Notice2021-22728
External Civil Rights Compliance Office-Stakeholder Engagement Meeting-October
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Published
October 19, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), External Civil Rights Compliance Office (ECRCO), gives notice of a virtual meeting with external stakeholders regarding EPA's external civil rights compliance program. We would like to have input and hear recommendations about priorities for civil rights enforcement by EPA, including input for focusing civil rights compliance reviews.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 57822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22728]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OGC-2021-0676; FRL-9106-01-OGC]
External Civil Rights Compliance Office-Stakeholder Engagement
Meeting--October
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), External Civil
Rights Compliance Office (ECRCO), gives notice of a virtual meeting
with external stakeholders regarding EPA's external civil rights
compliance program. We would like to have input and hear
recommendations about priorities for civil rights enforcement by EPA,
including input for focusing civil rights compliance reviews.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, from 4
p.m. to 6 p.m. (EDT). Attendees must register by October 25, 2021.
Meeting times are subject to change. This meeting is open to the
public. EPA invites individuals wishing to make comments (up to 20
individuals, comments no longer than three (3) minutes in length)
during the meeting, to request to do so at our Registration Page, no
later than Friday, October 22, 2021. Written comments may be submitted
by going to: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/ogc/forms/ecrco-stakeholder-meeting-information">https://www.epa.gov/ogc/forms/ecrco-stakeholder-meeting-information</a>. EPA also invites individuals to submit any questions in
writing in advance of the meeting by going to: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/ogc/forms/ecrco-stakeholder-meeting-information">https://www.epa.gov/ogc/forms/ecrco-stakeholder-meeting-information</a>.
ADDRESSES: Instructions on how to connect to the videoconference will
be provided upon Registration at <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ecrco-external-engagement-meeting-tickets-178205606767">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ecrco-external-engagement-meeting-tickets-178205606767</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Robinson, ECRCO at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aedcc1ccc7c0ddc1c080ccdcc7dadacfc0d7eecbdecf80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8efce1ece7e0fde1e0a0ecfce7fafaefe0f7ceebfeefa0e9e1f8">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-564-0727; or Waleska Nieves-Mu[ntilde]oz
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6c8cfc3d0c3d58bcbd3c8c9dc88d1c7cac3d5cdc7e6c3d6c788c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c0205091a091f410119020316421b0d00091f070d2c091c0d420b031a">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-564-7103.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA's External Civil Rights Compliance
Office (ECRCO) enforces several federal civil rights laws that together
prohibit discrimination on the bases of race, color, national origin,
disability, sex, and age, in programs or activities that apply for or
receive financial assistance from EPA. All applicants for and
recipients of EPA financial assistance, including state and local
governments as well as private entities, have an affirmative obligation
to comply with federal civil rights laws, both as a prerequisite to
obtaining EPA financial assistance and in administering their programs
and activities. EPA enforcement of these anti-discrimination provisions
is a vital tool in the Agency's efforts to advance equity and
environmental justice. EPA's enforcement and compliance activities
include complaint investigations, affirmative compliance reviews, pre-
award review of applications for EPA funding, and issuance of policy
guidance. The meeting agenda and materials will be posted to <a href="https://www.epa.gov/ogc/forms/ecrco-stakeholder-meeting-information">https://www.epa.gov/ogc/forms/ecrco-stakeholder-meeting-information</a>. Proposed
agenda items for the meeting include, but are not limited to, a brief
overview of EPA's commitment to strengthening Title VI enforcement,
stakeholder comments, questions, and recommendations regarding
priorities for EPA's external civil rights enforcement and compliance
activities.
Information on Services Available: Please indicate during
registration if you are a person with a disability needing a reasonable
accommodation or a person with limited English proficiency needing
language assistance services, in order to meaningfully participate in
this meeting. For additional information on disability services or
language services, please contact Brittany Robinson, ECRCO, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#deacb1bcb7b0adb1b0f0bcacb7aaaabfb0a79ebbaebff0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f2d303d36312c3031713d2d362b2b3e31261f3a2f3e71383029">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-564-0727; or Waleska Nieves-
Mu[ntilde]oz, ECRCO, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b35323e2d3e2876362e353421752c3a373e28303a1b3e2b3a753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="533d3a362536207e3e263d3c297d24323f36203832133623327d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-564-7103.
Please submit your request for a reasonable accommodation for a
disability as soon as possible prior to the meeting to give the EPA
adequate time to process your request.
This meeting will be recorded.
Authority: Pub. L. 92-463, 1, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770.
Dated: October 4, 2021.
Lilian S. Dorka,
Director, External Civil Rights Compliance Office.
[FR Doc. 2021-22728 Filed 10-18-21; 8:45 am]
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