U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Advisory Committees, Charters, Rosters, and Accomplishments

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Page 136 - advisory committee" means any committee, board, commission, council, conference, panel, task force, or other similar group, or any subcommittee or other subgroup thereof...
Page 130 - No advisory committee required under this subsection to file a charter shall take any action (other than preparation and filing of such charter) prior to the date on which such charter is filed.
Page 16 - UNREASONABLE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT. — The term "unreasonable adverse effects on the environment" means any unreasonable risk to man or the environment, taking into account the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of the use of any pesticide.
Page 128 - ... a description of the duties for which the committee is responsible, and, if such duties are not solely advisory, a specification of the authority for such functions...
Page 128 - Director, in the case of Presidential advisory committees, or (2) with the head of the agency to whom any advisory committee reports and with the standing committees of the Senate and of the House of Representatives having legislative jurisdiction of such agency.
Page 126 - The report shall contain the name of every advisory committee, the date of and authority for its creation, its termination date or the date it is to make a report, its functions, a reference to the reports it has submitted...
Page 12 - ... advise the Administrator on the relative contribution to air pollution concentrations of natural as well as anthropogenic activity, and...
Page 126 - ... it is an ad hoc or continuing body, the dates of its meetings, the names and occupations of its current members, and the total estimated annual cost to the United States to fund, service, supply, and maintain such committee. Such report shall include a list of those advisory committees abolished by the President, and in the case of advisory committees established by statute, a list of those advisory committees which the President recommends be abolished together with his reasons therefor.
Page 128 - Code, the records, reports, transcripts, minutes, appendixes, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, or other documents...
Page 128 - Register, to be in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on that agency by law. (b) Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute or Presidential directive, advisory committees shall be utilized solely for advisory functions. Determinations of action to be taken and policy to be expressed with respect to matters upon which an advisory committee reports or makes recommendations shall be made solely by the °]}*rter' President or an officer of the Federal Government.

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