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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Notification of a Public Meeting of the
Chartered Science Advisory Board
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office announces a public
meeting of the Chartered SAB to
consider a draft report commenting on
the President’s requested FY 2012
budget for EPA research and to discuss
SAB plans to provide advice on Office
of Research and Development (ORD)
strategic research directions.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 1 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 23,
2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern
Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Umstead Hotel, Cary, North
Carolina.
SUMMARY:
Any
member of the public who wants further
information concerning the meeting
may contact Dr. Angela Nugent,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board (1400R), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/
voice mail (202) 564–2218, fax (202)
565–2098; or e-mail at
nugent.angela@epa.gov. General
information concerning the SAB can be
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www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB was
established pursuant to the
Environmental Research, Development,
and Demonstration Authorization Act
(ERDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to
provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on
the technical basis for Agency positions
and regulations. The SAB is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to
FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby
given that the SAB will hold a public
meeting to consider a draft report on the
President’s requested FY 2012 budget
for research and to discuss SAB plans to
provide advice on ORD strategic
research directions. The SAB will
comply with the provisions of FACA
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office
procedural policies.
As announced in the Federal Register
(76 FR 7198–7199), an SAB Research
Budget Work Group met on March 3–4,
2011 to review the President’s requested
Fiscal Year 2012 research budget for
EPA. The chartered SAB will discuss
the work group’s draft report and reach
agreement on comments to provide the
EPA Administrator and the Congress on
the adequacy of the President’s
requested research budget for the next
fiscal year in light of EPA’s research
needs.
Since the last meeting of the chartered
SAB on September 22–22, 2010 (75 FR
52940–52941), ORD has restructured its
research program into six major program
areas: Air, Climate, and Energy; Safe
and Sustainable Water Resources;
Sustainable and Healthy Communities;
Chemical Safety and Sustainability;
Human Health Risk Assessment; and
Homeland Security. The chartered SAB
will receive an update on
implementation of these new program
areas and initiate discussions with ORD
and representatives of ORD’s Board of
Scientific Councilors about plans to
review ORD’s new strategic research
directions.
Availability of Meeting Materials: A
meeting agenda and other materials for
the meeting will be placed on the SAB
Web site at https://epa.gov/sab.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant written or oral
information for consideration on the
topics included in this advisory activity.
Oral Statements: To be placed on the
public speaker list for the March 22–23,
2011 meeting, interested parties should
notify Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, by e-
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mail no later than March 15, 2011.
Individuals making oral statements will
be limited to five minutes per speaker.
Written Statements: Written statements
for the March 22–23, 2011 meeting
should be received in the SAB Staff
Office by March 15, 2011, so that the
information may be made available to
the SAB for its consideration prior to
this meeting. Written statements should
be supplied to the DFO in the following
formats: one hard copy with original
signature and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file format: Adobe
Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect,
MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in
IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Submitters are asked to provide
electronic versions of each document
submitted with and without signatures,
because the SAB Staff Office does not
publish documents with signatures on
its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at
the phone number or e-mail address
noted above, preferably at least ten days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as
much time as possible to process your
request.
Dated: February 23, 2011.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Chartered Science Advisory Board
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Chartered
SAB to consider a draft report commenting on the President's requested
FY 2012 budget for EPA research and to discuss SAB plans to provide
advice on Office of Research and Development (ORD) strategic research
directions.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from
1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 12
p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Umstead Hotel, Cary, North
Carolina.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the meeting may contact Dr. Angela
Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board
(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail (202) 564-
2218, fax (202) 565-2098; or e-mail at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General
information concerning the SAB can be found on the EPA Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDAA),
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency
positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee
chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C.,
App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that
the SAB will hold a public meeting to consider a draft report on the
President's requested FY 2012 budget for research and to discuss SAB
plans to provide advice on ORD strategic research directions. The SAB
will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
As announced in the Federal Register (76 FR 7198-7199), an SAB
Research Budget Work Group met on March 3-4, 2011 to review the
President's requested Fiscal Year 2012 research budget for EPA. The
chartered SAB will discuss the work group's draft report and reach
agreement on comments to provide the EPA Administrator and the Congress
on the adequacy of the President's requested research budget for the
next fiscal year in light of EPA's research needs.
Since the last meeting of the chartered SAB on September 22-22,
2010 (75 FR 52940-52941), ORD has restructured its research program
into six major program areas: Air, Climate, and Energy; Safe and
Sustainable Water Resources; Sustainable and Healthy Communities;
Chemical Safety and Sustainability; Human Health Risk Assessment; and
Homeland Security. The chartered SAB will receive an update on
implementation of these new program areas and initiate discussions with
ORD and representatives of ORD's Board of Scientific Councilors about
plans to review ORD's new strategic research directions.
Availability of Meeting Materials: A meeting agenda and other
materials for the meeting will be placed on the SAB Web site at https://epa.gov/sab.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for
consideration on the topics included in this advisory activity. Oral
Statements: To be placed on the public speaker list for the March 22-
23, 2011 meeting, interested parties should notify Dr. Angela Nugent,
DFO, by e-mail no later than March 15, 2011. Individuals making oral
statements will be limited to five minutes per speaker. Written
Statements: Written statements for the March 22-23, 2011 meeting should
be received in the SAB Staff Office by March 15, 2011, so that the
information may be made available to the SAB for its consideration
prior to this meeting. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO
in the following formats: one hard copy with original signature and one
electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF,
MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format). Submitters are asked to provide electronic
versions of each document submitted with and without signatures,
because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures
on its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at the phone
number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: February 23, 2011.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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