Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 167 / Monday, August 30, 2010 / Notices 52941 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Doubletree Hotel, 1515 Rhode Island 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the meeting 

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 e-mail 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: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 

2 (FACA), notice is hereby given that 

the EPA Science Advisory Board will 

hold a public meeting to receive 

briefings on Agency and Federal 

advisory committee science activities 

and continue the SAB’s discussions 

with EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) concerning ORD’s 

strategic research directions. The SAB 

was established pursuant to 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 will comply with the provisions of 

FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

The chartered SAB is holding this 

meeting to receive briefings from: (a) 

Liaison members who chair other 

Federal advisory committees that 

address priority Agency science 

activities and (b) Agency representatives 

on EPA’s Gulf Oil Spill science 

activities. In addition, EPA’s Office of 

Research and Development (ORD) had 

requested SAB advice on strategic 

research directions over the next five 

years to support EPA’s mission and 

priorities. The chartered SAB initiated 

discussions on November 9–10, 2009 

(74 FR 52805–52806) and April 5–6, 

2010 (75 FR 11883–11884) and provided 

an interim report on this topic, ‘‘Office 

of Research and Development Strategic 

Research Directions and Integrated 

Transdisciplinary Research’’ (EPA– 

SAB–10–010), available on the SAB 

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

sabproduct.nsf/E989ECFC12596642

8525775B0047BE1A/$File/EPA-SAB-10- 

010-unsigned.pdf. The SAB will 

continue its discussion with ORD about 

how to develop additional advice for 

EPA on this advisory topic. The SAB 

will also conduct a quality review of a 

draft report making recommendations to 

the Administrator concerning 

nominations for the Agency’s Fiscal 

Year 2010 Scientific and Technological 

Achievement Awards. 

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: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for consideration on the 

topics included in this advisory activity. 

Oral Statements: To be placed on the 

public speaker list for the September 

21–22, 2010 meeting, interested parties 

should notify Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, 

by e-mail no later than September 14, 

2010. Individuals making oral 

statements will be limited to five 

minutes per speaker. Written 

Statements: Written statements for the 

September 21–22, 2010 meeting should 

be received in the SAB Staff Office by 

than September 14, 2010, 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: One hard copy with original 

signature and one electronic copy via 

e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

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. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at 

the phone number or e-mail 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: August 24, 2010. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA 

gives notice of a public meeting of the 

National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology 

(NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to 

the EPA Administrator on a broad range 

of environmental policy, technology, 

and management issues. NACEPT 

represents diverse interests from 

academia, industry, non-governmental 

organizations, and local, State, and 

tribal governments. The Council will 

continue discussing the workplans it is 

developing to respond to EPA’s request 

for advice on workforce issues the 

Agency is facing and how EPA can best 

address the needs of vulnerable 

populations. A copy of the agenda for 

the meeting will be posted at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ocem/nacept/calnacept.htm. 

DATES: NACEPT will hold a public 

meeting on Monday, September 27, 

2010 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 from 8:30 

a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Madison, Loews Hotel, 1177 15th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy New, Acting Designated Federal 

Officer, new.nancy@epa.gov, (202) 564– 

0464, U.S. EPA, Office of Federal 

Advisory Committee Management and 

Outreach (1601M), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make oral comments or to provide 

written comments to NACEPT should be 

sent to Nancy New at (202) 564–0464 or 

new.nancy@epa.gov by Tuesday, 

September 21, 2010. The public is 

welcome to attend all portions of the 

meeting, but seating is limited and is 

allocated on a first-come, first-serve 

basis. Members of the public wishing to 

attend should contact Nancy New at 

(202) 564–0464 or new.nancy@epa.gov 

by September 21, 2010. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Nancy New 

at (202) 564–0464 or 

new.nancy@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Nancy New, preferably 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: August 16, 2010. 

Nancy New, 

Acting Designated Federal Officer. 

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