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Noe at least seven days in advance of 

the meeting at the phone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to the agenda 

item should contact Melyssa P. Noe at 

the address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received five 

days prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http://energy.gov/

orem/services/community-engagement/

oak-ridge-site-specific-advisory-board. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 19, 

2016. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01369 Filed 1–22–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9941–57–OA] 

Request for Nominations of 

Candidates for EPA’s Science 

Advisory Board 2016–2018 Scientific 

and Technological Achievement 

Awards Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

invites nominations of scientific experts 

from a diverse range of disciplines to be 

considered for appointment to the 

SAB’s 2016–2018 Scientific and 

Technological Achievement Awards 

(STAA) Committee described in this 

notice. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

February 16, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about the SAB’s 

STAA Committee membership 

appointment process and schedule, 

please 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: 

Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 

4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee that provides independent 

scientific and technical peer review, 

advice 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 STAA Committee is an ad hoc 

subcommittee of the SAB that provides 

advice through the chartered SAB on 

recommendations for awards under 

EPA’s STAA program. The SAB and the 

2016–2018 STAA Committee will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

The EPA established the STAA 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 the EPA’s 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD). Each year the SAB has been 

asked to review the EPA’s STAA 

nominations and make 

recommendations to the Administrator 

for monetary awards. The SAB Staff 

Office is seeking nominations of experts 

to serve on the SAB 2016–2018 STAA 

Committee, which operates under the 

auspices of the SAB. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

experts to form the SAB 2016–2018 

STAA Committee in the following 

disciplines as they relate to human 

health and the environment: Air 

pollution exposure; chemistry and 

geochemistry; chemical engineering; 

civil and environmental engineering; 

ecology; environmental economics; 

groundwater and surface water 

contaminant fate and transport; human 

health effects and risk assessment; 

hydrology and hydrogeology; 

monitoring and measurement methods 

for air and water; risk management; 

transport and fate of contaminants; 

water quality; and water and wastewater 

treatment processes. The SAB Staff 

Office is especially interested in 

scientists and engineers with expertise 

described above who have knowledge 

and experience in air quality; aquatic 

and ecological toxicology; chemical 

safety; climate change; community 

environmental health; dosimetry and 

inhalation toxicology; drinking water; 

ecological modeling; ecological risk 

assessment; ecosystem services; energy 

and the environment; epidemiology; 

green chemistry; homeland security; 

human health dosimetry; mechanisms 

of toxicity and carcinogenicity; 

metabolism; statistics; sustainability; 

toxicokinetics; toxicology; waste and 

waste management; and water re-use. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above for possible service on 

the 2016–2018 STAA Committee 

identified in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in electronic 

format (preferred over hard copy) using 

the ‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link at the 

bottom of the SAB homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab). To receive full 

consideration, nominations should 

include the information requested 

below. 

EPA’s SAB Staff Office requests 

contact information about the person 

making the nomination; contact 

information about the nominee; the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s 

resume or curriculum vitae; sources of 

recent grant and/or contract support; 

and a biographical sketch of the 

nominee indicating current position, 

educational background, research 

activities, and recent service on other 

national advisory committees or 

national professional organizations. 

Persons having questions about the 

nomination procedures, or who are 

unable to submit nominations through 

the SAB Web site, should contact Mr. 

Edward Hanlon as indicated above in 

this notice. Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

February 16, 2016. EPA values and 

welcomes diversity. In an effort to 

obtain nominations of diverse 

candidates, EPA encourages 

nominations of women and men of all 

racial and ethnic groups. 

The EPA SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of nominations. 

The names and biosketches of qualified 

nominees identified by respondents to 

this Federal Register notice, and 

additional experts identified by the SAB 

Staff, will be posted in a List of 

Candidates on the SAB Web site at 

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

comments on the List of Candidates will 

be accepted for 21 days. The public will 

be requested to provide relevant 


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information or other documentation on 

nominees that the SAB Staff Office 

should consider in evaluating 

candidates. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office a 

balanced review committee includes 

candidates who possess the necessary 

domains of knowledge, the relevant 

scientific perspectives (which, among 

other factors, can be influenced by work 

history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. The SAB 

Staff Office will consider public 

comments on the List of Candidates, 

information provided by the candidates 

themselves, and background 

information independently gathered by 

the SAB Staff Office. Selection criteria 

to be used for committee membership 

include: (a) Scientific and/or technical 

expertise, knowledge, and experience 

(primary factors); (b) availability and 

willingness to serve; (c) absence of 

financial conflicts of interest; (d) 

absence of an appearance of a loss of 

impartiality; (e) skills working in 

committees, subcommittees and 

advisory committees; and, (f) for the 

committee as a whole, diversity of 

expertise and scientific points of view. 

The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of 

an absence of financial conflicts of 

interest will include a review of the 

‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Special Government 

Employees Serving on Federal Advisory 

Committees at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110– 

48). This confidential form allows 

government officials to determine 

whether there is a statutory conflict 

between a person’s public 

responsibilities (which include 

membership on an EPA federal advisory 

committee) and private interests and 

activities, or the appearance of a loss of 

impartiality, as defined by federal 

regulation. The form may be viewed and 

downloaded from the following URL 

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

sabproduct.nsf/Web/ethics?Open

Document. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects members for 

subcommittees and review panels is 

described in the following document, 

Overview of the Panel Formation 

Process at the Environmental Protection 

Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA– 

SAB–EC–02–010), which is posted on 

the SAB Web site at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

WebFiles/OverviewPanelForm/$File/

ec02010.pdf. 

Dated: January 13, 2016. 

Thomas Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01349 Filed 1–22–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0818; FRL–9941–09] 

Ortho-Phthalaldehyde; Receipt of 

Application for Emergency Exemption, 

Solicitation of Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific 

exemption request from the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA) to use the pesticide orthophthalaldehyde (OPA) (CAS No. 643– 

79–8) to treat the internal active thermal 

control system (IATCS) coolant of the 

International Space Station, comprised 

of the United States (U.S.) Laboratory 

Module, the Japanese Experiment 

Module, the Columbus, and Node 3, to 

control aerobic/microaerophilic water 

bacteria. The applicant proposes the use 

of a chemical which is not currently 

registered by EPA. EPA is soliciting 

public comment before making the 

decision whether or not to grant the 

exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 9, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0818, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Lewis, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

RDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets/

comments.html. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 


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