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information they consider responsive to 

this request. 

In addition to consideration of the 

information we hope to receive in 

response to this request, the EPA 

intends to provide an opportunity to 

further engage with stakeholders on 

these subjects. An event, such as the 

Natural Gas STAR Annual 

Implementation Workshop, tentatively 

scheduled for early 2017, may be a 

valuable forum for this exchange of 

information. Specific information 

regarding an event will be made 

available in the coming months. 

The EPA is providing a 120-day 

period for the public to submit the 

requested information. While the EPA 

will not respond to all submissions, we 

may contact respondents for further 

information or data. 

Dated: July 8, 2016. 

Janet G. McCabe, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air 

and Radiation. 

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Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of a Work Group Under the Auspices 

of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of a Work Group 

under the auspices of the Chartered 

Science Advisory Board to gather and 

review information on shipboard ballast 

water treatment system efficacy and 

related conclusions in the 2011 SAB 

report, Efficacy of Ballast Water 

Treatment Systems: A Report by the 

EPA Science Advisory Board. 

DATES: The public teleconference for the 

Work Group of the Chartered SAB will 

be conducted on Friday, August 12, 

2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 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. Thomas 

Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–4885 

or at carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information about the SAB as 

well as any updates concerning the 

teleconference announced in this notice 

may be found on the EPA Web site at 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 SAB is a federal 

advisory committee chartered under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. At the request 

of the SAB, a Work Group composed of 

a subset of SAB members will review 

the underlying data on ballast water 

treatment efficacy to assist the SAB in 

considering information regarding 

conclusions about shipboard treatment 

efficacy in the SAB report, Efficacy of 

Ballast Water Treatment Systems: A 

Report by the Science Advisory Board 

(EPA–SAB–11–009). The Work Group 

will gather and review information, 

analyze the report’s underlying data and 

related conclusions and develop 

recommendations for deliberation by 

the Chartered Science Advisory Board at 

a future meeting. The SAB is not 

seeking new data regarding ballast water 

treatment system efficacy and will focus 

its inquiry on analyzing the data 

underlying the report and the related 

conclusions. The SAB Staff Office notes 

that neither the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) nor EPA policy 

requires meetings of Work Groups under 

the auspices of a chartered federal 

advisory committee to provide notice or 

conduct public meetings. Public notice 

of this meeting of the Work Group is 

being provided to assist the Work Group 

in obtaining public comment from 

interested parties on the topic under 

consideration. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agenda and materials in support of this 

teleconference will be available on the 

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

in advance of the teleconference. 

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 comments for a federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

SAB panels to consider or if it relates to 

the clarity or accuracy of the technical 

information. Oral Statements: In 

general, individuals or groups 

requesting an oral presentation at a 

teleconference will be limited to three 

minutes. Each person making an oral 

statement should consider providing 

written comments as well as their oral 

statement so that the points presented 

orally can be expanded upon in writing. 

Interested parties should contact Mr. 

Thomas Carpenter, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above, by August 4, 

2016 to be placed on the list of public 

speakers. Written Statements: Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO, preferably via email, at the contact 

information noted above one week 

before the teleconference so that the 

information may be made available to 

the Board members for their 

consideration. It is the SAB Staff Office 

general policy to post written comments 

on the Web page for the advisory 

meeting or teleconference. 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 Mr. Thomas 

Carpenter at (202) 564–4885 or 

carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Mr. Carpenter preferably at least 

ten days prior to the teleconference to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: July 11, 2016. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff 

Office. 

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