[Federal Register: June 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 123)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Federal Advisory Committee To Examine Detection and Quantitation
Approaches in Clean Water Act Programs
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; FACA Committee Meetings Announcement.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing four meetings
of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation
Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs (FACDQ).
DATES: The FACDQ plans to hold four meetings for the remainder of 2007.
Two of those meetings will be held via teleconference on July 25, 2007
and August 28, 2007. The teleconferences on July 25, 2007 and August
28, 2007 will be from 1 pm to 5 pm. All times are Eastern time. The
other two meetings will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
September 19-21 and on December 5-7, 2007. The meetings on September
19-20, 2007, will be from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m.; and on September 21,
2007, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and the meetings on December 6-7, 2007,
will be from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m.; and on December 8, 2007, from 8 a.m.
until 3 p.m. All times are Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The July and August teleconferences are open to the public.
The public may obtain the call-in number and access code for the
teleconference lines from Meghan Hessenauer, whose contact information
is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice. The September and December 2007 meetings of the Committee 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 this meeting in person or
via teleconference. The public may obtain the call-in number and access
code for the teleconference lines from Meghan Hessenauer, whose contact
information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this notice.
Document Availability: The draft agenda for these meetings is
provided in the General Information section of this notice. The draft
agenda may also be viewed through EDOCKET, as provided
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in section I.A. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice
or on our Web site at http://www.epa.gov/methods/det. Any member of the
public interested in making an oral presentation at the Committee
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 2 business days
prior to each meeting date. In general, each individual making an 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 each
meeting date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meghan Hessenauer, Engineering and
Analysis Division, MC4303T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; Telephone number: (202)
566-1040; Fax number: (202) 566-1053; E-mail address:
Hessenauer.Meghan@EPA.GOV; Richard Reding, Designated Federal Officer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Mail Code 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:
I. General Information
This notice announces four meetings of the FACDQ. The purpose of
these meetings is to complete the evaluation and selection of a
procedure or procedures to calculate detection and quantitation limits,
and complete the Committee's recommendations to the EPA Administrator
for use of those detection and quantitation procedures and limits in
CWA programs. The meeting agendas are available on the internet at
http://www.epa.gov/methods/det.
Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities
For information on access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Meghan Hessenauer at (202) 566-1040 or e-
mail: hessenauer.meghan@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 an official public docket for this
committee under Docket ID NO., OW-2004-0041. The official public docket
consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any
public comments received, and other information related to this action.
Documents in the official public docket are listed in the index in
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EDOCKET. Documents
are available either electronically or in hard copy. Electronic
documents may be viewed through EDOCKET. Hard copies of the draft
agendas may be viewed at the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the
OW Docket is (202) 566-2426.
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
EDOCKET. You may use EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/. 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).
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 (CBI), 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.
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 EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/, 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,'' and
``EDOCKET.'' Once in the system, select ``search,'' and then key in
Docket ID No. 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
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OW.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. 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,
WordPerfect 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), Room 3334, EPA West Building, 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.
Dated: June 21, 2007.
Richard Reding,
Designated Federal Officer.
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