[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13041-13042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06483]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9991-58-OW]


Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB); Request for 
Nominations of Expert Consultants on Stormwater Funding and Financing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice. Request for nominations of expert consultants to the 
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) on stormwater funding and 
financing.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
invites nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for expert 
consultants to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB). The 
expert consultants will advise the EFAB workgroup focused on stormwater 
funding and financing responsive to the America's Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018, Section 4101 (STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING TASK 
FORCE). Expert consultants will provide knowledge, information, and 
contribute to the EFAB Stormwater Finance Workgroup's recommendations 
to the EPA in the following areas: Identify how funding for stormwater 
infrastructure from such sources has been made available, and utilized, 
in each state to address stormwater infrastructure needs; Identify how 
the source of funding affects the affordability of the infrastructure, 
including consideration of the costs associated with financing the 
infrastructure; and Evaluate whether such sources of funding are 
sufficient to support capital expenditures and long-term operation and 
maintenance costs. Additional, related, areas may be identified in the 
first meeting. Experts will serve through the end of April 2020.
    The deadline for receiving nominations is Friday, April 19, 2019. 
Appointments will be made by EFAB's Designated Federal Officer and will 
be announced in early May 2019. A meeting is expected to be held in 
Washington, DC, on June 6, 2019.

DATES: Nominations should be electronically submitted to 
[email protected] with the subject line ``EFAB Stormwater 
Finance Workgroup--Expert Consultant Nomination'' no later than 11:59 
p.m. local time on Friday, April 19, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Ellen Tarquinio 
([email protected]) with questions about the workgroup.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Evaluation Criteria: The Administrator of the EPA will appoint up 
to 20 external expert consultants to advise the members of the EFAB 
that comprise the stormwater finance workgroup.
    EPA values and welcomes diversity. In an effort to obtain a diverse 
pool of candidates, EPA encourages nominations of women and men of all 
racial and ethnic groups. The following criteria will be used to 
evaluate nominees: Representation from Federal agencies, state 
government, local government, private sector, and non-profit 
organizations; demonstrated expertise in stormwater funding and/or 
financing, stormwater technical experience, stormwater stakeholder 
engagement, or water infrastructure funding and management; geographic 
diversity; and varying community characteristics experience.
    Nominations for membership must include a resume describing the 
professional and/or educational qualifications of the nominee as well 
as expertise/experience. Contact details should include full name, 
affiliation title, business mailing address, telephone, and email 
address. A supporting letter of endorsement is encouraged but not 
required.
    Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB): The Environmental 
Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) was chartered in 1989 under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act to provide advice and recommendations to EPA on 
the following issues: Creating incentives to increase private 
investment in the provision of environmental services and removing or 
reducing constraints on private involvement imposed by current 
regulations; developing new and innovative environmental financing 
approaches and supporting and encouraging the use of cost-effective 
existing approaches; identifying approaches specifically targeted to 
small/disadvantaged community financing; increasing the capacity of 
state and local governments to carry out their respective environmental 
programs under current Federal tax laws; analyzing how new technologies 
can be brought to market expeditiously; increasing the total investment 
in environmental protection of public and private environmental 
resources to help ease the environmental financing challenge facing our 
nation.
    The EFAB typically meets two times each calendar year (up to two 
days per meeting) at different locations within the continental United 
States. EFAB Workgroups focusing on specific environmental finance 
topics typically meet over conference calls in between the in-person 
meetings to discuss recommendations and other work products. These 
recommendations and/or work products are voted on by the full EFAB 
before they are provided to the EPA.
    Expert consultants for the Stormwater Finance Workgroup are 
expected to attend the in-person meetings and participate on workgroup 
conference calls that will occur up to twice a month through November 
2019. Expert consultants will receive no salary or other compensation 
for participation in workgroup activities. Reimbursement for travel and 
per diem is subject to funding availability.
    Expert consultants are expected to assist in the development of 
workgroup discussions, reports, and recommendations on stormwater

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funding and financing resulting in a final recommendation report 
submitted to the EPA by Friday, December 6, 2019. Expert consultants 
are expected to fully participate, coordinate, and contribute to EFAB 
workgroup products, but are not able to vote, on EFAB's final 
recommendations. The EFAB workgroup will focus specifically on a report 
to EPA that is responsive to the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 
2018, Section 4101.

    Dated: March 21, 2019.
Andrew Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2019-06483 Filed 4-2-19; 8:45 am]
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