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submitters, updates to control 

techniques can be provided via EIS. 

• Boiler design capacity. The EPA 

seeks comment on the design capacity 

of boilers as characterized in the 

DESIGN_CAPACITY and DESIGN_

CAPACITY_UNITS columns of point 

source emission inventory flat files. 

Design capacity is included in the stack 

parameter summary. For EIS data 

submitters, updates to design capacities 

can be provided via EIS. 

• Emissions modeling methods. The 

EPA is using the SMOKE version 3.5 to 

prepare data for air quality modeling. 

The EPA requests comment on the 

methods by which SMOKE is used to 

develop air quality model-ready 

emissions, as illustrated in the scripts 

provided with the modeling platform. 

• Temporal allocation. Annual 

emission inventories must be allocated 

to hourly values prior to air quality 

modeling. This may be done with 

temporal profiles in several steps, such 

as annual-to-month, month-to-day, and 

day-to-hour. The exact method used 

depends on the type of emissions being 

processed. The EPA seeks comment on 

the allocation of the emission 

inventories to month, day, and hour for 

all types of emission processes. In 

particular, the EPA seeks information 

that could help improve the temporal 

allocation of emissions from EGUs, 

onroad and nonroad mobile sources, 

and residential wood combustion 

sources. The EPA seeks to continue to 

improve temporal allocation factors 

with additional local and region-specific 

data. In addition to providing temporal 

allocation data as SMOKE input files, 

spreadsheets containing temporal 

allocation factors and cross references 

are provided for readability. 

• Spatial surrogates. Spatial 

surrogates are used to allocate countylevel emissions into grid cells used for 

air quality modeling. The EPA requests 

comment on the spatial surrogates used 

in the 2011 emissions modeling 

platform. Plots of spatial surrogates and 

a spreadsheet containing the spatial 

cross reference data are provided for 

readability. 

• Chemical speciation. Prior to air 

quality modeling, the pollutants in the 

emission inventories must be converted 

into the chemical species used by the air 

quality model using speciation profiles. 

The speciation profiles in the 2011 

emissions modeling platform are 

consistent with version 4.5 of the 

SPECIATE database. The EPA requests 

comment on the speciation profiles used 

in the 2011 modeling platform, as well 

as any information that could help 

improve the speciation of oil and gas 

emissions in both the eastern and 

western United States. In addition to 

providing chemical speciation data as 

SMOKE input files, spreadsheets 

containing chemical speciation factors 

and cross references are provided for 

readability. 

To aid in the interpretation of the 

provided data files and how they relate 

to the aspects of the data on which the 

EPA is requesting comment, the EPA 

has provided in the docket a document 

describing the information included in 

the provided data files. 

Dated: November 20, 2013. 

Mary Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0579; FRL–9394–7] 

Draft Guidelines; Product 

Environmental Performance Standards 

and Ecolabels for Voluntary Use in 

Federal Procurement; Notice of 

Availability and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing for public 

review and comment draft Guidelines 

intended to provide a transparent, fair, 

and consistent approach to using nongovernmental product environmental 

performance standards and ecolabels in 

Federal purchasing, consistent with 

Federal standards policy and 

sustainable acquisition mandates. These 

draft Guidelines have been developed in 

response to requests via a wide variety 

of stakeholder engagement channels 

from suppliers, manufacturers, 

environmental organizations, Federal 

purchasers, and other stakeholders over 

the last several years. Voluntary 

guidelines for standards and ecolabels 

would help agencies implement 

sustainable acquisition requirements of 

Executive Order 13514 and the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 23.103 

which requires 95% of the government’s 

applicable contract actions to be 

sustainable. Specifically, the Guidelines 

for standards and ecolabels could 

provide clarity regarding the term 

‘‘environmentally preferable’’ for 

purposes of the Executive Order. In 

addition to seeking input on the draft 

Guidelines themselves, EPA is seeking 

input on how standards and ecolabels 

should be assessed for conformance to 

such guidelines. The proposed draft 

Guidelines and supplementary 

information can be found in the docket 

and at http://www.epa.gov/epp/

draftGuidelines. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 25, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0579, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPPT Document Control 

Office (DCO), William Jefferson Clinton 

(WJC) East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. ATTN: Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2013–0579. The DCO is 

open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the DCO’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

• Instructions: Direct your comments 

to docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2013–0579. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available online at http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the 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 regulations.gov or 

email. The 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 

regulations.gov, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the comment that is placed in 

the 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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the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

• Docket: All documents in the 

docket are listed in the docket index 

available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

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, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available in the electronic docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or at the 

OPPT Docket. The OPPT Docket is 

located in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC) at Rm. 3334, WJC West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number of 

the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding environmentally 

preferable purchasing, contact: Alison 

Kinn Bennett, Senior Advisor, Pollution 

Prevention Division (7409M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Office 

of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–8859; email address: 

kinn.alison@epa.gov. 

For information regarding standards 

policy, contact: Mary McKiel, Standards 

Executive, International Staff (7101M), 

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–0532; email address: 

mckiel.mary@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who purchase or provide products and 

services for Federal agencies, developers 

of standards and ecolabels, and the 

manufacturers of products, the Agency 

has not attempted to describe all the 

specific entities that may be affected by 

this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

technical contact person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

II. Background 

A. What action is the agency taking? 

EPA is announcing for public review 

and comment draft Guidelines intended 

to assist the Federal workforce in more 

consistently utilizing non-governmental 

product environmental performance 

standards and ecolabels in the Federal 

procurement process, consistent with 

Federal standards policy and 

sustainable acquisition mandates. 

Federal agencies must comply with 

the following sustainability-related 

purchasing mandates: section 2(h) of 

Executive Order 13514 (Federal 

Leadership in Environmental, Energy 

and Economic Performance), section 

6002 of the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act, section 9002 of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 

2002, The Energy Policy Act, section 

2(d) of Executive Order 13423 

(Strengthening Federal Environmental, 

Energy, and Transportation 

Management) (72 FR 3919, January 26, 

2007), and the FAR, including FAR Part 

23 (Environment, Energy and Water 

Efficiency, Renewable Energy 

Technologies, Occupational Safety, and 

Drug-Free Workplace) (see http://

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

procurement_index_green). 

Section 2(h) of Executive Order 13514 

states that: 

The Head of each Agency shall . . . 

advance sustainable acquisition to ensure 

that 95 percent of new contract actions 

including task and delivery orders, for 

products and services with the exception of 

acquisition of weapon systems, are . . . 

energy-efficient (Energy Star or Federal 

Energy Management Program (FEMP) 

designated), water-efficient, biobased, 

environmentally preferable (e.g., Electronic 

Product Environmental Assessment Tool 

(EPEAT) certified), non-ozone depleting, 

contain recycled content, or are non-toxic or 

less toxic alternatives, where such products 

and services meet agency performance 

requirements. 

In addition, via the ‘‘National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995’’ (Pub. L. 104–113; 

hereinafter ‘‘the NTTAA’’), Congress 

required Federal agencies to ‘‘use 

technical standards that are developed 

or adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies, using such technical 

standards as a means to carry out policy 

objectives or activities,’’ except when an 

agency determines that such use ‘‘is 

inconsistent with applicable law or 

otherwise impractical.’’ Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circular A–119 (titled ‘‘Federal 

Participation in the Development and 

Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards 

and in Conformity Assessment 

Activities’’) reaffirms Federal agency 

use of non-governmental standards in 

procurement. 

While Federal purchasing policy is 

clear for the several standards and 

ecolabels that are listed in statute, 

regulation, or Executive Order, the lack 

of guidance on using other product 

environmental performance standards 

and ecolabels often results in an 

inconsistent approach by Federal 

purchasers and confusion and 

uncertainty for vendors and 

manufacturers. 

Therefore, in accordance with Federal 

obligations under the NTTAA and OMB 

Circular A–119 (see http://

www.standards.gov), EPA is requesting 

comments on draft Guidelines that 

could be used to select nongovernmental product environmental 

performance standards and ecolabels for 

voluntary use in Federal procurement. 

Additionally, the Guidelines could 

provide clarity regarding the term 

‘‘environmentally preferable’’ for 

purposes of Executive Order 13514, 

building upon EPA’s ‘‘1999 Final 

Guidance on Environmentally 

Preferable Purchasing’’ (see http://

www.epa.gov/epp/pubs/guidance/

finalguidance.htm) which defines 

‘‘environmentally preferable’’ to mean 

products or services that ‘‘have a lesser 

or reduced effect on human health and 

the environment when compared with 

competing products or services that 

serve the same purpose. This 

comparison may consider raw materials 

acquisition, production, manufacturing, 

packaging, distribution, reuse, 

operation, maintenance or disposal of 

the product or service’’. 

As envisioned by EPA, guidelines for 

standards and ecolabels that would be 

used by the Federal government would 

not be applied to products directly or to 

government standards and ecolabels or 

to non-governmental standards and 

ecolabels that are already mandated for 

procurement via statute or Executive 

Order. Moreover, these draft Guidelines 

are not intended to discontinue or 

diminish procurement of products 

conforming to government standards 

and ecolabels. Existing mandates and 

government standards and ecolabels 

were influential in framing the draft 

Guidelines, especially guidelines 

regarding the environmental 

effectiveness of a standard’s criteria. 

These standards and ecolabels were 


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later assessed for conformance with the 

draft Guidelines and found to align in 

principle (e.g., participatory process, 

transparency), considering the 

differences in administrative procedures 

of the government and of standards 

development organizations. 

Rather, EPA envisions that nongovernmental standards and ecolabels 

determined to be in conformance with 

the Guidelines would supplement 

existing mandates and government 

standards and ecolabels. [For 

illustration purposes, ‘‘product category 

x’’ has a recovered content minimum of 

20% per the EPA Comprehensive 

Procurement Guidelines (CPG) (section 

6002 of the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act). A multi-attribute 

environmental performance standard for 

‘‘product category x’’ is determined to 

conform to the Guidelines. Depending 

on the standard, Federal procurement 

officials could be informed that either 

(1) the non-governmental standard 

facilitates meeting the mandate (e.g., the 

standard includes the CPG requirement 

as a prerequisite) or (2) the nongovernmental standard addresses 

important environmental 

considerations, but does not necessarily 

fully address the CPG requirement, so 

the standard could be specified in 

addition to the CPG requirement.] 

B. How were these draft guidelines 

developed? 

In 2011 and 2012, EPA and the 

General Services Administration (GSA) 

convened several listening sessions to 

solicit input regarding the Federal 

Government’s role in sustainability. A 

number of sessions were held following 

the release of the National Academy of 

Sciences report ‘‘Sustainability and the 

U.S. EPA.’’ Other sessions were held 

under the auspices of the Interagency 

Workgroup established by GSA per 

section 13 of Executive Order 13514: 

Federal Leadership in Environmental, 

Energy, and Economic Performance (74 

FR 52117, October 8, 2009). 

EPA heard some common themes 

from suppliers, manufacturers, 

environmental organizations, multistakeholder bodies, regulatory partners, 

and others. Key points included: (1) The 

desire for greater clarity in the 

marketplace regarding standards and 

ecolabels and (2) the opportunity to 

leverage the Federal Government’s 

purchasing power toward sustainability 

goals. 

The Interagency Workgroup 

developed an initial set of draft 

Guidelines and contracted with Big 

Room Inc. (developers of 

www.EcoLabelIndex.com) to test the 

feasibility and appropriateness of the 

draft Guidelines. Big Room Inc. 

conducted a survey of a subset of 

government and non-governmental 

environmental performance standards 

and ecolabel developers. Based on the 

results of the study and external 

stakeholder input, the Interagency 

workgroup revised the draft Guidelines. 

C. Authorities 

EPA is issuing this notice pursuant to 

the authority in the Pollution 

Prevention Act [42 U.S.C.A. 

§ 13103(b)(11)] which requires EPA to 

‘‘Identify opportunities to use Federal 

procurement to encourage source 

reduction’’ and Section 12(d) of the 

NTTAA, which requires Federal 

agencies to ‘‘use technical standards 

that are developed or adopted by 

voluntary consensus standards bodies, 

using such technical standards as a 

means to carry out policy objectives or 

activities.’’ 

III. Draft Guidelines 

The draft Guidelines are organized 

into the following four sections: 

• Section I, ‘‘Guidelines for the 

Process for Developing Standards’’ 

addresses the procedures used to 

develop, maintain, and update a 

product environmental performance 

standard. 

• Section II, ‘‘Guidelines for the 

Environmental Effectiveness of 

Standards’’ addresses the criteria in the 

standard or ecolabel that support the 

claim of environmental preferability. 

• Section III, ‘‘Guidelines for 

Conformity Assessment’’ addresses the 

procedures and practices by which 

products are assessed for conformity to 

the criteria specified by standards and 

ecolabeling programs. 

• Section IV, ‘‘Guidelines for 

Management of Ecolabeling Programs’’ 

addresses the organizational and 

management practices of an ecolabeling 

program. 

EPA recognizes that the level to 

which sustainability practices have been 

incorporated varies by industry sector 

and even from product category to 

product category. Therefore, a single, 

one-size-fits-all approach to assessing 

standards and ecolabels would not be 

appropriate or useful. To address 

differences among sectors, EPA is 

requesting comment on an approach 

that provides flexibility. For example, 

each draft Guideline has been 

designated either as ‘‘baseline’’ or 

‘‘leadership.’’ Based on initial analysis, 

draft ‘‘baseline’’ Guidelines align with 

Federal goals and requirements, are 

relatively straightforward to evaluate, 

and are applicable across industry 

sectors. Draft ‘‘leadership’’ Guidelines 

represent best practices and are 

currently achievable by some standards 

and ecolabels. 

Another example of the flexibilities 

EPA has considered arises with respect 

to the draft Guidelines sections 

addressing Conformity Assessment and 

Management of Ecolabeling Programs. 

Specifically, there may not be a 

marketplace need for a second or thirdparty conformity assessment program 

depending upon, among other factors, 

the degree of risk associated with a 

product’s nonconformity to the 

standard. In those cases, a supplier’s 

self-declaration of conformity would 

suffice. Similarly, there may not be a 

marketplace need for an ecolabel, 

depending upon the type of product 

and/or how it is procured. In those 

cases, the Guidelines for Management of 

Ecolabeling Programs would not apply. 

The proposed draft Guidelines and 

supplementary information can be 

found at http://www.epa.gov/epp/

draftGuidelines. 

IV. Pilot Program Under Consideration 

In addition to seeking input on the 

draft Guidelines themselves, EPA is 

seeking input on how standards and 

ecolabels should be assessed for 

conformance to the Guidelines if they 

are finalized and implemented. Based 

on discussions with stakeholders, EPA 

anticipates that a number of 

organizations may be positioned to 

respond to the need for assessment of 

standards and ecolabels for conformity 

with the Guidelines. Taking this into 

account, EPA is considering a limited 

pilot project, assuming sufficient 

appropriations are available, to test an 

assessment approach, especially with 

respect to Guidelines addressing the 

‘‘environmental effectiveness’’ of a 

standard or ecolabel’s criteria. During 

this pilot, EPA expects that an external 

entity (or entities) would convene and 

work with a multi-stakeholder panel (or 

panels) to develop product categoryspecific programs to assess conformity 

of standards and ecolabels with the 

Guidelines. The entity (or entities) 

would then conduct the assessments for 

selected product categories in a manner 

consistent with the International 

Organization for Standardization’s 

Guides on conformity assessment, and 

develop a list of standards and ecolabels 

that conform to the Guidelines. The 

results from the pilot project would be 

made publicly available and EPA would 

evaluate the results to inform any future 

action such as making available a list of 

conforming standards and ecolabels for 

voluntary use by Federal agencies in 

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The external entity (or entities) would 

not perform any inherently 

governmental functions such as 

procurement policy, procurement 

decisions, or strategic implementation 

decisions. 

V. Request for Comments 

EPA is seeking public input on the 

draft Guidelines and the concept of 

assessing non-governmental standards 

and ecolabels for voluntary use in 

Federal procurement. Recognizing that 

implementation of these draft 

Guidelines will call for additional 

stakeholder engagement and assessment 

processes, EPA also welcomes comment 

on the overall approach, including the 

potential pilot project. In particular: 

1. How might the Guidelines benefit 

the broader marketplace? 

2. Are there any draft Guidelines that 

should be removed or modified? Are 

there gaps in the draft Guidelines that 

could be addressed by a new 

Guideline(s)? 

3. Are the designations of ‘‘baseline’’ 

and ‘‘leadership’’ in the draft Guidelines 

understandable? Can the designations 

be easily implemented? Do they 

appropriately reflect varying approaches 

in the marketplace today? 

4. How should the leadership 

Guidelines be applied to standards and 

ecolabels in different product categories 

(e.g., different weightings in an overall 

conformity assessment scheme)? 

5. What processes, approaches, 

measures, and mechanisms should be 

used to determine conformance with the 

Guidelines, if they are finalized and 

implemented? 

6. Under what circumstances and 

under what authorities, if any, should 

the Federal Government require a 

particular type of conformity assessment 

to provide adequate confidence that the 

products have met a particular 

environmental performance standard or 

ecolabel? 

7. Are there alternatives to the pilot 

project that EPA should consider? 

8. If EPA were to move forward with 

a pilot project to test the proposed 

standards and ecolabels assessment 

approach, which product categories 

should be prioritized? 

9. What challenges need to be 

addressed/resolved in implementing the 

proposed Guidelines in order to be a 

transparent, fair, and consistent 

process? 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

government procurement, standards, 

ecolabels, Guidelines. 

Dated: November 15, 2013. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9903–55–Region–5] 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Great Lakes Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) announces a public 

teleconference of the Great Lakes 

Advisory Board (GLAB). The purpose of 

the teleconference is to conclude 

discussions that will inform the 

development of a draft Great Lakes 

Restoration Initiative FY 2015–2019 

Action Plan. 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on Wednesday, December 11, 

2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 3 p.m. Central 

Time, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. 

The teleconference number is: (877) 

744–6030; Participant code: 11645588. 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will take place by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Any member 

of the public wishing further 

information regarding this 

teleconference may contact Taylor 

Fiscus, Acting Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), GLAB, by telephone at 

312–353–6059 or email at 

mailto:Fiscus.Taylor@epa.gov. General 

information on the Great Lakes 

Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and the 

GLAB can be found on the GLRI Web 

site at http://www.glri.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The GLAB is a federal 

advisory committee chartered under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), Public Law 92–463. EPA 

established the GLAB in 2013 to provide 

independent advice to the EPA 

Administrator in her capacity as Chair 

of the federal Great Lakes Interagency 

Task Force. The GLAB conducts 

business in accordance with FACA and 

related regulations. 

The GLAB consists of 18 members 

appointed by EPA’s Administrator. 

Members serve as representatives of 

state, local and tribal government, 

environmental groups, agriculture, 

business, transportation, foundations, 

educational institutions, and as 

technical experts. 

The GLAB held a teleconference and 

meeting on May 21–22, 2013 (as noticed 

in 78 FR 26636–26637) and on 

November 13, 2013 (as noted in 78 FR 

66356) to discuss the development of a 

draft FY 2015–2019 GLRI Action Plan. 

The teleconference will provide 

opportunity for members of the public 

to submit oral comments in response to 

the draft of the Great Lakes Restoration 

Initiative FY 2015–2019 Action Plan. 

Availability of Teleconference 

Materials: The agenda and other 

materials in support of the 

teleconference will be available on the 

GLRI Web site at http://www.glri.us in 

advance of the teleconference. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Federal advisory committees provide 

independent advice to federal agencies. 

Members of the public can submit 

relevant comments for consideration by 

the GLAB. Input from the public to the 

GLAB will have the most impact if it 

provides specific information for the 

GLAB to consider. Members of the 

public wishing to provide comments 

should contact the Acting DFO directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at this public 

teleconference will be limited to three 

minutes per speaker, subject to the 

number of people wanting to comment. 

Interested parties should contact the 

Acting DFO in writing (preferably via 

email) at the contact information noted 

above by December 9, 2013 to be placed 

on the list of public speakers for the 

teleconference. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements must be received by 

December 9, 2013 so that the 

information may be made available to 

the GLAB for consideration. Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

Acting DFO in the following formats: 

One hard copy with original signature 

and one electronic copy via email. 

Commenters are requested to provide 

two versions of each document 

submitted: one each with and without 

signatures because only documents 

without signatures may be published on 

the GLRI Web page. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact the Acting 

DFO at the phone number or email 

address noted above, preferably at least 

10 days prior to the teleconference, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: November 20, 2013. 

Cameron Davis, 

Senior Advisor to the Administrator. 

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