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AGENCY
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Notification of a Closed Meeting of the
Science Advisory Board’s 2019
Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards Committee
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting
of the SAB’s 2019 Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards
(STAA) Committee. This meeting is
closed to the public.
DATES: The STAA Committee meeting
will be held Tuesday, July 16, 2019,
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and
Wednesday, July 17, 2019, from 8:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). A
meeting of the Chartered SAB will be
scheduled in the future to deliberate
and select awards. The meetings will be
closed to the public.
ADDRESSES: The STAA Committee
meeting will be held at the Crystal City
Marriott at Reagan National Airport,
1999 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information regarding the
STAA Committee meeting may contact
Dr. Diana Wong, Designated Federal
Officer, by telephone: (202) 564–2049 or
email at wong.diana-m@epa.gov.
General information about the SAB as
well as updates concerning the SAB
meeting announced in this notice may
be found on the SAB website at https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB was
established pursuant to the
Environmental Research, Development,
and Demonstration Authorization Act
(ERDDAA), 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. The SAB will
comply with the provisions of FACA
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office
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procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA
and EPA policy, notice is hereby given
that the SAB 2019 STAA Committee
will hold a closed meeting to develop
recommendations for recipients of the
Agency’s 2019 STAA program
achievement awards and
recommendations for improvement of
the Agency’s STAA program.
The STAA awards are established to
honor and recognize EPA employees
who have made outstanding
contributions in the advancement of
science and technology through their
research and development activities, as
exhibited in publication of their results
in peer reviewed journals. In conducting
its review, the SAB considers each
nomination in relation to the following
four award levels:
• Level I awards are for those who
have accomplished an exceptionally
high-quality research or technological
effort. The awards recognize the
creation or general revision of a
scientific or technological principle or
procedure, or a highly significant
improvement in the value of a device,
activity, program, or service to the
public. Awarded research is of national
significance or has high impact on a
broad area of science/technology. The
research has far reaching consequences
and is recognizable as a major scientific/
technological achievement within its
discipline or field of study.
• Level II awards are for those who
have accomplished a notably excellent
research or technological effort that has
qualities and values similar to, but to a
lesser degree, than those described
under Level I. Awarded research has
timely consequences and contributes as
an important scientific/technological
achievement within its discipline or
field of study.
• Level III awards are for those who
have accomplished an unusually
notable research or technological effort.
The awards are for a substantial revision
or modification of a scientific/
technological principle or procedure, or
an important improvement to the value
of a device, activity, program, or service
to the public. Awarded research relates
to a mission or organizational
component of the EPA, or significantly
affects a relevant area of science/
technology.
• Honorable Mention awards
acknowledge research efforts that are
noteworthy but do not warrant a Level
I, II or III award. Honorable Mention
applies to research that: (1) May not
quite reach the level described for a
Level III award; (2) show a promising
area of research that the Subcommittee
wants to encourage; or (3) show an area
of research that the Subcommittees feels
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is too preliminary to warrant an award
recommendation at this time.
The SAB reviews the STAA
nomination packages according to the
following five evaluation factors:
• The extent to which the work
reported in the nominated
publication(s) resulted in either new or
significantly revised knowledge. The
accomplishment is expected to
represent an important advancement of
scientific knowledge or technology
relevant to environmental issues and
EPA’s mission.
• The extent to which environmental
protection has been strengthened or
improved, whether of local, national, or
international importance.
• The degree to which the research is
a product of the originality,
creativeness, initiative, and problemsolving ability of the researchers, as well
as the level of effort required to produce
the results.
• The extent of the beneficial impact
of the research and the degree to which
the research has been favorably
recognized from outside EPA.
• The nature and extent of peer
review, including stature and quality of
the peer-reviewed journal or the
publisher of a book for a review chapter
published therein.
I have determined that the meetings of
the STAA Committee and Chartered
SAB will be closed to the public
because they are concerned with
selecting employees deserving of
awards. In making these
recommendations, the Agency requires
full and frank advice from the SAB. This
advice will involve professional
judgments on the relative merits of
various employees and their respective
work. Such personnel matters involve
the discussion of information that is of
a personal nature and the disclosure of
which would be a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy and,
therefore, are protected from disclosure
by section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2,
and sections (c)(2) and (c)(6) of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). Minutes of the
meetings of the STAA Committee and
the Chartered SAB will be kept and
certified by the chair of those meetings.
Dated: June 21, 2019.
Andrew R. Wheeler,
Administrator.
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Request; Renewal for EPA’s
WasteWise Program
Environmental Protection
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
EPA’s WasteWise Program (EPA ICR
Number 1698.10, OMB Control Number
2050–0139) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the
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proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through June 30,
2019. Public comments were previously
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April 3, 2019 during a 60-day comment
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A fuller description of the ICR is given
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and cost to the public. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor and a person is
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submitted on or before July 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OLEM–2019–0158, to (1) EPA, either
online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to rcradocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: RCRA
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Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460;
and (2) OMB via email to oira_
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received will be included in the public
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personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent
Foerster, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery (mail code
5306P), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 703–308–0199; fax number:
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703–308–8686; email address:
foerster.kent@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting, are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
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reporting and recordkeeping
requirements under EPA’s WasteWise
program. WasteWise is a voluntary
program designed to promote
partnerships with organizations in order
to bolster recycling and cut the volume
of multiple materials (e.g., paper,
aluminum cans; plastic and glass
bottles; food wastes, etc.) in municipal
solid waste streams. Under this
program, participants agree to set waste
reduction goals, develop and document
specified actions to reduce waste and
track their progress along the way.
Under WasteWise, EPA has issued
specific material or sector-based
challenges. Currently these challenges
focus on food recovery and electronics,
as well as state related waste and
material management efforts. A separate
Federal Green Challenge targets the
Federal sector but is not part of this ICR.
Participants use a web-based online
database system containing integrated
platforms with automated forms to
register for participation; set goals; and
report their waste reduction
achievements on an annual basis.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Business and other for-profit and notfor-profit organizations, as well as
Federal/State/Local and Tribal
governments.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents:
2,224.
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 155,529
hours per year.
Total estimated cost: $5,686,774 (per
year), includes $164,000 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an
increase of 129,685 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This increase is due to increase in
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9995-86-OA]
Notification of a Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's
2019 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Committee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting of the SAB's 2019
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Committee. This
meeting is closed to the public.
DATES: The STAA Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, July 16, 2019,
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, July 17, 2019, from 8:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). A meeting of the Chartered SAB will
be scheduled in the future to deliberate and select awards. The
meetings will be closed to the public.
ADDRESSES: The STAA Committee meeting will be held at the Crystal City
Marriott at Reagan National Airport, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information regarding the STAA Committee meeting may
contact Dr. Diana Wong, Designated Federal Officer, by telephone: (202)
564-2049 or email at [email protected]. General information about
the SAB as well as updates concerning the SAB meeting announced in this
notice may be found on the SAB website at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA),
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. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA and
EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB 2019 STAA Committee
will hold a closed meeting to develop recommendations for recipients of
the Agency's 2019 STAA program achievement awards and recommendations
for improvement of the Agency's STAA program.
The STAA awards are established to honor and recognize EPA
employees who have made outstanding contributions in the advancement of
science and technology through their research and development
activities, as exhibited in publication of their results in peer
reviewed journals. In conducting its review, the SAB considers each
nomination in relation to the following four award levels:
Level I awards are for those who have accomplished an
exceptionally high-quality research or technological effort. The awards
recognize the creation or general revision of a scientific or
technological principle or procedure, or a highly significant
improvement in the value of a device, activity, program, or service to
the public. Awarded research is of national significance or has high
impact on a broad area of science/technology. The research has far
reaching consequences and is recognizable as a major scientific/
technological achievement within its discipline or field of study.
Level II awards are for those who have accomplished a
notably excellent research or technological effort that has qualities
and values similar to, but to a lesser degree, than those described
under Level I. Awarded research has timely consequences and contributes
as an important scientific/technological achievement within its
discipline or field of study.
Level III awards are for those who have accomplished an
unusually notable research or technological effort. The awards are for
a substantial revision or modification of a scientific/technological
principle or procedure, or an important improvement to the value of a
device, activity, program, or service to the public. Awarded research
relates to a mission or organizational component of the EPA, or
significantly affects a relevant area of science/technology.
Honorable Mention awards acknowledge research efforts that
are noteworthy but do not warrant a Level I, II or III award. Honorable
Mention applies to research that: (1) May not quite reach the level
described for a Level III award; (2) show a promising area of research
that the Subcommittee wants to encourage; or (3) show an area of
research that the Subcommittees feels
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is too preliminary to warrant an award recommendation at this time.
The SAB reviews the STAA nomination packages according to the
following five evaluation factors:
The extent to which the work reported in the nominated
publication(s) resulted in either new or significantly revised
knowledge. The accomplishment is expected to represent an important
advancement of scientific knowledge or technology relevant to
environmental issues and EPA's mission.
The extent to which environmental protection has been
strengthened or improved, whether of local, national, or international
importance.
The degree to which the research is a product of the
originality, creativeness, initiative, and problem-solving ability of
the researchers, as well as the level of effort required to produce the
results.
The extent of the beneficial impact of the research and
the degree to which the research has been favorably recognized from
outside EPA.
The nature and extent of peer review, including stature
and quality of the peer-reviewed journal or the publisher of a book for
a review chapter published therein.
I have determined that the meetings of the STAA Committee and
Chartered SAB will be closed to the public because they are concerned
with selecting employees deserving of awards. In making these
recommendations, the Agency requires full and frank advice from the
SAB. This advice will involve professional judgments on the relative
merits of various employees and their respective work. Such personnel
matters involve the discussion of information that is of a personal
nature and the disclosure of which would be a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy and, therefore, are protected from
disclosure by section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and sections (c)(2) and (c)(6) of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). Minutes of
the meetings of the STAA Committee and the Chartered SAB will be kept
and certified by the chair of those meetings.
Dated: June 21, 2019.
Andrew R. Wheeler,
Administrator.
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