Request for Nominations to the National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 20267-20268 [2020-07527]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 70 / Friday, April 10, 2020 / Notices that migrates onto, on, under, or from the Property after the Effective Date. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the EPA, Region 5, Records Center, 77 W Jackson Blvd., 7th Fl., Chicago, Illinois 60604. Commenters may request an opportunity for a public hearing in the affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA. Comments must be submitted on or before May 11, 2020. 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The Site is one of the 89 sites that were placed into an Environmental Response Trust (the ‘‘Trust’’) as a result of the resolution of the 2009 GM bankruptcy. The Trust is administrated by Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response. lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: April 6, 2020. Douglas Ballotti, Director, Superfund & Emergency Management Division. [FR Doc. 2020–07532 Filed 4–9–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:00 Apr 09, 2020 Jkt 250001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–10007–71–OMS] Request for Nominations to the National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of Request for Nominations. AGENCY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to fill vacancies on the National Advisory Committee (NAC) and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). Vacancies on these two committees are expected to be selected by the spring of 2020. Please submit nominations by May 8, 2020. Additional sources may be utilized in the solicitation of nominees. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Committee and the Governmental Advisory Committee advise the EPA Administrator in his capacity as the U.S. Representative to the CEC Council. The Committees are authorized under Articles 17 and 18 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). Implementation Act, Public Law 103– 182, and as directed by Executive Order 12915, entitled ‘‘Federal Implementation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation.’’ The NAC and GAC are continued under the authority of Executive Order 13889, dated September 27, 2019, and operates under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2. The Committees are responsible for providing advice to the United States Representative on a wide range of strategic, scientific, technological, regulatory and economic issues related to implementation and further elaboration of the NAAEC. The National Advisory Committee consists of 15 representatives from environmental non-profit groups, business and industry, and educational institutions. The Governmental Advisory Committee consists of 14 representatives from state, local, and tribal governments. Members are appointed by the EPA Administrator for a two-year term. The committees usually meet 3 times per year and the average workload for committee SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 20267 members is approximately 10 to 15 hours per month. Members serve on the committees in a voluntary capacity. Although we are unable to provide compensation or an honorarium for your services, you may receive travel and per diem allowances, according to applicable federal travel regulations. EPA is seeking nominations from various sectors, i.e., for the NAC we are seeking nominees from academia, business and industry, and nongovernmental organizations; for the GAC we are seeking nominees from state, local and tribal government sectors. Nominees will be considered according to the mandates of FACA, which requires committees to maintain diversity across a broad range of constituencies, sectors, and groups. EPA values and welcomes diversity. In an effort obtain nominations of diverse candidates, EPA encourages nominations of women and men of all racial and ethnic groups. The following criteria will be used to evaluate nominees: • Professional knowledge of the subjects examined by the committees, including trade & environment issues, the USMCA and ECA, the NAFTA and NAAEC, and the CEC. • Represent a sector or group involved in trilateral environmental policy issues. • Senior-level experience in the sectors represented on both committees. • A demonstrated ability to work in a consensus building process with a wide range of representatives from diverse constituencies. Nominations must include a resume and a short biography describing the professional and educational qualifications of the nominee, as well as the nominee’s current business address, email address, and daytime telephone number. Interested candidates may selfnominate. Anyone interested in being considered for nomination is encouraged to submit their application materials by May 8, 2020. To help the Agency in evaluating the effectiveness of its outreach efforts, please tell us how you learned of this opportunity. Please be aware that EPA’s policy is that, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, members generally are appointed for two-year terms. ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to: Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal Officer, Office of Diversity, Advisory Committee Management and Outreach, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1601–M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. You may also email nominations with subject line COMMITTEE RESUME 2020 to carrillo.oscar@epa.gov. E:\FR\FM\10APN1.SGM 10APN1 20268 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 70 / Friday, April 10, 2020 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1601–M), Washington, DC 20460; telephone (202) 564–0347; fax (202) 564–8129; email carrillo.oscar@ epa.gov. Dated: April 6, 2020. Oscar Carrillo, Program Analyst. [FR Doc. 2020–07527 Filed 4–9–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2020–0026; FRL–10007–06– OW] Notice of Recent Specifications Review and Request for Information on WaterSense Program Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for information. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the completion of the review of WaterSense product performance criteria as required under the America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018. The AWIA required the EPA to consider for review and revision, if necessary, specifications which were released prior to 2012. The EPA has completed its review and made the decision not to revise any specifications. A summary of the review and findings are included in this document. Additionally, this document announces that the EPA is seeking input and requesting information on any data, surveys, or studies to help assess consumer satisfaction with WaterSense labeled products, which could inform future product specification development. The EPA is also seeking input on how to design a study or studies to inform future reviews that incorporate customer satisfaction considerations. The results of these studies could inform future Agency action when developing criteria for labeling products in the WaterSense program. The EPA is also requesting input on whether it should include consumer satisfaction criteria into the WaterSense program guidelines and, if included, what criteria should be considered and how. DATES: Comments on these items must be received on or before June 9, 2020. ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OW–2020–0026, by the following method: lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:00 Apr 09, 2020 Jkt 250001 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID No. for this notification. Comments received may be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the ‘‘How do I submit written comments?’’ heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please contact Stephanie Tanner, Office of Water (mail code 4204M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20460; telephone number: 202–564–2660; or email: Tanner.Stephanie@epa.gov (preferred). Also see the following website for additional information on this topic: https://www.epa.gov/watersense/ product-specification-review. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. How do I submit written comments? Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2020– 0026, at https://www.regulations.gov/. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets. II. Background The Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992 amended the Energy Policy and Conservation Act by, among other things, establishing mandatory minimum water use standards for plumbing products, with compliance required beginning in 1994. The EPAct PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 mandated a maximum flush volume of 1.6 gallons per flush (gpf) for toilets, 2.2 gallons per minute (gpm) flow rate for faucets, and a 2.5 gpm flow rate for showerheads. The Department of Energy (DOE) issued regulations implementing those statutory standards. The first toilets and showerheads that met these standards in the mid-1990s did not perform well because they had not been redesigned to use less water. In the early 2000’s, a stakeholder group of about 100 cities, water utilities, non-governmental organizations, and manufacturers of water-using products approached the EPA to ask for assistance in bringing order and credibility to the marketplace for waterefficient products. Several utilities were working to develop their own performance test methods for products, but each individual utility had different tests and different lists of approved products. Manufacturers noted that it was difficult and expensive to make products that met different requirements. Stakeholders expressed a wish for an ‘‘ENERGY STAR’’-like program for water-using products that would be both voluntary and nonregulatory. The EPA responded by launching the WaterSense program in 2006. WaterSense is a voluntary partnership program sponsored by the EPA which was initially launched in 2006 as an initiative to educate American consumers on making smart water choices that save money and maintain high performance standards. The WaterSense label makes it easier for consumers to identify water-efficient products, new homes, and programs that meet the EPA’s criteria for efficiency and performance. WaterSense-labeled products and services are independently certified to use at least 20 percent less water, save energy, and perform as well as or better than standard models. WaterSense partners with manufacturers, retailers and distributors, homebuilders, irrigation professionals, and utilities to encourage innovation in manufacturing and support jobs for American workers. To date, the program has specifications for the seven products identified in the table below. Criteria for the specifications have also been adopted into voluntary consensus reference standards. Several of the products are also covered by mandatory federal DOE plumbing standards, as described in the table. More than 30,000 models of products have been certified to the WaterSense label and nearly 500 million products have been shipped, according to reporting by WaterSense manufacturer partners. E:\FR\FM\10APN1.SGM 10APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 70 (Friday, April 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20267-20268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07527]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10007-71-OMS]


Request for Nominations to the National and Governmental Advisory 
Committees to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for 
Environmental Cooperation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Request for Nominations.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting 
nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be 
considered for appointment to fill vacancies on the National Advisory 
Committee (NAC) and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to the 
U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation 
(CEC). Vacancies on these two committees are expected to be selected by 
the spring of 2020. Please submit nominations by May 8, 2020. 
Additional sources may be utilized in the solicitation of nominees.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Committee and the 
Governmental Advisory Committee advise the EPA Administrator in his 
capacity as the U.S. Representative to the CEC Council. The Committees 
are authorized under Articles 17 and 18 of the North American Agreement 
on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). Implementation Act, Public Law 
103-182, and as directed by Executive Order 12915, entitled ``Federal 
Implementation of the North American Agreement on Environmental 
Cooperation.'' The NAC and GAC are continued under the authority of 
Executive Order 13889, dated September 27, 2019, and operates under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 
2. The Committees are responsible for providing advice to the United 
States Representative on a wide range of strategic, scientific, 
technological, regulatory and economic issues related to implementation 
and further elaboration of the NAAEC. The National Advisory Committee 
consists of 15 representatives from environmental non-profit groups, 
business and industry, and educational institutions. The Governmental 
Advisory Committee consists of 14 representatives from state, local, 
and tribal governments. Members are appointed by the EPA Administrator 
for a two-year term. The committees usually meet 3 times per year and 
the average workload for committee members is approximately 10 to 15 
hours per month. Members serve on the committees in a voluntary 
capacity.
    Although we are unable to provide compensation or an honorarium for 
your services, you may receive travel and per diem allowances, 
according to applicable federal travel regulations. EPA is seeking 
nominations from various sectors, i.e., for the NAC we are seeking 
nominees from academia, business and industry, and non-governmental 
organizations; for the GAC we are seeking nominees from state, local 
and tribal government sectors. Nominees will be considered according to 
the mandates of FACA, which requires committees to maintain diversity 
across a broad range of constituencies, sectors, and groups. EPA values 
and welcomes diversity. In an effort obtain nominations of diverse 
candidates, EPA encourages nominations of women and men of all racial 
and ethnic groups. The following criteria will be used to evaluate 
nominees:
     Professional knowledge of the subjects examined by the 
committees, including trade & environment issues, the USMCA and ECA, 
the NAFTA and NAAEC, and the CEC.
     Represent a sector or group involved in trilateral 
environmental policy issues.
     Senior-level experience in the sectors represented on both 
committees.
     A demonstrated ability to work in a consensus building 
process with a wide range of representatives from diverse 
constituencies.
    Nominations must include a resume and a short biography describing 
the professional and educational qualifications of the nominee, as well 
as the nominee's current business address, email address, and daytime 
telephone number. Interested candidates may self-nominate. Anyone 
interested in being considered for nomination is encouraged to submit 
their application materials by May 8, 2020. To help the Agency in 
evaluating the effectiveness of its outreach efforts, please tell us 
how you learned of this opportunity. Please be aware that EPA's policy 
is that, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, members generally are 
appointed for two-year terms.
ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to: Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal 
Officer, Office of Diversity, Advisory Committee Management and 
Outreach, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1601-M), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. You may also email 
nominations with subject line COMMITTEE RESUME 2020 to 
[email protected].

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal 
Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1601-M), Washington, DC 
20460; telephone (202) 564-0347; fax (202) 564-8129; email 
[email protected].

    Dated: April 6, 2020.
Oscar Carrillo,
Program Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2020-07527 Filed 4-9-20; 8:45 am]
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