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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Wente or Jessica Joyce,
Environmental Fate and Effects
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 305–0001 and (703) 347–8191; fax
number: (703) 305–0204; email address:
wente.stephen@epa.gov and
joyce.jessica@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are required to
conduct testing of chemical substances
under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may
also be interested, the Agency has not
attempted to describe all the specific
entities that may be affected by this
action. The following list of North
American Industrial Classification
System (NAICS) codes is not intended
to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide to help readers determine whether
this document applies to them.
Potentially affected entities may
include:
• Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and
Hunting NAICS code 11.
• Utilities NAICS code 22.
• Professional, Scientific and
Technical NAICS code 54.
B. How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified
by docket identification (ID) number
EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0879, is available
at https://www.regulations.gov or at the
Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the
Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West
Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 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 OPP
Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review
the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. Background
On a biannual interval, an
Environmental Modeling Public
Meeting is held for presentation and
discussion of current issues related to
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modeling pesticide fate, transport, and
exposure for risk assessment in a
regulatory context. Meeting dates and
abstract requests are announced through
the ‘‘empmlist’’ forum on the LYRIS list
server at https://lists.epa.gov/read/all_
forums/.
III. How can I request to participate in
this meeting?
You may submit a request to
participate in this meeting to the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. Do not submit any information
in your request that is considered
Confidential Business Information (CBI).
Requests to participate in the meeting,
identified by docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OPP–2009–0879, must be received
on or before June 5, 2017.
IV. Tentative Theme for the Meeting
Subsurface Metabolism: Groundwater
modeling conducted as part of the
pesticide registration and re-evaluation
processes typically assumes that
biologically mediated metabolism does
not occur at depths greater than 1 meter.
The focus of this EMPM meeting
concerns evidence of subsurface
metabolism in groundwater, methods
for measuring subsurface metabolism,
and how to parameterize models to
account for subsurface metabolism. As
always, other timely topics beyond
subsurface metabolism will be
considered as time limits allow.
Authority Code: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: April 20, 2017.
Marietta Echeuerria,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0765; FRL–9963–10–
ORD]
Request for Nominations of Experts to
the EPA Office of Research and
Development’s Board of Scientific
Counselors
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking
nominations for technical experts to
serve on its Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC), a federal advisory
committee to the Office of Research and
Development (ORD). Submission of
nominations is preferred via the BOSC
Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/bosc.
SUMMARY:
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Nominations should be
submitted by June 30, 2017, per
instructions below.
DATES:
Any
member of the public needing
additional information regarding this
Notice and Request for Nominations
may contact Mr. Tom Tracy, Office of
Science Policy, Office of Research and
Development, Mail Code 8104–R,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at:
(202) 564–6518; via fax at: (202) 565–
2911; or via email at: tracy.tom@
epa.gov. General information
concerning the BOSC can be found at
the following Web site: https://
www.epa.gov/bosc.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The BOSC is a chartered Federal
Advisory Committee that was
established by the EPA to provide
independent scientific and technical
peer review, advice, consultation, and
recommendations about ORD. As a
Federal Advisory Committee, the BOSC
conducts business in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related
regulations.
The BOSC is comprised of an
Executive Committee and five
supporting subcommittees. The
subcommittees focus on ORD’s research
programs: Air, Climate, and Energy
Research Program; Chemical Safety for
Sustainability Research Program and
Human Health Risk Assessment
Program; Homeland Security Research
Program; Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources Research Program; and
Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Research Program. Please visit https://
www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-officeresearch-and-development-ord to learn
more about these programs.
Members of the BOSC are recognized
experts in various scientific,
engineering, and social science fields.
EPA will consider nominees from
industry, business, public and private
research institutes or organizations,
academia, government (federal, state,
local, and tribal) and non-government
organizations, and other relevant
interest areas. Members are appointed
by the EPA Administrator for a period
of three years and serve as special
government employees. 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.
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Expertise Sought
EPA is seeking nominations of
nationally and internationally
recognized scientists and engineers
having experience and expertise in one
or more of the following areas:
• Atmospheric Science
—aerosol chemistry
—aerosol physical science
—air quality modeling
—atmospheric chemistry
—atmospheric physics
• Biology
—biogeochemistry
—cell biology
—endocrinology (endocrine
disruptors)
—microbiology/molecular biology
—pharmacokinetics
—systems biology
• Chemistry
—analytical chemistry
—combustion chemistry
—environmental chemistry
—green chemistry
—physical chemistry
—water chemistry
—biogeochemistry
• Climate Change/Global Change
—adaption
—modeling
—variability
—greenhouse gas technology
—assessment
• Ecology
—ecosystem services
—aquatic/systems ecology
(freshwater, wetland, estuary, nearcoastal)
—hydrology/hydraulics (watershed
modeling)
—plant/forestry ecology
—water resources
—soil biogeochemistry
— system ecology
—landscape ecology
—urban ecology
• Engineering
—biochemical engineering
—bioenvironmental engineering
—engineering (drinking water
treatment, wastewater treatment,
stormwater treatment and
management, water reuse, water
infrastructure)
—chemical engineering
—combustion engineering
—environmental engineering
(decontamination, clean-up,
management)
—industrial engineering
—mechanical engineering
• Information Science
—information technology
—computer/web-based tool
development
—information visualization
—research communication
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—spatial analysis
—uncertainty analysis
Nanotechnology/Emerging Materials
(exposure and hazard
characterization)
Public Health
—children’s health
—community health
—environmental health
—epidemiology/molecular
epidemiology
Exposure Science (human, ecological,
chemical fate and transport,
computational exposure, exposure
modeling)
Risk Assessment (cumulative,
mixtures, ecological, human health)
Nutrients (nutrient management/
thresholds, best management
practices, human/ecological health)
Cyanobacteria/Harmful Algal Blooms
Watershed Management (surface
water, groundwater)
Sustainability
—community/urban level planning
and sustainability
—industrial (industrial ecology, life
cycle analysis, technology policy,
systems engineering)
—energy
—water, energy and food nexus
Toxicology
—computational toxicology
(computational biology, genomics,
proteomics, metabonomics,
computational chemistry, highthroughput bioassays, informatics,
bioinformatics, predictive
toxicology)
—ecotoxicology
—developmental/reproductive
toxicology
—immunotoxicology
—molecular toxicology
—neurotoxicology
—pulmonary/cardiovascular
toxicology
—carcinogenesis
Science Policy
Environmental Justice
Program Evaluation
Social Science
—community disaster recovery and
resiliency
—economics (ecological economics,
environmental, natural resources
and agriculture)
—socioeconomics
—sociology
—decision science
Behavioral Science
—psychology
—ecopsychology
—environmental psychology
—conservation psychology
—social neuroscience
—risk perception
—risk/crisis communication
—community decision making
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• Decision Science
—decision analysis
—value of information
—decision support system
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations
Any interested person or organization
may nominate themselves or qualified
individuals in the areas of expertise
described above. Nominations should be
submitted via the BOSC Web site
(which is preferred over hard copy) at:
https://www.epa.gov/bosc. Nominations
should be submitted in time to arrive no
later than July 21, 2017. To receive full
consideration, nominations should
include all of the information requested.
EPA requests: Contact information about
the person making the nomination;
contact information about the nominee;
the disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee; committee
preference; the nominee’s curriculum
vita and/or resume; and additional
information that would be useful for
considering the nomination such as
background and qualifications (e.g.,
current position, educational
background, expertise, research areas),
experience relevant to one or more of
ORD’s research programs, service on
other advisory committees and
professional societies, and availability
to participate as a member of the
Executive Committee and/or
Subcommittee. Persons having
questions about the nomination
procedures, or who are unable to submit
nominations through the BOSC Web
site, should contact Mr. Tom Tracy, as
indicated above in this notice.
Selection Criteria
The BOSC is a balanced and diverse
expert committee. The committee and
each of its subcommittees possess
necessary domains of expertise, depth
and breadth of knowledge, and diverse
and balanced scientific perspectives.
Nominations will be evaluated on the
basis of several criteria including: (a)
Scientific and/or technical expertise,
knowledge, and experience; (b)
availability to serve and willingness to
commit time to the committee
(approximately one to three meetings
per year including both face-to-face
meetings and teleconferences); (c)
absence of financial conflicts of interest;
(d) absence of an appearance of a lack
of impartiality; (e) skills working on
committees and advisory panels; and (f)
background and experiences that would
contribute to the diversity of viewpoints
on the Executive Committee or
Subcommittee, e.g., workforce sector,
geographical location, social, cultural,
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and educational backgrounds, and
professional affiliations.
The EPA’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://
www.epa.gov/sap/confidentialfinancial-disclosure-formenvironmental-protection-agencyspecial-government.
Dated: May 18, 2017.
Fred S. Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017–10672 Filed 5–24–17; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0774; FRL–9952–21]
Registration Review Proposed
Decisions for Boric Acid/Sodium Salts,
Clethodim, Diquat Dibromide,
Ethephon, Fenitrothion, Hexazinone,
Hymexazol, Methoxyfenozide,
Pronamide, and Trimedlure; Notice of
Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s proposed interim
registration review and opens a 60-day
public comment period on the proposed
interim decisions. For a list of the
chemicals, please see Section II, Table 1.
Registration review is EPA’s periodic
review of pesticide registrations to
ensure that each pesticide continues to
SUMMARY:
satisfy the statutory standard for
registration, that is, that the pesticide
can perform its intended function
without unreasonable adverse effects on
human health or the environment.
Through this program, EPA is ensuring
that each pesticide’s registration is
based on current scientific and other
knowledge, including its effects on
human health and the environment.
Comments must be received on
or before July 24, 2017.
DATES:
Submit your comments,
identified by the docket identification
(ID) number for the specific pesticide of
interest provided in the table in Unit II.,
by one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.
• Hand Delivery: To make special
arrangements for hand delivery or
delivery of boxed information, please
follow the instructions at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on
commenting or visiting the docket,
along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
ADDRESSES:
For
pesticide specific information, contact:
The Chemical Review Manager for the
pesticide of interest identified in the
table in Unit II.
For general information on the
registration review program, contact:
Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 308–8015; email address:
dumas.richard@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, farm
worker, and agricultural advocates; the
chemical industry; pesticide users; and
members of the public interested in the
sale, distribution, or use of pesticides.
Since others also may be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the
Chemical Review Manager for the
pesticide of interest identified in the
table in Unit II.
B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information on a disk or CD–ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD–ROM the specific information that
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When preparing and submitting your
comments, see the commenting tips at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
comments.html.
II. What action is the agency taking?
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice
announces the availability of EPA’s
proposed interim registration review
decisions for the pesticides shown in
the following table, and opens a 60-day
public comment period on the proposed
interim decisions.
TABLE 1—REGISTRATION REVIEW PROPOSED INTERIM DECISIONS BEING ISSUED
Registration review chemical name
and number
Docket ID number
Chemical review manager and contact information
Boric Acid/Sodium Salts, 0024 ...................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0306 ...........
Clethodim, 7226 .........................................
Diquat Dibromide, 0288 .............................
Ethephon, 0382 ..........................................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0658 ...........
EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0846 ...........
EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0098 ...........
Moana Appleyard, appleyard.moana@epa.gov, (703) 308–
8175 and Sandra O’Neil, oneill.sandra@epa.gov, (703) 347–
0141.
Bilin Basu, basu.bilin@epa.gov, (703) 347–0455.
Bonnie Adler, adler.bonnie@epa.gov, (703) 308–8523.
Marquea D. King, king.marquea@epa.gov, (703) 305–7432.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765; FRL-9963-10-ORD]
Request for Nominations of Experts to the EPA Office of Research
and Development's Board of Scientific Counselors
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking
nominations for technical experts to serve on its Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC), a federal advisory committee to the Office of
Research and Development (ORD). Submission of nominations is preferred
via the BOSC Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/bosc.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted by June 30, 2017, per
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public needing
additional information regarding this Notice and Request for
Nominations may contact Mr. Tom Tracy, Office of Science Policy, Office
of Research and Development, Mail Code 8104-R, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/
voice mail at: (202) 564-6518; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via email
at: tracy.tom@epa.gov. General information concerning the BOSC can be
found at the following Web site: https://www.epa.gov/bosc.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The BOSC is a chartered Federal Advisory Committee that was
established by the EPA to provide independent scientific and technical
peer review, advice, consultation, and recommendations about ORD. As a
Federal Advisory Committee, the BOSC conducts business in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and
related regulations.
The BOSC is comprised of an Executive Committee and five supporting
subcommittees. The subcommittees focus on ORD's research programs: Air,
Climate, and Energy Research Program; Chemical Safety for
Sustainability Research Program and Human Health Risk Assessment
Program; Homeland Security Research Program; Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources Research Program; and Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Research Program. Please visit https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-research-and-development-ord to learn more about these programs.
Members of the BOSC are recognized experts in various scientific,
engineering, and social science fields. EPA will consider nominees from
industry, business, public and private research institutes or
organizations, academia, government (federal, state, local, and tribal)
and non-government organizations, and other relevant interest areas.
Members are appointed by the EPA Administrator for a period of three
years and serve as special government employees. 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.
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Expertise Sought
EPA is seeking nominations of nationally and internationally
recognized scientists and engineers having experience and expertise in
one or more of the following areas:
Atmospheric Science
--aerosol chemistry
--aerosol physical science
--air quality modeling
--atmospheric chemistry
--atmospheric physics
Biology
--biogeochemistry
--cell biology
--endocrinology (endocrine disruptors)
--microbiology/molecular biology
--pharmacokinetics
--systems biology
Chemistry
--analytical chemistry
--combustion chemistry
--environmental chemistry
--green chemistry
--physical chemistry
--water chemistry
--biogeochemistry
Climate Change/Global Change
--adaption
--modeling
--variability
--greenhouse gas technology
--assessment
Ecology
--ecosystem services
--aquatic/systems ecology (freshwater, wetland, estuary, near-
coastal)
--hydrology/hydraulics (watershed modeling)
--plant/forestry ecology
--water resources
--soil biogeochemistry
-- system ecology
--landscape ecology
--urban ecology
Engineering
--biochemical engineering
--bioenvironmental engineering
--engineering (drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment,
stormwater treatment and management, water reuse, water infrastructure)
--chemical engineering
--combustion engineering
--environmental engineering (decontamination, clean-up, management)
--industrial engineering
--mechanical engineering
Information Science
--information technology
--computer/web-based tool development
--information visualization
--research communication
--spatial analysis
--uncertainty analysis
Nanotechnology/Emerging Materials (exposure and hazard
characterization)
Public Health
--children's health
--community health
--environmental health
--epidemiology/molecular epidemiology
Exposure Science (human, ecological, chemical fate and
transport, computational exposure, exposure modeling)
Risk Assessment (cumulative, mixtures, ecological, human
health)
Nutrients (nutrient management/thresholds, best management
practices, human/ecological health)
Cyanobacteria/Harmful Algal Blooms
Watershed Management (surface water, groundwater)
Sustainability
--community/urban level planning and sustainability
--industrial (industrial ecology, life cycle analysis, technology
policy, systems engineering)
--energy
--water, energy and food nexus
Toxicology
--computational toxicology (computational biology, genomics,
proteomics, metabonomics, computational chemistry, high-throughput
bioassays, informatics, bioinformatics, predictive toxicology)
--ecotoxicology
--developmental/reproductive toxicology
--immunotoxicology
--molecular toxicology
--neurotoxicology
--pulmonary/cardiovascular toxicology
--carcinogenesis
Science Policy
Environmental Justice
Program Evaluation
Social Science
--community disaster recovery and resiliency
--economics (ecological economics, environmental, natural resources
and agriculture)
--socioeconomics
--sociology
--decision science
Behavioral Science
--psychology
--ecopsychology
--environmental psychology
--conservation psychology
--social neuroscience
--risk perception
--risk/crisis communication
--community decision making
Decision Science
--decision analysis
--value of information
--decision support system
Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations
Any interested person or organization may nominate themselves or
qualified individuals in the areas of expertise described above.
Nominations should be submitted via the BOSC Web site (which is
preferred over hard copy) at: https://www.epa.gov/bosc. Nominations
should be submitted in time to arrive no later than July 21, 2017. To
receive full consideration, nominations should include all of the
information requested. EPA requests: Contact information about the
person making the nomination; contact information about the nominee;
the disciplinary and specific areas of expertise of the nominee;
committee preference; the nominee's curriculum vita and/or resume; and
additional information that would be useful for considering the
nomination such as background and qualifications (e.g., current
position, educational background, expertise, research areas),
experience relevant to one or more of ORD's research programs, service
on other advisory committees and professional societies, and
availability to participate as a member of the Executive Committee and/
or Subcommittee. Persons having questions about the nomination
procedures, or who are unable to submit nominations through the BOSC
Web site, should contact Mr. Tom Tracy, as indicated above in this
notice.
Selection Criteria
The BOSC is a balanced and diverse expert committee. The committee
and each of its subcommittees possess necessary domains of expertise,
depth and breadth of knowledge, and diverse and balanced scientific
perspectives. Nominations will be evaluated on the basis of several
criteria including: (a) Scientific and/or technical expertise,
knowledge, and experience; (b) availability to serve and willingness to
commit time to the committee (approximately one to three meetings per
year including both face-to-face meetings and teleconferences); (c)
absence of financial conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an
appearance of a lack of impartiality; (e) skills working on committees
and advisory panels; and (f) background and experiences that would
contribute to the diversity of viewpoints on the Executive Committee or
Subcommittee, e.g., workforce sector, geographical location, social,
cultural,
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and educational backgrounds, and professional affiliations.
The EPA'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://www.epa.gov/sap/confidential-financial-disclosure-form-environmental-protection-agency-special-government.
Dated: May 18, 2017.
Fred S. Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-10672 Filed 5-24-17; 8:45 am]
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