[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 188 (Friday, September 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55201-55202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19220]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0609; FRL-8474-6]


Board of Scientific Counselors, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 
(EDC) Research Program Mid-Cycle Review Meetings--Summer/Fall 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) EDC Mid-Cycle Subcommittee.

DATES: The first meeting (a teleconference call) will be held on 
Wednesday, October 17, 2007, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The second meeting 
(a teleconference call) will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2007, from 
1 p.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 calls 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 
Heather Drumm, whose contact information is listed under the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Submit your 
comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0609, 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-2007-0609.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0609.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) Mid-Cycle Subcommittee 
Meeting--Summer/Fall 2007 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0609.
     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-
0609.

    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-
2007-0609. 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

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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, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) Mid-Cycle 
Subcommittee Meeting--Summer/Fall 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: Heather Drumm, Mail Drop 8104-R, Office of Science Policy, 
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice mail 
at: (202) 564-8239; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; 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 Heather 
Drumm, 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 finalizing the subcommittee's draft report and discussing the rating 
component for the EDC research program. 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 Heather Drumm at (202) 564-8239 or 
[email protected]. To request accommodation of a disability, please 
contact Heather Drumm, preferably at least 10 days prior to the 
meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: September 24, 2007.
Eric Weber,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. E7-19220 Filed 9-27-07; 8:45 am]
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