[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 84 (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23456-23457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9480]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8559-8]


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

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 2008 
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards.

DATES: The meeting dates are Wednesday and Thursday, July 9 and 10, 
2008 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, July 11, 2008, 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, Third Floor, Suite 3700, 
1025 F Street, NW., 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. EPA Science Advisory Board 
(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 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.

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 2008 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

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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: April 16, 2008.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E8-9480 Filed 4-29-08; 8:45 am]
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