[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55248-55249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28136]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5912-8]


Public Meetings Regarding Environmental Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and opportunity for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
announcing a series of public meetings to solicit information from 
stakehodlers regarding their use of, and access to, environmental 
information and data.

DATES: EPA is scheduling up to twenty public meetings during October 
1997 through December 1997. Specific dates and cities are listed in the 
tentative schedule under Supplementary Information below. Requests to 
attend the meetings and/or provide oral comments at the meetings must 
be received at least 7 days prior to the scheduled meetings. The final 
times and precise locations of the meetings will be available to 
interested persons from the EPA contact person, upon request, two weeks 
prior to each meeting.

ADDRESSES: Requests to attend the meetings and/or to provide oral 
comments should be made to Ms. Lisa M. Hunter; Center for Environmental 
Information and Statistics (MC: 2164); Office of Policy, Planning and 
Evaluation; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 401 M Street, SW; 
Washington, DC; 20460; (202) 260-4744.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Lisa M. Hunter, EPA Headquarters, (202) 260-4744, or e-mail, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fb938e958f9e89d59792889abb9e8b9a96929a97d59e8b9ad59c948d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd3ced5cfdec995d7d2c8dafbdecbdad6d2dad795decbda95dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is undertaking a variety of customer 
survey efforts to learn how Agency stakeholders use and access 
environmental information and data. One of these efforts will consist 
of a series of twenty meetings throughout the country to better 
understand the views of particular individuals and groups that 
typically use environmental information. Each discussion session will 
focus on a particular stakeholder group or user's environmental 
information needs. The public is invited to attend these meetings as 
observers and/or to provide comment during a public comment period at 
the end of each meeting. The tentative schedule for the public 
meetings--including potential dates, cites,and intended stakeholder 
groups--is as follows:


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1. October 23, 1997, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, African American 
Community
2. October 23, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia, Groups Concerned with Water 
Quality
3. October 28, 1997, New York, New York, Environmental Organizations
4. October 30, 1997, Boston, Massachusetts, State Monitoring Agencies
5. October 30, 1997, Arlington, Texas, Public Health Community
6. November 4, 1997, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Researchers/Academic 
Groups
7. November 6, 1997, Kansas City, Kansas, Agricultural Community
8. November 6, 1997, Cleveland, Ohio, Manufacturers/Process Industries
9. November 12, 1997, Denver, Colorado, Manufacturers/Process 
Industries
10. November 12, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia, Groups Concerned with Air 
Quality
11. November 13, 1997, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Community/Regional 
Representatives
12. November 13, 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado, Agricultural Community
13. November 18, 1997, New Hampshire, Environmental Organizations
14. November 18, 1997, Seattle, Washington, Businesses
15. November 20, 1997, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Regional Tribes
16. November 20, 1997, St. Louis, Missouri, Public Health Community
17. December 2, 1997, Olympia, Washington, Regional Tribes
18. December 3, 1997, San Francisco, California, Community/Regional 
Representatives
19. December 4, 1997, Los Angeles, California, Local Ethnic Groups
Art Koines,
Deputy Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Environmental Data, 
Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 97-28136 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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