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Elizabeth (Tate) Bennett,
Associate Administrator, Office of Public
Engagement and Environmental Education.
Javier Araujo,
(NEEAC) Designated Federal Officer.
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Environmental Education Advisory
Council
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Under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) gives notice of
a teleconference meeting of the National
Environmental Education Advisory
Council (NEEAC). The NEEAC was
created by Congress to advise, consult
with, and make recommendations to the
Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) on matters
related to activities, functions and
policies of EPA under the National
Environmental Education Act (the Act).
The purpose of this meeting is to
discuss specific topics of relevance for
consideration by the council to provide
advice and insights to the Agency on
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2019. from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Central
Standard Time. The meeting will be
held at: U.S. EPA Region 7, 11201
Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66209
(Lakeview Conference Room), 2.B–C.32.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Javier Araujo, Designated Federal
Officer, araujo.javier@epa.gov, 202–
564–2642, U.S. EPA, Office of
Environmental Education, William
Jefferson Clinton North Room, 1426,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460.
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the teleconference, make brief oral
comments, or provide a written
statement to the NEEAC must contact
Javier Araujo, Designated Federal
Officer, at araujo.javier@epa.gov or 202–
564–2642 by 10 business days prior to
each regularly scheduled meeting.
Meeting Access: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request
accommodations, please contact Javier
Araujo at araujo.javier@epa.gov or 202–
564–2642, preferably at least 10 days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as
much time as possible to process your
request.
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Request for Nominations of
Candidates for EPA’s Science
Advisory Board 2019–2021 Scientific
and Technological Achievement
Awards Committee
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office
invites nominations of scientific experts
from a diverse range of disciplines to be
considered for appointment to the
SAB’s 2019–2021 Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards
(STAA) Committee described in this
document.
SUMMARY:
Nominations should be
submitted in time to arrive no later than
December 31, 2018.
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Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this Notice and
Request for Nominations may contact
Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science
Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at
(202) 564–2155 or at armitage.thomas@
epa.gov.
General information concerning the
EPA SAB can be found at the EPA SAB
website at https://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 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 STAA Committee is an ad hoc
subcommittee of the SAB that provides
advice through the chartered SAB on
recommendations for awards under
EPA’s STAA program. The SAB and the
2019–2021 STAA Committee will
comply with the provisions of FACA
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office
procedural policies.
The EPA established the STAA in
1980 to recognize Agency scientists and
engineers who published their work in
the peer-reviewed literature. The STAA
Program is an agency-wide competition
to promote and recognize scientific and
technological achievements by EPA
employees. The STAA program is
administered and managed by the EPA’s
Office of Research and Development
(ORD). Each year the SAB has been
asked to review the EPA’s STAA
nominations and make
recommendations to the Administrator
for monetary awards. The SAB Staff
Office is seeking nominations of experts
to serve on the SAB 2019–2021 STAA
Committee, which operates under the
auspices of the SAB.
Request for nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is seeking nominations of
experts in the following disciplines as
they relate to human health and the
environment: Air pollution exposure;
chemical engineering; civil and
environmental engineering; decision
science; ecology; environmental
economics; groundwater and surface
water contaminant fate and transport;
human health effects and risk
assessment; monitoring and
measurement methods for air and water;
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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risk management; transport and fate of
contaminants; water quality; and water
and wastewater treatment processes.
The SAB Staff Office is especially
interested in scientists and engineers
with expertise described above who
have knowledge and experience in air
quality; aquatic and ecological
toxicology; chemical safety; community
environmental health; dosimetry and
inhalation toxicology; drinking water;
ecological modeling; ecological risk
assessment; ecosystem restoration;
ecosystem services; energy and the
environment; epidemiology; green
chemistry; homeland security; human
health dosimetry; mechanisms of
toxicity and carcinogenicity;
metabolism; statistics; sustainability;
toxicokinetics; toxicology; waste and
waste management; and water re-use.
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
the 2019–2021 STAA Committee
identified in this notice. Nominations
should be submitted in electronic
format (preferred) following the
instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to
Advisory Panels and Ad hoc
Committees Being Formed,’’ provided
on the SAB website (see the
‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link under
‘‘Current Activities’’) at https://
www.epa.gov.sab.
To receive full consideration, 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 resume or
curriculum vitae; 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 website, should contact Dr.
Thomas Armitage as indicated above in
this notice. Nominations should be
submitted in time to arrive no later than
December 31, 2018. EPA values and
welcomes diversity. All qualified
candidates are encouraged to apply
regardless of sex, race, disability, or
ethnicity.
The EPA SAB Staff Office will
acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The names and biosketches of qualified
nominees identified by respondents to
this Federal Register notice, and
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additional experts identified by the SAB
Staff, will be posted in a List of
Candidates on the SAB website at
https://www.epa.gov/sab. Public
comments on the List of Candidates will
be accepted for 21 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
balanced review committee 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. 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 committee 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 loss of
impartiality; (e) skills working in
committees, subcommittees and
advisory committees; and, (f) for the
committee as a whole, diversity of
expertise and scientific points of view.
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’’ (EPA Form 3110–48). This
confidential form allows government
officials to determine whether there is a
statutory conflict between a person’s
public responsibilities (which include
membership on an EPA federal advisory
committee) and private interests and
activities, or the appearance of a loss of
impartiality, as defined by federal
regulation. The form may be viewed and
downloaded from the following URL
address https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/
sabproduct.nsf/Web/ethics?Open
Document.
Dated: November 28, 2018.
Khanna Johnston,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Request for Nominations of Candidates for EPA's Science Advisory
Board 2019-2021 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards
Committee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office invites nominations of scientific
experts from a diverse range of disciplines to be considered for
appointment to the SAB's 2019-2021 Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards (STAA) Committee described in this document.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
December 31, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations
may contact Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460;
by telephone at (202) 564-2155 or at [email protected].
General information concerning the EPA SAB can be found at the EPA
SAB website at https://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 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 STAA
Committee is an ad hoc subcommittee of the SAB that provides advice
through the chartered SAB on recommendations for awards under EPA's
STAA program. The SAB and the 2019-2021 STAA Committee will comply with
the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
The EPA established the STAA in 1980 to recognize Agency scientists
and engineers who published their work in the peer-reviewed literature.
The STAA Program is an agency-wide competition to promote and recognize
scientific and technological achievements by EPA employees. The STAA
program is administered and managed by the EPA's Office of Research and
Development (ORD). Each year the SAB has been asked to review the EPA's
STAA nominations and make recommendations to the Administrator for
monetary awards. The SAB Staff Office is seeking nominations of experts
to serve on the SAB 2019-2021 STAA Committee, which operates under the
auspices of the SAB.
Request for nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking
nominations of experts in the following disciplines as they relate to
human health and the environment: Air pollution exposure; chemical
engineering; civil and environmental engineering; decision science;
ecology; environmental economics; groundwater and surface water
contaminant fate and transport; human health effects and risk
assessment; monitoring and measurement methods for air and water;
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risk management; transport and fate of contaminants; water quality; and
water and wastewater treatment processes. The SAB Staff Office is
especially interested in scientists and engineers with expertise
described above who have knowledge and experience in air quality;
aquatic and ecological toxicology; chemical safety; community
environmental health; dosimetry and inhalation toxicology; drinking
water; ecological modeling; ecological risk assessment; ecosystem
restoration; ecosystem services; energy and the environment;
epidemiology; green chemistry; homeland security; human health
dosimetry; mechanisms of toxicity and carcinogenicity; metabolism;
statistics; sustainability; toxicokinetics; toxicology; waste and waste
management; and water re-use.
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 the 2019-2021 STAA
Committee identified in this notice. Nominations should be submitted in
electronic format (preferred) following the instructions for
``Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels and Ad hoc Committees Being
Formed,'' provided on the SAB website (see the ``Nomination of
Experts'' link under ``Current Activities'') at https://www.epa.gov.sab.
To receive full consideration, 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 resume or curriculum vitae;
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 website, should
contact Dr. Thomas Armitage as indicated above in this notice.
Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
December 31, 2018. EPA values and welcomes diversity. All qualified
candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of sex, race, disability,
or ethnicity.
The EPA SAB Staff Office will acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The names and biosketches 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 website at https://www.epa.gov/sab. Public comments on the List
of Candidates will be accepted for 21 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 balanced review committee 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. 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 committee 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 loss of impartiality; (e) skills working in committees,
subcommittees and advisory committees; and, (f) for the committee as a
whole, diversity of expertise and scientific points of view.
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'' (EPA Form
3110-48). This confidential form allows government officials to
determine whether there is a statutory conflict between a person's
public responsibilities (which include membership on an EPA federal
advisory committee) and private interests and activities, or the
appearance of a loss of impartiality, as defined by federal regulation.
The form may be viewed and downloaded from the following URL address
https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/Web/ethics?OpenDocument.
Dated: November 28, 2018.
Khanna Johnston,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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