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Notification of a Closed Meeting of the
Science Advisory Board 2020
Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards Committee
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting
of the Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards (STAA)
Committee. The purpose of the meeting
is to review the 2020 STAA
nominations and to make
recommendations for awards. The
meeting is closed to the public.
DATES: The meeting of the SAB STAA
Committee will be held on Monday,
January 11, 2021 and Tuesday, January
12, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern
Time) each day.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information concerning
this notice may contact Dr. Zaida
Figueroa, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), via email at figueroa.zaida@
epa.gov. General information about the
SAB as well as any updates concerning
the meetings announced in this notice
can 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,
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to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the EPA
Administrator on the scientific and
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 Science Advisory Board
Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards (STAA)
Committee, will hold a closed meeting
to review the 2020 STAA nominations
and to make recommendations for
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
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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
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
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the Chartered SAB will be kept and
certified by the chair of those meetings.
Andrew Wheeler,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020–26996 Filed 12–8–20; 8:45 am]
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As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
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the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal Agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC
seeks specific comment on how it can
further reduce the information
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DATES: Written comments and
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Include in the comments the OMB
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
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‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on
the downward-pointing arrow in the
‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4)
select ‘‘Federal Communications
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presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box,
(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the
right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6)
when the list of FCC ICRs currently
under review appears, look for the Title
of this ICR and then click on the ICR
Reference Number. A copy of the FCC
submission to OMB will be displayed.
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Commission may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. No person shall
be subject to any penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information
subject to the PRA that does not display
a valid OMB control number.
As part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork burdens, as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC
invited the general public and other
Federal Agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Comments are requested concerning: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Pursuant to the
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of
2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific
comment on how it might ‘‘further
reduce the information collection
burden for small business concerns with
fewer than 25 employees.’’
OMB Control No.: 3060–XXXX.
Title: 3.7 GHz Service Licensee and
Earth Station Operator Agreements; 3.7
GHz Service Licensee Engineering
Analysis.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: New collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; not-for-profit institutions;
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 30 Respondents and 30
responses.
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Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; on
occasion reporting requirement; third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in sections 1,
2, 4(i), 4(j), 5(c), 201, 302, 303, 304,
307(e), 309, and 316 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i),
154(j), 155(c), 201, 302, 303, 304, 307(e),
309, and 316.
Total Annual Burden: 120 hours.
Annual Cost Burden: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
The information collected under this
collection will be made publicly
available. However, to the extent
information submitted pursuant to this
information collection is determined to
be confidential, it will be protected by
the Commission. If a respondent seeks
to have information collected pursuant
to this information collection withheld
from public inspection, the respondent
may request confidential treatment
pursuant to section 0.459 of the
Commission’s rules for such
information.
Needs and Uses: On February 28,
2020, in furtherance of the goal of
releasing more mid-band spectrum into
the market to support and enabling
next-generation wireless networks, the
Commission adopted a Report and
Order, FCC 20–22, (3.7 GHz Report and
Order), in which it reformed the use of
the 3.7–4.2 GHz band, also known as the
C-band. Currently, the 3.7–4.2 GHz band
is allocated in the United States
exclusively for non-Federal use on a
primary basis for Fixed Satellite Service
(FSS) and Fixed Service. The 3.7 GHz
Report and Order calls for the relocation
of existing FSS operations in the band
into the upper 200 megahertz of the
band (4.0–4.2 GHz) and making the
lower 280 megahertz (3.7–3.98 GHz)
available for flexible use throughout the
contiguous United States through a
Commission-administered public
auction of overlay licenses that is
scheduled to occur later this year.
The Commission concluded in the 3.7
GHz Report and Order that, once this
transition is complete, coordination
measures are needed to protect
incumbent C-band operations in the
upper portion of the 3.7–4.2 GHz band.
3.7 GHz Service licensees are required
to comply with certain technical rules
and coordination practices designed to
reduce the risk of interference to
incumbent operations. Specifically, 3.7
GHz Service licensees are required to
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Notification of a Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board
2020 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Committee
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 meeting of the Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Committee. The purpose of the
meeting is to review the 2020 STAA nominations and to make
recommendations for awards. The meeting is closed to the public.
DATES: The meeting of the SAB STAA Committee will be held on Monday,
January 11, 2021 and Tuesday, January 12, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(Eastern Time) each day.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information concerning this notice may contact Dr. Zaida
Figueroa, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via email at
[email protected]. General information about the SAB as well as
any updates concerning the meetings announced in this notice can 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 EPA Administrator on the scientific and
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 Science Advisory Board Scientific and Technological Achievement
Awards (STAA) Committee, will hold a closed meeting to review the 2020
STAA nominations and to make recommendations for 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 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
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the Chartered SAB will be kept and certified by the chair of those
meetings.
Andrew Wheeler,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-26996 Filed 12-8-20; 8:45 am]
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