[Federal Register: September 3, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 171)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Request for Nominations to the National Advisory Council for 
Environmental Policy and Technology, New Standing Committee on 
Compliance Assistance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting 
nominations for membership on its National Advisory Council for 
Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT), new Standing Committee on 
Compliance Assistance. The Agency is seeking qualified senior level 
decision makers from diverse stakeholder groups throughout the U.S. to 
be considered for appointments. Nominations will be accepted until 
close of business September 10, 1999, and must include a resume and 
short biography describing the educational and professional 
qualifications of the nominee and the nominee's current business 
address and daytime telephone number.

DATES: Nominations will be accepted until close of business on 
September 10, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to Ms. Gina Bushong, Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, MC 2224A, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. 
You may also E-mail nominations to bushong.gina@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Gina Bushong, Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, MC 2224A, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. 
You may also E-mail nominations to bushong.gina@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACEPT is a federal advisory committee under 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463. 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 that the Agency is developing. Maintaining a balance and 
diversity of experience, knowledge, and judgment is an important 
consideration in the selection of members.
    The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) has 
recently completed work on an action plan, ``Innovative Approaches to 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.'' The OECA action plan draws on 
the ideas from an Agency-wide Innovations Task Force, public dialogue 
such as OECA's ``East coast'' and ``West coast'' stakeholder 
conferences, and stakeholder discussions in regional offices and at 
Headquarters. The tasks described in the Agency report (available at 
www.epa.gov/reinvent) and the OECA action plan will change fundamental 
aspects of our 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 Administrator has asked NACEPT to create 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 multi-stakeholder advice and recommendations on 
compliance assistance activities.
    The Standing Committee on Compliance Assistance will, through 
NACEPT (the Council): (1) provide guidance on the development of an 
Agency-wide annual compliance assistance plan which identifies major 
planned compliance assistance work; (2) provide input to the design and 
implementation of a clearinghouse of compliance assistance information; 
and (3) guide the planning of a forum to bring together government and 
private compliance assistance providers. We are accepting nominations 
for approximately 15-20 members. Criteria for selection of nominees 
will include the following:

--Demonstrated experience in compliance assistance activities
--Representation from a broad range of EPA stakeholder groups which 
have interest and experience in reinvention approaches to environmental 
problems, including but not limited to business/industry, state/local/
tribal governments, national and local environmental, environmental 
justice, and labor groups.
--Senior level representatives with decision-making authority for their 
organization.
--Representatives with experience working collaboratively with 
stakeholder groups in addition to their own.

    Nominations for membership must include a resume and short 
biography describing the educational and professional qualifications of 
the nominee and the nominee's current business address and daytime 
telephone number. Nominees invited to participate will receive an 
invitation from EPA's Deputy Administrator.

    Dated: August 30, 1999.
Joe Sierra,
Designated Federal Officer.
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