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settlement of the above-reference 

docket. 

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR 

385.102(c), or any participant as defined 

by 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to 

attend. Persons wishing to become a 

party must move to intervene and 

receive intervenor status pursuant to the 

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 

385.214). 

For additional information, please 

contact Cynthia Govan at 

Cynthia.Govan@ ferc.gov (202) 502–

8745.

Linda Mitry, 

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–2326 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7817–5] 

Environmental Financial Advisory 

Board; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites 

nominations of qualified candidates to 

be considered for appointments to fill 

several vacancies on the Environmental 

Financial Advisory Board. The Board 

seeks to maintain diverse representation 

across sectors and geographic locations. 

Tribal representatives and non-profit 

environmental group representatives are 

encouraged to apply. Nominees who 

demonstrate expertise in commercial 

banking, environmental engineering, 

accounting and/or auditing, and/or 

financial insurance are also encouraged 

to apply. In addition to this notice, other 

sources may be utilized in the 

solicitation of nominees. 

The deadline for receiving 

nominations is Friday, October 29, 

2004. Appointments will be made by 

the Deputy Administrator of the 

Environmental Protection Agency and 

will be announced during January 2005. 

Nominees’ qualifications will be 

assessed under the mandates of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, which 

requires Committees to maintain 

diversity across a broad range of 

constituencies, sectors, and groups. 

Nominations for membership must 

include a resume describing the 

professional and educational 

qualifications of the nominee as well as 

experience. Contact details should 

include full name and title, business 

mailing address, telephone, fax, and email address. A supporting letter of 

endorsement is encouraged but not 

required.

ADDRESSES: Submit nomination 

materials by postal mail, electronic mail 

or fax to: Vanessa Bowie, Membership 

Coordinator, Environmental Financial 

Advisory Board, EPA, Office of the 

Chief Financial Officer, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. (2731R), 

Washington, DC 20460, e-mail 

bowie.vanessa@epa.gov, phone (202) 

564–5186, fax (202) 565–2587.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vanessa Bowie at (202) 564–5186.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Environmental Financial Advisory 

Board meets two times each calendar 

year (two days per meeting) at different 

locations within the continental United 

States. Board members typically 

contribute approximately 1–3 hours per 

month to the Board’s work. The Board 

membership services are voluntary. 

Travel and per diem expenses are 

covered by EPA in accordance with 

Federal Travel Regulations for 

invitational travelers. 

The Board was chartered in 1989 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act to provide advice and 

recommendations to EPA on the 

following issues: 

(a) Reducing the cost of financing 

environmental facilities and 

discouraging polluting behavior; 

(b) Creating incentives to increase 

private investment in the provision of 

environmental services and removing or 

reducing constraints on private 

involvement imposed by current 

regulations; 

(c) Developing new and innovative 

environmental financing approaches 

and supporting and encouraging the use 

of cost-effective existing approaches; 

(d) Identifying approaches specifically 

targeted to small community financing; 

and 

(e) Increasing the capacity issue of 

state and local governments to carry out 

their respective environmental programs 

under current Federal tax laws. 

The following criteria will be used to 

evaluate nominees: 

• Residence in the continental United 

States; 

• Professional knowledge of, and 

experience with, environmental 

financing activities; 

• Senior level-experience that fills a 

gap in Board representation, or brings a 

new and relevant dimension to its 

deliberations; 

• Demonstrated ability to work in a 

consensus-building process with a wide 

range of representatives from diverse 

constituencies; and 

• Willingness to serve a term as an 

actively-contributing member, with 

possible re-appointment to a second 

term.

Dated: September 16, 2004. 

Joseph L. Dillon, 

Director, Office of Enterprise Technology and 

Innovation.

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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Meeting of the President’s Council of 

Advisors On Science and Technology

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and summary agenda for a 

meeting of the President’s Council of 

Advisors on Science and Technology 

(PCAST) and describes the functions of 

the Council. Notice of this meeting is 

required under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

Dates and Place: October 5, 2004, 

Washington, DC. The meeting will be 

held in the Horizon Ballroom of the 

Ronald Reagan Building at the 

International Trade Center, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20001. 

Type of Meeting: Open. Further 

details on the agenda will be posted on 

the PCAST Web site at: http://

www.ostp.gov/PCAST/pcast.html. 

Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology is scheduled to 

meet in open session on Tuesday 

October 5, 2004, at approximately 8:30 

a.m. The PCAST will hold a Workshop 

on Transatlantic Research and 

Development Cooperation. The 

workshop will examine the many formal 

and informal mechanisms that exist to 

facilitate the advancement of science 

through joint research with foreign 

colleagues throughout Europe. The 

purpose of this workshop is to identify 

contemporary issues related to 

transatlantic cooperation at the 

individual, academic, corporate and 

national levels. PCAST will use the 

proceedings of this workshop to identify 

topics that merit further examination by 

the Council. Several members of the 

European Union Research Advisory 

Board are expected to join PCAST 

during the session. The workshop will 

end at approximately 5 p.m. 

Additional information on the 

workshop will be posted at the PCAST 

Web site at: http://www.ostp.gov/

PCAST/pcast.html.