[Federal Register: August 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 159)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200; FRL-8705-5]
Board of Scientific Counselors, Water Quality Mid-Cycle
Subcommittee Meetings--2008
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-
463, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and
Development (ORD), gives notice of two meetings of the Board of
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Water Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee.
DATES: The meetings (teleconference calls) will be held on Thursday,
September 4, 2008 and Monday, September 15, 2008. Both calls are
scheduled to be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The
meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for
the draft agendas or for making oral presentations at the conference
calls will be accepted up to one business day before the meeting.
ADDRESSES: Participation in the meetings 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 Susan Peterson,
the Designated Federal Officer, 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-2008-0200,
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-2008-0200.
Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200.
Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific
Counselors, Water Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee--2008 Docket,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200.
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-
0200. 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-
2008-0200. 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
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not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure
is 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, Water Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee--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: Susan Peterson, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy,
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice
mail at: (202) 564-1077; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-mail at:
peterson.susan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Information
The purpose of the meetings is to prepare for the September 23,
2008 face-to-face meeting of the subcommittee. Proposed agenda items
for the conference calls include, but are not limited to: Overview of
the subcommittee's charge, rating the water quality research program
performance and overall progress, and reviewing the revised Multi-Year
Plan. The conference calls are open to the public.
Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities: For
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities,
please contact Susan Peterson at (202) 564-1077 or
peterson.susan@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability,
please contact Susan Peterson, preferably at least ten days prior to
the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your
request.
Dated: August 6, 2008.
Fred Hauchman,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
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