[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 116 (Monday, June 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34014-34015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13483]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054; FRL-8579-9]


Board of Scientific Counselors, Homeland Security Subcommittee 
Meeting--July 2008

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) Homeland Security Subcommittee.

DATES: The meeting (teleconference call) will be held on Friday, July 
11, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time. The meeting 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 the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the conference call 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 
Greg Susanke, 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-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 e-mail. The http://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 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

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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

    The meeting is open to the public. Any member of the public 
interested in receiving a draft BOSC agenda or making a presentation at 
the 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.
    EPA ORD is conducting a prospective and retrospective independent 
expert review through the BOSC, of its Homeland Security Research 
Program, to evaluate the program's relevance, quality, performance, and 
scientific leadership. The BOSC's evaluation and recommendations will 
provide guidance to ORD's National Homeland Security Research Center. 
Proposed agenda items for the meeting include, but are not limited to: 
review and discussion of the draft subcommittee report which includes 
overall comments and recommendations to ORD's National Homeland 
Security Research Program, and responses to subcommittee charge 
questions.
    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.

    Dated: June 9, 2008.
Mary Ellen Radzikowski,
Acting Office Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. E8-13483 Filed 6-13-08; 8:45 am]
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