[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 52 (Monday, March 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14246-14247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5291]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054; FRL-8541-8]


Board of Scientific Counselors, Homeland Security Subcommittee 
Meetings--Spring 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) Homeland Security Subcommittee.

DATES: The first meeting (teleconference call) will be held on 
Wednesday, April 23, 2008, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The second meeting 
(teleconference call) will be held on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, from 3 
p.m. to 5 p.m. The third meeting (three day face-to-face meeting) will 
be held on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 
May 29, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and Friday, May 30, 2008, 11 
a.m. to 2 p.m. The meeting will be closed to the public on Wednesday, 
May 28, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Friday, May 30, from 8 a.m. to 9 
a.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 
Greg Susanke, 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 Marriott Kingsgate Conference Hotel, 151 Goodman 
Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219. Submit your comments, identified by 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054, 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-2008-0054.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Homeland Security Subcommittee Meeting--Spring 2008 Docket, 
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 20460, 
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054.
     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-2008-
0054. 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-
2008-0054. 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 email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which

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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, Homeland Security Subcommittee Meeting--Spring 
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: Greg Susanke, 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) 564-9945; 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 a meeting may contact Greg Susanke, 
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 entire research program and an overview of its homeland security 
research program; Teleconference #2: An overview of the Homeland 
Security Multi-Year Research Plan, and preparation for the face-to-face 
meeting; Face-to-Face Meeting: Overview of Multi-Year Plan Long Term 
Goals, poster session for highlighting and detailing specific research, 
subcommittee discussions to address subcommittee charge questions, and 
subcommittee report out of preliminary findings. 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 Greg Susanke at (202) 564-9945 or [email protected]. 
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Greg Susanke, 
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

Partially Closed Meeting

    EPA ORD is conducting an independent expert review through the 
BOSC, of its Homeland Security Research Program. The BOSC's Homeland 
Security Subcommittee will conduct a prospective and retrospective 
review of ORD's National Homeland Security Research Center's (NHSRC) 
Research Program, and evaluate the program's relevance, quality, 
performance, and scientific leadership. The BOSC's evaluation and 
recommendations will provide guidance to ORD NHSRC.
    It is EPA's policy to follow the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) for subcommittees of its chartered advisory 
committees, and to have meetings that are open to the public. However, 
to allow for the review and discussion of classified national security 
information, EPA has determined that a portion of the face-to-face 
meeting on May 28, 2008 (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.) and May 30, 2008 (8 a.m. to 
9 a.m.) should be closed to the public pursuant to section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.2, and section 
(c)(1) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 
During the closed portion of the meeting, a review of classified 
national security information by the subcommittee will provide 
additional context and explanation for the direction and scope of the 
research program, as well as for the specific research conducted by 
NHSRC.

    Dated: March 6, 2008.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E8-5291 Filed 3-14-08; 8:45 am]
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