29760 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 100 / Friday, May 23, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: May 20, 2014. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12020 Filed 5–22–14; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9911–31–OA] 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Science Advisory Board Panel 

for the Review of the EPA Water Body 

Connectivity Report 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

teleconference of the SAB Panel to 

discuss its draft advisory report 

concerning the EPA document titled 

Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands 

to Downstream Waters: A Review and 

Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence 

(September, 2013 External Review Draft, 

EPA/600/R–11/098B). 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on Thursday, June 19, 2014 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Location: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

teleconference may contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

via telephone at (202) 564–2155 or via 

email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

SAB as well as any updates concerning 

the teleconference announced in this 

notice may 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 Panel for the Review of the 

EPA Water Body Connectivity Report 

will hold a public teleconference to 

discuss its draft advisory report 

concerning the EPA document titled 

Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands 

to Downstream Waters: A Review and 

Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence 

(September, 2013 External Review Draft, 

EPA/600/R–11/098B). This SAB panel 

will provide advice to the Administrator 

through the chartered SAB. 

Background: The SAB Panel for the 

Review of the EPA Water Body 

Connectivity Report previously held a 

face-to-face meeting on December 16– 

18, 2013 to conduct a peer review of the 

EPA document titled Connectivity of 

Streams and Wetlands to Downstream 

Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the 

Scientific Evidence (September, 2013 

External Review Draft, EPA/600/R–11/

098B) [Federal Register Notice dated 

September 24, 2013 (78 FR 58536– 

58537)]. The Panel also held public 

teleconferences on April 28, 2014 and 

May 2, 2014 to discuss its draft advisory 

report [Federal Register Notice dated 

April 1, 2014 (79 FR 18293–18294)]. 

Specifically, the Panel has been asked to 

evaluate: The clarity and technical 

accuracy of the EPA document, whether 

it includes the most relevant peer 

reviewed literature, whether the 

literature has been correctly 

summarized, and whether the findings 

and conclusions in the Report are 

supported by the available science. The 

purpose of the upcoming teleconference 

is for the SAB Panel to continue 

discussing its draft advisory report. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Teleconference agenda, the SAB Panel’s 

draft advisory report, and any other 

meeting materials will be placed on the 

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

advance of the teleconference. For 

technical questions and information 

concerning the EPA document, 

Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands 

to Downstream Waters: A Review and 

Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence 

(September, 2013 External Review Draft, 

EPA/600/R–11/098B), please contact Dr. 

Laurie Alexander, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, Office of 

Research and Development, U.S. EPA, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail 

Code 8623P, Washington, DC 20460, 

telephone (703) 347–8630 or via email 

at alexander.laurie@epa.gov. 

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 oral statements to 

the SAB Panel 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 Dr. 

Thomas Armitage, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by 

June 16, 2014 to be placed on the list 

of public speakers. Written Statements: 

Members of the public wishing to 

provide written comments may submit 

them to the EPA Docket electronically 

via www.regulations.gov by email, by 

mail, or by hand delivery/courier. 

Please follow the detailed instructions 

provided in the written statements 

section of this notice. Written 

statements should be received in the 

EPA Docket by June 16, 2014 so that the 

information may be made available to 

the SAB Panel for its consideration. 

Written statements should be identified 

by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA–2013– 

0582 and submitted to the Docket at 

www.regulations.gov by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_OEI@epa.gov: 

Include the docket number in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

28221T), Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA– 

2013–0582, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. The 

phone number is (202) 566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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. 

Deliveries are only accepted during the 

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docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Direct your comments to Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OA–2013–0582. Please 

ensure that your comments are 

submitted by June 16, 2014. Comments 

received after that date will be marked 

late and may not be provided to the SAB 

Panel for consideration before the June 

19, 2014 teleconference. It is EPA’s 

policy to include all comments received 

in the public docket without change and 

to make the comments available on-line 

at www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless a 

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 EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email directly 

to 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, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comments due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, the SAB Panel may 

not be able to consider your comments. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters and any form of 

encryption and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

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 at 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage at (202) 564–2155 or 

armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 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: May 14, 2014. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff 

Office. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9911–38–OAR; EPA–HQ–OEI–2013– 

0807] 

Privacy Act; Notification of a New 

System of Records Notice for the 

Engine and Vehicle Exemptions 

System (EV–ES) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and 

Radiation, Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality, is giving notice that it 

proposes to create a new system of 

records pursuant to the provisions of the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a). This 

system of records contains personally 

identifiable information (PII) collected 

from owners of motor vehicles who 

wish to temporarily import their vehicle 

into the United States for personal use 

and who are not residents of the United 

States. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this new system of records notice must 

do so by July 2, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2013–0807, by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: oei.docket@epa.gov 

• Fax: (202) 566–1752 

• Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail code: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: OEI Docket, EPA/

DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEI–2013- 

0807. 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 

for which disclosure is restricted by 

statute. Do not submit information that 

you consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov. 

The www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means 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 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, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, 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 EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http://

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

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 

for which 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 OEI Docket, EPA/DC, WJC 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 OEI Docket is (202) 566– 

1745. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Holly Pugliese, Compliance Division, 

Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, 

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