[Federal Register: October 7, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 194)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 57850-57851]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 30, 31, 33, 35 and 40
[Docket ID No. OA-2002-0001; FRL-7569-7]
RIN 2020-AA39
Public Hearings on Participation by Disadvantaged Business
Enterprises in Procurement under Environmental Protection Agency
Financial Assistance Agreements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; public hearings.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the dates and locations of Tribal
public hearings wherein EPA will take comments on its proposed rule for
``Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement
under Environmental Protection Agency Financial Assistance
Agreements,'' published on July 24, 2003 at 68 FR 43824. These Tribal
public hearings will be held during the 180-day public comment period
for the proposed rule, which ends on January 20, 2004. EPA will publish
information concerning additional public hearings and Tribal public
hearings during the comment period when that information becomes
available.
DATES:
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for hearing dates.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for addresses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Gordon, Attorney Advisor, at
(202) 564-5951, Kimberly Patrick, Attorney Advisor, at (202) 564-5386,
or David Sutton, Deputy Director at (202) 564-4444, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 1230A, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA published its proposed rule for
Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Procurement
under Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Financial Assistance
Agreements on July 24, 2003 at 68 FR 43824. EPA has established an
official public docket for this action under Docket ID No. OA-2002-
0001. The proposed rule and supporting materials are available for
public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information Docket in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is
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open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-
1744, and the telephone number for the Office of Environmental
Information is (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the public
docket is available through EPA's electronic public docket and comment
systems, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket
to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the official public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once
in the system, select ``search,'' and then key in docket identification
number OA-2002-0001. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
Dates: The Tribal public hearings addressed by this Federal Register
Proposal are scheduled as follows:
1. October 8, 2003, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Worley, Idaho.
2. October 16, 2003, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
3. November 18, 2003, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., East Syracuse, New York.
4. December 9, 2003, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Atlanta, Georgia.
5. January 14, 2004, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Chicago, Illinois.
Addresses: The Tribal public hearings will be held at the following
locations:
1. EPA Region X Tribal Leader's Summit, Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort
Hotel, 27068 South Highway 95, Worley, Idaho 83876.
2. EPA Region VI Tribal Environmental Summit, Albuquerque Marriott
Hotel, 2101 Louisiana Boulevard, NE., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110.
3. EPA Region II Indian Nation Leaders Meeting, Embassy Suites
Hotel Syracuse, 6646 Old Collamer Road, East Syracuse, New York 13057.
4. Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta,
Georgia 30303.
5. Metcalfe Federal Building, Room 331, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604.
Dated: October 2, 2003.
Thomas J. Gibson,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-25400 Filed 10-6-03; 8:45 am]
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