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implementation of its strategic research 

plans. 

Quality Review of a Draft SAB Report 

on Recommendations for the Scientific 

and Technological Achievement 

Awards 

The EPA has established Science and 

Technological Achievement Awards 

(STAA) to honor and recognize EPA 

employees who have made outstanding 

contributions in the advancement of 

science and technology through their 

research and development activities, as 

exhibited in publication of their results 

in peer-reviewed journals. In response 

to a request from EPA’s Office of 

Research and Development an SAB 

panel developed a draft report that 

makes recommendations concerning 

nominations to the Agency’s FY 2013 

STAA competition. Background 

information about this advisory activity 

can be found on the SAB Web site at 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/ 

2013%20STAA%20Rev

iew?OpenDocument. 

At the December 4–5, 2013, meeting, 

the chartered SAB will conduct a 

quality review of the panel’s draft report 

before it is transmitted to the EPA 

Administrator. The SAB quality review 

process ensures that all draft reports 

developed by SAB panels, committees 

or workgroups are reviewed and 

approved by the Chartered SAB before 

being finalized and transmitted to the 

EPA Administrator. These reviews are 

conducted in a public meeting as 

required by FACA. 

Briefings on EPA Climate Science and 

Research 

The chartered SAB has requested an 

informational briefing from the EPA to 

inform the SAB about EPA’s Climate 

Action Plan and how the agency plans 

to support its regulations, programs, and 

policies with needed science. The SAB 

has requested this briefing so that the 

Board can: Better understand upcoming 

EPA climate-related actions; so that it 

can be prepared to provide future advice 

regarding agency climate science and 

research. 

Discussion of Information Provided in 

the Agency’s Semiannual Regulatory 

Agenda 

As part of the EPA’s effort to routinely 

inform the SAB about proposed and 

planned agency actions that have a 

scientific or technical basis, the agency 

provided notice to the SAB that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

published the ‘‘Unified (Regulatory) 

Agenda’’ on the Web on July 3, 2013 

(http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

eAgendaMain). During the December 

3–4, 2013 meeting, the SAB will discuss 

whether it should provide advice and 

comment on the adequacy of the 

scientific and technical basis for EPA 

actions included in the Agenda. This 

discussion will replace SAB 

teleconferences originally announced 

for October 25, 2013 and October 30, 

2013 (78 FR 59678) and subsequently 

cancelled as a result of the federal 

government shut down. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: A 

meeting agenda and other materials for 

the meeting will be placed on the SAB 

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

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. Members of the 

public can submit relevant comments 

pertaining to the EPA’s charge, meeting 

materials, or the group providing 

advice. Input from the public to the SAB 

will have the most impact if it provides 

specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for the SAB 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 meeting will be 

limited to five minutes. Persons 

interested in providing oral statements 

at the December 4–5, 2013, meeting 

should contact Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, 

in writing (preferably via email) at the 

contact information noted above by 

November 29, 2013. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements for the December 4–5, 2013, 

meeting should be received in the SAB 

Staff Office by November 29, 2013, so 

that the information may be made 

available to the SAB for its 

consideration prior to this meeting. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO in the following formats: 

either an electronic copy (preferred) via 

email (acceptable file format: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format) 

or in hard copy with original signature. 

Submitters are asked to provide 

electronic versions of each document 

submitted with and without signatures, 

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. Nugent at 

the phone number or email address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the meeting, to give the EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: November 4, 2013. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27141 Filed 11–12–13; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9902–84–ORD; Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2013–0680] 

Next Generation Risk Assessment: 

Incorporation of Recent Advances in 

Molecular, Computational, and 

Systems Biology [External Review 

Draft] 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of extension of public 

comment period to January 13, 2014. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

an extension of the public comment 

period for 60 days for the draft 

document titled, ‘‘Next Generation Risk 

Assessment: Incorporation of Recent 

Advances in Molecular, Computational, 

and Systems Biology [External Review 

Draft]’’ (EPA/600/R–13/214A). The 

original Federal Register notice 

announcing the public comment period 

was published on September 30, 2013. 

At the request of the American 

Chemistry Council, the public comment 

deadline is extended to January 13, 

2014. The draft document explores how 

new molecular, computational, and 

systems biology data can better inform 

risk assessment. This draft document is 

available for public review and 

comment and is undergoing 

independent external peer review. This 

draft document is not final as described 

in EPA’s information quality guidelines, 

and it does not represent and should not 

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or views. The public comment period 

and the external peer review are 

separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the document. When 

finalizing the draft document, EPA 

intends to consider the external peer 

reviewers’ comments and any public 

comments that EPA receives in 

accordance with this notice. 

DATES: The public comment period 

began on September 30, 2013, and is 

being extended to end on January 13, 

2014. Technical comments should be in 

writing and must be received by EPA by 

January 13, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Next Generation 

Risk Assessment: Incorporation of 

Recent Advances in Molecular, 

Computational, and Systems Biology 

[External Review Draft]’’ is available 

primarily via the Internet on the NCEA 

home page under the Recent Additions 

and the Data and Publications menus at 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

CD–ROM copies will be available from 

Ms. Marieka Boyd by phone: 919–541– 

0031; fax: 919–541–5078; or email: 

boyd.marieka@epa.gov. If you are 

requesting a CD–ROM copy, please 

provide your name, your mailing 

address, and the document title, ‘‘Next 

Generation Risk Assessment: 

Incorporation of Recent Advances in 

Molecular, Computational, and Systems 

Biology [External Review Draft]’’ (EPA/ 

600/R–13/214A) to facilitate processing 

of your request. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via www.regulations.gov, 

by mail, by facsimile, or by hand 

delivery/courier. Please follow the 

detailed instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the ORD Docket at the 

EPA Headquarters Docket Center; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–9744; or email: Docket_ORD@

epa.gov. For technical information, 

contact Dr. Lyle Burgoon, NCEA; 

telephone: 919–541–7808; facsimile: 

919–685–3473; or email: burgoon.lyle@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Project/

Document 

The Next Generation (NexGen) Risk 

Assessment project was initiated in 

2010 as a multi-year, multi-organization 

effort to consider new molecular, 

computational, and systems biology 

approaches for use in risk assessments. 

The specific aims of the NexGen effort, 

described in this draft document, are to: 

(1) Demonstrate proof of concept that 

the data and methods from recent 

advances in biology can inform risk 

assessment; (2) identify which of the 

information resources and practices are 

most useful for particular purposes 

(value of information); (3) develop 

decision considerations for use of 

different types of NexGen data and 

methods to inform different types of 

assessments; and (4) identify priority 

research needs. 

The ‘‘Next Generation Risk 

Assessment: Incorporation of Recent 

Advances in Molecular, Computational, 

and Systems Biology [External Review 

Draft]’’ presents the results and lessons 

learned from the prototypes/case studies 

for use of molecular, computational, and 

systems biology data in risk assessment. 

The prototype results demonstrated 

proof of concept for an integrated 

approach to incorporating molecular, 

computational, and systems biology 

data in risk assessment and considered 

various data types for specific 

assessment purposes. The lessons 

learned from this project suggested 

research needs and near- and longerterm implications of incorporating 

molecular, computational, and systems 

biology data in risk assessment. 

II. Extension of Comment Period 

The EPA is extending the deadline for 

submitting comments on the draft 

document ‘‘Next Generation Risk 

Assessment: Incorporation of Recent 

Advances in Molecular, Computational, 

and Systems Biology [External Review 

Draft]’’ to January 13, 2014. The original 

deadline for comments was November 

14, 2013. EPA’s decision responds to a 

request from the American Chemistry 

Council to extend the comment 

deadline. The EPA believes that this 

extension will assist in providing an 

adequate amount of additional time for 

the public to review the draft document 

and to provide written comments. 

III. How To Submit Technical 

Comments to the Docket at 

www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013– 

0680, by one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 

(ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. The phone number is 202– 

566–1752. If you provide comments by 

mail, please submit one unbound 

original with pages numbered 

consecutively, and three copies of the 

comments. For attachments, provide an 

index, number pages consecutively with 

the comments, and submit an unbound 

original and three copies. 

• Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center’s 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 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. If 

you provide comments by hand 

delivery, please submit one unbound 

original with pages numbered 

consecutively, and three copies of the 

comments. For attachments, provide an 

index, number pages consecutively with 

the comments, and submit an unbound 

original and three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013– 

0680. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online 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 

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 


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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 home page at 

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

Docket: 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 materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Docket Center. 

Dated: November 5, 2013. 

Debra B. Walsh, 

Acting Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27153 Filed 11–12–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9902–81—Region 4] 

Availability of FY 12 Grantee 

Performance Evaluation Reports for 

the Eight States of EPA Region 4 and 

17 Local Agencies 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability; Clean Air 

Act Section 105 grantee performance 

evaluation reports. 

SUMMARY: EPA’s grant regulations 

require the Agency to evaluate the 

performance of agencies which receive 

grants. EPA’s regulations for regional 

consistency require that the Agency 

notify the public of the availability of 

the reports of such evaluations. EPA 

performed end-of-year evaluations of 

eight state air pollution control 

programs (Alabama Department of 

Environmental Management; Florida 

Department of Environmental 

Protection; Georgia Department of 

Natural Resources; Commonwealth of 

Kentucky Energy and Environment 

Cabinet; Mississippi Department of 

Environmental Quality; North Carolina 

Department of Environment and Natural 

Resources; South Carolina Department 

of Health and Environmental Control; 

and Tennessee Department of 

Environment and Conservation) and 17 

local programs (City of Huntsville 

Division of Natural Resources, AL; 

Jefferson County Department of Health, 

AL; Broward County Environmental 

Protection and Growth Management 

Department, FL; City of Jacksonville 

Environmental Quality Division, FL; 

Hillsborough County Environmental 

Protection Commission, FL; MiamiDade County Air Quality Management 

Division, FL; Orange County 

Environmental Protection Division, FL; 

Palm Beach County Health Department, 

FL; Pinellas County Parks and 

Conservation Resources, FL; Louisville 

Metro Air Pollution Control District, 

KY; Forsyth County Environmental 

Affairs Department, NC; Mecklenburg 

County Land Use and Environmental 

Services Agency, NC; Western North 

Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency, 

NC; Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air 

Pollution Control Bureau, TN; Shelby 

County Health Department, TN; Knox 

County Department of Air Quality 

Management, TN; and Metropolitan 

Government of Nashville and Davidson 

County Public Health Department, TN). 

The 25 evaluations were conducted to 

assess the agencies’ Fiscal Year 2012 

performance under the grants awarded 

by EPA under authority of section 105 

of the Clean Air Act. EPA Region 4 has 

prepared reports for each agency 

identified above and these reports are 

now available for public inspection. 

ADDRESSES: The reports may be 

examined at the EPA’s Region 4 office, 

61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303, in the Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, 

excluding federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marie Persinger (404) 562–9048 for 

information concerning the state and 

local agencies of Alabama and 

Kentucky; Artra Cooper (404) 562–9047 

for the state and local agencies of 

Florida; Mary Echols (404) 562–9053 for 

the state agency of Georgia; Shantel 

Shelmon (404) 562–9817 for the state 

and local agencies of North Carolina; 

Angela Isom (404) 562–9092 for the 

state agencies of Mississippi and South 

Carolina; and Gwendolyn Graf (404) 

562–9289 for the state and local 

agencies of Tennessee. They may be 

contacted at the Region 4 address 

mentioned in the previous section of 

this notice. 

Dated: October 29, 2013. 

Beverly H. Banister, 

Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, 

Region 4. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27151 Filed 11–12–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

burdens, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid control number. No 

person shall be subject to any penalty 

for failing to comply with a collection 

of information subject to the PRA that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before December 13, 

2013. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contacts below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via fax 202– 

395–5167, or via email Nicholas_A._

Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to Cathy 

Williams, FCC, via email 

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