[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 111 (Monday, June 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 32098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2898]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8326-6]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming 
Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Scientific and 
Technological Achievement Awards Committee, Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA), Science 
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a closed meeting of the 
SAB's Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Committee 
to recommend to the Administrator the recipients of the Agency's 2007 
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards.

DATES: The meeting dates are Monday and Tuesday, August 13 and 14, 2007 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, August 15, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 1 p.m. (eastern standard time).

ADDRESSES: The closed meeting will be held at the U.S. EPA Science 
Advisory Board Staff Office Conference Room, 1025 F Street NW., Suite 
3700, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain further information regarding this announcement may contact Ms. 
Vivian Turner, Designated Federal Officer, by telephone: (202) 343-9697 
or e-mail at: [email protected].
    The SAB Mailing address is: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460. General information about the SAB as well as any 
updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice may be found in 
the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/staarp.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Summary: Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and section (c)(6) of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), EPA has determined 
that the meeting will be closed to the public. The purpose of the 
meeting is for the SAB to recommend to the Administrator the recipients 
of the Agency's 2007 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards. 
These 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. 
This meeting is closed to the public because it is concerned with 
selecting which employees are deserving of awards, a personnel matter 
with privacy concerns, which is exempt from public disclosure pursuant 
to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 
App. 2, and section (c)(6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). In accordance with the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, minutes of the meeting will be kept for Agency 
and Congressional review.

    Dated: June 5, 2007.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 07-2898 Filed 6-7-07; 1:13 pm]
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