[Federal Register: December 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 248)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming
Teleconference of the Ecological Processes and Effects Committee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference of the SAB Ecological Processes and Effects
Committee to discuss a draft report on advancing the science and
application of ecological risk assessment.
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on January 26, 2007, from
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (eastern standard time).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access code for the teleconference may
contact Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by mail
at EPA SAB Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 343-9995; or by e-mail
at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. General information about the SAB may be
found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the SAB Ecological
Processes and Effects Committee will hold a public teleconference to
discuss a draft advisory report to EPA on advancing the science and
application of ecological risk assessment. The SAB was established by
42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and technical advice
to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and
regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App.
The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB
Staff Office procedural policies.
Background: The SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee is
conducting a study to provide advice to EPA on advancing the science
and application of ecological risk assessment in environmental decision
making. To gather information for developing an advisory report, the
Committee held a public workshop on February 7-9, 2006 on the state of
the practice of ecological risk assessment. Background
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information on the workshop and a public teleconference held on July
12, 2006 to discuss a workshop summary document was provided in Federal
Register notices published on September 8, 2005 (70 FR 53360) and June
20, 2006 (71 FR 35421). The SAB workshop summary document, a draft
advisory report, and a teleconference agenda will be posted on the SAB
Web site provided above prior to the teleconference.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: The SAB Staff Office accepts
written public statements of any length, and accommodates oral public
statements whenever possible. The SAB Staff Office expects that public
statements presented at SAB meetings will not repeat previously
submitted oral or written statements. Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a
teleconference meeting will be limited to three minutes per speaker
with no more than a total of fifteen minutes for all speakers.
Interested parties should contact the DFO, contact information provided
above, in writing via e-mail at least 10 days prior to the scheduled
teleconference in order to be placed on the public speaker list.
Speakers should provide an electronic copy of their statements to the
DFO for distribution to interested parties and participants in the
meeting. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in
the SAB Staff Office at least seven days before the scheduled
teleconference so that the information may be made available to the
Panel for their consideration. Written statements should be supplied to
the DFO at the address and contact information provided above in the
following formats: one hard copy with original signature, and one
electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat,
WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files (in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP
format).
Meeting Accommodations: Individuals requiring special accommodation
to access the teleconference should contact the appropriate DFO at the
phone number or e-mail address noted above at least five business days
prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E6-22145 Filed 12-26-06; 8:45 am]
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