[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54803-54804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22225]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8718-5]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Science Advisory Board 
(SAB); Notification of a Public Advisory Committee Meeting and Three 
Teleconferences of the Integrated Nitrogen Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public face-to-face meeting of the 
Science Advisory Board's (SAB's) Integrated Nitrogen Committee (INC) 
and three subsequent public teleconference of the INC.

DATES: INC will meet from 8:30 a.m. on Monday, October 20 through 12:30 
p.m. on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The teleconferences will be held 
December 8, 9, and 10, 2008 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. All times are given 
in Eastern Time.
    Location: The October 20-22, 2008 public meeting will take place at 
the Renaissance--M Street Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20037, telephone: (202) 775-0800. The December 8, 9, and 
10, 2008 public teleconferences will be conducted by phone only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning the October 20-22, 2008 meeting or on 
the teleconferences December 8, 9, and 10, 2008 may contact Ms. 
Kathleen White, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 
Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-
9878; fax: (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at [email protected]. General 
information concerning the SAB can be found on the EPA Web site at 
http://www.epa.gov/SAB.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to 
provide independent scientific and technical advice, consultation, and 
recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for 
Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal advisory 
committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 
amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA 
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
    Background: The SAB Integrated Nitrogen Committee is studying the 
need for integrated research and strategies to reduce reactive nitrogen 
in the environment. At the global scale, reactive nitrogen from human 
activities now exceeds that produced by natural terrestrial ecosystems. 
Reactive nitrogen both benefits and impacts the health and welfare of 
people and ecosystems. Scientific information suggests that reactive 
nitrogen is accumulating in the environment and that nitrogen cycling 
through biogeochemical pathways has a variety of consequences. Research 
suggests that the management of reactive nitrogen should be viewed from 
a systems perspective and integrated across environmental media. 
Accordingly, linkages between reactive nitrogen induced environmental 
and human health effects need to be understood to optimize reactive 
nitrogen research and risk management strategies. Information on the 
Committee's previous meetings was

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published on January 17, 2007 (72 FR 1989), March 22, 2007 (72 FR 
3492), August 14, 2007 (72 FR 4542), November 20, 2007 (72 FR 65340) 
and March 19, 2008 (73 FR 4802). The information is also available on 
the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Nitrogen%20Project.
    At the October 20-22, 2008 public meeting, the INC will: (1) 
Present its preliminary findings and recommendations; (2) engage with 
invited participants in breakout groups to get their input on the 
preliminary recommendations relating to integrated risk reduction for 
nitrogen; and (3) consider how to incorporate the input received as the 
Committee prepares its advisory report for EPA.
    The purpose of the subsequent teleconferences of December 8, 9, and 
10 is for the committee to discuss its revised draft report.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: As they become available, the 
agenda and materials for this meeting will be posted on the SAB Web 
site prior to the meeting.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for 
consideration on the topics included in this advisory activity. Oral 
Statements: Speakers who wish to be placed on the public speaker list 
for the morning of October 22, 2008 meeting should notify Ms. Kathleen 
White, DFO, by e-mail no later than October 6, 2008. Oral presentations 
will be limited to one hour for all speakers. To be placed on the 
public speaker list for the December 8, 9, and 10, 2008 
teleconferences, interested parties should notify Ms. Kathleen White, 
DFO, by e-mail no later than December 1, 2008. Oral presentations will 
be limited to a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. Written 
Statements: Written statements for the October 20-22, 2008 meeting 
should be received in the SAB Staff Office by October 13, 2008, so that 
the information may be made available to the INC for its consideration 
prior to this meeting. For the INC teleconferences in December, 
statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by December 1, 
2008. Written statements should be supplied to the appropriate DFO as 
an electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file formats: Adobe Acrobat 
PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format).
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Ms. White at the phone 
number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten days 
prior to the face-to-face meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible 
to process your request.

    Dated: September 16, 2008.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E8-22225 Filed 9-22-08; 8:45 am]
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