[Federal Register: October 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 209)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation
Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act Programs
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; FACA committee meeting announcement.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a three-day
meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation
Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs.
DATES: A meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and
Quantitation Approaches and Uses in CWA Programs will be held on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, December 6, 7, and 8, 2006. The
meeting on December 6 and 7 will be from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. and on
December 8, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All times are Eastern Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the L. William Seidman Center,
3501 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, across from the Virginia
Square Metro stop on the Orange line. Members of the public may attend
in person or via teleconference. The public may obtain the call-in
number and access code for the teleconference lines from Marion Kelly,
whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
Document Availability: The agenda for the meeting is provided in
the General Information section of this notice or from Marion Kelly
whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice. The agenda may also be viewed through
EDOCKET, as provided in section I.A. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this notice. Any member of the public interested in making
an oral presentation at the meeting may contact Richard Reding, whose
contact information is listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice. Requests for making oral presentations will be
accepted up to December 4, 2006. In general, each oral presentation
will be limited to a total of three minutes.
Submitting Comments: Written comments may be submitted
electronically, by mail, or through hand delivery/courier. Follow the
detailed instructions as provided in section I.B of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section. Written comments will be accepted up to two
business days prior to the start of the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marion Kelly, Engineering and Analysis
Division, 4303T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1045; fax
number: (202) 566-1053; e-mail address: Kelly.Marion@EPA.GOV; Richard
Reding, Designated Federal Officer, Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Water, 4303T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 566-2237; fax number: (202) 566-1053; e-
mail address: Reding.Richard@EPA.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. General Information
This notice announces a meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee
on Detection and Quantitation Procedures and Uses in CWA Programs. The
purpose of the meeting is to continue to evaluate and recommend
detection and quantitation procedures for use in EPA's analytical
methods programs for compliance monitoring under 40 CFR part 136. The
Committee will analyze and evaluate relevant scientific and statistical
approaches and protocols; they will also review data and
interpretations of data using current and recommended approaches. The
major objectives are to provide advice and recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on policy issues related to detection and quantitation,
and scientific and technical aspects of procedures for detection and
quantitation.
The agenda for December 6-8, 2006 includes a series of policy
discussions developed by the Policy Work Group. The Committee will
discuss uses for quantitation and detection results, setting
measurement quality objectives for detection and quantitation limits,
and examining matrix effects in analytical methods. The Committee will
also begin to discuss an outline for its final report and
recommendations.
Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities
For information on access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Marion Kelly at (202) 566-1045 or e-mail:
Kelly.Marion@EPA.GOV to request accommodation of a disability, at least
ten days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
A. How Can I Get Copies of Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this committee under
Docket ID No., EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041 in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC).
The EPA Docket Center is currently under renovations. In addition to
electronic access through regulations.gov, public inspection of docket
materials will be available by appointment during the renovations
period. Appointments may be made by calling (202) 566-1744.
2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the Federal Register
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/ An electronic version of the public docket is available through http://www.regulations.gov. You may
use http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket,
and to access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then, key in the
appropriate docket identification number, OW-2004-0041.
B. How and To Whom Do I Submit Comments?
You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand
delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the
appropriate docket identification number (OW-2004-0041) in the subject
line on the first page of your comment. Please ensure that your
comments are submitted within the specified comment period.
1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as
prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing
address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body
of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside
of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying
the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment, and it allows EPA to contact you if further
information on the substance of the comment is needed or if your
comment cannot be read due to technical difficulties. EPA's policy is
that EPA will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact
information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part
of the comment placed in the official public docket and made available
in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your comment due
to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment.
i. EDOCKET. Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to submit
comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving
comments. Go directly to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the
online instructions for submitting comments. To access EPA's electronic
public docket from the EPA Internet Home Page, http://www.epa.gov,
select ``Information Sources,'' ``Dockets''. Once in the system, select
``search'' and then key in Docket ID No., EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. The
system is an anonymous access system, which means EPA will not know
your identity, e-mail address, or other contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to
OW-Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No., EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. In
contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is not
an anonymous access system. If you send an e-mail comment directly to
the docket without going through EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's
e-mail system automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail
addresses that are automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD ROM
mailed to the mailing address identified in section I.B.2 of this
notice. These electronic submissions will be accepted in Word, or rich
text files. Avoid the use of special characters and any form of
encryption.
2. By Mail. Send your comments to: U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, OW Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mailcode: 2822T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No.,
OW-2004-0041.
3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC,
Attention Docket ID No. OW-2004-0041 (Note: this is not a mailing
address). Such deliveries are only accepted during the docket's normal
hours of operation as identified in section I.A.1 of this notice. For
those wishing to make public comments, it is important to note that
EPA's policy is that comments, whether submitted electronically or on
paper, will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic
public docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business
information, or other information whose disclosure is restricted by
statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material,
EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version of the
comment that is placed in EPA's electronic public docket. The entire
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available
in the public docket. Public comments submitted on computer disks
mailed or delivered to the docket will be transferred to EPA's
electronic public docket. Written public comments mailed or delivered
to the Docket will be scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public
docket.
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Dated: October 20, 2006.
Mary T. Smith,
Director, Engineering and Analysis Division.
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