[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 62646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21797]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-1053; FRL-8492-6]


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Exposure Research 
Laboratory (NERL) Standing Subcommittee Meeting--2007

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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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 a meeting of the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Standing 
Subcommittee.

DATES: The meeting (a teleconference call) will be held on Wednesday, 
November 28, 2007 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. All times noted are eastern 
time. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished. 
Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the 
conference call will be accepted up to 1 business day before the 
meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the meeting 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 call from Susan Peterson, 
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-2007-1053, 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-2007-1053.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-1053.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Standing 
Subcommittee--2007 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-
1053.
     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-
1053. 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-
2007-1053. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
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 www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 
The 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 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 
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 www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Standing 
Subcommittee--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: Susan Peterson, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy, 
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice 
mail at: (202) 564-1077; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via email at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Information

    Participation in the meeting will be by teleconference only--
meeting rooms will not be used. Members of the public who wish to 
obtain the call-in number and access code to participate in the 
conference call may contact Susan Peterson, the Designated Federal 
Officer, via any of the contact methods listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section above, by 4 working days prior to the 
conference call.
    The purpose of the meeting is to provide the subcommittee with 
background information on the Office of Research and Development (ORD) 
and one of ORD's Laboratories, the National Exposure Research 
Laboratory (NERL). Proposed agenda items for the conference call 
include, but are not limited to: overview of subcommittee objectives, 
overview of ORD, overview of NERL, and discussion of the charge to 
subcommittee. The conference call is open to the public.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Susan Peterson at (202) 564-1077 or 
[email protected]. To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact Susan Peterson, preferably at least 10 days prior to the 
meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: October 31, 2007.
Jeff Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
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