[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41245-41246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17616]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9437-3]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference of the Chartered SAB on July 28, 2011 to conduct
a quality review of a draft SAB report, Review of EPA's Draft Oil Spill
Research Strategy.
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on July 28, 2011 from 12
p.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain general information concerning the public teleconference may
contact Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO). Dr. Nugent
may be contacted at the EPA Science Advisory Board (1400R), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; or by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-2188; fax
at (202) 565-2098; or e-mail at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General
information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on
the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB was established pursuant to the
Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization
Act (ERDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent
scientific and technical advice 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), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA
policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB will hold a public
teleconference to conduct a quality review of an SAB draft report
entitled Review of EPA's Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy. The SAB
will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
Background: EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has
developed a draft Oil Spill Research Strategy in light of the 2010
Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had fundamentally
different characteristics than previous near-shore oil spills creating
new research needs for oil spill treatment methods (e.g., in-situ
burning, bioremediation, and the use of dispersants), and potential
human health and ecological impacts. ORD requested SAB advice on its
draft Oil Spill Research Strategy. The SAB Oil Spill Research Strategy
Review Panel has considered ORD's strategy and prepared an advisory
report that will undergo quality review by the chartered SAB.
Background information about the SAB advisory activity can be found
on the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Oil%20Spill%20Research%20Strategy?OpenDocument.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The agenda and other materials
in support of the teleconference will be placed on the SAB Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the teleconference.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices.
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office.
Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific
advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA. Members of the
public can submit comments for a federal advisory committee to consider
as it develops advice for EPA. Input from the public to the SAB will
have the most impact if it provides specific scientific or technical
information or analysis for SAB panels to consider or if it relates to
the clarity or accuracy of the technical information. Members of the
public wishing to provide comment should contact the Designated Federal
Officer directly. Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups
requesting an oral presentation at a teleconference will be limited to
three minutes. Those interested in being placed on the public speakers
list for the July 28, 2011 teleconference should contact Dr. Nugent at
the contact information provided above no later than July 21, 2011.
Written Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the DFO
via email at the contact information noted above by July 21, 2011 for
the teleconference so that the information may be made available to the
Panel members for their consideration. Written statements should be
supplied in one of the following electronic formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF,
MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP
format. It is the SAB Staff Office general policy to post written
comments on the web page for the advisory meeting or teleconference.
Submitters are requested to provide an unsigned version of each
document because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with
signatures on its web sites. Members of the public should be aware that
their personal contact information, if included in any written
comments, may be posted to the SAB Web site.
Copyrighted material will not be posted without explicit permission
of the copyright holder.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent (202) 564-2188
or nugent.angela@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability,
please contact Dr. Nugent preferably at least ten days prior to the
teleconference to give EPA as much time as possible to process your
request.
Dated: July 6, 2011.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-17616 Filed 7-12-11; 8:45 am]
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