ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TITLE: COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT MANUAL When kept current, this checklist permits the user to see at a glance which transmittals have been filed. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CHAPTER 1 GENERAL MANUAL COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT 1. PURPOSE. This Manual establishes policies, procedures, and responsibilities relating to the formation, use, conduct, management, accessibility to the public, renewal, and termination of advisory and interagency committees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It outlines the basic principles of committee management activities for the implementation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-463) and Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-63 Revised. 2. BACKGROUND. Committee management provides for the development of uniform office procedures within the Agency and for assisting and servicing program staffs with respect to advisory and interagency committees. It also includes the development and issuance of policies and guidelines governing committee activities of the Agency to assure compliance with P.L. 92-463 and OMB Circular No. A-63 Revised. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Manual applies to all committees reporting to, established and utilized by the Agency. It contains procedures to be followed by EPA staff having responsibilities for committees. The provisions contained herein apply to each advisory committee except to the extent that any Act of Congress establishing any such advisory committee specifically provides otherwise. Where the statute establishing an advisory committee is vague or silent, the provisions of the Act are controlling. However, where the establishing statute deals specifically with the subject, that statute is controlling. 4. RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES. EPA staff having responsibility for advisory and interagency committees shall adhere to regulations prescribed in Public Law 92-463, OMB Circular No. A-63 Revised, and the provisions of this Manual. All action initiated in regard to the administration of EPA advisory and interagency committees shall be submitted to and cleared by the Management and Organization Division, Office of Administration. a. Office of the Administrator. Staff of the Office of the Administrator, as assigned by the Assistant to the Administrator, shall: (1) Exercise responsibility for all matters pertaining to the President's Air Quality Advisory Board and the Water Pollution Control Advisory Board. TN 1130.1 (1-5-73) AMAM 1 CHAP 1 PAR 1 |