6796 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 27 / Thursday, February 9, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: February 2, 2012. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2999 Filed 2–8–12; 8:45 am] 

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Notification of Three Public 

Teleconferences of a Work Group of 

the Chartered Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces 

three public teleconferences of a work 

group of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board to discuss the President’s FY 

2013 Budget Request for the EPA Office 

of Research and Development. 

DATES: The teleconference dates and 

times are March 1, 2012, from 1 p.m. to 

4 p.m. (Eastern Time); March 2, 2012 

from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern Time); 

and March 8, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 

1 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconferences 

will be held by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information concerning this 

public meeting should contact Dr. 

Angela Nugent, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board (1400R), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; via 

telephone/voice mail: (202) 564–2218; 

fax: (202) 565–2098; or email at 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA Science 

Advisory Board can be found on the 

SAB 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 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 a work group of the chartered 

SAB will hold three public 

teleconferences to discuss the 

President’s requested Fiscal Year 2013 

Budget to support EPA research needs. 

The SAB work group and the SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

Background: The chartered SAB has 

conducted a review of the EPA research 

budget annually and provides written 

comments to the EPA Administrator and 

to Congress, as requested, on the 

adequacy of EPA’s requested research 

budget. At the teleconference on March 

1, 2012, a work group of the chartered 

SAB will receive briefings on the 

requested research budget for Fiscal 

Year 2012. At the teleconference on 

March 2, 2012, the work group will 

develop review comments. At the 

teleconference on March 8, 2012, the 

work group will discuss a draft report 

that will receive additional review by 

the full chartered SAB at a date to be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agenda and other materials in support of 

the meeting will be placed on the SAB 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab in 

advance. 

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 pertaining to 

EPA’s charge, meeting materials and/or 

the group conducting the activity. They 

should send their comments directly to 

the DFO for the relevant advisory 

committee. Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes per 

speaker. Interested parties should 

contact Dr. Nugent, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by February 

24, 2012 to be placed on a list of public 

speakers for the meeting. Written 

Statements: Written statements should 

be received in the SAB Staff Office by 

February 24, 2012 so that the 

information may be made available to 

the chartered SAB members for their 

consideration and placed on the SAB 

Web site for public information. Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO in the following formats: one hard 

copy with original signature, and one 

electronic copy via email (acceptable 

file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 

WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, 

or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 

98/2000/XP format). Submitters are 

asked to provide 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. Angela 

Nugent at (202) 564–2218, or 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dr. Nugent, preferably at least 

10 days prior to the meeting, to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: January 31, 2012. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC); Ozone Review 

Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of the CASAC 

Ozone Review Panel to discuss its draft 

review of EPA’s Integrated Science 

Assessment for Ozone and Related 

Photochemical Oxidants (Second 

External Review Draft—September 

2011). 

DATES: The CASAC Ozone Review Panel 

teleconference will be held on Friday, 

March 9, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

(Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will take place by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the public 

teleconference may contact Mr. Aaron 

Yeow, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), via telephone at: (202) 564–2050 

or email at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

CASAC can be found on the EPA Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/casac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CASAC was established pursuant to the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 

1977, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7409D(d)(2), 

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to provide advice, information, and 

recommendations to the Administrator 

on the scientific and technical aspects of 

issues related to the criteria for air 

quality standards, research related to air 

quality, sources of air pollution, and the 

strategies to attain and maintain air 

quality standards and to prevent 

significant deterioration of air quality. 

The CASAC is a Federal Advisory 

Committee chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C., App. 2. The CASAC Ozone 

Review Panel and the CASAC will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Section 109(d)(1) of 

the CAA requires that the Agency 

periodically review and revise, as 

appropriate, the air quality criteria and 

the NAAQS for the six ‘‘criteria’’ air 

pollutants, including ozone. EPA is 

currently reviewing the primary (healthbased) and secondary (welfare-based) 

NAAQS for ozone. The CASAC Ozone 

Review Panel held a face-to-face 

meeting on January 9–10, 2012 (as 

noticed in 76 FR 76725–76726) to 

provide a peer review of EPA’s Ozone 

and Related Photochemical Oxidants 

(Second External Review Draft— 

September 2011). Information about this 

review activity may be found on the 

CASAC Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

casac. Pursuant to FACA and EPA 

policy, notice is hereby given that the 

CASAC Ozone Review Panel will hold 

a follow-up public teleconference to 

discuss its draft review of EPA’s Ozone 

and Related Photochemical Oxidants 

(Second External Review Draft— 

September 2011). 

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/casac/. 

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 relevant comments for a 

federal advisory committee to consider 

pertaining to EPA’s charge to the panel 

or meeting materials. Input from the 

public to the CASAC will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

CASAC 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 at a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes. 

Interested parties should contact Mr. 

Aaron Yeow, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by March 2, 

2012, to be placed on the list of public 

speakers for the teleconference. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO via email at the contact 

information noted above by March 2, 

2012 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 CASAC 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 Mr. Aaron 

Yeow at (202) 564–2050 or 

yeow.aaron@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten 

days prior to the teleconference to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: January 30, 2012. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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Request for Nominations of Experts for 

EPA Science Advisory Board Scientific 

and Technological Achievement 

Awards Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting 

nominations of experts to be considered 

for service on an SAB Committee to 

make recommendations on EPA’s 

Scientific and Technological 

Achievement Awards (STAA) for 2012– 

2015. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by March 1, 2012 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

Mr. Edward Hanlon, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2134; 

by fax at (202) 565–2098 or via email at 

hanlon.edward@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA SAB 

can be found at the EPA SAB Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

(42 U.S.C. 4365) is a chartered Federal 

Advisory Committee that provides 

independent scientific and technical 

peer review, advice, consultation, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory 

Committee, the SAB conducts business 

in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. 

The SAB will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

EPA’s STAA was established in 1980 to 

recognize Agency scientists and 

engineers who published their work in 

the peer-reviewed literature. The STAA 

Program is an Agency-wide competition 

to promote and recognize scientific and 

technological achievements by EPA 

employees. The STAA program is 

administered and managed by EPA’s 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD). Each year the SAB has been 

asked to review EPA’s STAA 

nominations and make 

recommendations to the Administrator 

for monetary awards. The SAB Staff 

Office is announcing the formation of a 

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