[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12682-12683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5043]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7884-2]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of Advisory
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The chartered Science Advisory Board (SAB) will hold a public
teleconference meeting to finalize its draft advisory report to the
Agency on the EPA FY 2006 science and research program budgets.
DATES: April 1, 2005. The SAB will meet on April 1, 2005, via
teleconference from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (eastern standard time).
ADDRESSES: This public teleconference meeting will take place via
teleconference only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to
obtain the teleconference call-in numbers and access codes, would like
to submit written or brief oral comments (3 minutes or less), or who
wants further information concerning this public teleconference meeting
should contact Mr. Thomas Miller, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
SAB, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., (MC 1400F), Washington, DC 20460;
via telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-9982; fax: (202) 233-0643; or e-
mail at: [email protected]. General information concerning the SAB can
be found on the EPA Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, the SAB Staff Office hereby gives notice
of a public teleconference of the SAB SRB Advisory Panel. The Panel has
conducted two public meetings to provide advice regarding EPA's overall
science and research budget for Fiscal Year 2006. These public meetings
were noticed in the Federal Register, 69 FR 65427 (November 12, 2004),
and 70 FR. 4848 (January 31, 2005).
Purpose: The purpose of this public teleconference is to finalize
the draft advisory report.
Availability of Meeting Materials: Copies of the agenda for the
public teleconference described in this notice and the SAB draft
advisory report will be posted on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/agendas.htm prior to the teleconference.
Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings: It is the
policy of the SAB Staff Office to accept written public comments of any
length, and to accommodate oral public comments wherever possible. The
SAB Staff Office expects the public statements presented at its
meetings will not be repetitive of previously-submitted oral or written
statements. Oral Comments: In general, each individual or group
requesting an oral presentation at a public teleconference meeting will
be limited to a total time of three minutes (unless otherwise
indicated). Requests to provide oral comments must be in writing (e-
mail, fax, or mail) and received by the DFO no later than noon eastern
time five business days prior to the meeting in order to reserve time
on the meeting agenda. Written Comments: Although the SAB Staff Office
accepts written comments until the date of the meeting (unless
otherwise stated), written comments should be received in the SAB Staff
Office no later than noon eastern time five business days prior to the
meeting so that the comments may be made available to the Panelists for
their consideration. Comments should be supplied to the DFO (preferably
by e-mail) at the address/contact information noted above in the
following formats: one hard copy with original signature, and one
electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF,
WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files (in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP
format)).
Meeting Access: This is a meeting by teleconference. Individuals
requiring special accommodation for this meeting should contact the DFO
at least five business days prior to the meeting, so
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that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Dated: March 9, 2005.
Vanessa Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 05-5043 Filed 3-14-05; 8:45 am]
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