[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 59678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23677]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9901-43-OA]
Notification of Two Public Teleconferences 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
two public teleconferences of the Chartered Science Advisory Board
Panel to discuss information about EPA actions provided in the Spring
2013 Unified (Regulatory) Agenda.
DATES: The public teleconferences will be held on Friday, October 25,
2013 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) and on Wednesday,
October 30, 2013 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Location: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain information concerning the public teleconferences may contact
Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science
Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; by
telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-2218 or at [email protected].
General information about the SAB as well as any updates concerning the
teleconferences announced in this notice may 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 (ERDDAA), codified at 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 is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant
to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB will hold
two public teleconferences to discuss and deliberate on the topic
below.
As part of the EPA's effort to routinely inform the SAB about
proposed and planned agency actions that have a scientific or technical
basis, the agency provided notice to the SAB that the Office of
Management and Budget published the ``Unified (Regulatory) Agenda'' on
the Web on July 3, 2013 (http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain).
During the October 25, 2013 teleconference, the SAB will discuss
whether it should provide advice and comment on the adequacy of the
scientific and technical basis for EPA actions included in the Agenda.
The October 30, 2013 teleconference will be held only if the chartered
SAB has not completed its deliberations at the close of the October 25,
2013 discussion.
Availability of Meeting Materials: Agendas and materials in support
of these teleconferences will be placed on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the teleconferences.
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. Each person making an oral statement should consider
providing written comments as well as their oral statement so that the
points presented orally can be expanded upon in writing. Interested
parties should contact Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, in writing (preferably
via email) at the contact information noted above by October 18, 2013,
to be placed on the list of public speakers. Written Statements:
Written statements should be supplied to the DFO via email at the
contact information noted above by October 18, 2013 so that the
information may be made available to the Board 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. Angela Nugent at
(202) 564-2218 or [email protected]. 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: September 19, 2013.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2013-23677 Filed 9-26-13; 8:45 am]
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