[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 113 (Monday, June 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 33616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14206]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9161-3]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Closed 
Meetings 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 meeting and 
teleconference of the SAB's Scientific and Technological Achievement 
Awards (STAA) Committee to develop draft recommendations regarding the 
recipients of the Agency's 2010 Scientific and Technological 
Achievement Awards for consideration by the SAB. The meetings will be 
closed to the public.

DATES: The meeting dates are Monday and Tuesday, June 28 and 29, 2010, 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, June 30, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 1 
p.m .e.t. The teleconference date is Tuesday, July 27, 2010, from 1 
p.m. to 5 p.m. e.t.

ADDRESSES: The closed meeting will be held at the Park Hyatt Washington 
Hotel, 1201 24th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037. The closed 
teleconference will be conducted by phone only.

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 concerning the meeting and teleconference 
announced in this notice may be found on 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 and teleconference will be closed to the public. The 
purpose of the meeting and teleconference is for the Committee to 
discuss recommendations for the SAB regarding the recipients of the 
Agency's 2010 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. I 
have determined that the SAB meeting and teleconference will be closed 
to the public because it is concerned with selecting employees 
deserving of awards. In making these recommendations, the Agency 
requires full and frank advice from the EPA Science Advisory Board. 
This advice will involve professional judgments on the relative merits 
of various employees and their respective work. Such personnel matters 
involve the discussion of information that is of a personal nature and 
the disclosure of which would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy and, therefore, are protected from disclosure by 
section (c)(6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6). Minutes of the meeting and teleconference will be kept and 
certified by the Chair.

    Dated: June 7, 2010.
Lisa P. Jackson,
 Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-14206 Filed 6-11-10; 8:45 am]
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