[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46425-46426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21714]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688; FRL-8954-5]


Board of Scientific Counselors, Computational Toxicology 
Subcommittee Meetings--Fall 2009

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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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 two meetings of the Board of 
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Computational Toxicology Subcommittee.

DATES: The first meeting (via teleconference) will be held on Friday, 
September 25, 2009, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. The second meeting (face-to-
face) will take place on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, from 12:30 p.m. 
to 6:15 p.m.,

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and continue on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
All times noted are Eastern time. The meetings 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 one business day 
before each 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 
Lorelei Kowalski, whose contact information is listed under the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    The face-to-face meeting will be held at the Hilton Raleigh-Durham 
Airport at Research Triangle Park, 4810 Page Creek Lane, Durham, North 
Carolina 27703. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-ORD-2009-0688, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments.
     E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 
[email protected], Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Computational Toxicology Subcommittee Meetings--Fall 2009 
Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688.
     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-2009-
0688. Note: This is not a mailing address. Such deliveries are only 
accepted during the center'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-
2009-0688. 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 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, Computational Toxicology Subcommittee Meetings--
Fall 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: Lorelei Kowalski, 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) 564-3408; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-mail at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information

    Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft BOSC 
agenda or making a presentation at the meetings may contact Lorelei 
Kowalski, 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.
    Proposed agenda items for the meetings include, but are not limited 
to: teleconference: introduction to ORD and the National Center for 
Computational Toxicology (for new subcommittee members); discussion of 
the draft charge for the review; and preparation for the face-to-face 
meeting; face-to-face meeting: overview, update, and testimonials on 
the Computational Toxicology Research Program; poster sessions, 
including posters on informatics, exposure science, high throughput 
screening, toxicity predictions, virtual tissues, and uncertainty 
analysis; and discussion of the draft letter report. The meetings are 
open to the public.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Lorelei Kowalski at (202) 564-3408 or 
[email protected]. To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact Lorelei Kowalski, preferably at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your 
request.

    Dated: September 1, 2009.
Fred Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-21714 Filed 9-8-09; 8:45 am]
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