Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting-May 2008, 19834-19835 [E8-7812]

Download as PDF 19834 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 71 / Friday, April 11, 2008 / Notices Recommendations and Associated Actions for the 104th Fighter Wing Massachusetts Air National Guard, Base Realignment and Closure, Implementation, Westfield-Barnes Airport, Westfield, MA. Summary: EPA had no objection to the project and encouraged the National Guard Bureau to work closely with local communities. EIS No. 20080062, ERP No. F–USA– A11079–00, Permanent Home Stationing of the 2/25th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBECT), To Address a Full Range of Alternatives for Permanently Stationing the 2/25th SBCT, Hawaii and Honolulu Counties, HI; Anchorage and Southeast Fairbanks Boroughs, AK; El Paso, Pueblo, and Fremont Counties, CO. Summary: EPA’s previous concerns have been resolved; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed project. EIS No. 20080073, ERP No. F–FHW– F40812–IL, Prairie Parkway Study, Transportation System Improvement between I–80 and I–88, Widening IL– 47 to 4 Lanes from I–80 to Caton Farm Road, Funding, U.S. Army COE section 404, Grundy, Kendall and Kane Counties, IL. Summary: EPA continues to have environmental concerns about water quality and aquatic life impacts due to road salt and other pollutants. Dated: April 8, 2008. Ken Mittelholtz, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E8–7784 Filed 4–10–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–6697–7] mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564–7167 or https://www.epa.gov/ compliance/nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements Filed 03/31/2008 Through 04/04/2008 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. EIS No. 20080125, Draft EIS, FHW, NC, I–26 Connector Project, Proposed Multi-Land Freeway from I–40 to US 19–23–70 North of Asheville, Funding, U.S. Coast Guard Permit, US Army COE Section 10 and 404 Permit, Buncombe County, Asheville, NC, Comment Period Ends: 05/19/2008, VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:21 Apr 10, 2008 Jkt 214001 Contact: John F. Sullivan, III, P.E. 919–856–4346 Ext. 122 EIS No. 20080126, Draft EIS, AFS, ID, Corralled Bear Project, Management of Vegetation, Hazardous Fuels, and Access, Plus Watershed Improvements, Palouse Ranger District, Clearwater National Forest, Latah County, ID, Comment Period Ends: 05/19/2008, Contact: Kara Chadwick 208–875–1131. EIS No. 20080127, Final Supplement, FHW, MT, US 93 Highway Ninepipe/ Ronan Improvement Project, from Dublin Gulch Road/Red Horn Road, Funding, Special-Use-Permit, NPDES Permit and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Lake County, MT, Wait Period Ends: 05/05/2008, Contact: Craig Genzlinger, P.E. 406–449–5302. EIS No. 20080128, Draft Supplement, MMS, 00, Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2009–2012 Western Planning Area Sales: 210 in 2009, 215 in 2010, and 218 in 2011, and Central Planning Area Sales: 208 in 2009, 213 in 2010, 216 in 2011, and 222 in 2012, TX, LA, MS, AL and FL, Comment Period Ends: 06/03/2008, Contact: Dr. Mary Boatman 703–737–1662. EIS No. 20080129, Draft EIS, FHW, UT, Layton Interchange Project, Improvements on I–15 (Exit–330) to Provide Unrestricted Access Across the Unicon Pacific Railroad and to Address Traffic Congestion on Gentile St. in West Layton, Layton City, UT, Comment Period Ends: 05/27/2008, Contact: Doug Atkin 801–963–0182. EIS No. 20080130, Final EIS, AFS, 00, Mt. Ashland Late-Successional Reserve Habitat Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project, To Promote and Maintain Late-Successional Habitat, Oak Knoll Ranger District, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA and Jackson County, OR, Wait Period Ends: 05/05/2008, Contact: Susan Stresser 530–841–4538. EIS No. 20080131, Final EIS, AFS, CA, Eldorado National Forest Public Wheeled Motorized Travel Management Project, Proposes to Regulate Unmanaged Public Wheeled Motor Vehicle, Implementation, Alphine, Amador, El Dorado and Placer Counties, CA, Wait Period Ends: 05/05/2008, Contact: Laura Hierholzer 530–647–5382. EIS No. 20080132, Final EIS, USN, VA, Marine Corps Base Quantico (MCBQ) Virginia Project, Proposes Development of the Westside of MCBQ and the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Action at MCBQ, Implementation, Quantico, VA, Wait Period Ends: 05/05/2008, Contact: Jeff Gardner 703–432–6784. PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Amended Notices EIS No. 20080111, Draft EIS, COE, 00, Programmatic—Hydropower Rehabilitations, Dissolved Oxygen and Minimum Flow Regimes at Wolf Creek Dam, Kentucky and Center Hill and Dale Hollow Dams, Tennessee, Implementation, Comment Period Ends: 05/12/2008, Contact: Chip Hall 615–736–7666. Revision to FR Notice Published 03/ 28/2008: EIS is withdrawn due to NonDistribution of the document. Dated: April 8, 2008. Ken Mittelholtz, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E8–7787 Filed 4–10–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0268; FRL–8553–3] Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting—May 2008 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. 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 one meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and will continue on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. All times noted are central time. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the meeting will be accepted up to 1 business day before the meeting. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Gulf Ecology Division, 1 Sabine Island Drive, Gulf Breeze, Florida 32561. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– ORD–2008–0268, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: DATES: E:\FR\FM\11APN1.SGM 11APN1 mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 71 / Friday, April 11, 2008 / Notices ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0268. • Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566– 0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– HQ–ORD–2008–0268. • Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting—May 2008 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0268. • 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–2008–0268. 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–2008– 0268. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at https:// 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 https:// www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://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 https:// 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. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https:// VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:21 Apr 10, 2008 Jkt 214001 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 https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting—May 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: Lorelei Kowalski, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at: (202) 564–3408; via fax at: (202) 565–2911; or via e-mail at: kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: General Information Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft BOSC agenda or making a presentation at the meeting may contact Lorelei Kowalski, 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 meeting include, but are not limited to: review of the Computational Toxicology Subcommittee and National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Standing Subcommittee draft letter reports; review of the Global Change Mid-Cycle draft report; update on the BOSC midcycle review subcommittees (land and water quality); update on the BOSC program review subcommittees (homeland security, human health, and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)); update on the BOSC standing subcommittees ( National Center for Environmental Research); briefings on (1) The National Research Council of the National Academies: Report on Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. EPA (report overview, ORD implementation plans, and implications for BOSC program reviews), (2) ORD’s PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19835 ecological research program, and (3) ORD/EPA nanotechnology activities; a site visit to the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory in Gulf Breeze, Florida; update on BOSC workgroups; ORD update; an update on EPA’s Science Advisory Board activities; and future issues and plans. The meeting is open to the public. Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Lorelei Kowalski (202) 564– 3408 or kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Lorelei Kowalski, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated April 3, 2008. Jeff Morris, Acting Director, Office of Science Policy. [FR Doc. E8–7812 Filed 4–10–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8553–2] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of a Public Advisory Committee Meeting of the CASAC Oxides of Nitrogen Primary NAAQS Review Panel and Public Teleconference of the CASAC Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee’s (CASAC) Oxides of Nitrogen Primary NAAQS Review Panel (Panel) to conduct a peer review of EPA’s Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen—Health Criteria (Second External Review Draft) (EPA/ 600/R–07/093aB and EPA/600/R–07/ 903bB, March 2008) and to conduct a review of the EPA’s Risk and Exposure Assessment to Support the Review of the NO2 Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard: First Draft and Risk and Exposure Assessment to Support the Review of the NO2 Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Draft Technical Support Document (TSD). The chartered CASAC will review and approve the Panel’s report by teleconference. E:\FR\FM\11APN1.SGM 11APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 71 (Friday, April 11, 2008)]
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[Pages 19834-19835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7812]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0268; FRL-8553-3]


Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting--May 
2008

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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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 one meeting of the Board of 
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., and will continue on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. 
until 3:30 p.m. All times noted are central time. The meeting may 
adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for the draft 
agenda or for making oral presentations at the meeting will be accepted 
up to 1 business day before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Office of Research and 
Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research 
Laboratory, Gulf Ecology Division, 1 Sabine Island Drive, Gulf Breeze, 
Florida 32561. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-ORD-2008-0268, by one of the following methods:
     https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to:

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ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0268.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0268.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting--May 2008 Docket, Mailcode: 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0268.
     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-2008-
0268. 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-
2008-0268. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
https://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 https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://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 https://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.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://
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 https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of 
Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting--May 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: Lorelei Kowalski, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy, 
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice 
mail at: (202) 564-3408; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-mail at: 
kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information

    Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft BOSC 
agenda or making a presentation at the meeting may contact Lorelei 
Kowalski, 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 meeting include, but are not limited 
to: review of the Computational Toxicology Subcommittee and National 
Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Standing Subcommittee draft letter 
reports; review of the Global Change Mid-Cycle draft report; update on 
the BOSC mid-cycle review subcommittees (land and water quality); 
update on the BOSC program review subcommittees (homeland security, 
human health, and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)); update on the 
BOSC standing subcommittees ( National Center for Environmental 
Research); briefings on (1) The National Research Council of the 
National Academies: Report on Evaluating Research Efficiency in the 
U.S. EPA (report overview, ORD implementation plans, and implications 
for BOSC program reviews), (2) ORD's ecological research program, and 
(3) ORD/EPA nanotechnology activities; a site visit to the National 
Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory in Gulf Breeze, 
Florida; update on BOSC workgroups; ORD update; an update on EPA's 
Science Advisory Board activities; and future issues and plans. The 
meeting is open to the public.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Lorelei Kowalski (202) 564-3408 or 
kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact Lorelei Kowalski, preferably at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your 
request.

    Dated April 3, 2008.
Jeff Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
 [FR Doc. E8-7812 Filed 4-10-08; 8:45 am]
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