Notice2024-26391
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB); Request for Nominations
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Published
November 14, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (the Board or EFAB). The Board provides advice to 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 2025. EPA may also consider nominations received through this solicitation in the event of unanticipated vacancies on the Board.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89992-89993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26391]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-12394-01-OW]
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB); Request for
Nominations
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 (the Board or EFAB). The
Board provides advice to 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 2025. EPA may also consider nominations received through this
solicitation in the event of unanticipated vacancies on the Board.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
December 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#badfdcdbd8fadfcadb94ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82e7e4e3e0c2e7f2e3ace5edf4">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the nomination process may contact Tara
Johnson via telephone/voicemail at (202) 809-7368 or email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5134373033113421307f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2346454241634653420d444c55">[email protected]</span></a>. General information concerning the EFAB is available at
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/efab">www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/efab</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 10, to provide
advice and recommendations to EPA on innovative approaches to financing
environmental programs, projects, and activities. The Board was
established in 1991 to provide advice and recommendations to EPA. Since
inception, the Board has advised the EPA on a wide-ranging set of
issues including but not limited to the following:
<bullet> Creating incentives to increase private investment in the
provision of environmental services and removing or reducing
constraints on private involvement wherever possible;
<bullet> Developing new and innovative environmental financing
approaches and supporting and encouraging the use of cost-effective
existing approaches;
<bullet> Identifying approaches, challenges, opportunities, and
methodologies specifically targeted to small community financing;
<bullet> Assessing government strategies for implementing public-
private partnerships, including privatization, operations and
maintenance issues, and other alternative financing mechanisms;
<bullet> Improving governmental principles of accounting and
disclosure standards to help improve the financial sustainability of
environmental programs;
<bullet> Increasing the capacity of state and local governments to
carry out their respective environmental programs under current Federal
laws;
<bullet> Increasing the total investment in environmental
protection and stewardship of public and private environmental
resources to help ease the environmental financing challenge facing our
nation; and
<bullet> Developing innovative investment models and market-based
approaches that increase the long-term resiliency of infrastructure.
The Board's recent work has included:
<bullet> Options for the development of the Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act; and
<bullet> Recommendations for catalyzing pollution prevention
finance, enhancing the agency's approach to encourage increased
Opportunity Zone funds investment alongside existing EPA funding tools,
and improving the availability of public and private sources of funding
for stormwater infrastructure.
The Board meets either in-person or virtually two times each
calendar year (two days per meeting) at different locations within the
continental United States. In addition to the bi-annual meetings,
additional virtual meetings may be held during the year to ensure
timely completion of the Board's work. Board members typically
contribute approximately 3 to 8 hours per month to the activities of
the Board. This includes participation on one or more of the Board's
active workgroups. 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 Special Government Employees Serving on Federal Advisory Committees
at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency'' (EPA Form 3110-48). This
confidential form allows EPA to determine whether there is a statutory
conflict between that person's public responsibilities as an SGE member
and private interests and activities, or the
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appearance of a loss of impartiality as defined by Federal regulation.
The form may be viewed at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/efab">https://www.epa.gov/waterfinancecenter/efab</a>,
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 (state/
local/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 (e.g., air, energy, land, and water). Experience and expertise
sought include, but are not limited to, the following areas: commercial
banking; environmental and financial resiliency; environmental
financing including sector-specific experience; environmental justice;
environmental, social, and corporate governance; environmental equity
financing; Federal investments in environmental financing; green
banking; infrastructure financing; insurance markets; local utility
management and finance; public-public and public-private partnerships;
regulators; resource conservation; sustainable community partnerships;
and sustainable economies.
In accordance with Executive Order 14035 (June 25, 2021) and
consistent with law, EPA values and welcomes opportunities to increase
diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility on its Federal advisory
committees. EPA's Federal advisory committees strive to have a
workforce that reflects the diversity of the American people. 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. In addition to this notice, other sources may be
utilized to make interested parties aware of this solicitation for
nominees. EPA may also consider nominations received through this
solicitation in the event of unanticipated vacancies on the Board.
How to Submit Nominations: Any interested person or organization
may nominate qualified person(s) to be considered for appointment to
the EFAB. Individuals may self-nominate.
Nominations can only be submitted via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#badfdcdbd8fadfcadb94ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e184878083a1849180cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 Federal 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 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 reappointment to a second term.
Andrew D. Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2024-26391 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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