Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2003-0021-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Draft Brownfield Grants Guidelines; Notice of Public Meeting
Posted Date: 2003-08-04T04:00Z

45817
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
149
/
Monday,
August
4,
2003
/
Notices
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Persons
needing
further
information
should
contact
Patricia
Overmeyer
of
EPA's
Office
of
Brownfields
Cleanup
and
Redevelopment,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Mailcode
5105T,
Washington,
DC
20460,
(
202)
566
 
2774,
or
overmeyer.
patricia@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
Under
the
Small
Business
Liability
Relief
and
Brownfields
Revitalization
Act,
EPA
is
required
to
develop
standards
and
practices
for
carrying
out
all
appropriate
inquiry.
The
Federal
Advisory
Committee
meeting
is
for
the
purpose
of
negotiating
the
contents
of
a
proposed
regulation
setting
federal
standards
and
practices
for
conducting
all
appropriate
inquiry.
At
its
meeting
on
September
9
and
10,
2003,
the
Committee
will
continue
substantive
deliberations
on
the
proposed
rulemaking
including
discussion
of
the
criteria
established
by
Congress
in
the
Small
Business
Liability
Relief
and
Brownfields
Revitalization
Act
amendments
to
CERCLA
(
101)(
35)(
B)(
iii).
On
the
morning
of
September
9,
2003,
there
will
be
a
presentation
to
the
Committee
on
the
administrative
and
analytical
requirements
that
must
be
completed
by
the
Agency
when
developing
a
proposed
rule.
All
meetings
of
the
Negotiated
Rulemaking
Committee
are
open
to
the
public.
There
is
no
requirement
for
advance
registration
for
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
attend
or
make
comments
at
the
meeting.
Opportunity
for
the
general
public
to
address
the
Committee
will
be
provided
starting
at
2:
30
p.
m.
on
both
September
9
and
September
10,
2003.

Dated:
July
28,
2003.
Thomas
P.
Dunne,
Associate
Assistant
Administrator,
Office
of
Solid
Waste
and
Emergency
Response.
[
FR
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BILLING
CODE
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Draft
Brownfield
Grants
Guidelines
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
ACTION:
Notice
of
public
meeting.

SUMMARY:
The
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
is
holding
a
public
meeting
to
discuss
EPA's
draft
of
the
fiscal
year
2004
Proposal
Guidelines
for
Brownfields
Assessment,
Revolving
Loan
Fund,
and
Cleanup
Grants
(
Brownfield
Grants
Guidelines).
The
purpose
of
the
public
meeting
is
for
EPA's
Office
of
Brownfields
Cleanup
and
Redevelopment
to
listen
to
the
views
of
public
stakeholders
on
the
Agency's
draft
Brownfield
Grants
Guidelines.
During
the
public
meeting,
EPA
officials
will
discuss
the
draft
Guidelines.
EPA
will
make
the
draft
Brownfield
Grants
Guidelines
available
to
the
public
on
the
Agency's
Web
site
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
brownfields
on
August
25,
2003.
Interested
stakeholders
and
the
public
are
encouraged
to
download
and
review
the
draft
guidelines
prior
to
the
public
meeting.
DATES:
The
public
meeting
will
be
held
from
10
a.
m.
 
12
noon
on
September
8,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
The
public
meeting
will
be
held
in
Room
1153
EPA
East
Building
at
1201
Constitution
Avenue,
NW,
Washington,
DC.
Those
parties
that
wish
to
submit
written
comments
on
the
draft
Brownfield
Grants
Guidelines
must
submit
their
comments
to
EPA
no
later
than
September
8,
2003.
To
ensure
that
EPA
has
adequate
time
to
consider
any
written
comments,
the
Agency
encourages
parties
to
submit
their
comments
to
the
Agency
in
electronic
format.
Electronic
comments
may
be
submitted
to
EPA's
Office
of
Brownfields
Cleanup
and
Redevelopment
at
bf.
comments@
epa.
gov.
Parties
wishing
to
submit
their
comments
via
the
United
States
Postal
Service
should
address
their
comments
to:
Ms.
Becky
Brooks,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Office
of
Brownfields
Cleanup
and
Redevelopment,
MC
 
5105T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20460.
Hand
deliveries
should
be
sent
to
Ms.
Becky
Brooks,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Office
of
Brownfields
Cleanup
and
Redevelopment,
Room
2406,
1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20460.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
additional
information,
contact
EPA's
Office
of
Brownfields
Cleanup
and
Redevelopment
at
202
 
566
 
2777.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
The
FY2004
Brownfield
Grants
Guidelines
will
be
issued
under
section
104(
k)
of
the
Comprehensive
Environmental
Response,
Compensation,
and
Liability
Act
(
CERCLA)
as
amended
by
the
Small
Business
Liability
Relief
and
Brownfields
Revitalization
Act,
Public
Law
107
 
118
(
SBLRBRA).
Guidelines
for
grant
programs
are
exempt
from
notice
and
comment
requirements
under
5
U.
S.
C.
553(
a)(
2).
However,
the
Agency
has
decided
that
consultation
with
public
stakeholders
prior
to
issuing
the
final
version
of
the
Brownfield
Grants
Guidelines
is
an
appropriate
step
in
effectively
implementing
the
Brownfields
Law.
The
meeting
is
open
to
the
general
public.
Parties
wishing
to
provide
their
views
to
EPA
on
the
draft
FY04
Guidelines,
or
to
listen
to
the
views
of
other
parties,
are
strongly
encouraged
to
attend
the
public
meeting.
Interested
parties
not
able
to
attend
the
public
meeting
on
September
8,
2003,
may
submit
written
comments
to
the
Agency.
All
written
comments
must
be
received
by
the
Agency
no
later
than
September
8,
2003.
The
Agency
will
carefully
consider
comments
received
during
the
public
meeting,
as
well
as
written
comments
received
on
or
before
September
8,
2003,
prior
to
issuing
final
Brownfield
Grants
Guidelines
in
September
2003.
However,
due
to
the
need
to
provide
the
final
Guidelines
to
potential
applicants
promptly,
EPA
does
not
plan
to
respond
in
writing
to
written
comments.

Dated:
July
28,
2003.
Linda
Garczynski,
Director,
Office
of
Brownfields
Cleanup
and
Redevelopment.
[
FR
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BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7538
 
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Final
Reissuance
of
the
National
Pollutant
Discharge
Elimination
System
(
NPDES)
Storm
Water
Construction
General
Permit
for
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
and
Indian
Country
in
Massachusetts
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice
of
Final
Reissuance
of
NPDES
Storm
Water
Construction
General
Permits.

SUMMARY:
This
action
provides
notice
of
the
reissuance
of
the
Final
National
Pollutant
Discharge
Elimination
System
(
NPDES)
Storm
Water
Construction
General
Permit
for
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
and
Indian
country
within
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
DATES:
Today's
action
shall
be
effective
August
4,
2003.
The
permit
will
expire
five
years
from
the
effective
date.
ADDRESSES:
The
final
permit
is
based
on
an
administrative
record.
The
administrative
record
for
the
final
construction
general
permit
is
available
for
inspection
and
copying
at
the
Water
Docket,
located
at
the
EPA
Docket
Center
in
the
basement
of
the
EPA
West
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