[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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