Release of Achieving Health and Environmental Protection Through EPA's Meaningful Engagement Policy
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing the final "Achieving Health and environmental Protection Through EPA's Meaningful Engagement Policy." The final Policy supersedes the EPA's 2003 Public Involvement Policy and highlights three steps for planning and providing opportunities for meaningful engagement and public participation that will enhance decision-making, while recognizing that meaningful engagement processes will need to be tailored to meet different program or decision contexts. The accompanying "Resources and Best Practices" reflect experience gained since the 2003 Public Involvement Policy. The Policy will help EPA staff build and strengthen capabilities necessary to reach and hear from members of the public on actions they are interested in or affected by, while accounting for Agency time and resource constraints. This policy does not have the force and effect of law and it does not bind the agency or the public in any way. The EPA solicited public comments on the draft policy for sixty days beginning on November 16, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 72396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19906]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OEJECR-2023-0326; FRL-10605-02-OEJECR]
Release of Achieving Health and Environmental Protection Through
EPA's Meaningful Engagement Policy
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final policy; notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing the final
``Achieving Health and environmental Protection Through EPA's
Meaningful Engagement Policy.'' The final Policy supersedes the EPA's
2003 Public Involvement Policy and highlights three steps for planning
and providing opportunities for meaningful engagement and public
participation that will enhance decision-making, while recognizing that
meaningful engagement processes will need to be tailored to meet
different program or decision contexts. The accompanying ``Resources
and Best Practices'' reflect experience gained since the 2003 Public
Involvement Policy. The Policy will help EPA staff build and strengthen
capabilities necessary to reach and hear from members of the public on
actions they are interested in or affected by, while accounting for
Agency time and resource constraints. This policy does not have the
force and effect of law and it does not bind the agency or the public
in any way. The EPA solicited public comments on the draft policy for
sixty days beginning on November 16, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey Lobatos, Office of
Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (Mail Code 2201A),
Environmental Protection Agency, William Jefferson Clinton Building,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; phone number: 202-
564-8579, email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84c9e1e5eaedeae3e2f1e8cdeaf2ebe8f2e1e9e1eaf0d4ebe8ede7fdc4e1f4e5aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="632e06020d0a0d0405160f2a0d150c0f15060e060d17330c0f0a001a230613024d040c15">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. How can I access the Policy document and other related information?
1. Docket. The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEJECR-2023-0326. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically through
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center, Office of
Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights Docket, Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. The Docket
Center's hours of operations are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday (except Federal Holidays). For further information on the EPA
Docket Center services and the current status, see: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>. The public docket does not include CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
2. Electronic Access. You may also access this Federal Register
document electronically from <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/current">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/current</a> or on the EPA's website at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/epas-meaningful-engagement-policy">https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/epas-meaningful-engagement-policy</a>.
Michael S. Regan,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-19906 Filed 9-4-24; 8:45 am]
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