[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 57822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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: https://www.epa.gov/ogc/forms/ecrco-stakeholder-meeting-information. EPA also invites individuals to submit any questions in 
writing in advance of the meeting by going to: https://www.epa.gov/ogc/forms/ecrco-stakeholder-meeting-information.

ADDRESSES: Instructions on how to connect to the videoconference will 
be provided upon Registration at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ecrco-external-engagement-meeting-tickets-178205606767.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Robinson, ECRCO at 
[email protected], 202-564-0727; or Waleska Nieves-Mu[ntilde]oz 
at [email protected], 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 https://www.epa.gov/ogc/forms/ecrco-stakeholder-meeting-information. 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 
[email protected], 202-564-0727; or Waleska Nieves-
Mu[ntilde]oz, ECRCO, at [email protected], 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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