Board of Scientific Counselors, Global Change Research Program Mid-Cycle Review Meetings-February and March 2008, 7743-7744 [E8-2476]

Download as PDF rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 28 / Monday, February 11, 2008 / Notices form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. Abstract: The purpose of this information collection request is to assist the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) in selecting Federal advisory committee members who will be appointed as Special Government Employees (SGEs), mostly to EPA’s scientific and technical committees. To select SGE members as efficiently and cost effectively as possible, the Agency needs to evaluate potential conflicts of interest before a candidate is hired as an SGE and appointed as a member to a committee by EPA’s Administrator or Deputy Administrator. Agency officials developed the ‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,’’ also referred to as Form 3110–48, for a greater inclusion of information to discover any potential conflicts of interest as recommended by the Government Accountability Office. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average one hour 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 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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Candidates for membership as Special Government Employees (SGEs) on EPA federal advisory committees. Estimated total number of potential respondents: 300. Frequency of response: Annual. Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1. Estimated total annual burden hours: 300 hours. Estimated total annual costs: $33,000. There are no capital or O&M costs. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:44 Feb 08, 2008 Jkt 214001 Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 24 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. The burden estimates have been changed to reflect an expected increase of the number of respondents (from 276 to 300), as well as an increase of respondents costs to complete the form, to cover the next 3 years. Dated: February 4, 2008. Sara Hisel-McCoy, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E8–2478 Filed 2–8–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–1175; FRL–8527–6] Board of Scientific Counselors, Global Change Research Program Mid-Cycle Review Meetings—February and March 2008 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meetings. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of two meetings of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Global Mid-Cycle Subcommittee. DATES: The first meeting (a teleconference call) will be held on Thursday, February 28, 2008, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The second meeting (a teleconference call) will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the meetings will be accepted up to 1 business day before each meeting. ADDRESSES: Participation in the conference calls 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 calls from Monica Rodia, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– ORD–2007–1175, by one of the following methods: • www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 7743 ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–1175. • Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566– 0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– HQ–ORD–2007–1175. • Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific Counselors, Global Change Research Program Mid-Cycle Subcommittee Meetings—Winter 2008 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–1175. • Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC., Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–1175. Note: this is not a mailing address. Such 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–2007– 1175. 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 e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to 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, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, 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 EPA’s public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. E:\FR\FM\11FEN1.SGM 11FEN1 7744 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 28 / Monday, February 11, 2008 / Notices 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 in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific Counselors, Global Change Research Program MidCycle Subcommittee Meetings—Winter 2008 Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 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 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 via mail at: Monica Rodia, Mail Drop 8104–R, Office of Science Policy, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at: (202) 564–8322; via fax at: (202) 565–2925; or via e-mail at: rodia.monica@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES General Information Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft BOSC agenda or making a presentation at any of the meetings may contact Monica Rodia, the Designated Federal Officer, via any of the contact methods listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. In general, each individual making an oral presentation will be limited to a total of three minutes. Proposed agenda items for the meetings include, but are not limited to: Teleconference #1: discussion of each of the submissions to the charge questions used to develop the draft report; Teleconference #2: a review of subsequent changes used to create the final draft, discussion of changes to the final draft and approval of the report. The meetings are open to the public. The subcommittee roster and charge can be accessed at: https://www.epa.gov/osp/ bosc/subcomm-gc_mid.htm. Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Monica Rodia at (202) 564–8322 or rodia.monica@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Monica Rodia, preferably at VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:44 Feb 08, 2008 Jkt 214001 least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: February 5, 2008. Jeff Morris, Acting Director, Office of Science Policy. [FR Doc. E8–2476 Filed 2–8–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority, Comments Requested February 4, 2008. 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 of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA 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 PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 11, 2008. 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: You may submit all PRA comments by e-mail or U.S. mail. To submit your comments by e-mail, send them to PRA@fcc.gov. To submit your comments by U.S. mail, send them to Leslie F. Smith, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1– C216, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DC 20554, or via the Internet to PRA@fcc.gov. For additional information about the information collection(s), contact Leslie F. Smith via the Internet at PRA@fcc.gov or call (202) 418–0217. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060–0986. Title: Competitive Carrier Line Count Report. Form Number: FCC Form 525. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit. Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,300 respondents; 4,753 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–6 hours. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and annual reporting requirements; third party disclosure requirement. Total Annual Burden: 3,707 hours. Total Annual Cost: $0.00. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts. Nature of Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission is not requesting that the respondents submit confidential information to the FCC. Respondents may, however, request confidential treatment for information they believe to be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of the Commission’s rules. Needs and Uses: The Commission will use the information requirements to determine whether and to what extent rural telecommunications carriers and competitive eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) providing the data are eligible to receive universal service support. This information includes loop counts, by disaggregation zone, for rural incumbent carriers, which is used to calculate the per-line high-cost universal service support amount available to competitive ETCs serving their territories. It also includes loop counts, by disaggregation zone or unbundled network element zone, for competitive ETCs, which is used to calculate the total high-cost universal service support amount available to competitive ETCs. This competitive ETC loop count requirement includes areas served by incumbent non-rural carriers, in addition to incumbent rural carriers, due to the consolidation of information collections included in a previous revision. Additionally, this information collection requires states to certify that incumbent rural carriers and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E:\FR\FM\11FEN1.SGM 11FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7743-7744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2476]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-1175; FRL-8527-6]


Board of Scientific Counselors, Global Change Research Program 
Mid-Cycle Review Meetings--February and March 2008

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and 
Development (ORD), gives notice of two meetings of the Board of 
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Global Mid-Cycle Subcommittee.

DATES: The first meeting (a teleconference call) will be held on 
Thursday, February 28, 2008, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The second 
meeting (a teleconference call) will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The meetings may adjourn early if all business is 
finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral 
presentations at the meetings will be accepted up to 1 business day 
before each meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the conference calls 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 calls from 
Monica Rodia, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Submit your comments, 
identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-1175, by one of the 
following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-1175.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-1175.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Global Change Research Program Mid-Cycle Subcommittee 
Meetings--Winter 2008 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-
1175.
     Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver comments to: EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC., Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-
1175.

    Note: this is not a mailing address. Such 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-
2007-1175. 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 e-mail. 
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information 
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, 
your e-mail 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, EPA recommends 
that you include your name and other contact information in the body of 
your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read 
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, 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 EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

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    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 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Global Change Research Program Mid-Cycle Subcommittee 
Meetings--Winter 2008 Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 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 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 via 
mail at: Monica Rodia, Mail Drop 8104-R, Office of Science Policy, 
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice mail 
at: (202) 564-8322; via fax at: (202) 565-2925; or via e-mail at: 
rodia.monica@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information

    Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft BOSC 
agenda or making a presentation at any of the meetings may contact 
Monica Rodia, the Designated Federal Officer, via any of the contact 
methods listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. In 
general, each individual making an oral presentation will be limited to 
a total of three minutes.
    Proposed agenda items for the meetings include, but are not limited 
to: Teleconference #1: discussion of each of the submissions to the 
charge questions used to develop the draft report; Teleconference #2: a 
review of subsequent changes used to create the final draft, discussion 
of changes to the final draft and approval of the report. The meetings 
are open to the public. The subcommittee roster and charge can be 
accessed at: https://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/subcomm-gc_mid.htm.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Monica Rodia at (202) 564-8322 or rodia.monica@epa.gov. 
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Monica Rodia, 
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: February 5, 2008.
Jeff Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
 [FR Doc. E8-2476 Filed 2-8-08; 8:45 am]
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