[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 15 (Monday, January 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 4435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1615]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8766-8]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public 
Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is 
announcing a public teleconference of the SAB Environmental Economics 
Advisory Committee (EEAC) to discuss its draft Advisory on EPA's draft 
Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses.

DATES: The teleconference will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern 
Time) on March 4, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing 
further information regarding the public teleconference and call-in 
numbers may contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO), U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office by telephone/voice 
mail at (202) 343-9867, or via e-mail at [email protected]. The 
SAB mailing address is: U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the SAB 
Environmental Economics Advisory Committee will hold a public 
teleconference to consider its draft Advisory on EPA's draft Guidelines 
for Preparing Economic Analyses as well as public comments. The SAB was 
established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and 
technical advice to the 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 mission of the EEAC, an SAB Standing Committee, is 
to provide independent advice to the EPA Administrator, through the 
chartered SAB, regarding the use of economics in EPA's decision-making. 
As discussed in 73 FR 57621, EPA's National Center for Environmental 
Economics (NCEE) issued the Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses 
in September 2000 and updated those Guidelines in 2008. The SAB EEAC 
met on October 23--24, 2008 to discuss charge questions related to the 
updated Guidelines. On the March 4, 2009 teleconference, the SAB EEAC 
will discuss its draft Advisory as well as public comments submitted to 
the SAB EEAC.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: All materials in support of this 
meeting, an agenda, public comments and a draft Advisory will be placed 
on the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Guidelines%20Review?OpenDocument prior to the 
meeting.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB to 
consider during the advisory process.
    Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an 
oral presentation at a public teleconference will be limited to five 
minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of one hour for all 
speakers. Interested parties should contact Dr. Stallworth, DFO, at the 
contact information noted above, to be placed on the public speaker 
list for the March 4, 2009 teleconference. Written Statements: Written 
statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by February 27, 
2009 so that the information may be made available to the SAB for their 
consideration prior to this teleconference. Written statements should 
be supplied to the DFO in the following formats: one hard copy with 
original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail to 
[email protected] (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 
WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format). Submitters are asked to provide versions of 
each document submitted with and without signatures, because the SAB 
Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures on its Web 
sites.
    Meeting Access: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Stallworth at (202) 
343-9867 or [email protected]. To request accommodation of a 
disability, please contact Dr. Stallworth, preferably at least 10 days 
prior to the meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.

    Dated: January 15, 2009.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E9-1615 Filed 1-23-09; 8:45 am]
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