Document ID: EPA-HQ-OEJECR-2023-0326-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Release of Achieving Health and Environmental Protection Through EPA's Meaningful Involvement Policy; Draft Policy; Notice of Availability
Posted Date: 2023-11-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 220 (Thursday, November 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78747-78748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25273]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OEJECR-2023-0326; FRL 10605-01-OA]

Release of Achieving Health and Environmental Protection Through 
EPA's Meaningful Involvement Policy

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Draft policy; notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the 
availability of and soliciting comment on a draft policy that updates 
the EPA's 2003 Public Involvement Policy. The revised draft policy 
promotes an EPA-wide approach to meaningful involvement that can be 
tailored for program and regional needs and outlines practices that EPA 
staff can use as they design and provide opportunities for meaningful 
involvement.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 16, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OEJECR-2023-0326, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Agency Website: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/epas-meaningful-involvement-policy. Follow the online instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected].
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center, Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights 
Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20460.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID 
No. for this draft policy. Comments received may be posted without 
change to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal 
information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey Lobatos, Office of 
Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (Mail Code 2201A), 
Environmental Protection Agency, William Jefferson Clinton Building, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; phone number: 202-
564-8579, email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. General Information

A. How can I get copies of the Draft Policy document and other related 
information?

    You may access this document electronically at https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/epas-meaningful-involvement-policy or at https://www.federalregister.gov. EPA established an official public docket 
under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEJECR-2023-0326 which is accessible 
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov that will also contain 
copies of this Federal Register notice. The public docket does not 
include CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by 
statute.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?

    1. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting 
your comments, see Tips for Effective Comments at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Please note that once submitted, comments cannot be edited or 
removed from the docket. The EPA may publish any comment received to 
its public docket. Please also consider the following questions while 
drafting comments:
     How can the EPA's Meaningful Involvement Approach support 
meaningful involvement without putting an extra burden on the public, 
and communities with environmental justice concerns specifically?
     How could the adapted Public Participation Spectrum be 
enhanced?
     Are there other examples of meaningful public involvement 
that the EPA should consider in this policy?
    2. Submitting CBI. Do not submit CBI information to the EPA through 
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. In addition to one complete 
version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy 
of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI 
must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so 
marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set 
forth in 40 CFR part 2.

Michael S. Regan,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-25273 Filed 11-15-23; 8:45 am]
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