[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 202 (Tuesday, October 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63553-63554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26597]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611; FRL-9935-93-ORD]
Board of Scientific Counselors Sustainable and Healthy
Communities Subcommittee; Notification of Public Teleconference Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public teleconference meeting and public comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research
and Development (ORD), hereby provides notice that the Board of
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Sustainable and Healthy Communities (SHC)
Subcommittee will host a public teleconference meeting on Wednesday,
November 4, 2015, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
Deliberations will focus on a draft report summarizing the SHC
Subcommittee findings and recommendations from its September 2015
meeting. Documents from the September meeting are available for viewing
and downloading at http://www2.epa.gov/bosc/sustainable-and-healthy-communities-subcommittee-meeting-documents.
There will be a public comment period from 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. Members of the public are encouraged to provide comments.
For additional information about registering to attend the meeting or
to provide public comment, please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section below. Due to a limited number of telephone lines, attendance
will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Pre-registration is
required.
DATES: The BOSC SHC Subcommittee teleconference meeting on Wednesday,
November 4, 2015, will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. The conference call
may adjourn early if all business is finished or may adjourn late if
additional time is needed. Preregistration for the teleconference
meeting closes at noon, Monday, November 2, 2015. The deadline to sign
up to speak during the public comment period, or to submit written
public comment, is also noon, Monday, November 2, 2015. All times noted
are Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: Participation in the conference call will be by
teleconference only; meeting rooms will not be used. Members of the
public may obtain the call-in number and access code for the call from
Jace Cuj[eacute], the Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via any of the
contact methods listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
below.
Submitting Comments: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611, by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
Email: Send comments by electronic mail (email) to:
[email protected], Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611.
Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611.
Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) Sustainable and Healthy Communities Subcommittee
Docket, Mail Code: 2822T, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20004, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to: EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, William Jefferson Clinton West Building,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611. Note: this is not a mailing address. Deliveries
are only accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2015-0611. The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without change and may be made available
online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov
or email. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means the EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through
www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your comment. If the EPA cannot read
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, the EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional
information about the EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
at www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) Sustainable and Healthy Communities Subcommittee
Docket, EPA/DC, William Jefferson Clinton West Building, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone
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number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone
number for the ORD Docket is (202) 566-1752.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer (DFO)
via mail at: Jace Cuj[eacute], Mail Code 8104R, Office of Science
Policy, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
via phone/voice mail at: (202) 564-1795; or via email at:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Charter of the BOSC states that the
advisory committee shall provide advice and recommendations on all
aspects (technical and management) of the ORD's research program. The
BOSC is federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Additional information about
the BOSC is available at: http://www2.epa.gov/bosc.
This meeting is open to the public. Any member of the public
interested in receiving a draft agenda, joining the teleconference, or
making a presentation during the teleconference may contact Jace
Cuj[eacute], DFO, via any of the contact methods listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. Proposed agenda items for
the meeting include, but are not limited to, the following:
presentation and discussion of the subcommittee's draft responses to
the charge questions and approval of the final draft letter report
prior to its submission to the BOSC Executive Committee.
Written Statements: Written comments for the public teleconference
must be received by noon Monday, November 2, 2015, Eastern Time, so
they can be distributed to the BOSC SHC Subcommittee prior to the
teleconference. Written comments should be sent to Jace Cuj[eacute] at
the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section or
through regulations.gov, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611.
Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities,
please contact Jace Cuj[eacute] at (202) 564-1795 or [email protected].
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Jace
Cuj[eacute], preferably at least ten days prior to the meeting, to give
the EPA as much time as possible to process your request.
Dated: October 15, 2015.
Fred S. Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-26597 Filed 10-19-15; 8:45 am]
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