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revisions. EPA briefed the SAB
Ecological Processes and Effects
Committee about this effort in December
2002, and the Committee supported
EPA’s assessment of the need to update
the Guidelines as well as the issues EPA
identified to address. To achieve the
goal of revising the Guidelines EPA has
formed an interagency workgroup, the
Aquatic Life Criteria Guidelines
Committee, as the technical body to
review the state-of-the-science and
recommend new or improved
approaches for deriving ambient water
quality criteria. EPA’s Office of Water
has therefore requested a consultation
with the SAB on a proposed framework
for revising the Guidelines.
The Science Advisory Board is a
chartered Federal advisory committee
established under 42 U.S.C. 4365 to
provide independent scientific and
technical advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on the technical basis for
Agency positions and regulations. The
panel being formed will provide advice
to the EPA through the Chartered SAB.
The Panel will comply with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and all appropriate SAB
procedural policies, including the SAB
process for panel formation described in
the Overview of the Panel Formation
Process at the Environmental Protection
Agency Science Advisory Board, which
can be found on the SAB’s Web site at:
https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec0210.pdf.
The work of this panel includes
reviewing background material, and
participating in a one-day face-to-face
meeting for the consultation.
Tentative Charge to the Panel: EPA’s
Office of Water seeks the opportunity
for a consultation with the SAB to
receive comments on the Agency’s
proposed framework for revising the
Aquatic Life Criteria Guidelines. EPA is
seeking advice and recommendations
on: (1) The general scope of the
proposed framework; (2) the suitability
of the preliminary scientific approaches,
methods and models identified to be
incorporated into the revised
Guidelines; (3) additional or alternative
approaches, methods, and models that
should be considered; and (4) additional
scientific issues and/or revisions that
should be considered.
Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is requesting nominations to
augment expertise on the SAB
Ecological Processes and Effects
Committee to form an SAB panel for a
consultation on the framework for
revising the Aquatic Life Criteria
Guidelines. To augment expertise on the
Ecological Processes and Effects
Committee, the SAB Staff Office is
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seeking individuals who have expertise
in one or more of the following areas:
(a) Aquatic toxicology, particularly
kinetic toxicity modeling and tissue
residue-based toxicity data and residueresponse relationships; (b) biology of
aquatic and benthic species; (c)
bioaccumulation modeling, including
both simple bioaccumulation factors
(bioaccumulation factors and biotasediment accumulation factors) and
complex dynamic food web/chain
models; and (d) population modeling.
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations: Any interested person or
organization may nominate individuals
qualified in the areas of expertise
described above to serve on the
Subcommittee. Nominations should be
submitted in electronic format through
the Form for Nominating Individuals to
Panels of the EPA Science Advisory
Board provided on the SAB Web site at:
https://www.epa.gov/sab. The form can
be accessed through a link on the blue
navigational bar on the SAB Web site.
To be considered, all nominations must
include the information required on that
form.
Anyone who is unable to submit
nominations using this form, and any
questions concerning any aspects of the
nomination process may contact the
DFO, as indicated above in this notice.
Nominations should be submitted in
time to arrive no later than March 1,
2005. Any questions concerning either
this process or any other aspects of this
notice should be directed to the DFO.
The SAB will acknowledge receipt of
the nomination and inform nominators
of the panel selected. From the
nominees identified by respondents to
this Federal Register notice (termed the
‘‘Widecast’’), SAB Staff will develop a
smaller subset (known as the ‘‘Short
List’’) for more detailed consideration.
Criteria used by the SAB Staff in
developing this Short List are given at
the end of the following paragraph. The
Short List will be posted on the SAB
Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab,
and will include, for each candidate, the
nominee’s name and biosketch. Public
comments on the Short List will be
accepted for 14 calendar days. During
this comment period, the public will be
requested to provide information,
analysis or other documentation on
nominees that the SAB Staff should
consider in evaluating candidates for
the Panel.
For the SAB, a balanced review panel
(i.e., committee, subcommittee, or
panel) is characterized by inclusion of
candidates who possess the necessary
domains of knowledge, the relevant
scientific perspectives (which, among
other factors, can be influenced by work
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history and affiliation), and the
collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the charge. Public
responses to the Short List candidates
will be considered in the selection of
the panel, along with information
provided by candidates and information
gathered by SAB Staff independently of
the background of each candidate (e.g.,
financial disclosure information and
computer searches to evaluate a
nominee’s prior involvement with the
topic under review). Specific criteria to
be used in evaluation of an individual
subcommittee member include: (a)
Scientific and/or technical expertise,
knowledge, and experience (primary
factors); (b) absence of financial
conflicts of interest; (c) scientific
credibility and impartiality; (d)
availability and willingness to serve;
and (e) ability to work constructively
and effectively in committees.
Short List candidates will also be
required to fill-out 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: https://
www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110–
48.pdf.
In addition to reviewing background
material, Panel members will be asked
to attend one public face-to-face meeting
over the anticipated course of the
advisory activity.
Dated: February 7, 2005.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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Environmental Technologies
Subcommittee
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Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA
gives notice of a meeting of the
Environmental Technologies
Subcommittee of the National Advisory
Council for Environmental Policy and
Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT
provides advice and recommendations
to the Administrator of EPA on a broad
range of environmental policy,
technology, and management issues.
The Environmental Technologies
Subcommittee was formed to assist EPA
in evaluating its current and potential
role in the development and
commercialization of environmental
technologies by suggesting how to
optimize existing EPA programs to
facilitate the development of sustainable
private sector technologies, and by
suggesting alternative approaches to
achieving these goals. The purpose of
the meeting is to continue the
Subcommittee’s consideration of these
issues.
The NACEPT Environmental
Technologies Subcommittee will hold a
two day public meeting on Thursday,
March 3, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Friday, March 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 3
p.m.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
the Hilton Old Town Alexandria, 1767
King Street, Alexandria, Virginia. The
meeting is open to the public, with
limited seating on a first-come, firstserved basis.
ADDRESSES:
Requests
to make oral comments or provide
written comments to the Council should
be sent to Mark Joyce, Designated
Federal Officer, at the contact
information below. The public is
welcome to attend all portions of the
meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, February 22,
2005, 2 p.m. eastern time.
PLACE: Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr.
Conference room on the Ninth Floor of
the EEOC Office Building, 1801 ‘‘L’’
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20507.
STATUS: The meeting will be open to the
public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:
Open Session
1. Announcement of Notation Votes;
2. Contract for Continuing Health Unit
Services; and
3. FY 2005 State & Local Budget
Allocations.
Note: In accordance with the Sunshine Act,
this meeting will be open to public
observation of the Commission’s
deliberations and voting. (In addition to
publishing notices on EEOC Commission
meetings in the Federal Register, the
Commission also provides a recorded
announcement a full week in advance on
future Commission sessions.)
Please telephone (202) 663–7100
(voice) and (202) 663–4074 (TTY) at any
time for information on these meetings.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Stephen Llewellyn, Acting Executive
Officer on (202) 663–4070.
This notice issued February 11, 2005.
Stephen Llewellyn,
Acting Executive Officer, Executive
Secretariat.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Joyce, Designated Federal Officer,
joyce.mark@epa.gov, 202–233–0068,
U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative
Environmental Management (1601E),
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
Meeting Access: Individuals requiring
special accommodation at this meeting,
including wheelchair access, should
contact Mark Joyce at least five business
days prior to the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
Dated: February 9, 2005.
Sonia Altieri,
Designated Federal Official.
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Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
February 1, 2005.
Summary: The Federal
Communications Commission, as part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burden invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104–13.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
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any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
display a valid control number.
Comments are requested concerning (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Dates: Written Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) comments should be
submitted on or before April 18, 2005.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
Addresses: Direct all Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) comments to
Judith B. Herman, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1–
C804, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20554 or via the Internet to JudithB.Herman@fcc.gov.
For Further Information Contact: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection(s), contact Judith
B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the
Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov.
Supplementary Information:
OMB Control No.: 3060–0589.
Title: FCC Remittance Advice and
Continuation Sheet, Bill for Collection,
FCC Remittance Advice for Regulatory
Fees (E-Form).
Form Nos.: FCC Forms 159, 159–C,
159–B, and 159–E.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit;
not-for-profit institutions; Federal
government, and State, local, or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 300,000.
Estimated Time Per Response: .50
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement and third party
disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 150,000 hours.
Total Annual Cost: Not applicable.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
Needs and Uses: The Commission has
created a new streamlined electronic
form, FCC Form 159–E, to associate a
mailed or faxed payment with
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463,
EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Environmental Technologies
Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy
and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice and recommendations to
the Administrator of EPA on a broad range of environmental policy,
technology, and management issues. The Environmental Technologies
Subcommittee was formed to assist EPA in evaluating its current and
potential role in the development and commercialization of
environmental technologies by suggesting how to optimize existing EPA
programs to facilitate the development of sustainable private sector
technologies, and by suggesting alternative approaches to achieving
these goals. The purpose of the meeting is to continue the
Subcommittee's consideration of these issues.
DATES: The NACEPT Environmental Technologies Subcommittee will hold a
two day public meeting on Thursday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Friday, March 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Old Town Alexandria,
1767 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting is open to the
public, with limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests to make oral comments or provide
written comments to the Council should be sent to Mark Joyce,
Designated Federal Officer, at the contact information below. The
public is welcome to attend all portions of the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Joyce, Designated Federal
Officer, joyce.mark@epa.gov, 202-233-0068, U.S. EPA, Office of
Cooperative Environmental Management (1601E), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Meeting Access: Individuals requiring special accommodation at this
meeting, including wheelchair access, should contact Mark Joyce at
least five business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate
arrangements can be made.
Dated: February 9, 2005.
Sonia Altieri,
Designated Federal Official.
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