19, 2002. In addition to this online comment
opportunity, EPA will make its draft Guidelines available for public
comment and hold a Public Meeting on the Information Quality Guidelines
in May 2002 in Washington, DC. Additional details about the Public
Meeting will be posted on the EPA Office of Environmental Information
website as soon as they become available.
DATES: The Online Public Comment Session will be held March 19-22,
2002.
ADDRESSES: The Online Public Comment Session will be accessible via the
Internet at www.epa.gov/oei.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evangeline Tsibris Cummings,
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information,
Office of Information Analysis and Access; telephone: 202-260-1655; e-
mail: cummings.evangeline@epa.gov
Dated: March 7, 2002.
Elaine Stanley,
Director, Office of Information Analysis and Access, Office of
Environmental Information.
[FR Doc. 02-6155 Filed 3-13-02; 8:45 am]
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