[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35752-35753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14677]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9912-77-OA]


Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory 
Board Environmental Justice Technical Guidance Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a teleconference of the 
Environmental Justice Technical Guidance (EJTG) Review Panel. A public 
teleconference will be held to discuss the draft report of the panel.

DATES: A public teleconference to discuss the draft report of the EJTG 
review panel will be held on July 22, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
(Eastern Time).

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning this public meeting may contact Dr. Sue 
Shallal, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone at (202) 564-
2057 or email at [email protected]. General information concerning 
the SAB 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 (ERDDAA), 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. The SAB will comply with the provisions of 
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant 
to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB EJTG Review 
Panel will hold a public teleconference. The purpose of the 
teleconference is to discuss the panel's draft report. This SAB panel 
will provide advice to the Administrator through the chartered SAB.
    Background: The EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics 
along with the Office of Environmental Justice has requested that the 
SAB peer review their Draft Technical Guidance for Assessing 
Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis (May 1, 2013). The

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SAB EJTG Review Panel met on January 30-31, 2014 to conduct a peer 
review of the draft technical guidance (78 FR 77673-77674). Additional 
information about this advisory activity, including the formation of 
the SAB EJTG Review Panel, can be found at the following URL: http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/EJ%20Technical%20Guidance?OpenDocument. The July 22, 2014 
teleconference is being held for the EJTG Review Panel to discuss its 
draft peer review report.
    Technical Contacts: Any technical questions concerning EPA's draft 
technical document should be directed to Dr. Kelly Maguire at (202) 
566-2273 or by email at [email protected].
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Prior to the meeting, the review 
documents, agenda and other materials will be accessible through the 
calendar link on the blue navigation bar at http://www.epa.gov/sab/. 
Materials may also be accessed at the following SAB Web page http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/EJ%20Technical%20Guidance?OpenDocument.
    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 the EPA. 
Interested members of the public may submit relevant information on the 
topic of this advisory activity, and/or the group conducting the 
activity, for the SAB to consider during the advisory process. Input 
from the public to the SAB will have the most impact if it provides 
specific scientific or technical information or analysis for SAB 
committees and 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 DFO directly. Oral Statements: In 
general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation on a 
teleconference will be limited to 3 minutes and oral presentation at a 
face-to-face meeting will be limited to five minutes. Interested 
parties should contact Dr. Sue Shallal, DFO, in writing (preferably via 
email) at the contact information noted above by July 11, 2014 to be 
placed on the list of public speakers for the teleconference. Written 
Statements: Written statements will be accepted throughout the advisory 
process; however, for timely consideration by Committee/Panel members, 
statements should be supplied to the DFO via email at the contact 
information noted above at least one week prior to a public meeting. 
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. Sue Shallal at (202) 
564-2057 or [email protected]. To request accommodation of a 
disability, please contact Dr. Shallal preferably at least ten days 
prior to the meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.

    Dated: June 13, 2014.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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