[Federal Register: June 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 116)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7774-3]
EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Annual Request for
Nomination of Members for the EPA Science Advisory Board, Clean Air
Scientific Advisory Committee, and the Advisory Council on Clean Air
Compliance Analysis
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office is soliciting nominations for Members to serve
on the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB), the Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC), and the Advisory Council on Clean Air
Compliance Analysis (COUNCIL). Individuals responding to this annual
request for nominations will be considered for membership vacancies on
these three Congressionally mandated Federal advisory committees. This
process supplements other efforts to identify qualified candidates.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
July 19, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To submit a hard copy of the form
noted below (for those unable to submit the information in electronic
form), please contact Ms. Patricia L. Thomas, U.S. EPA SAB Staff Office
(Mail Code 1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460
(FedEx/Courier address: U.S. EPA SAB, Suite 3600, 1025 F Street, NW.,
Washington DC 20004), (202) 343-9974 (tel.), (202) 233-0643 (fax), or
via email at thomas.patricial@epa.gov.
For general information on the nomination process, see the SAB
Staff Office report entitled, ``Implementation Plan for the New
Structural Organization of the Science Advisory Board'' on the SAB Web
Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/sab04002.pdf. Specific inquiries
regarding the nomination process can be directed to
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Dr. Anthony Maciorowski, Associate Director for Science, U.S. EPA SAB
Staff Office, (202) 343-9983 (tel.), or via email at:
maciorowski.anthony@epa.gov.
Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 4365), CASAC (42 U.S.C. 7409) and
COUNCIL (42 U.S.C. 7612) are chartered Federal Advisory Committees that
report directly to the EPA Administrator. The mission of these Federal
advisory committees, as established by statute, is to provide
independent scientific and technical peer review advice, consultation,
and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the technical bases for
EPA actions. Additional information about these Federal Advisory
Committees can be obtained on the SAB Web Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab
.
Expertise Sought: The SAB Staff Office is seeking nominations for
nationally and internationally recognized non-EPA scientists,
engineers, economists, and social scientists with demonstrated research
and applied scientific experience and expertise in various disciplinary
areas that address ecological and/or environmental/public health
challenges, a multitude of stressors (e.g., physical, biological and
chemical agents and mixtures) impacting environmental media (e.g., air,
water, land), monitoring and characterizing sources of pollution,
assessing risk to ecosystem and/or human health, prevention and risk
management technologies, risk communication, environmental data
quality, assessing environmental social economic values and cost-
benefit analyses.
The selected experts will be considered for public service on the
CASAC, COUNCIL, or the SAB and its subcommittees (including the
Drinking Water Committee, Ecological Processes and Effects Committee,
Environmental Economics Advisory Committee, Environmental Engineering
Committee, Environmental Health Committee, Integrated Human Exposure
Committee, and Radiation Advisory Committee).
How to Apply: Any interested person or organization may nominate
qualified persons to serve on the CASAC, COUNCIL, or SAB. Individuals
may self-nominate. Nominees should be qualified by scientific
education, training, and experience to evaluate scientific, engineering
and/or economics information on issues referred to and addressed by the
committees. Successful nominees have distinguished themselves
professionally and should be available to invest the time and effort to
advance the cause of the supporting the use of good science through the
efforts of the SAB. Nominations should be submitted in electronic
format (which is preferred over hard copy) through the Form for
Nominating Individuals to Panels of the EPA Science Advisory Board
provided on the SAB Web site. The form can be accessed through a link
on the blue navigational bar on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
To be considered, all nominations should include the
information requested on that form.
The nominating form requests contact information about the person
making the nomination; contact information about the nominee; the
disciplinary and specific areas of expertise of the nominee; the
nominee's resume; and a general biosketch of the nominee indicating
education, expertise, past research, recent service on other advisory
committees or with professional associations, and recent grant and/or
contract support. Persons who are unable to submit nominations through
the SAB Web site should contact Ms. Patricia L. Thomas, as indicated
above in this notice. Non-electronic submissions must follow the same
format and contain the same information as the electronic form. The SAB
Staff Office will acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The SAB Staff Office seeks the inclusion of nominees who possess
the necessary domains of knowledge, the relevant scientific
perspectives (which, among other factors, can be influenced by work
history and affiliation), and the collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the issues facing the Agency. Specific criteria to
be used in evaluating potential Members include: (a) Scientific and/or
technical expertise, knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b)
absence of financial conflicts of interest; (c) scientific credibility
and impartiality; (d) availability and willingness to serve; and (e)
ability to work constructively and effectively in committees.
During the selection process, nominees will be required 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 Government officials to determine whether there is a
statutory conflict between that person's public responsibilities as a
Special Government Employee and private interests and activities, or
the appearance of a lack of impartiality, as defined by Federal
regulation. The form may be viewed and downloaded from the following
URL address: http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110-48.pdf. This form
should not be submitted as part of a nomination.
Dated: June 10, 2004.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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