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Notice of Request for Nominations of
Candidates to the Environmental
Financial Advisory Board
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of request for
nominations of candidates to the
Environmental Financial Advisory
Board.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) invites
nominations of qualified candidates to
be considered for appointment to the
Environmental Financial Advisory
Board (EFAB or the Board). The Board
provides advice to the EPA on ways to
lower the costs of, and increase
investments in, environmental and
public health protection. Appointments
will be made by the Administrator and
will be announced in June 2020.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted in time to arrive no later than
January 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent
via email to sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov
(preferred) or by mail to U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Water Infrastructure and Resiliency
Finance Center (4202M), 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public who wants further
information concerning the nomination
process may contact Stephanie Sanzone,
membership coordinator, via telephone/
voice mail (202) 564–2839, or email at
sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov. General
information concerning the EFAB can
be found on the EPA website at https://
www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/efab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The EFAB is an EPA
advisory committee chartered under the
SUMMARY:
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Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, to provide
advice and recommendations to the EPA
on innovative approaches to financing
environmental programs, projects and
activities. Administrative support for
the EFAB is provided by the Water
Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance
Center within EPA’s Office of Water.
The Board was established in 1989 to
provide advice and recommendations to
the 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; and
increasing the total investment in
environmental protection of public and
private environmental resources to help
ease the environmental financing
challenge facing our nation.
The Board meets in-person two times
each calendar year (two days per
meeting) at different locations within
the continental United States. In
addition to the bi-annual meetings,
teleconference meetings may be held
during the year to ensure timely
completion of the Board’s work. Board
members typically contribute
approximately 5 to 8 hours per month
to the activities of the Board. Members
serve on the Board without
compensation; however, Board members
may receive travel and per diem
allowances where appropriate and in
accordance with Federal Travel
Regulations.
Members are appointed to represent
the perspective of specific
organizations, associations or groups of
persons (Representative members) or to
provide their individual expertise
(Special Government Employee, or SGE,
members).
Candidates invited to serve as SGE
members will be asked to submit the
‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure
Form for Environmental Protection
Agency Special Government
Employees’’ (EPA Form 3110–48). This
confidential form allows the EPA to
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determine whether there is a statutory
conflict between that person’s public
responsibilities as an SGE member and
private interests and activities, or the
appearance of a loss of impartiality as
defined by Federal regulation. The form
may be viewed at https://www.epa.gov/
waterfinancecenter/efab, but this form
should not be submitted as part of a
nomination.
Experience and Expertise Sought for
the EFAB: The Board seeks to maintain
diverse representation across all
workforce sectors (local/state/tribal
government, business (industry and
finance), and nonprofit organizations)
and geographic regions of the United
States. Nominees should demonstrate
experience in environmental finance
and/or reducing the cost of financing
environmental protection in various
environmental media (water, land and
air). Experience and expertise sought
include, but are not limited to, the
following areas: Brownfields;
commercial banking; energy efficiency;
environmental and financial resiliency;
infrastructure financing; insurance
markets; local utility management and
finance; public-public and publicprivate partnerships; regulators;
resource conservation; sustainable
community partnerships; and water and
wastewater utility financial
management.
EPA values and welcomes diversity.
In an effort to obtain nominations of
diverse 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 Monday, January 6, 2020.
Appointments will be made by the
Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency and will be
announced in June 2020. Nominee
qualifications will be assessed under the
mandates of the FACA, which requires
that committees be balanced in terms of
the points of view represented and the
functions to be performed; for the
Board, this balance includes diversity
across a broad range of constituencies,
sectors and groups.
How to Submit Nominations: Any
interested person or organization may
nominate qualified persons to be
considered for appointment to the
EFAB. Individuals may self-nominate.
Nominations should be submitted via
email to sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov
(preferred) or mailed to the address
above. Nominations should include the
following information: Contact
information for the person making the
nomination; contact information for the
nominee (if different), including full
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name and title, business mailing
address, telephone and email address;
the specific areas of experience or
expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s
curriculum vitae or resume; and a
biographical sketch of the nominee
indicating current position and recent
service on other national advisory
committees or national professional
organizations. A supporting letter of
endorsement is encouraged, but not
required.
Evaluation Criteria: The following
criteria will be used to evaluate
nominees: Residence in the continental
United States; professional knowledge
of, and experience with, environmental
financing activities; senior levelexperience that fills a gap in Board
representation or brings a new and
relevant dimension to its deliberations;
demonstrated ability to work in a
consensus-building process with a wide
range of representatives from diverse
constituencies; and willingness to serve
a two or three-year term as an active and
contributing member, with possible reappointment to a second term. Under
EPA policy, members of EPA advisory
committees may not be in receipt of (or
reap substantial direct benefit from) an
EPA grant; this policy does not apply to
state, tribal or local government agency
recipients of EPA grants.
Dated: November 7, 2019.
Andrew Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management,
Office of Water.
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Notice of Public Teleconferences
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public
teleconferences.
AGENCY:
The EPA’s Environmental
Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will
hold two public teleconferences of the
EFAB Stormwater Infrastructure
Finance Taskforce, a workgroup of the
EFAB. The purpose of the
teleconferences is to continue
development of a workgroup report on
the availability of public and private
sources of funding for the construction,
rehabilitation, and operation and
maintenance of stormwater
infrastructure. The EFAB workgroup is
developing its report to the EPA
pursuant to Section 4101 of the
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America’s Water Infrastructure Act of
2018.
DATES: The public teleconferences will
be held on Wednesday, December 4,
2019, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
and Wednesday, December 18, 2019,
from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The teleconferences will be
held by telephone and webinar link. All
members of the public who wish to
attend the meeting must register in
advance, no later than November 27,
2019 for the December 4, 2019 meeting,
and no later than December 12, 2019 for
the December 18, 2019 meeting, by
emailing waterfinancecenter@epa.gov of
their interest in attending and to receive
the call-in information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public who wants further
information concerning the
teleconference meetings may contact
Ellen Tarquinio via telephone at (202)
566–2267 or email to tarquinio.ellen@
epa.gov. The EFAB mailing address is:
EPA Environmental Financial Advisory
Board (4204M), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
General information concerning the
EFAB can be found on the EPA website
at https://www.epa.gov/waterfinance
center/efab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The EFAB is an EPA
advisory committee chartered under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, to provide
advice and recommendations to EPA on
innovative approaches to funding
environmental programs, projects, and
activities. Administrative support for
the EFAB is provided by the Water
Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance
Center (WIRFC) within EPA’s Office of
Water. Pursuant to FACA and EPA
policy, notice is hereby given that the
EFAB Stormwater Infrastructure
Taskforce will hold two public
teleconferences to develop advice and
recommendations to the EPA on
stormwater funding and financing
options throughout the country. The
EFAB report will include a description
of current approaches to funding
stormwater infrastructure in each state,
challenges to affordability of the
infrastructure based on the type of
funding, and gaps for sustainable
operations and maintenance for
stormwater infrastructure projects.
Availability of Meeting Materials: A
meeting agenda and other materials for
the meeting will be available on the
EFAB website at https://www.epa.gov/
waterfinancecenter/efab.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Public comment for consideration by
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Notice of 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites
nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to
the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB or the Board). The
Board provides advice to the EPA on ways to lower the costs of, and
increase investments in, environmental and public health protection.
Appointments will be made by the Administrator and will be announced in
June 2020.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
January 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent via email to
[email protected] (preferred) or by mail to U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center
(4202M), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the nomination process may contact
Stephanie Sanzone, membership coordinator, via telephone/voice mail
(202) 564-2839, or email at [email protected]. General
information concerning the EFAB can be found on the EPA website at
https://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/efab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, to provide
advice and recommendations to the EPA on innovative approaches to
financing environmental programs, projects and activities.
Administrative support for the EFAB is provided by the Water
Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center within EPA's Office of
Water. The Board was established in 1989 to provide advice and
recommendations to the 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; and increasing the total investment in
environmental protection of public and private environmental resources
to help ease the environmental financing challenge facing our nation.
The Board meets in-person two times each calendar year (two days
per meeting) at different locations within the continental United
States. In addition to the bi-annual meetings, teleconference meetings
may be held during the year to ensure timely completion of the Board's
work. Board members typically contribute approximately 5 to 8 hours per
month to the activities of the Board. Members serve on the Board
without compensation; however, Board members may receive travel and per
diem allowances where appropriate and in accordance with Federal Travel
Regulations.
Members are appointed to represent the perspective of specific
organizations, associations or groups of persons (Representative
members) or to provide their individual expertise (Special Government
Employee, or SGE, members).
Candidates invited to serve as SGE members will be asked to submit
the ``Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Environmental
Protection Agency Special Government Employees'' (EPA Form 3110-48).
This confidential form allows the EPA to
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determine whether there is a statutory conflict between that person's
public responsibilities as an SGE member and private interests and
activities, or the appearance of a loss of impartiality as defined by
Federal regulation. The form may be viewed at https://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/efab, but this form should not be submitted as part
of a nomination.
Experience and Expertise Sought for the EFAB: The Board seeks to
maintain diverse representation across all workforce sectors (local/
state/tribal government, business (industry and finance), and nonprofit
organizations) and geographic regions of the United States. Nominees
should demonstrate experience in environmental finance and/or reducing
the cost of financing environmental protection in various environmental
media (water, land and air). Experience and expertise sought include,
but are not limited to, the following areas: Brownfields; commercial
banking; energy efficiency; environmental and financial resiliency;
infrastructure financing; insurance markets; local utility management
and finance; public-public and public-private partnerships; regulators;
resource conservation; sustainable community partnerships; and water
and wastewater utility financial management.
EPA values and welcomes diversity. In an effort to obtain
nominations of diverse 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 Monday, January 6, 2020.
Appointments will be made by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency and will be announced in June 2020. Nominee
qualifications will be assessed under the mandates of the FACA, which
requires that committees be balanced in terms of the points of view
represented and the functions to be performed; for the Board, this
balance includes diversity across a broad range of constituencies,
sectors and groups.
How to Submit Nominations: Any interested person or organization
may nominate qualified persons to be considered for appointment to the
EFAB. Individuals may self-nominate. Nominations should be submitted
via email to [email protected] (preferred) or mailed to the
address above. Nominations should include the following information:
Contact information for the person making the nomination; contact
information for the nominee (if different), including full name and
title, business mailing address, telephone and email address; the
specific areas of experience or expertise of the nominee; the nominee's
curriculum vitae or resume; and a biographical sketch of the nominee
indicating current position and recent service on other national
advisory committees or national professional organizations. A
supporting letter of endorsement is encouraged, but not required.
Evaluation Criteria: The following criteria will be used to
evaluate nominees: Residence in the continental United States;
professional knowledge of, and experience with, environmental financing
activities; senior level-experience that fills a gap in Board
representation or brings a new and relevant dimension to its
deliberations; demonstrated ability to work in a consensus-building
process with a wide range of representatives from diverse
constituencies; and willingness to serve a two or three-year term as an
active and contributing member, with possible re-appointment to a
second term. Under EPA policy, members of EPA advisory committees may
not be in receipt of (or reap substantial direct benefit from) an EPA
grant; this policy does not apply to state, tribal or local government
agency recipients of EPA grants.
Dated: November 7, 2019.
Andrew Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2019-25056 Filed 11-18-19; 8:45 am]
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