[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 11456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4639]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9274-7]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Meeting of the Chartered Science Advisory Board

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 consider a draft report commenting on the President's requested 
FY 2012 budget for EPA research and to discuss SAB plans to provide 
advice on Office of Research and Development (ORD) strategic research 
directions.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 
1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 23, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 
p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Umstead Hotel, Cary, North 
Carolina.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning the meeting may contact Dr. Angela 
Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 
(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail (202) 564-
2218, fax (202) 565-2098; 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: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDAA), 
codified at 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), 5 U.S.C., 
App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that 
the SAB will hold a public meeting to consider a draft report on the 
President's requested FY 2012 budget for research and to discuss SAB 
plans to provide advice on ORD strategic research directions. The SAB 
will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 
Office procedural policies.
    As announced in the Federal Register (76 FR 7198-7199), an SAB 
Research Budget Work Group met on March 3-4, 2011 to review the 
President's requested Fiscal Year 2012 research budget for EPA. The 
chartered SAB will discuss the work group's draft report and reach 
agreement on comments to provide the EPA Administrator and the Congress 
on the adequacy of the President's requested research budget for the 
next fiscal year in light of EPA's research needs.
    Since the last meeting of the chartered SAB on September 22-22, 
2010 (75 FR 52940-52941), ORD has restructured its research program 
into six major program areas: Air, Climate, and Energy; Safe and 
Sustainable Water Resources; Sustainable and Healthy Communities; 
Chemical Safety and Sustainability; Human Health Risk Assessment; and 
Homeland Security. The chartered SAB will receive an update on 
implementation of these new program areas and initiate discussions with 
ORD and representatives of ORD's Board of Scientific Councilors about 
plans to review ORD's new strategic research directions.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: A meeting agenda and other 
materials for the meeting will be placed on the SAB Web site at http://epa.gov/sab.
    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 March 22-
23, 2011 meeting, interested parties should notify Dr. Angela Nugent, 
DFO, by e-mail no later than March 15, 2011. Individuals making oral 
statements will be limited to five minutes per speaker. Written 
Statements: Written statements for the March 22-23, 2011 meeting should 
be received in the SAB Staff Office by March 15, 2011, 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 Dr. Nugent 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.

    Dated: February 23, 2011.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-4639 Filed 3-1-11; 8:45 am]
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