[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 16350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6239]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0242; FRL-8295-1]


Board of Scientific Counselors, Drinking Water Mid-Cycle 
Subcommittee Meetings--Spring 2007

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and 
Development (ORD), gives notice of two meetings of the Board of 
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Drinking Water Mid-Cycle Subcommittee.

DATES: The first meeting (a teleconference call) will be held on 
Thursday, April 26, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The second meeting 
(face-to-face meeting) will be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 from 
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. All times noted are eastern time. The meetings may 
adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for the draft 
agenda or for making oral presentations at the meetings will be 
accepted up to 1 business day before each meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the conference call will be by 
teleconference only--meeting rooms will not be used. Members of the 
public may obtain the call-in number and access code for the calls from 
Edie Coates, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. The face-to-face meeting 
will be held at the Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina, 49 America's Cup 
Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island 02840. Submit your comments, identified 
by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0242, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 
[email protected], Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0242.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0242.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Drinking Water Mid-Cycle Subcommittee Meeting--Spring 2007 
Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0242.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to: EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-
0242.

    Note: this is not a mailing address. Such deliveries are only 
accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.

    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0242. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name 
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid 
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of 
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public 
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of 
Scientific Counselors, Drinking Water Mid-Cycle Subcommittee Meeting--
Spring 2007 Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The 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 ORD Docket is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer via 
mail at: Edie Coates, Mail Drop B103-05, Neurotoxicology Division, 
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office 
of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, Research 
Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; via phone/voice mail at: (919) 
541-3508; via fax at: (919) 541-3335; or via e-mail at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Information

    Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft BOSC 
agenda or making a presentation at either meeting may contact Edie 
Coates, the Designated Federal Officer, via any of the contact methods 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. In 
general, each individual making an oral presentation will be limited to 
a total of three minutes.
    Proposed agenda items for the meetings include, but are not limited 
to: Teleconference: the objectives of the review; an overview of ORD's 
drinking water research program; a summary of major changes in the 
drinking water research program since 2005; and an update on the 
Drinking Water Multi-Year Plan; face-to-face meeting: the drinking 
water research program's progress in response to recommendations from 
its 2005 BOSC review and other activities. The meetings are open to the 
public.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Edie Coates at (919) 541-3508 or [email protected]. To 
request accommodation of a disability, please contact Edie Coates, 
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: March 27, 2007.
Connie M. Bosma,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. E7-6239 Filed 4-3-07; 8:45 am]
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