Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-15278
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Requests for Nominations: Environmental Financial Advisory Board
Posted Date: 2014-02-20T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9738-9739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03638]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9906-94-OCFO]

Federal Advisory Committee; Request for Nominations of Candidates 
to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Request for Nominations of Candidates to the 
Environmental Financial Advisory Board.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
invites nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for 
appointments to fill vacancies on the Environmental Financial Advisory 
Board (the Board or EFAB). The Board seeks to maintain diverse 
representation across all workforce sectors and geographic locations. 
Nominees should demonstrate experience in any of the following areas: 
Environmental technology investments; commercial banking, local utility 
management and finance, green infrastructure financing, sustainable 
community partnerships; water and wastewater infrastructure and program 
financing; and public-private partnerships. Nominees are encouraged who 
live and work in the southeastern, southwestern, western, and mid-
western parts of the United States.
    EPA values and welcomes diversity. In an effort to obtain a diverse 
pool of candidates, EPA encourages nominations of women and men of all 
racial and ethnic groups. In addition to this notice, other sources may 
be utilized in the solicitation of nominees. The deadline for receiving 
nominations is Friday, March 7, 2014. Appointments will be made by the 
Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and will be 
announced in April 2014. Nominee qualifications will be assessed under 
the mandates of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which requires 
Committees to maintain diversity across a broad range of 
constituencies, sectors, and groups.

DATES: Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than 
March 7, 2014.

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    Background Information: The Environmental Financial Advisory Board 
was chartered in 1989 under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to 
provide advice and recommendations to EPA on the following issues:
     Reducing the cost of financing environmental facilities 
and discouraging polluting behavior;
     Creating incentives to increase private investment in the 
provision of environmental services and removing or reducing 
constraints on private involvement imposed by current regulations;
     Developing new and innovative environmental financing 
approaches and supporting and encouraging the use of cost-effective 
existing approaches;
     Identifying approaches specifically targeted to small/
disadvantaged community financing;
     Increasing the capacity of state and local governments to 
carry out their respective environmental programs under current Federal 
tax laws;
     Analyzing how new technologies can be brought to market 
expeditiously;
     Increasing the total investment in environmental 
protection of public, and private environmental resources to help ease 
the environmental financing challenge facing our nations.
    The Board meets two times each calendar year (two days per meeting) 
at different locations within the continental United States. Board 
members typically contribute approximately 1-3 hours per month to the 
Board's work. The Board's membership services are voluntary and the 
Agency is unable to provide honoraria or compensation, according to 
FACA guidelines. However, Board members may receive travel and per diem 
allowances, where appropriate, and in accordance with Federal Travel 
Regulations for invitational travelers.
    Evaluation Criteria: The following criteria will be used to 
evaluate nominees:
    [ssquf] Residence in the continental United States;
    [ssquf] Professional knowledge of, and experience with, 
environmental financing activities;
    [ssquf] Senior level-experience that fills a gap in Board 
representation, or brings a new and relevant dimension to its 
deliberations;
    [ssquf] Demonstrated ability to work in a consensus-building 
process with a wide range of representatives from diverse 
constituencies; and
    [ssquf] Willingness to serve a two-year term as an active and 
contributing member, with possible re-appointment to a second term.
    Nominations for membership must include a resume describing the 
professional and educational qualifications of the nominee as well as 
expertise/experience. Contact details should include full name and 
title, business mailing address, telephone, fax, and email address. A 
supporting letter of endorsement is encouraged but not required.
    Addresses/For Further Information Contact: Submit nomination 
materials by postal mail, electronic mail, or fax to: Pamela Scott, 
Membership Coordinator, Environmental Financial Advisory Board, EPA, 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 
(2731A), Washington, DC 20460; or email scott.pamela@epa.gov; phone 
202-564-6368; or fax 202-565-2587.

    Dated: February 10, 2014.
Joshua Baylson,
Associate Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-03638 Filed 2-19-14; 8:45 am]
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