Request for Nominations of Candidates for EPA's Science Advisory Board Computable General Equilibrium Model Review Panel, 17161-17162 [2019-08304]

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Communities that may benefit from the advice presented in this document include those that are currently without a debris management plan, are in the beginning stages of the debris management planning process, or have existing debris management plans that are not comprehensive or have not been updated with new information. Plans should be updated regularly to keep the information current (e.g., record reductions in existing disposal capacity, include innovative reuse or recycling opportunities), as well as exercised to ensure that the whole community remains familiar with their roles and responsibilities in the implementation of the disaster debris plan. Updating the 2008 version of EPA’s Planning for Natural Disaster Debris, this guidance adds information drawn from communities’ experiences with natural disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanoes, floods, wildfires, and winter storms, and VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:20 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 247001 provides more planning recommendations, resources, and lessons learned for managing natural disaster debris. Also, this guidance walks through EPA’s pre-incident debris management planning process. This process has four steps to help prepare communities for effective debris management: (1) Conduct pre-planning activities; (2) develop a comprehensive pre-incident debris management plan; (3) keep the debris management plan updated; and (4) implement the debris management plan during a natural disaster. Natural disasters generate large amounts of debris that communities must manage to fully recover from the disaster. Debris management is often one of the biggest costs for a response, and recovery is not complete until all debris has been managed. Pre-incident debris management planning can significantly aid decision-making during a natural disaster by allowing important analyses and considerations to be made in advance, i.e., not during a disaster response. Pre-incident planning can also enhance a community’s resiliency by, for example, identifying (and mitigating) potential debris sources in advance. In the event of a disaster, a more resilient community generates less debris to manage and contains fewer hazardous materials that may pose an increased risk to human health and the environment if released. Resilient communities recover faster, spend less money on cleanup and debris management, and use fewer resources to rebuild and recover. Effective planning addresses source reduction and hazard mitigation activities to reduce the amount and toxicity of debris generated by a natural disaster; strategies for reuse and recycling of materials to minimize the environmental and economic impact of debris management activities; and issues and considerations beyond initial debris removal [for example, characterizing and processing (e.g., volume reduction, refrigerant removal) debris for proper management, tracking debris from the original deposited point to its final destination, communicating with the public about debris collection and other management activities]. For these reasons, EPA believes it is critical that communities include debris management planning in their overall preparation for natural disasters. A copy of the final guidance can be found on EPA’s website at https:// www.epa.gov/homeland-security-waste/ guidance-about-planning-naturaldisaster-debris. PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17161 Dated: April 4, 2019. Barnes Johnson, Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery. [FR Doc. 2019–08305 Filed 4–23–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9992–27–OA] Request for Nominations of Candidates for EPA’s Science Advisory Board Computable General Equilibrium Model Review Panel Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office invites nominations of environmental economists and other experts with expertise in computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling to be considered for appointment to the SAB’s CGE Model Review Panel. DATES: Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than May 15, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations may contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, 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– 2073 or at stallworth.holly@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 CGE Model Review Panel will be an ad hoc panel of the SAB that provides advice through the chartered SAB. It will be charged with reviewing a CGE model developed by EPA’s National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE) for use by agency analysts for the economic analysis of environmental regulations. Experts SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\24APN1.SGM 24APN1 jbell on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES 17162 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 79 / Wednesday, April 24, 2019 / Notices selected for the panel will be asked to review the model code and documentation, run the model and independently verify how it works to respond to NCEE’s charge questions. Thus, the SAB Staff Office is seeking nominations of environmental economists and other experts with extensive experience building and using CGE models. The SAB CGE Model Review Panel will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. The SAB CGE Model Review Panel will operate under the auspices of the SAB. Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking nominations of environmental economists and other experts with CGE modeling experience. Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Any interested person or organization may nominate qualified individuals with CGE modeling experience for possible service on the SAB CGE Model Review Panel 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. Holly Stallworth as indicated above in this notice. Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than May 15, 2019. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:20 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 247001 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 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. 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), e.g. journal publications within the last ten years that rely on and discuss CGE model results; (b) availability and willingness to serve; (c) absence of financial conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an appearance of a loss of impartiality; and (e) skills working in panels and advisory committees; and, (f) for the panel 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: April 9, 2019. Khanna Johnston, Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. 2019–08304 Filed 4–23–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0635; FRL–9992–31– ORD] Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee Meeting—May 2019 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability (CSS) Subcommittee. DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, May 10, 2019, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. All times noted are Eastern Time. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished. Attendees should register by May 9, 2019. Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the meeting will be accepted up to one business day before the meeting. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a conference call and the number will be provided following registration at https://epa-bosc-css-hhrateleconference.eventbrite.com. 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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 24, 2019)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9992-27-OA]


Request for Nominations of Candidates for EPA's Science Advisory 
Board Computable General Equilibrium Model Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science 
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office invites nominations of environmental 
economists and other experts with expertise in computable general 
equilibrium (CGE) modeling to be considered for appointment to the 
SAB's CGE Model Review Panel.

DATES: Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than 
May 15, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing 
further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations 
may contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, 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) 564-2073 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 CGE Model 
Review Panel will be an ad hoc panel of the SAB that provides advice 
through the chartered SAB. It will be charged with reviewing a CGE 
model developed by EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics 
(NCEE) for use by agency analysts for the economic analysis of 
environmental regulations. Experts

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selected for the panel will be asked to review the model code and 
documentation, run the model and independently verify how it works to 
respond to NCEE's charge questions. Thus, the SAB Staff Office is 
seeking nominations of environmental economists and other experts with 
extensive experience building and using CGE models. The SAB CGE Model 
Review Panel will comply with the provisions of FACA and all 
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. The SAB CGE Model 
Review Panel will operate under the auspices of the SAB.
    Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking 
nominations of environmental economists and other experts with CGE 
modeling experience.
    Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Any interested 
person or organization may nominate qualified individuals with CGE 
modeling experience for possible service on the SAB CGE Model Review 
Panel 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. Holly Stallworth as indicated above in this notice. 
Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than May 15, 
2019. 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 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. 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), e.g. journal publications within the last ten years 
that rely on and discuss CGE model results; (b) availability and 
willingness to serve; (c) absence of financial conflicts of interest; 
(d) absence of an appearance of a loss of impartiality; and (e) skills 
working in panels and advisory committees; and, (f) for the panel 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: April 9, 2019.
Khanna Johnston,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2019-08304 Filed 4-23-19; 8:45 am]
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