[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71093-71094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24913]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD -2015-0611; FRL-9954-12-ORD]


Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC); Sustainable and Healthy 
Communities Subcommittee Meeting--November 2016

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of public meeting and public comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research 
and Development (ORD), gives notice that the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Sustainable and Healthy Communities (SHC) 
Subcommittee will convene for a public meeting. Subcommittee 
deliberations will focus on Topic 3 of the ORD/SHC research program, 
which includes contaminated sites and sediments, environmental releases 
of oils and fuels, and sustainable materials management. Meeting 
documents are available for viewing and downloading at https://www.epa.gov/bosc/sustainable-and-healthy-communities-subcommittee-meeting-documents. Members of the public are encouraged to attend, and 
preregistration is required.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, from 
12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, November 3, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:45 p.m.; and Friday, November 4, 2016, from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. 
All times noted are Eastern Time. In-person attendees should 
preregister by October 25, 2016, using the Eventbrite Web site: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epa-bosc-sustainable-and-healthy-communities-subcommittee-tickets-27124114958. Requests for the draft agenda or for 
submitting written comments will be accepted up to one business day 
before the meeting. For additional information related to 
preregistering, the agenda, or providing comments, please see the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the EPA's Andrew W. Breidenbach 
Environmental Research Center (AWBERC), 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, 
Rooms 130/138, Cincinnati Ohio 45268.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer (DFO) 
via mail at: Jace Cuj[eacute], Mail Code 8104R, Office of Science 
Policy, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
via phone/voice mail at: (202) 564-1795; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or 
via email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BOSC was established by the EPA to 
provide advice, information, and recommendations regarding the ORD 
research programs. The BOSC is 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 BOSC 
SHC Subcommittee will hold a public meeting to deliberate on ORD/SHC 
research program, Topic 3, which includes contaminated sites and

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sediments, environmental releases of oils and fuels, and sustainable 
materials management. Proposed agenda items for the meeting include, 
but are not limited to, the following: Program and Regional Office 
Overviews of Research Needs, Successful Partnerships, SHC Overviews, 
Poster Sessions and Partner Panel Discussions for each of three areas 
under SHC Topic 3. Each individual making an oral presentation at the 
meeting will be limited to a total of three minutes, and should 
consider providing written comments to expand upon the points presented 
orally. For security purposes at the meeting site, all attendees must 
go through a metal detector, sign in with the security desk, and show 
REAL ID Act-compliant government-issued photo identification to enter 
the building. Attendees are encouraged to arrive at least 15 minutes 
prior to the start of the meeting to allow sufficient time for security 
screening.
    Instructions for Comments: Submit your comments using one of the 
following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: Send comments by electronic mail (email) to: 
[email protected], Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Sustainable and Healthy Communities Subcommittee 
Docket, Mail Code: 2822T, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20004, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to: EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, William Jefferson Clinton West Building, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0611. Note: This is not a mailing address. Deliveries 
are only accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means the EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless 
you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email 
comment directly to the EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, 
your email address will be automatically captured and included as part 
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available 
on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, the EPA 
recommends that you include your name and other contact information in 
the body of your comment. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the 
EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should 
avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be 
free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about the 
EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Sustainable and Healthy Communities Subcommittee 
Docket, EPA/DC, William Jefferson Clinton West Building, Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is 
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is 
(202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the ORD Docket is (202) 
566-1752.
    Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Jace Cuj[eacute] at (202) 564-1795 or [email protected]. 
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Jace 
Cuj[eacute], preferably at least ten days prior to the meeting, to give 
the EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: October 6, 2016.
Fred S. Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
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