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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Notification To Convene Workgroups
of Experts for Rapid Consultative
Advice on Scientific and Technical
Issues From Hurricane Katrina
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces its
intent to convene workgroups of experts
drawn from the U.S. EPA SAB, the
Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee, and the Advisory Council
on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
(chartered advisory committees), their
standing committees, subcommittees,
and advisory panels to provide rapid
consultative advice on scientific and
technical issues in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who wish to
obtain information about the rapid
consultative advice process and projects
may contact Dr. Anthony F.
Maciorowski, Associate Director for
Science, Science Advisory Board Staff
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Office, by telephone at (202) 343–9983;
by e-mail at
maciorowski.anthony@epa.gov; or by
mail at the U.S. EPA, Science Advisory
Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460.
The SAB
was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to
provide independent scientific and
technical advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on a technical basis for
Agency positions and regulations. The
SAB anticipates that the scope and scale
of environmental destruction in
Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama
will lead EPA Program Offices and
Regions to request advice on an array of
scientific and technical issues. Rapid
consultative advice from nationally
recognized scientists and engineers will
assist the Agency in developing and
implementing timely and scientifically
appropriate responses to Hurricane
Katrina induced destruction and
contamination along the Gulf Coast.
To expedite the development of
advice on Hurricane Katrina related
issues, the SAB Staff Office will
convene workgroups of technical
experts drawn from the U.S. EPA SAB,
the Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee, the Advisory Council on
Clean Air Compliance Analysis
(chartered advisory committees), their
standing committees, subcommittees,
and advisory panels. Workgroup
members will be invited to serve based
on their scientific and technical
expertise, knowledge, and experience;
availability and willingness to serve;
absence of financial conflicts of interest;
and scientific credibility and
impartiality. Due to critical mission and
schedule requirements, there is
insufficient time to provide the full 15
days notice in the Federal Register prior
to advisory committee meetings,
pursuant to the final rule on Federal
Advisory Committee Management
codified at 41 CFR 102–3.150.
Therefore, information on the
workgroup consultations will be posted
on the SAB Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/sab as they are available.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: September 8, 2005.
Vanessa Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification To Convene
Workgroups of Experts for Rapid Consultative Advice on Scientific and
Technical Issues From Hurricane Katrina
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces
its intent to convene workgroups of experts drawn from the U.S. EPA
SAB, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, and the Advisory
Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (chartered advisory
committees), their standing committees, subcommittees, and advisory
panels to provide rapid consultative advice on scientific and technical
issues in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain information about the rapid consultative advice process and
projects may contact Dr. Anthony F. Maciorowski, Associate Director for
Science, Science Advisory Board Staff Office, by telephone at (202)
343-9983; by e-mail at maciorowski.anthony@epa.gov; or by mail at the
U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to
provide independent scientific and technical advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA Administrator on a technical basis for
Agency positions and regulations. The SAB anticipates that the scope
and scale of environmental destruction in Mississippi, Louisiana and
Alabama will lead EPA Program Offices and Regions to request advice on
an array of scientific and technical issues. Rapid consultative advice
from nationally recognized scientists and engineers will assist the
Agency in developing and implementing timely and scientifically
appropriate responses to Hurricane Katrina induced destruction and
contamination along the Gulf Coast.
To expedite the development of advice on Hurricane Katrina related
issues, the SAB Staff Office will convene workgroups of technical
experts drawn from the U.S. EPA SAB, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee, the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
(chartered advisory committees), their standing committees,
subcommittees, and advisory panels. Workgroup members will be invited
to serve based on their scientific and technical expertise, knowledge,
and experience; availability and willingness to serve; absence of
financial conflicts of interest; and scientific credibility and
impartiality. Due to critical mission and schedule requirements, there
is insufficient time to provide the full 15 days notice in the Federal
Register prior to advisory committee meetings, pursuant to the final
rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management codified at 41 CFR 102-
3.150. Therefore, information on the workgroup consultations will be
posted on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab as they are
available.
Dated: September 8, 2005.
Vanessa Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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