[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 28492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14116]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8919-4]


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 2009 
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards.

DATES: The meeting dates are Monday and Tuesday, August 17 and 18, 2009 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), and Wednesday, August 
19, 2009, 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., Suite 3700, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain further information regarding this announcement may contact Mr. 
Edward Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer, by telephone: (202) 343-9946 
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 2009 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 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: June 9, 2009.
 Lisa P. Jackson,
 Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9-14116 Filed 6-15-09; 8:45 am]
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