[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22101-22102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9578]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9297-6]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 
public teleconference of the chartered SAB on May 17, 2011 to conduct a 
quality review of a draft SAB report entitled ``Review of EPA's draft 
Approaches for Deriving Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Florida's 
Estuaries, Coastal Waters, and Southern Inland Flowing Waters.''

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on May 17, 2011 from 12 
p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone 
only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to 
obtain general information concerning the public teleconference may 
contact Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 
Science Advisory Board via telephone/voice mail (202) 564-2155; fax 
(202) 202-565-2098 or via e-mail at [email protected]. General 
information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on 
the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 EPA 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 
teleconference to conduct a quality review of a draft report entitled 
``Review of EPA's draft Approaches for Deriving Numeric Nutrient 
Criteria for Florida's Estuaries, Coastal Waters, and Southern Inland 
Flowing Waters.'' The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and 
all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
    Background: The SAB was asked to review and provide advice to EPA 
on proposed approaches for developing nutrient criteria for estuarine, 
coastal and South Florida waters, as described in the draft EPA 
document, ``Methods and Approaches for Deriving Numeric Criteria for 
Nitrogen/Phosphorus Pollution in Florida's Estuaries, Coastal Waters, 
and Southern Inland Flowing Waters.'' To conduct this review, the SAB 
Staff Office requested public nominations of experts (75 FR 35026) and 
formed the ad hoc SAB Nutrient Criteria Review Panel. The Panel held a 
public meeting on December 13-14 (75 FR 66759) and a follow-up public 
teleconference on February 7, 2011 (76 FR 3133) to review EPA's draft 
document. The SAB will conduct a quality review of the Panel's draft 
report, ``Review of EPA's draft Approaches for Deriving Numeric 
Nutrient Criteria for Florida's Estuaries, Coastal Waters, and Southern 
Inland Flowing Waters.'' Background information about this SAB advisory 
activity can be found on the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/FL%20Estuaries%20TSD?OpenDocument.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The agenda and other materials 
in support of the teleconference will be placed on the SAB Web site at 
http://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the teleconference.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for 
consideration by EPA's Federal advisory committees and panels has a 
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices. 
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a Federal advisory 
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an 
EPA program office.
    Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific 
advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA. Members of the 
public can submit comments for a Federal advisory committee to consider 
as it develops advice for EPA. Input from the public to the SAB will 
have the most impact if it provides specific scientific or technical 
information or analysis for SAB panels to consider or if it relates to 
the clarity or accuracy of the technical information. Members of the 
public wishing to provide comment should contact the Designated Federal 
Officer directly.
    Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an 
oral presentation at a teleconference will be limited to three minutes. 
Those interested in being placed on the public speakers list for the 
May 17, 2011 teleconference should contact Dr. Armitage at the contact 
information provided above no later than May 10, 2011. Written 
Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the DFO via e-mail 
at the contact information noted above by May 10, 2011 for the 
teleconference so that the information may be made available to the 
Panel members for their consideration. Written statements should be 
supplied in one of the following electronic formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 
MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP 
format. It is the SAB Staff Office general policy to post written 
comments on the Web page for the advisory meeting or teleconference. 
Submitters are requested to provide an unsigned version of each 
document because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with 
signatures on its Web sites. Members of the public should be aware that 
their personal contact information, if included in any written 
comments, may be posted to the SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will 
not be posted without explicit permission of the copyright holder.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Thomas Armitage (202) 
564-2155 or [email protected]. To request accommodation of a 
disability, please contact Dr. Armitage preferably at least ten days 
prior to the teleconference to give EPA as much time as possible to 
process your request.

    Dated: April 13, 2011.
Anthony Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-9578 Filed 4-19-11; 8:45 am]
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