[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46575-46576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19257]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9931-41-OA]
Notification of a Closed Teleconference of the Chartered Science
Advisory Board
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA), Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing a teleconference of the
Chartered SAB to conduct a review of a draft report of recommendations
regarding the agency's 2015 Scientific and Technological Achievement
Awards (STAA). The Chartered SAB teleconference will be closed to the
public.
DATES: The Chartered SAB teleconference date is Thursday, September 10,
2015, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The Chartered SAB closed teleconference will take place via
telephone only. General information about the SAB may be found on the
SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information regarding this announcement may contact Mr.
Thomas Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer, by telephone: (202) 564-
4885 or email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and section (c)(6) of
the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), the EPA has
determined that the chartered SAB quality review teleconference will be
closed to the public. The purpose of the teleconference is for the
chartered SAB to conduct a review of a draft SAB advisory report of
recommendations regarding the agency's 2015 STAA. The Chartered SAB
teleconference will be closed to the public.
Quality review is a key function of the chartered SAB. Draft
reports prepared by SAB committees, panels, or work groups must be
reviewed and approved by the chartered SAB before transmittal to the
EPA Administrator. The chartered SAB makes a determination in a meeting
consistent with FACA about all draft reports and determines whether the
report is ready to be transmitted to the EPA Administrator.
At the teleconference, the chartered SAB will conduct a review of
draft report developed by an SAB committee
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charged with developing recommendations regarding the agency's 2015
STAA. (for more information, see http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/02ad90b136fc21ef85256eba00436459/3c60dba294ebf58885257da2004d194f!OpenDocument&Highlight=0,staa.
The STAA awards are established to honor and recognize EPA
employees who have made outstanding contributions in the advancement of
science and technology through their research and development
activities, as exhibited in publication of their results in peer
reviewed journals. I have determined that the Chartered SAB quality
review teleconference will be closed to the public because it is
concerned with recommending employees deserving of awards. In making
these draft recommendations, the EPA requires full and frank advice
from the SAB. This advice will involve professional judgments on the
relative merits of various employees and their respective work. Such
personnel matters involve the discussion of information that is of a
personal nature, the disclosure of which would be a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy and, therefore, is protected from
disclosure by section (c)(6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Minutes of the Chartered SAB teleconference will be
certified by the chair and retained in the public record.
Dated: July 29, 2015.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-19257 Filed 8-4-15; 8:45 am]
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