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second White Paper will be available

and used.

Dated: June 6, 1996.

Robert G. Kellam,

Acting Director, Information Transfer and

Program Integration Division.

[FR Doc. 96–15035 Filed 6–12–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

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Request for Public Comment on the

Border Environment Cooperation

Commission (BECC) Guidelines for

Project Submission and Criteria for

Project Certification Document

AGENCY: Border Environment

Cooperation Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability and

request for public comment.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the BECC Guidelines for

Project Submission and Criteria for

Project Certification document for

public review and comment.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the BECC on or before July

10, 1996. Oral comments may be

received on July 18, 1996 at the BECC

Board of Directors Public Meeting in

San Diego, California.

ADDRESSES: To mail comments, receive

a copy of the document, or for further

information contact:

Ms. April Lander, MEM, Program

Manager—Environment, Border

Environment Cooperation

Commission, P.O. Box 221648, El

Paso, TX 79913, Telephone: 011–52

(16) 29–23–95, Fax: 011–52 (16) 29–

23–97, Email:

alander@cocef.interjuarez.com

H. Roger Frauenfelder, General

Manager, Border Environment

Cooperation Commission, P.O. Box

221648, El Paso, TX 79913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Border Environment Cooperation

Commission (BECC) is a binational

organization, created through an

agreement between the United States

and Mexican governments via an

environmental side agreement to

NAFTA. The BECC assists communities

and other sponsors in coordinating and

implementing environmental

infrastructure projects to help resolve

environmental and human health issues

on both sides of the U.S./Mexican

border. Projects certified by the BECC

may be considered for North American

Development Bank (NADBank)

financing and/or other sources of

financing.

Prior to certifying environment

infrastructure projects, and with

extensive public review and comment,

the BECC Board of Directors adopted the

BECC Guidelines for Project Submission

and Criteria for Project Certification

document (Criteria document) at its

Regular Public Meeting, August 31,

1995 in El Paso, TX. The Criteria

document provides guidelines for

submission of projects using a two step

process and indicates the eight

fundamental areas of criteria for project

certification, including: (1) General

project description, (2) environment and

human health, (3) technical feasibility,

(4) economic and financial feasibility,

(5) social issues, (6) community

participation, (7) operations and

maintenance, and (8) sustainable

development. At the August 31, 1995

BECC Public Meeting, the Board of

Directors decided to provide the public

another opportunity to review and

comment on the Criteria document after

one year of application.

The BECC encourages public

comments to be annotated directly on

the Criteria document. The document

may be found on the BECC Home Page

at http://cocef.interjuarez.com and may

be requested on computer diskette, via

Email, or through the mail.

The BECC is particularly interested in

receiving comments in the areas of

small community assistance and

sustainable development. Public

comments may be submitted to the

BECC in writing on or before July 10,

1996. Oral comments may be received at

the July 18, 1996 BECC Board of

Directors Public Meeting in San Diego,

California. The Criteria document will

be revised following a review and

synthesis of the written and oral

comments made by the public. It is

anticipated that a final draft document

will be available for public review in

August. Furthermore, it is expected that

the BECC Board of Directors will

consider the final document for

approval at its fall public meeting

scheduled for October 24, 1996.

Dated: June 4, 1996.

H. Roger Frauenfelder,

General Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–15038 Filed 6–12–96; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Availability of FY 1996

Multimedia Environmental Justice

Through Pollution Prevention Grant

Funds

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: EPA is soliciting grant

proposals under the Environmental

Justice Through Pollution Prevention

(EJP2) grant program. EPA anticipates

that between $750,000 and $1.5 million

will be available. The purpose of this

program is to support pollution

prevention approaches that address

environmental justice concerns. The

grant funds will support national or

regional environmental or

environmental justice organizations that

will provide financial or technical

assistance to community-based, grassroots groups, or Tribal organizations for

projects that use pollution prevention

approaches to address environmental

justice concerns.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked by July 31, 1996, and

received by EPA’s Pollution Prevention

Division office in Washington, DC by

August 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

obtain copies of the EJP2 grant program

guidance and application package, or to

obtain more information regarding the

EJP2 grant program, please contact Chen

Wen at (202) 260-4109, or Pamela

Moseley at (202) 260-2722. You may

also forward your requests and

questions via the Internet, by writing to:

wen.chen@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Scope and Purpose of the EJP2 Grant

Program

The purpose of the FY 1996 EJP2

grants program is to fund national or

regional environmental organizations

that will in turn support community

organizations in using pollution

prevention solutions to address the

environmental problems of minority

and low-income communities and

tribes. This grant program is designed to

fund projects which have a direct

impact on affected communities. This

approach complements last year’s

Environmental Justice Through

Pollution Prevention grant program,

where grants were provided directly to

grass-roots and community

organizations. Funds awarded must be

used to support pollution prevention

programs in minority and low-income

communities or Tribal lands.

EPA is particularly interested in

innovative approaches which will result

in activities and products that can be

applied to other communities. The

Agency strongly encourages cooperative

efforts between communities, business

and industry to address common

pollution prevention goals. Projects

funded under this grant may involve

public education, training,

demonstrations, research,