[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1682-1683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-470]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0484; FRL-8761-7]


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental 
Research Standing Subcommittee Meeting--2009

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 (EPA), Office of Research and 
Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) National Center for Environmental Research 
Subcommittee (NCER).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, February 2, 2009 from 9 p.m. 
to 5 p.m. and continue on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 from 9 to 12 noon 
Eastern Standard Time. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is 
finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for making an oral 
presentation at the meeting will be accepted up to one business day 
before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Westin Grand Hotel, 2350 M 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037. Submit your comments, identified by 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0484, by one of the following methods:
     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-2007-0484.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0484.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, NCER Standing Subcommittee--2009 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0484.
     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-2007-
0484.

    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-
2007-

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0484. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
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 www.regulations.gov or email. The 
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 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 
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 www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, NCER Standing Subcommittee--2009 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: Susan Peterson, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy, 
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice 
mail at: (202) 564-1077; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-mail at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Information

    Proposed agenda items for the meeting include, but are not limited 
to, an overview of NCER grants research with emphasis on investments in 
emerging areas of research, the Fellowships Program restructuring and 
goals, and status of action items from the 2006 BOSC review.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Susan Peterson at (202) 564-1077 or 
[email protected]. To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact Susan Peterson, preferably at least ten days prior to 
the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your 
request.

    Dated: January 6, 2009.
Mary Ellen Radzikowski,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
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