Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming Science Advisory Board Meeting, 17688-17689 [05-6945]

Download as PDF 17688 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 66 / Thursday, April 7, 2005 / Notices concerning the ICR. EPA forwarded the requested information to the requestor. EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. OAR– 2003–0006, which is available for public viewing at the Office of Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the Office of Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566– 1742. An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https:// www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the docket ID number identified above. Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA’s Federal Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/ edocket. Title: Highway Vehicle Activity and Emissions (Renewal). Abstract: EPA is initiating a data collection to target two research objectives related to emissions inventory estimation for highway vehicles. The first is to examine differences in vehicle speed among differing vehicle types and road types. The second is to measure emission rates for samples of vehicles stratified by year VerDate jul<14>2003 18:22 Apr 06, 2005 Jkt 205001 of manufacture and regulatory class. Data to be collected include ‘‘in-use’’ or ‘‘real world’’ vehicle speed and emission rates. The collection is a survey, to be conducted by the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) in the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR). Development of rapid in-use instrumentation promises to substantially reduce the cost of emissions measurement for highway vehicles. This study will combine rapid in-use measurement capability with statistical survey design to contribute to the development of usage and emission rates for the EPA Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES) model. Response to the survey is voluntary. The target population is highway vehicles registered in the study area. EPA shall recruit vehicles from State registration databases and from regional or state Inspection and Maintenance Programs (I/M). Emissions and usage will be measured using portable on-board electronic instrumentation. Emissions instrumentation will measure carbon dioxide (CO2) and several air pollutants with one second resolution during normal operation over a period of one to three days. Air pollutants to be measured include, but are not limited to, carbon monoxide (CO), total hydrocarbons (THC), and oxides of nitrogen (NOX). The usage instrument will measure with one second resolution engine on/off, vehicle speed, and vehicle location over a period of approximately one month. Data will be collected during normal operation. Following quality-assurance and analysis, the data will be stored in OTAQ’s Mobile Source Observation Database. The information collection will involve 1,285 respondents, requiring 1,327 hours at a total cost to those respondents of $35,672. For the agency, the collection will require 26,327 hours at a total cost to the agency of $1,532,629. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.0 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners of highway vehicles. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,285. Frequency of Response: One time. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,327. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $35,672, which includes $0 annualized capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $35,672 annual labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 322 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to installing instruments at a vehicle’s ‘‘depot location’’ versus having owners commute to a central location. The total costs to the respondent will decline in kind based on the total hours. Dated: March 31, 2005. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 05–6943 Filed 4–6–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL –7896–1] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming Science Advisory Board Meeting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference meeting of an SAB Quality Review Committee (QRC) to discuss and to review a draft SAB report, Identifying and Calculating Economic Benefit that Goes Beyond Avoided and/or Delayed Costs: An SAB Draft Advisory. DATES: April 29, 2005. A public telephone conference meeting of the SAB Quality Review Committee (QRC) E:\FR\FM\07APN1.SGM 07APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 66 / Thursday, April 7, 2005 / Notices will be held on April 29, 2005, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. (eastern time) to discuss the draft SAB report, Identifying and Calculating Economic Benefit that Goes Beyond Avoided and/or Delayed Costs: An SAB Draft Advisory. The meeting for this review will be held by telephone only. Members of the public who wish to obtain the call-in number for this meeting should contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for this meeting. The SAB mailing address is: U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. General information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice, may be found on the SAB Web site at: https:// www.epa.gov/sab. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to obtain information regarding this teleconference meeting may contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, DFO, at (202) 343– 9982 or e-mail at miller.tom@epa.gov. EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) requested that the EPA Science Advisory Board review the OECA White Paper entitled Identifying and Calculating Economic Benefit that Goes Beyond Avoided and/or Delayed Costs, dated May 25, 2003. Accordingly, the SAB Staff Office formed an Ad Hoc Panel to review the EPA White Paper. This was announced in a notice in the Federal Register of August 6, 2003 (68 FR 46604) in which the SAB Staff Office solicited nominations for Panel membership. The Panel held several meetings to discuss and draft its advisory as announced in Federal Register notices published on June 25, 2004 (69 FR 35599) and January 6, 2005 (70 FR 1244). These notices can be found on the SAB Web site at: https:// www.epa.gov/sab/panels/ icaebapanel.html. The White Paper addressing ‘‘illegal competitive advantage’’ (ICA) issues is related to EPA’s policy of recapturing violators’ economic benefit from environmental noncompliance. Most of the Agency’s cases involving this type of economic benefit focus on the financial gain that arises from delayed and/or avoided pollution control costs. In these situations, the Agency calculates the economic benefit using the ‘‘BEN’’ (Benefits) computer model. EPA’s White Paper provides an approach to capture economic benefits from situations that are not covered by the BEN model’s focus on avoided and/or delayed expenditures. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate jul<14>2003 18:22 Apr 06, 2005 Jkt 205001 The SAB is now conducting a quality review of the Panel’s draft advisory report. The purpose of the QRC is to determine whether: (i) The original charge questions to the SAB review panel have been adequately addressed, (ii) the report is clear and logical, and (iii) any conclusions drawn, or recommendations provided, are supported by the body of information in the advisory report. The outcome of the QRC review will be one, or a combination of one or more, of the following: (i) Recommend SAB approval of the report without substantive change, (ii) return the report to the review panel for further work, or (iii) reject the work of the review panel and request a reconsideration and a revised report in the future. Availability of Review Material for the Board Meeting: Documents that are the subject of this meeting are available on the SAB Web site at: https:// www.epa.gov/sab/panels/ icaebapanel.html. Procedures for Providing Public Comment: The SAB Staff Office accepts written public comments of any length, and accommodates oral public comments whenever possible. The SAB Staff Office expects that public statements presented at SAB meetings will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or written statements. Oral Comments: In general, each individual or group requesting an oral presentation at a teleconference meeting will usually be limited to no more than three minutes per speaker and no more than fifteen minutes total. Interested parties should contact the DFO noted above in writing via e-mail at least one week prior to the meeting in order to be placed on the public speaker list for the meeting. Speakers should provide an electronic copy of their comments for distribution to interested parties and participants in the meeting. Written Comments: Although written comments are accepted until the date of the meeting (unless otherwise stated), written comments should be received in the SAB Staff Office at least one week prior to the meeting date so that the comments may be made available to the committee for their consideration. Comments should be supplied to the DFO at the address/contact information above in the following formats: one hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files (in IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). Meeting Accommodations: Individuals requiring special accommodation to access these PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17689 meetings, should contact the DFO at least five business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Dated: March 31, 2005. Vanessa T. Vu, Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. 05–6945 Filed 4–6–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than April 20, 2005. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528 1. William B. Gossett, Beaufort, South Carolina, to acquire additional voting shares of Islands Bancorp, Beaufort, South Carolina, and thereby indirectly acquire Islands Community Bank, National Association, Beaufort, South Carolina. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick Wilder, Managing Examiner) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414 1. Jutta Hansen, DeWitt, Iowa, and Chris Hansen III, Grand Mound, Iowa, individually and as trustees of the Chris F. Hansen, Jr. Trust, DeWitt, Iowa; Pamela A. Swahn IRA, Granite Bay, California; Pamela A. Swahn, Granite Bay, California; Anne H. Fergus, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin; and Melanie K. Boosalis, Long Grove, Iowa, to acquire voting shares of DeWitt Bancorp, Inc., DeWitt, Iowa, and thereby indirectly acquire DeWitt Bank and Trust Company, DeWitt, Iowa. E:\FR\FM\07APN1.SGM 07APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 66 (Thursday, April 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17688-17689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6945]


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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming 
Science Advisory Board Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 
public teleconference meeting of an SAB Quality Review Committee (QRC) 
to discuss and to review a draft SAB report, Identifying and 
Calculating Economic Benefit that Goes Beyond Avoided and/or Delayed 
Costs: An SAB Draft Advisory.

DATES: April 29, 2005. A public telephone conference meeting of the SAB 
Quality Review Committee (QRC)

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will be held on April 29, 2005, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. (eastern time) 
to discuss the draft SAB report, Identifying and Calculating Economic 
Benefit that Goes Beyond Avoided and/or Delayed Costs: An SAB Draft 
Advisory.

ADDRESSES: The meeting for this review will be held by telephone only. 
Members of the public who wish to obtain the call-in number for this 
meeting should contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for this 
meeting. The SAB mailing address is: U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board 
(1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. General 
information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning the 
meeting announced in this notice, may be found on the SAB Web site at: 
https://www.epa.gov/sab.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain information regarding this teleconference meeting may contact 
Mr. Thomas O. Miller, DFO, at (202) 343-9982 or e-mail at 
miller.tom@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance (OECA) requested that the EPA Science Advisory Board review 
the OECA White Paper entitled Identifying and Calculating Economic 
Benefit that Goes Beyond Avoided and/or Delayed Costs, dated May 25, 
2003. Accordingly, the SAB Staff Office formed an Ad Hoc Panel to 
review the EPA White Paper. This was announced in a notice in the 
Federal Register of August 6, 2003 (68 FR 46604) in which the SAB Staff 
Office solicited nominations for Panel membership. The Panel held 
several meetings to discuss and draft its advisory as announced in 
Federal Register notices published on June 25, 2004 (69 FR 35599) and 
January 6, 2005 (70 FR 1244). These notices can be found on the SAB Web 
site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/icaebapanel.html.
    The White Paper addressing ``illegal competitive advantage'' (ICA) 
issues is related to EPA's policy of recapturing violators' economic 
benefit from environmental noncompliance. Most of the Agency's cases 
involving this type of economic benefit focus on the financial gain 
that arises from delayed and/or avoided pollution control costs. In 
these situations, the Agency calculates the economic benefit using the 
``BEN'' (Benefits) computer model. EPA's White Paper provides an 
approach to capture economic benefits from situations that are not 
covered by the BEN model's focus on avoided and/or delayed 
expenditures.
    The SAB is now conducting a quality review of the Panel's draft 
advisory report. The purpose of the QRC is to determine whether: (i) 
The original charge questions to the SAB review panel have been 
adequately addressed, (ii) the report is clear and logical, and (iii) 
any conclusions drawn, or recommendations provided, are supported by 
the body of information in the advisory report. The outcome of the QRC 
review will be one, or a combination of one or more, of the following: 
(i) Recommend SAB approval of the report without substantive change, 
(ii) return the report to the review panel for further work, or (iii) 
reject the work of the review panel and request a reconsideration and a 
revised report in the future.
    Availability of Review Material for the Board Meeting: Documents 
that are the subject of this meeting are available on the SAB Web site 
at: https://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/icaebapanel.html.
    Procedures for Providing Public Comment: The SAB Staff Office 
accepts written public comments of any length, and accommodates oral 
public comments whenever possible. The SAB Staff Office expects that 
public statements presented at SAB meetings will not be repetitive of 
previously submitted oral or written statements. Oral Comments: In 
general, each individual or group requesting an oral presentation at a 
teleconference meeting will usually be limited to no more than three 
minutes per speaker and no more than fifteen minutes total. Interested 
parties should contact the DFO noted above in writing via e-mail at 
least one week prior to the meeting in order to be placed on the public 
speaker list for the meeting. Speakers should provide an electronic 
copy of their comments for distribution to interested parties and 
participants in the meeting. Written Comments: Although written 
comments are accepted until the date of the meeting (unless otherwise 
stated), written comments should be received in the SAB Staff Office at 
least one week prior to the meeting date so that the comments may be 
made available to the committee for their consideration. Comments 
should be supplied to the DFO at the address/contact information above 
in the following formats: one hard copy with original signature, and 
one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat, 
WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files (in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP 
format).
    Meeting Accommodations: Individuals requiring special accommodation 
to access these meetings, should contact the DFO at least five business 
days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

    Dated: March 31, 2005.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 05-6945 Filed 4-6-05; 8:45 am]
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