[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52805-52806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24683]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8968-6]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board (SAB)

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 meeting of the Chartered 
SAB to: Discuss EPA's updated long range strategic research directions, 
conduct one or more quality reviews of draft SAB panel reports, and 
plan for future SAB activities.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Monday, November 9, 2009 from 
8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 
8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 201 
Harrison Oaks Blvd., Cary, NC 27513; telephone (919) 677-1840.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning the meeting may contact Mr. Thomas 
Miller, 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-
9982; 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: 
    Background: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is hereby given that the EPA Science 
Advisory Board will hold a public meeting to evaluate, and discuss with 
EPA representatives, the updated EPA strategic research directions; to 
conduct a quality review of the draft SAB Drinking Water Committee 
(DWC) advisory on EPA's Total Coliform Rule, and to discuss its Fiscal 
Year 2010 plans. The SAB was established pursuant to 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 will comply with the provisions of FACA and all 
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
    Background: (a) Strategic Research Vision: The purpose of this 
meeting will be to allow the Chartered SAB to discuss the strategic 
research directions of EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) 
with Agency representatives. These discussions will allow consideration 
of the overall strategic directions of the research program in relation 
to EPA's overall mission, the evaluation of smaller components of the 
research and development program as they fit into the total program, 
and how ORD's Integrated Multidisciplinary Research is intended to 
transform EPA research in support of the Agency's mission.
    (b) SAB Quality Review of the Draft SAB Advisory on EPA's Total 
Coliform Rule: EPA's Office of Water is planning to propose a revised 
Total Coliform Rule and requested that the SAB review a draft analysis 
supporting the rule. The SAB Drinking Water Committee's draft advisory 
focused on (1) Data sources used to estimate baseline total coliform 
and E. coli occurrence, public water system profile, and sensitive 
subpopulations in the United States, (2) the occurrence analysis used 
to inform benefits calculations, (3) benefits analysis--the qualitative 
analysis used to estimate the reduction in risk due to implementation 
of the rule requirements and (4) analysis of the engineering costs and 
costs to States resulting from implementation of the revisions. The 
draft advisory from this effort will undergo an SAB Quality Review. The 
purpose of a Quality Review is to ensure that the original charge 
questions to the committee were answered, that the report is clear and 
logical, and that the Drinking Water Committee's conclusions and 
recommendations are supported in the draft report.
    (c) SAB Planning: Members will be briefed upon and discuss the 
proposed SAB operating plan for Fiscal Year 2010. Members' feedback on 
the plan will be used in developing the SAB's Fiscal Year 2010 
operating plan.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: A meeting agenda, charge 
questions and other materials for the meeting will be placed on the SAB 
Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/WebCommittees/BOARD.
    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: To be placed on the public speaker list for the November 9-
10, 2009 meeting, interested parties should notify Mr. Thomas Miller, 
DFO, by e-mail no later than November 2, 2009. Individuals making oral 
statements will be limited to five minutes per speaker. Written 
Statements: Written statements for the November 9-10, 2009 meeting 
should be received in the SAB Staff Office by November 2, 2009, so that 
the information may be made available to the SAB for its consideration 
prior to this meeting. 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 (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 
MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format). Submitters are asked to provide electronic 
versions of each document submitted with and without signatures, 
because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures 
on its Web sites.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Miller at the phone 
number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten days 
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.


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    Dated: October 6, 2009.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E9-24683 Filed 10-13-09; 8:45 am]
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