[Federal Register: June 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 116)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054; FRL-8579-9]
Board of Scientific Counselors, Homeland Security Subcommittee
Meeting--July 2008
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and
Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security Subcommittee.
DATES: The meeting (teleconference call) will be held on Friday, July
11, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time. The meeting may adjourn
early if all business is finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for
making oral presentations at the meetings will be accepted up to 1
business day before the meeting.
ADDRESSES: Participation in the conference call will be by
teleconference only--meeting rooms will not be used. Members of the
public may obtain the call-in number and access code for the call from
Greg Susanke, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054, by one of the
following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054.
Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054.
Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific
Counselors, Homeland Security Subcommittee Meeting--Spring 2008 Docket,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054.
Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver comments to: EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-
0054. Note: this is not a mailing address. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2008-0054. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is
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restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically in
http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific
Counselors, Homeland Security Subcommittee Meeting--Spring 2008 Docket,
EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. The 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
ORD Docket is (202) 566-1752.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer via
mail at: Greg Susanke, Mail Drop 8104-R, Office of Science Policy,
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency,
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice mail
at: (202) 564-9945; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-mail at:
susanke.greg@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Information
The meeting is open to the public. Any member of the public
interested in receiving a draft BOSC agenda or making a presentation at
the meeting may contact Greg Susanke, the Designated Federal Officer,
via any of the contact methods listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section above. In general, each individual making an oral
presentation will be limited to a total of three minutes.
EPA ORD is conducting a prospective and retrospective independent
expert review through the BOSC, of its Homeland Security Research
Program, to evaluate the program's relevance, quality, performance, and
scientific leadership. The BOSC's evaluation and recommendations will
provide guidance to ORD's National Homeland Security Research Center.
Proposed agenda items for the meeting include, but are not limited to:
review and discussion of the draft subcommittee report which includes
overall comments and recommendations to ORD's National Homeland
Security Research Program, and responses to subcommittee charge
questions.
Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities,
please contact Greg Susanke at (202) 564-9945 or susanke.greg@epa.gov.
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Greg Susanke,
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much
time as possible to process your request.
Dated: June 9, 2008.
Mary Ellen Radzikowski,
Acting Office Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. E8-13483 Filed 6-13-08; 8:45 am]
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