[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71686-71687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24514]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-1175; FRL-8508-3]


Board of Scientific Counselors, Global Change Research Program 
Mid-Cycle Review Meetings--Winter 2008

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 three meetings of the Board of 
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Global Mid-Cycle Subcommittee.

DATES: The first meeting (a teleconference call) will be held on 
Friday, January 4, 2008, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The second 
meeting (a teleconference call) will be held on Thursday, January 10, 
2008, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The third meeting (face-to-face meeting) 
will be held on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 from 9 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 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 
Monica Rodia, 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 M Street Renaissance Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20037. Submit your comments, identified by 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-1175, 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-2007-1175.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-1175.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Global Change Research Program Mid-Cycle Subcommittee 
Meetings--Winter 2008 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-
1175.
     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-
1175. 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-
2007-1175. 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, Global Change Research Program Mid-Cycle Subcommittee 
Meetings--Winter 2008 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: Monica Rodia, 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) 564-8322;

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via fax at: (202) 565-2925; 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 any of the meetings may contact 
Monica Rodia, 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 #1: The objectives of the review; an overview of 
ORD's Global Change research program; a summary of major changes in the 
Global Change research program since 2005; Teleconference #2: A 
synopsis of the revised Global Multi-Year Plan; subcommittee 
discussions; and preparation for the face-to-face meeting; face-to-face 
meeting: Subcommittee discussions of the Global Change research 
program's progress in response to recommendations from its 2005 BOSC 
review and other activities. The meetings are open to the public. The 
subcommittee roster and charge can be accessed at: http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/subcomm-gc_mid.htm.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Monica Rodia at (202) 564-8322 or [email protected]. 
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Monica Rodia, 
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: December 12, 2007.
Jeff Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
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