[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54803-54804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22225]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8718-5]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Science Advisory Board
(SAB); Notification of a Public Advisory Committee Meeting and Three
Teleconferences of the Integrated Nitrogen Committee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public face-to-face meeting of the
Science Advisory Board's (SAB's) Integrated Nitrogen Committee (INC)
and three subsequent public teleconference of the INC.
DATES: INC will meet from 8:30 a.m. on Monday, October 20 through 12:30
p.m. on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The teleconferences will be held
December 8, 9, and 10, 2008 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. All times are given
in Eastern Time.
Location: The October 20-22, 2008 public meeting will take place at
the Renaissance--M Street Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20037, telephone: (202) 775-0800. The December 8, 9, and
10, 2008 public teleconferences will be conducted by phone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the October 20-22, 2008 meeting or on
the teleconferences December 8, 9, and 10, 2008 may contact Ms.
Kathleen White, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory
Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-
9878; fax: (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at [email protected]. General
information concerning the SAB can be found on the EPA Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/SAB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to
provide independent scientific and technical advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA 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 Integrated Nitrogen Committee is studying the
need for integrated research and strategies to reduce reactive nitrogen
in the environment. At the global scale, reactive nitrogen from human
activities now exceeds that produced by natural terrestrial ecosystems.
Reactive nitrogen both benefits and impacts the health and welfare of
people and ecosystems. Scientific information suggests that reactive
nitrogen is accumulating in the environment and that nitrogen cycling
through biogeochemical pathways has a variety of consequences. Research
suggests that the management of reactive nitrogen should be viewed from
a systems perspective and integrated across environmental media.
Accordingly, linkages between reactive nitrogen induced environmental
and human health effects need to be understood to optimize reactive
nitrogen research and risk management strategies. Information on the
Committee's previous meetings was
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published on January 17, 2007 (72 FR 1989), March 22, 2007 (72 FR
3492), August 14, 2007 (72 FR 4542), November 20, 2007 (72 FR 65340)
and March 19, 2008 (73 FR 4802). The information is also available on
the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Nitrogen%20Project.
At the October 20-22, 2008 public meeting, the INC will: (1)
Present its preliminary findings and recommendations; (2) engage with
invited participants in breakout groups to get their input on the
preliminary recommendations relating to integrated risk reduction for
nitrogen; and (3) consider how to incorporate the input received as the
Committee prepares its advisory report for EPA.
The purpose of the subsequent teleconferences of December 8, 9, and
10 is for the committee to discuss its revised draft report.
Availability of Meeting Materials: As they become available, the
agenda and materials for this meeting will be posted on the SAB Web
site prior to the meeting.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for
consideration on the topics included in this advisory activity. Oral
Statements: Speakers who wish to be placed on the public speaker list
for the morning of October 22, 2008 meeting should notify Ms. Kathleen
White, DFO, by e-mail no later than October 6, 2008. Oral presentations
will be limited to one hour for all speakers. To be placed on the
public speaker list for the December 8, 9, and 10, 2008
teleconferences, interested parties should notify Ms. Kathleen White,
DFO, by e-mail no later than December 1, 2008. Oral presentations will
be limited to a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. Written
Statements: Written statements for the October 20-22, 2008 meeting
should be received in the SAB Staff Office by October 13, 2008, so that
the information may be made available to the INC for its consideration
prior to this meeting. For the INC teleconferences in December,
statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by December 1,
2008. Written statements should be supplied to the appropriate DFO as
an electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file formats: Adobe Acrobat
PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Ms. White at the phone
number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten days
prior to the face-to-face meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible
to process your request.
Dated: September 16, 2008.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E8-22225 Filed 9-22-08; 8:45 am]
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