[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12192-12194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3343]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8043-5]


Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation 
Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; FACA Committee Meetings Announcement.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 
92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing two separate 
two-day meetings of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and 
Quantitation Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs.

DATES: A meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and 
Quantitation Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs will 
be held on Wednesday and Thursday, March 29, 2006, and March 30, 2006. 
Another meeting of this committee will be held on Thursday, July 13, 
2006, and Friday, July 14, 2006. The meetings on March 29 and July 13 
will be from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. e.s.t., and on March 30 and July 14, 
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. e.s.t. All times are eastern time.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the L. William Seidman Center, 
3501 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, across from the Virginia 
Square Metro stop on the Orange line. Members of the public may attend 
in person or via teleconference. The public may obtain the call-in 
number and access code for the teleconference lines from Marion Kelly, 
whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this notice.
    Document Availability: The draft agenda for both meetings are 
provided in the General Information section of this notice or from 
Marion Kelly whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. The draft agenda may also 
be viewed through EDOCKET, as provided in section I.A. of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
    Any member of the public interested in making an oral presentation 
at these meetings may contact Richard Reding, whose contact information 
is listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. 
Requests for making oral presentations will be accepted up to two 
business days prior to each meeting date. In general, each oral 
presentation will be limited to a total of three minutes.

Submitting Comments

    Written comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or 
through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed instructions as 
provided in section I.B of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 
Written comments will be accepted up to two business days prior to each 
meeting date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marion Kelly, Engineering and Analysis 
Division, 4303T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; Telephone number: (202) 566-1045; Fax 
number: (202) 566-1053; E-mail address: [email protected]; Richard 
Reding, Designated Federal Officer, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Water, 4303T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460; Telephone number: (202) 566-2237; Fax number: (202) 566-1053; E-
mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

    This notice announces two meetings of the Federal Advisory 
Committee on Detection and Quantitation Procedures and Uses in Clean 
Water Act (CWA) Programs. The purpose of these meetings is to continue 
to evaluate and recommend detection and quantitation procedures for use 
in EPA's analytical methods programs for compliance monitoring under 40 
CFR part 136. The Committee will analyze and evaluate relevant 
scientific and statistical approaches, protocols, review data and 
interpretations of data using current and

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recommended approaches. The major objectives are to provide advice and 
recommendations to the EPA Administrator on policy issues related to 
detection and quantitation, and scientific and technical aspects of 
procedures for detection and quantitation.
    The draft agenda for March 29-30, 2006 includes a report and 
discussion of issues posed by the Policy Work Group on the uses of 
detection and quantitation procedures and their results. The Technical 
Work Group will report its results on designs for pilot testing by a 
single laboratory or by multiple laboratories. The advisory committee 
will provide direction to both the Policy and the Technical Work Groups 
on additional work to be carried out in advance of the committee's July 
2006 meeting. The draft agenda for the July 2006 meeting includes a 
continuation of discussions about recommended uses of detection and 
quantitation limits in CWA programs, and approval of the design of a 
laboratory pilot of candidate procedures for calculation of these 
limits.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on access or services for individuals with 
disabilities, please contact Marion Kelly at (202) 566-1045 or e-mail: 
[email protected] to request accommodation of a disability, at least 
ten days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to 
process your request.
A. How Can I Get Copies of Related Information?
    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this committee under 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041 in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The 
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone 
number for the OW Docket is (202) 566-2426.
    2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the Federal Register 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through http://www.regulations.gov. You may 
use http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, 
and to access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
appropriate docket identification number (OW-2004-0041).
    For those wishing to make public comments, it is important to note 
that EPA's policy is that comments, whether submitted electronically or 
on paper, will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic 
public docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the 
comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business 
information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted 
material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version 
of the comment that is placed in EPA's electronic public docket. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket.
    Public comments submitted on computer disks mailed or delivered to 
the docket will be transferred to EPA's electronic public docket. 
Written public comments mailed or delivered to the Docket will be 
scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public docket.
B. How and To Whom Do I Submit Comments?
    You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand 
delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the 
appropriate docket identification number (OW-2004-0041) in the subject 
line on the first page of your comment. Please ensure that your 
comments are submitted within the specified comment period.
    1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as 
prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing 
address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body 
of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside 
of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying 
the disk or CD ROM.
    This ensures that you can be identified as the submitter of the 
comment, and it allows EPA to contact you if further information on the 
substance of the comment is needed or if your comment cannot be read 
due to technical difficulties. EPA's policy is that EPA will not edit 
your comment, and any identifying or contact information provided in 
the body of a comment will be included as part of the comment placed in 
the official public docket and made available in EPA's electronic 
public docket. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical 
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be 
able to consider your comment.
    i. http://www.regulations.gov. Your use of EPA's electronic public 
docket to submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred 
method for receiving comments. Go directly to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. To access EPA's electronic public docket from the EPA 
Internet Home Page, http://www.epa.gov, select ``Information Sources,'' 
``Dockets,''. Once in the system, select ``search,'' and then key in 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. The system is an anonymous access 
system, which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or 
other contact information unless you provide it in the body of your 
comment.
    ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to [email protected], Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. In 
contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is not 
an anonymous access system. If you send an e-mail comment directly to 
the docket without going through EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's 
e-mail system automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail 
addresses that are automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public 
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
    iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD ROM 
mailed to the mailing address identified in section I.B.2 of this 
notice. These electronic submissions will be accepted in Word, 
WordPerfect or rich text files. Avoid the use of special characters and 
any form of encryption.
    2. By Mail. Send your comments to: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, OW Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 
OW-2004-0041.
    3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. OW-2004-0041 
(Note: this is not a mailing address). Such deliveries are only 
accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation as identified in 
section I.A.1 of this notice.


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    Dated: March 2, 2006.
Richard Reding,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-3343 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am]
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