[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 191 (Monday, October 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61139-61140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24805]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2010-0622; FRL-9209-5]
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC); Request for Nominations of
Experts
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Staff Office is
requesting public nominations for technical experts to fill current
vacancies on the BOSC Executive Committee. Nominations should be
submitted via the BOSC Web site at http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/nomination.htm.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted by November 15, 2010, per
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public needing
further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations
may contact Ms. Heather Drumm, 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) 564-8239; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-
mail at: [email protected]. General information concerning the
Board of Scientific Counselors can be found at the BOSC Web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The BOSC is a chartered Federal Advisory Committee that was
established by the U.S. EPA to provide independent scientific and
technical peer review, advice, consultation, and recommendations about
the Office of Research and Development. As a Federal Advisory
Committee, the BOSC conducts business in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related
regulations.
The BOSC Executive Committee is comprised of approximately 20
members who are recognized experts in various scientific and
engineering fields. EPA is soliciting candidates to fill several
vacancies. EPA will consider candidates from the environmental
scientific/technical fields, human health care professionals, academia,
industry, public and private research institutes or organizations, non-
government organizations, and other relevant
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interest areas. Members of the BOSC serve as special government
employees. The Executive Committee meets approximately three to five
times per year in face-to-face meetings and via teleconferences.
Request for Nominations
EPA's BOSC Staff Office is seeking nominations of nationally and
internationally recognized scientists, engineers, and social scientists
having experience and expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Ecology (aquatic and terrestrial); toxicology (environmental and
developmental); informatics (ecosystem and bioinformatics);
socioeconomics; environmental justice, science policy (research,
policy, and outcomes interface); endocrine disrupting chemicals;
climate change (environmental and human health impacts and carbon
sequestration); sustainability (systems engineering, life-cycle
assessment, green chemistry/technology); risk assessment (human health
and ecological); and risk management.
Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations
Any interested person or organization may nominate themselves or
qualified individuals in the areas of expertise described above.
Nominations should be submitted via the BOSC Web site (which is
preferred over hard copy) at http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/nomination.htm. Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no
later than November 15, 2010. To receive full consideration,
nominations should include all of the information requested. EPA's BOSC
Staff Office requests: contact information about the person making the
nomination; contact information about the nominee; the disciplinary and
specific areas of expertise of the nominee; the nominee's curriculum
vita and/or resume; sources of recent grant and/or contract support;
and a biographical sketch of the nominee indicating current position,
educational background, and recent service on other national advisory
committees or national professional organizations. Persons having
questions about the nomination procedures, or who are unable to submit
nominations through the BOSC web site, should contact Ms. Heather
Drumm, as indicated above in this notice.
For the EPA BOSC Staff Office, a balanced committee includes
candidates who possess the necessary domains of knowledge, the relevant
scientific perspectives (which, among other factors, can be influenced
by work history and affiliation), and the collective breadth of
experience to adequately address the charge. Selection criteria to be
used for membership include: (a) Scientific and/or technical expertise,
knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b) availability and
willingness to serve; (c) absence of financial conflicts of interest;
(d) absence of an appearance of a lack of impartiality; (e) skills
working on committees, subcommittees and advisory panels; and (f)
diversity of expertise and viewpoints. EPA values and welcomes
diversity. In an effort to obtain nominations of diverse candidates,
EPA encourages nominations of women and men of all racial and ethnic
groups.
The BOSC Staff Office's evaluation of an absence of financial
conflicts of interest will include a review of the ``Confidential
Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on
Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency'' (EPA Form 3110-48). This confidential form allows Government
Officials to determine whether there is a statutory conflict between
that person's public responsibilities (which includes membership on an
EPA Federal advisory committee) and private interests and activities,
or the appearance of a lack of impartiality, as defined by Federal
regulation. The form may be viewed and downloaded from the following
URL address http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110-48.pdf.
Dated September 28, 2010.
Mimi Dannel.
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy .
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