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teleconference on Thursday, July 3, 

2014, 2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. (EDT). The 

Committee meeting will focus on the 

Protecting America’s Waters Workgroup 

initial recommendations on the Waters 

of the United States. 

These are open meetings, and all 

interested persons are invited to 

participate. The Subcommittee will hear 

comments from the public between 2:15 

p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, 

2014, and the Committee will hear 

comments from the public between 2:45 

p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, 

2014. Individuals or organizations 

wishing to address the Subcommittee or 

the Committee will be allowed a 

maximum of five minutes to present 

their point of view. Also, written 

comments should be submitted 

electronically to eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Please contact the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the number listed 

below to schedule a time on the agenda. 

Time will be allotted on a first-come 

first-serve basis, and the total period for 

comments may be extended if the 

number of requests for appearances 

requires it. 

ADDRESSES: The Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee and Local 

Government Advisory Committee 

meetings will meet via teleconference. 

Meeting summaries will be available 

after the meeting online at 

www.epa.gov/ocir/scas_lgac/lgac_

index.htm and can be obtained by 

written request to the DFO. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Local Government Advisory Committee 

(LGAC) and Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS), contact 

Frances Eargle, Designated Federal 

Officer, at (202) 564–3115 or email at 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Information On Services For Those 

With Disabilities: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Frances 

Eargle at (202) 564–3115 or email at 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

request it 10 days prior to the meeting, 

to give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: June 13, 2014. 

Frances Eargle, 

Designated Federal Officer, Local Government 

Advisory Committee. 

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Notification of a Joint Public Meeting 

and Joint Teleconferences of the 

Chartered Science Advisory Board and 

Chartered Board of Scientific 

Counselors and a Briefing 

Teleconference for New SAB Members 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a joint 

public meeting of the Chartered SAB 

and the EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) Chartered Board of 

Scientific Counselors (BOSC) to develop 

strategic advice on ORD’s research 

activities, six joint SAB–BOSC public 

teleconference calls to prepare for the 

face-to-face meeting, and one public 

teleconference to orient new SAB 

members to ORD’s work. 

DATES: The joint SAB–BOSC public 

meeting will be held on Thursday, July 

24, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

and Friday, July 25, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. 

to 2:00 p.m. ET. There will be six joint 

SAB–BOSC teleconferences, one for 

each ORD research program. The joint 

SAB–BOSC teleconferences will be 

held: (1) For the Human Health Risk 

Assessment program on July 1, 2014, 

from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern 

Time (ET); (2) for the Air, Climate and 

Energy program on July 3, 2014, from 

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET; (3) for the 

Chemical Safety for Sustainability 

program on July 3, 2014, from 1:30 p.m. 

to 3:30 p.m. ET; (4) for the Homeland 

Security program on July 7, 2014, from 

9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. ET; (5) for the 

Sustainable and Health Communities 

program on July 10, 2014, from 2:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET; and (6) for the Safe 

and Sustainable Water Resources 

program on July 17, 2014, from 1:00 

p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET. 

The teleconference to provide an 

overview of ORD’s mission and role for 

SAB members will be held on June 24, 

2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: All the teleconferences will 

be held by teleconference only. The 

face-to-face meeting will be held at the 

Washington Marriott Georgetown, 1221 

22nd Street, Washington, DC 20037. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes 

further information concerning the 

meetings may contact Dr. Angela 

Nugent, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; via 

telephone/voice mail (202) 564–2218, 

fax (202) 202–565–2098; or email at 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the EPA Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

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 BOSC was established 

by the EPA to provide advice, 

information, and recommendations 

regarding the ORD research program. 

The SAB and BOSC are Federal 

Advisory Committees 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 chartered SAB and 

chartered BOSC will hold preparatory 

teleconferences and a joint meeting to 

develop advice on future directions for 

ORD’s research programs. The SAB and 

BOSC will comply with the provisions 

of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

ORD research programs are structured 

to understand environmental problems 

and inform sustainable solutions to 

meet EPA’s strategic goals. The research 

programs comprise six program areas: 

Air, Climate, and Energy; Safe and 

Sustainable Water Resources; 

Sustainable and Healthy Communities; 

Chemical Safety for Sustainability; 

Human Health Risk Assessment; and 

Homeland Security. 

ORD requested that the SAB work 

jointly with the BOSC in 2011 to 

provide early advice on ORD strategic 

research directions. In response, the 

SAB and BOSC provided a report, Office 

of Research and Development (ORD) 

New Strategic Research Directions: A 

Joint Report of the Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) and ORD Board of 

Scientific Councilors (BOSC), EPA– 

SAB–12–001. After receiving this 

advisory report, ORD requested 

additional advice from the SAB and 

BOSC on ORD’s research 

implementation plans, efforts to 

strengthen program integration and 

efforts to strengthen and measure 

innovation. In response, the SAB and 

BOSC provided a report, 

Implementation of ORD Strategic 

Research Plans: A Joint Report of the 


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Science Advisory Board and ORD Board 

of Scientific Counselors (EPA–SAB–12– 

012). 

ORD is now requesting the SAB and 

BOSC to provide advice to inform the 

agency’s development of Strategic 

Research Action Plans to cover the 

period 2016–2019. To address this 

request, the SAB and BOSC have 

planned a series of meetings: (1) A faceto-face meeting on this topic on July 24– 

25, 2014; (2) teleconferences devoted to 

each of the six ORD research so that 

ORD can brief SAB and BOSC members 

on ORD programs and so that SAB and 

BOSC members can discuss ORD’s 

charge to their committees and 

preparations for the July 24–25, 2014 

public meeting; and (3) a teleconference 

for ORD to provide a general 

background briefing on ORD’s mission 

and role for new SAB members on June 

24, 2014. 

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 EPA. Members of the public 

can submit relevant comments for a 

federal advisory committee to consider 

as it develops advice for EPA. Interested 

members of the public may submit 

relevant written or oral information on 

the topic of this advisory activity, and/ 

or the group conducting the activity, for 

the SAB and BOSC to consider during 

the advisory process. Input from the 

public to the SAB and BOSC will have 

the most impact if it provides specific 

scientific or technical information or 

analysis for them 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 to 

make an oral presentation at a public 

meeting will be limited to five minutes 

and individuals or groups requesting an 

oral presentation at a public 

teleconference will be limited to three 

minutes. Each person making an oral 

statement should also consider 

providing written comments so that the 

points presented orally can be expanded 

upon in writing. Interested parties 

should contact Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, 

in writing (preferably via email) at the 

contact information noted above by July 

17, 2014 to be placed on the list of 

public speakers for the joint SAB–BOSC 

public meeting. Parties interested in 

providing oral statements at any of the 

teleconferences should contact Dr. 

Angela Nugent seven days in advance of 

the scheduled teleconference. Written 

Statements: Written statements for the 

joint public meeting should be supplied 

to Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, via email at 

the contact information noted above by 

July 17, 2014 so that the information 

may be made available to the Panel 

members for their consideration. Parties 

interested in providing written 

comment for consideration at any of the 

teleconferences should contact Dr. 

Angela Nugent seven days in advance of 

the scheduled teleconference. 

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 advisory meetings or 

teleconferences. 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. Nugent at the phone number 

or email address noted above, preferably 

at least ten days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: June 11, 2014. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

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 Chartered Clean 

Air Scientific Advisory Committee 

(CASAC) to conduct quality reviews of 

draft CASAC reports on EPA’s 

Recommendation for an additional 

Federal Reference Method for Ozone 

and on EPA’s Integrated Review Plan for 

the Primary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide. 

DATES: The teleconference will be held 

on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 from 10:00 

a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Location: The public teleconference 

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 Mr. Aaron 

Yeow, Designated Federal Officer 

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

or at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General 

information about the CASAC, as well 

as any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice, may 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. 7409(d)(2), to 

review air quality criteria and NAAQS 

and recommend any new NAAQS and 

revisions of existing criteria and 

NAAQS as may be appropriate. The 

CASAC shall also 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 of adverse effects 

which may result from various strategies 

to attain and maintain air quality 

standards. The CASAC 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 the Chartered CASAC will 

hold a public teleconference to conduct 

quality reviews of draft CASAC reports 

on EPA’s Recommendation for an 

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