[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25881]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Request for Nominations to the National Advisory Council for 
Environmental Policy and Technology

agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

action: Notice of Request for Nominations.

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summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting 
nominations to fill vacancies on its National Advisory Council for 
Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). The Agency is seeking 
qualified senior level decision makers from diverse sectors throughout 
the U.S. to be considered for appointments. Nominations will be 
accepted until close of business October 20, 1997.

addresses: Submit nominations to: Mr. Gordon Schisler, Deputy Director, 
Office of Cooperative Environmental Management, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1601-F, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460.

supplementary information: NACEPT is a federal advisory committee under 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, PL 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 principle 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 Administrator has asked NACEPT to concentrate on several policy 
and regulatory components associated with Reinvention, Information, and 
Capital Markets.
    The following standing NACEPT committees were formed to address 
different aspects of these efforts.
    <bullet> The Reinvention Criteria Committee (RCC) will provide 
advice and recommendations on criteria to measure the progress and 
success of improving public confidence, fostering flexibility and 
environmental innovation, and increasing accountability for 
environmental results. This committee will also provide advice on: how 
EPA can promote an internal culture change that goes beyond specific 
reinvention programs and incorporates reinvention philosophies into 
general EPA practices, and identify a mechanism that EPA can use to 
ensure management accountability for reinvention programs.
    <bullet> The Environmental Information and Public Access Committee 
will focus on providing stakeholder input into key information 
management infrastructure issues, including: access to, and validation 
of environmental statistics; the long-term role of the Center for 
Environmental Information & Statistics and how it fits within the 
Agency's current information management model; updating of the Agency's 
information management strategic plan; implementation of legislation in 
EPA such as the Government Performance & Results (GPRA) and the 
Paperwork Reduction Act; the expanded role of the Chief Information 
Officer (CIO); and other key information management strategies.
    <bullet> The Environmental Capital Markets Committee will provide 
stakeholder inputs on the potential utility of using Environmental 
Management Systems as an investment service. The ultimate goal of the 
committee is to identify concrete actions EPA can take, on its own or 
in cooperation with other Federal and State agencies could take to help 
the financial services industry incorporate this environmental 
information into its decision-making processes.
    EPA is seeking nominees for representatives from all sectors, 
especially, state, local and tribal agencies, industry, academia, 
environmental, organizations, and NGOs.
    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.
    NACEPT also has four (4) other committees, but we are not 
soliciting membership to those committees at this time. The four 
committees include: The Toxics Data Reporting Committee (TDR), Total 
Maximum Daily Load Committee (TMDL), Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 
Committee (WIPP), and the Effluent Guidelines Committees (EGC).

for further information contact: Clarence Hardy, Designated Federal 
Officer for NACEPT, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1601-F, 
Washington, D.C. 20460; telephone (292) 260-9741.

    Dated: September 19, 1997.
Gordon Schisler,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-25881 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am]
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