[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 209 (Monday, October 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63319-63321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18229]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8235-6]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; FACA committee meeting announcement.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 
92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a three-day 
meeting 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 CWA Programs will be held on 
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, December 6, 7, and 8, 2006. The 
meeting on December 6 and 7 will be from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. and on 
December 8, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All times are Eastern Standard 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 agenda for the meeting is 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 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 the meeting 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 December 4, 2006. 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 the start of the meeting.

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: 

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I. General Information

    This notice announces a meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee 
on Detection and Quantitation Procedures and Uses in CWA Programs. The 
purpose of the meeting 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 and protocols; they will also review data and 
interpretations of data using current and 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 agenda for December 6-8, 2006 includes a series of policy 
discussions developed by the Policy Work Group. The Committee will 
discuss uses for quantitation and detection results, setting 
measurement quality objectives for detection and quantitation limits, 
and examining matrix effects in analytical methods. The Committee will 
also begin to discuss an outline for its final report and 
recommendations.

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). 
The EPA Docket Center is currently under renovations. In addition to 
electronic access through regulations.gov, public inspection of docket 
materials will be available by appointment during the renovations 
period. Appointments may be made by calling (202) 566-1744.
    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.

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. EDOCKET. 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, 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), 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. 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, 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.


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    Dated: October 20, 2006.
Mary T. Smith,
Director, Engineering and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. E6-18229 Filed 10-27-06; 8:45 am]
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