[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 167 (Monday, August 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52940-52941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21546]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9194-8]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Chartered Science Advisory Board
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 meeting of the Chartered
SAB to receive briefings from EPA and EPA Federal advisory committee
representatives and to continue the SAB's discussions with EPA's Office
of Research and Development (ORD) concerning EPA's strategic research
directions. The SAB will also quality review one draft report.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2010
from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Wednesday, September 22,
2010 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).
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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel, 1515 Rhode
Island Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the meeting may contact Dr. Angela
Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board
(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail (202) 564-
2218, fax (202) 202-565-2098; 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: Background: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is hereby given that the
EPA Science Advisory Board will hold a public meeting to receive
briefings on Agency and Federal advisory committee science activities
and continue the SAB's discussions with EPA's Office of Research and
Development (ORD) concerning ORD's strategic research directions. The
SAB was established pursuant to 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 will comply with
the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
The chartered SAB is holding this meeting to receive briefings
from: (a) Liaison members who chair other Federal advisory committees
that address priority Agency science activities and (b) Agency
representatives on EPA's Gulf Oil Spill science activities. In
addition, EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) had requested
SAB advice on strategic research directions over the next five years to
support EPA's mission and priorities. The chartered SAB initiated
discussions on November 9-10, 2009 (74 FR 52805-52806) and April 5-6,
2010 (75 FR 11883-11884) and provided an interim report on this topic,
``Office of Research and Development Strategic Research Directions and
Integrated Transdisciplinary Research'' (EPA-SAB-10-010), available on
the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/
E989ECFC125966428525775B0047BE1A/$File/EPA-SAB-10-010-unsigned.pdf. The
SAB will continue its discussion with ORD about how to develop
additional advice for EPA on this advisory topic. The SAB will also
conduct a quality review of a draft report making recommendations to
the Administrator concerning nominations for the Agency's Fiscal Year
2010 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards.
Availability of Meeting Materials: A meeting agenda and other
materials for the meeting will be placed on the SAB Web site at http://epa.gov/sab.
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: To be placed on the public speaker list for the September
21-22, 2010 meeting, interested parties should notify Dr. Angela
Nugent, DFO, by e-mail no later than September 14, 2010. Individuals
making oral statements will be limited to five minutes per speaker.
Written Statements: Written statements for the September 21-22, 2010
meeting should be received in the SAB Staff Office by than September
14, 2010, so that the information may be made available to the SAB for
its consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements should be
supplied to the DFO in the following formats: One hard copy with
original signature and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file
format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich
Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). Submitters are asked
to provide electronic versions of each document submitted with and
without signatures, because the SAB Staff Office does not publish
documents with signatures on its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at the phone
number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: August 24, 2010.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-21546 Filed 8-27-10; 8:45 am]
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