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is ongoing, and is expected to continue
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htm, the CBI that may be disclosed in
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Information, including CBI, discussed
in this Notice may relate to certain
companies and agencies that have
provided services for the EPA at sites
involved in the Litigation, including but
not limited to the following: Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry;
Alion Science & Technology
Corporation; Alpha Woods Hole
Laboratories; Arctic Slope Regional
Corporation; ASRC Management
Services, Incorporated; CDM Federal
Programs Corporation; CH2M Hill
Incorporated; Clayton Environmental
Consultants; Columbia Analytical
Services; Computer Services
Corporation; Contract Laboratory
Program; Datachem Laboratories,
Incorporated; DynCorp International;
Ecology & Environment, Incorporated;
Environmental Control Technology
Corporation; EnviroSystems,
Incorporated; Foster Wheeler
Environmental Corporation; GRB
Environmental Services, Incorporated;
Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency; Industrial Economics,
Incorporated; InStep Software, LLC;
Integrated Support Systems,
Incorporated; Keystone Environmental
Resources Incorporated; Lancaster
Laboratories; Lata-Kemron Remediation,
LLC; Laucks Testing Laboratories,
Incorporated; Liberty Analytical
Corporation; Lockheed Environment
Systems and Technologies Company;
Lockheed Environmental &
Technologies Remote Sensing Support;
Lockheed Martin Services Incorporated;
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Malcolm Pirnie, Incorporated; Metcalf &
Eddy, Incorporated; Mitkem
Laboratories; NewFields; OHM
Remediation Services Corporation;
Resource Applications, Incorporated;
Ronson Management Corporation;
Routine Analytical Services; Roy F.
Weston, Incorporated; Science
Applications International Corporation;
Special Analytical Services; S.S.
Papadopulos & Associates,
Incorporated; Stevenson; STN
Environmental Joint Venture; TechLaw,
Incorporated; Tetra Tech EM
Incorporated; The Conti Group; Toeroek
Associates, Incorporated; TRC
Environmental Corporation; United
States Environmental Services, LLC;
United States Army Corps of Engineers;
United States Department of the
Interior; and Westinghouse Remediation
Services, Incorporated; Weston
Solutions, Incorporated; Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources; WRS
Infrastructure and Environment
Incorporated; York Laboratories.
Dated: October 18, 2010.
Sandra Connors,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Site
Remediation Enforcement.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9216–4]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office
Request for Nominations of Experts for
the Consultation on Revisions to the
Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and
Site Investigation Manual
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting
public nominations for technical experts
to augment the SAB’s Radiation
Advisory Committee (RAC) to conduct a
consultation on revision to the MultiAgency Radiation Survey and Site
Investigation Manual.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted by November 12, 2010 per
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this Notice and
Request for Nominations may contact
Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office,
by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–
2064, or via e-mail at
kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov. General
SUMMARY:
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information concerning the EPA Science
Advisory Board can be found at the EPA
SAB Web site at http//www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 4365)
is a chartered Federal Advisory
Committee that provides independent
scientific and technical peer review,
advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on the technical basis for
EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory
Committee, the SAB conducts business
in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5
U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations.
The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
The Federal Inter-Agency MultiAgency Radiation Survey and Site
Investigation Manual (MARSSIM)
Workgroup plans to issue a Revision 2
to the MARSSIM. The document to be
revised, ‘‘MARSSIM, Rev.1 (2001),’’ is
available at https://www.epa.gov/
radiation/marssim/obtain.html. The
MARSSIM is the official multi-agency
(U.S. EPA, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, U.S. Department of Energy
and U.S. Department of Defense)
consensus document on planning,
coordinating, evaluating and
documenting environmental
radiological surveys. The MARSSIM,
Rev. 1 (2001) provides explicit guidance
to Federal agencies and other parties,
including states, site owners,
contractors and private entities on how
to demonstrate that their site is in
compliance with a radiation dose or
risk-based regulation, otherwise known
as a release criterion.
Specifically, the update to the
MARSSIM is anticipated to include
incorporation of an improved treatment
of measurement uncertainty, additional
survey methods made possible by
improvements in technology, more
extensive discussion on areas of
elevated activity [hotspots and Uranium
Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
(UMTRCA) standards], and a variety of
other improvements resulting from
feedback received from users since
issuance of the document. The planned
revision reflects changes in science and
technology, as well as twelve years of
combined Federal experience in
utilizing MARSSIM. This effort reflects
a major extension of a multi-agency
initiative to provide Federal guidance
on determining whether a radioactivelycontaminated site (including materials
and equipment located on or used at the
site) has been adequately cleaned up.
To support development of this
update, EPA’s Office of Radiation and
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Indoor Air (ORIA), on behalf of the
Federal Inter-Agency MARSSIM
Workgroup, has requested an SAB
consultation to seek advice early in the
process for technical and scientific
improvements to MARSSIM leading to
the issuance of Revision 2. In response
to ORIA’s request, the SAB Radiation
Advisory Committee (RAC) will be
augmented with additional experts to
conduct this consultation.
Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is seeking nominations of
nationally and internationally
recognized scientists and engineers with
demonstrated expertise and experience
in one or more of the following areas:
Environmental monitoring and
sampling, geology, hydrogeology,
measurement protocols for
radionuclides, metrology, radiation
science and statistics.
Additional Information: For questions
concerning ‘‘MARSSIM, Rev. 1(2001),’’
please contact Dr. Mary E. Clark of the
U.S. EPA, ORIA by telephone at (202)
343–9348, fax at (202) 343–2395, or email at clark.marye@epa.gov.
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations: Any interested person or
organization may nominate qualified
individuals in the areas of expertise
described above for possible service on
this expert Panel. Nominations should
be submitted in electronic format
(which is preferred over hard copy)
following the instructions for
‘‘Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels
and Ad Hoc Committees Being Formed’’
provided on the SAB Web site. The
instructions can be accessed through the
‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link on the
blue navigational bar on the SAB Web
site at https://www.epa.gov/sab. To
receive full consideration, nominations
should include all of the information
requested below.
EPA’s SAB Staff Office requests
contact information about the person
making the nomination; contact
information about the nominee; the
disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s
curriculum vita; sources of recent grant
and/or contract support; and a
biographical sketch of the nominee
indicating current position, educational
background, research activities, and
recent service on other national
advisory committees or national
professional organizations.
Persons having questions about the
nomination procedures, or who are
unable to submit nominations through
the SAB Web site, should contact Dr. K.
Jack Kooyoomjian, DFO, as indicated
above in this notice. Nominations
should be submitted in time to arrive no
later than November 12, 2010. EPA
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values and welcomes diversity. In an
effort to obtain nominations of diverse
candidates, EPA encourages
nominations of women and men of all
racial and ethnic groups.
The EPA SAB Staff Office will
acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The names and bio-sketches of qualified
nominees identified by respondents to
this Federal Register notice, and
additional experts identified by the SAB
Staff, will be posted in a List of
Candidates on the SAB Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/sab. Public
comments on this List of Candidates
will be accepted for 21 calendar days.
The public will be requested to provide
relevant information or other
documentation on nominees that the
SAB Staff Office should consider in
evaluating candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a
review panel includes candidates who
possess the necessary domains of
knowledge, the relevant scientific
perspectives (which, among other
factors, can be influenced by work
history and affiliation), and the
collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the charge. In
forming this expert panel, the SAB Staff
Office will consider public comments
on the List of Candidates, information
provided by the candidates themselves,
and background information
independently gathered by the SAB
Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used
for Panel membership include: (a)
Scientific and/or technical expertise,
knowledge, and experience (primary
factors); (b) availability and willingness
to serve; (c) absence of financial
conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an
appearance of a lack of impartiality; and
(e) skills working in committees,
subcommittees and advisory panels;
and, (f) for the Panel as a whole,
diversity of expertise and viewpoints.
The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of
an absence of financial conflicts of
interest will include a review of 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://
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www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110–
48.pdf.
The approved policy under which the
EPA SAB Office selects subcommittees
and review panels is described in the
following document: Overview of the
Panel Formation Process at the
Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–EC–
02–010), which is posted on the SAB
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/
ec02010.pdf.
Dated: October 15, 2010.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9216-4]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office Request for Nominations of
Experts for the Consultation on Revisions to the Multi-Agency Radiation
Survey and Site Investigation Manual
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is
requesting public nominations for technical experts to augment the
SAB's Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) to conduct a consultation on
revision to the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation
Manual.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted by November 12, 2010 per
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations
may contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Officer (DFO),
SAB Staff Office, by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-2064, or via e-
mail at kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov. General
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information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found at
the EPA SAB Web site at http//www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 4365) is a
chartered Federal Advisory Committee that provides independent
scientific and technical peer review, advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for EPA
actions. As a Federal Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts business in
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C.
App. 2) and related regulations. The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
The Federal Inter-Agency Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site
Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) Workgroup plans to issue a Revision 2 to
the MARSSIM. The document to be revised, ``MARSSIM, Rev.1 (2001),'' is
available at https://www.epa.gov/radiation/marssim/obtain.html. The
MARSSIM is the official multi-agency (U.S. EPA, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Defense)
consensus document on planning, coordinating, evaluating and
documenting environmental radiological surveys. The MARSSIM, Rev. 1
(2001) provides explicit guidance to Federal agencies and other
parties, including states, site owners, contractors and private
entities on how to demonstrate that their site is in compliance with a
radiation dose or risk-based regulation, otherwise known as a release
criterion.
Specifically, the update to the MARSSIM is anticipated to include
incorporation of an improved treatment of measurement uncertainty,
additional survey methods made possible by improvements in technology,
more extensive discussion on areas of elevated activity [hotspots and
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) standards], and a
variety of other improvements resulting from feedback received from
users since issuance of the document. The planned revision reflects
changes in science and technology, as well as twelve years of combined
Federal experience in utilizing MARSSIM. This effort reflects a major
extension of a multi-agency initiative to provide Federal guidance on
determining whether a radioactively-contaminated site (including
materials and equipment located on or used at the site) has been
adequately cleaned up.
To support development of this update, EPA's Office of Radiation
and Indoor Air (ORIA), on behalf of the Federal Inter-Agency MARSSIM
Workgroup, has requested an SAB consultation to seek advice early in
the process for technical and scientific improvements to MARSSIM
leading to the issuance of Revision 2. In response to ORIA's request,
the SAB Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) will be augmented with
additional experts to conduct this consultation.
Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking
nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists and
engineers with demonstrated expertise and experience in one or more of
the following areas: Environmental monitoring and sampling, geology,
hydrogeology, measurement protocols for radionuclides, metrology,
radiation science and statistics.
Additional Information: For questions concerning ``MARSSIM, Rev.
1(2001),'' please contact Dr. Mary E. Clark of the U.S. EPA, ORIA by
telephone at (202) 343-9348, fax at (202) 343-2395, or e-mail at
clark.marye@epa.gov.
Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Any interested
person or organization may nominate qualified individuals in the areas
of expertise described above for possible service on this expert Panel.
Nominations should be submitted in electronic format (which is
preferred over hard copy) following the instructions for ``Nominating
Experts to Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc Committees Being Formed''
provided on the SAB Web site. The instructions can be accessed through
the ``Nomination of Experts'' link on the blue navigational bar on the
SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab. To receive full consideration,
nominations should include all of the information requested below.
EPA's SAB Staff Office requests contact information about the
person making the nomination; contact information about the nominee;
the disciplinary and specific areas of expertise of the nominee; the
nominee's curriculum vita; sources of recent grant and/or contract
support; and a biographical sketch of the nominee indicating current
position, educational background, research activities, and recent
service on other national advisory committees or national professional
organizations.
Persons having questions about the nomination procedures, or who
are unable to submit nominations through the SAB Web site, should
contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, DFO, as indicated above in this
notice. Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
November 12, 2010. EPA values and welcomes diversity. In an effort to
obtain nominations of diverse candidates, EPA encourages nominations of
women and men of all racial and ethnic groups.
The EPA SAB Staff Office will acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The names and bio-sketches of qualified nominees identified by
respondents to this Federal Register notice, and additional experts
identified by the SAB Staff, will be posted in a List of Candidates on
the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab. Public comments on this
List of Candidates will be accepted for 21 calendar days. The public
will be requested to provide relevant information or other
documentation on nominees that the SAB Staff Office should consider in
evaluating candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a review panel includes candidates
who possess the necessary domains of knowledge, the relevant scientific
perspectives (which, among other factors, can be influenced by work
history and affiliation), and the collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the charge. In forming this expert panel, the SAB
Staff Office will consider public comments on the List of Candidates,
information provided by the candidates themselves, and background
information independently gathered by the SAB Staff Office. Selection
criteria to be used for Panel membership include: (a) Scientific and/or
technical expertise, knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b)
availability and willingness to serve; (c) absence of financial
conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an appearance of a lack of
impartiality; and (e) skills working in committees, subcommittees and
advisory panels; and, (f) for the Panel as a whole, diversity of
expertise and viewpoints.
The SAB Staff Office's evaluation of an absence of financial
conflicts of interest will include a review of 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://
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www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110-48.pdf.
The approved policy under which the EPA SAB Office selects
subcommittees and review panels is described in the following document:
Overview of the Panel Formation Process at the Environmental Protection
Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA-SAB-EC-02-010), which is posted on
the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec02010.pdf.
Dated: October 15, 2010.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-26656 Filed 10-20-10; 8:45 am]
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