[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33900-33901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13687]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7774-3]


EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Annual Request for 
Nomination of Members for the EPA Science Advisory Board, Clean Air 
Scientific Advisory Committee, and the Advisory Council on Clean Air 
Compliance Analysis

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office is soliciting nominations for Members to serve 
on the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB), the Clean Air Scientific 
Advisory Committee (CASAC), and the Advisory Council on Clean Air 
Compliance Analysis (COUNCIL). Individuals responding to this annual 
request for nominations will be considered for membership vacancies on 
these three Congressionally mandated Federal advisory committees. This 
process supplements other efforts to identify qualified candidates.

DATES: Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than 
July 19, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To submit a hard copy of the form 
noted below (for those unable to submit the information in electronic 
form), please contact Ms. Patricia L. Thomas, U.S. EPA SAB Staff Office 
(Mail Code 1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460 
(FedEx/Courier address: U.S. EPA SAB, Suite 3600, 1025 F Street, NW., 
Washington DC 20004), (202) 343-9974 (tel.), (202) 233-0643 (fax), or 
via email at [email protected].
    For general information on the nomination process, see the SAB 
Staff Office report entitled, ``Implementation Plan for the New 
Structural Organization of the Science Advisory Board'' on the SAB Web 
Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/sab04002.pdf. Specific inquiries 
regarding the nomination process can be directed to

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Dr. Anthony Maciorowski, Associate Director for Science, U.S. EPA SAB 
Staff Office, (202) 343-9983 (tel.), or via email at: 
[email protected].
    Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 4365), CASAC (42 U.S.C. 7409) and 
COUNCIL (42 U.S.C. 7612) are chartered Federal Advisory Committees that 
report directly to the EPA Administrator. The mission of these Federal 
advisory committees, as established by statute, is to provide 
independent scientific and technical peer review advice, consultation, 
and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the technical bases for 
EPA actions. Additional information about these Federal Advisory 
Committees can be obtained on the SAB Web Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
    Expertise Sought: The SAB Staff Office is seeking nominations for 
nationally and internationally recognized non-EPA scientists, 
engineers, economists, and social scientists with demonstrated research 
and applied scientific experience and expertise in various disciplinary 
areas that address ecological and/or environmental/public health 
challenges, a multitude of stressors (e.g., physical, biological and 
chemical agents and mixtures) impacting environmental media (e.g., air, 
water, land), monitoring and characterizing sources of pollution, 
assessing risk to ecosystem and/or human health, prevention and risk 
management technologies, risk communication, environmental data 
quality, assessing environmental social economic values and cost-
benefit analyses.
    The selected experts will be considered for public service on the 
CASAC, COUNCIL, or the SAB and its subcommittees (including the 
Drinking Water Committee, Ecological Processes and Effects Committee, 
Environmental Economics Advisory Committee, Environmental Engineering 
Committee, Environmental Health Committee, Integrated Human Exposure 
Committee, and Radiation Advisory Committee).
    How to Apply: Any interested person or organization may nominate 
qualified persons to serve on the CASAC, COUNCIL, or SAB. Individuals 
may self-nominate. Nominees should be qualified by scientific 
education, training, and experience to evaluate scientific, engineering 
and/or economics information on issues referred to and addressed by the 
committees. Successful nominees have distinguished themselves 
professionally and should be available to invest the time and effort to 
advance the cause of the supporting the use of good science through the 
efforts of the SAB. Nominations should be submitted in electronic 
format (which is preferred over hard copy) through the Form for 
Nominating Individuals to Panels of the EPA Science Advisory Board 
provided on the SAB Web site. The form can be accessed through a link 
on the blue navigational bar on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab. To be considered, all nominations should include the 
information requested on that form.
    The nominating form 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; and a general biosketch of the nominee indicating 
education, expertise, past research, recent service on other advisory 
committees or with professional associations, and recent grant and/or 
contract support. Persons who are unable to submit nominations through 
the SAB Web site should contact Ms. Patricia L. Thomas, as indicated 
above in this notice. Non-electronic submissions must follow the same 
format and contain the same information as the electronic form. The SAB 
Staff Office will acknowledge receipt of nominations.
    The SAB Staff Office seeks the inclusion of nominees 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 to 
adequately address the issues facing the Agency. Specific criteria to 
be used in evaluating potential Members include: (a) Scientific and/or 
technical expertise, knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b) 
absence of financial conflicts of interest; (c) scientific credibility 
and impartiality; (d) availability and willingness to serve; and (e) 
ability to work constructively and effectively in committees.
    During the selection process, nominees will be required to submit 
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 as a 
Special Government Employee 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: http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110-48.pdf. This form 
should not be submitted as part of a nomination.

    Dated: June 10, 2004.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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