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4. Factors and criteria for identifying 

pilot projects (Input solicited from 

panel and participants)—3:00 p.m. 

to 3:55 p.m. 

4.1 What project design or siting 

criteria should be met to be eligible 

to use a two-year process? Would 

the same criteria apply to projects at 

non-powered dams and closed-loop 

pumped storage projects? 

4.2 What environmental criteria 

should be met to be eligible to use 

a two-year process? Would the same 

criteria apply to projects at nonpowered dams and closed-loop 

pumped storage projects? 

4.3 In order for a project to qualify 

for a two-year process, should there 

be agreement on, and limits to, the 

need to develop new information? 

4.4 Are there certain types of issues 

that should preclude a project from 

being eligible for a two-year 

process? 

4.5 Are there developers that will be 

ready to begin testing a two-year 

process by February 5, 2014? 

5. Closing comments and next steps— 

3:55 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23170 Filed 9–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL—9901–26–OA] 

Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board Panel for the 

Review of the EPA Water Body 

Connectivity Report 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public meeting of the SAB Panel to 

conduct a review of the EPA draft 

report, Connectivity of Streams and 

Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A 

Review and Synthesis of the Scientific 

Evidence (September, 2013 External 

Review Draft, EPA/600/R–11/098B). 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on Monday December 16, 2013 from 

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday 

December 17, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m., and Wednesday December 18, 

2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

(Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 

Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the public 

meeting may contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

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

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

via telephone at (202) 564–2155 or via 

email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

SAB can 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. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the SAB Panel for the Review of the 

EPA Water Body Connectivity Report 

will hold a public meeting to conduct a 

review of the EPA’s draft report, 

Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands 

to Downstream Waters: A Review and 

Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence 

(September, 2013 External Review Draft, 

EPA/600/R–11/098B). This SAB panel 

will provide advice to the Administrator 

through the chartered SAB. 

Background 

The EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) has developed a 

draft report reviewing and synthesizing 

the peer-reviewed scientific literature 

on the connectivity or isolation of 

streams and wetlands relative to large 

water bodies such as rivers, lakes, 

estuaries and oceans. The purpose of the 

report, Connectivity of Streams and 

Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A 

Review and Synthesis of the Scientific 

Evidence (September, 2013 External 

Review Draft, EPA/600/R–11/098B), is 

to summarize the current understanding 

about these connections, the factors that 

influence them, and the mechanisms by 

which connected waters singly or in 

aggregate, affect the function of 

downstream waters. 

The SAB Staff Office announced to 

the public through a Federal Register 

notice published on March 8, 2013 (78 

FR 15012—15013) that it was soliciting 

nominations of scientific experts to 

serve on the SAB Panel for the Review 

of the EPA Water Body Connectivity 

Report. Information about the formation 

of this SAB Panel can be found on the 

SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.

gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_

activites/Watershed%20Connectivity

%20Report?OpenDocument. 

Technical Contact for EPA’s Draft 

Report: Any technical questions 

concerning EPA’s draft report should be 

directed to Dr. Laurie Alexander, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment, Office of Research and 

Development, U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail Code 

8623P, Washington, DC 20460, 

telephone (703) 347–8630 or via email 

at alexander.laurie@epa.gov. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

draft EPA report, Connectivity of 

Streams and Wetlands to Downstream 

Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the 

Scientific Evidence (September, 2013 

External Review Draft, EPA/600/R–11/

098B), and the charge to the SAB Panel 

are available on the SAB Web site at 

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

nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Watershed%20

Connectivity%20Report?

OpenDocument. The agenda and other 

meeting materials will be available on 

the SAB Web site at the URL listed 

above prior to the meeting. 

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. The intended use of 

comments submitted to the SAB is 

different from the purpose of comments 

submitted to the EPA’s program offices. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Interested members of 

the public may submit relevant 

comments for the SAB Panel to consider 

pertaining to the review materials, 

including the charge to the Panel. Input 

from the public to the SAB Panel will 

have the most impact if it provides 

specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for the SAB 

Panel to consider or if it relates to the 

clarity or accuracy of the technical 

information. Members of the public 

wishing to provide written comments 

may submit them to the EPA Docket 

electronically via www.regulations.gov, 

by email, by mail, by facsimile, or by 

hand delivery/courier. Please follow the 

detailed instructions provided in the 

written statements section of this notice. 

Members of the public wishing to 

provide oral statements to the SAB 

Panel should contact the DFO directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, individuals 

or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public meeting will be 

limited to five minutes. Interested 

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parties should contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, 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 meeting. Written Statements: 

Written statements for the December 

16–18, 2013 meeting should be received 

in the EPA Docket by November 6, 2013 

so that the information may be made 

available to the SAB Panel for its 

consideration. Written statements 

should be identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OA–2013–0582 and submitted 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov by 

one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_OEI@epa.gov: 

Include the docket number in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

28221T), Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA– 

2013–0582, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. The 

phone number is (202) 566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744. 

Deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Direct your comments to Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OA–2013–0582. Please 

ensure that your comments are 

submitted by November 6, 2013. 

Comments received after that date will 

be marked late and may not be provided 

to the SAB Panel for consideration 

before the December 16–18 meeting. It 

is EPA’s policy to include all comments 

received in the public docket without 

change and to make the comments 

available on-line at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless a 

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 www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.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 directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public 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 comments due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, the SAB Panel may 

not be able to consider your comments. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters and any form of 

encryption and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Documents in the docket are listed in 

the www.regulations.gov index. 

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 will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically at 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage 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: September 17, 2013. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23198 Filed 9–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

FDIC Advisory Committee on 

Economic Inclusion (ComE–IN); Notice 

of Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the FDIC 

Advisory Committee on Economic 

Inclusion, which will be held in 

Washington, DC The Advisory 

Committee will provide advice and 

recommendations on initiatives to 

expand access to banking services by 

underserved populations. 

DATES: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 

from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the FDIC Board Room on the sixth floor 

of the FDIC Building located at 550 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for further information 

concerning the meeting may be directed 

to Mr. Robert E. Feldman, Committee 

Management Officer of the FDIC, at 

(202) 898–7043. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda: 

The agenda will be focused on 

expanding access to safe accounts, 

financial education strategies, steps to 

support household savings, mobile 

financial services, and the FDIC’s 

economic inclusion research projects. 

The agenda may be subject to change. 

Any changes to the agenda will be 

announced at the beginning of the 

meeting. 

Type of Meeting: The meeting will be 

open to the public, limited only by the 

space available on a first-come, firstserved basis. For security reasons, 

members of the public will be subject to 

security screening procedures and must 

present a valid photo identification to 

enter the building. The FDIC will 

provide attendees with auxiliary aids 

(e.g., sign language interpretation) 

required for this meeting. Those 

attendees needing such assistance 

should call (703) 562–6067 (Voice or 

TTY) at least two days before the 

meeting to make necessary 

arrangements. Written statements may 

be filed with the committee before or 

after the meeting. This ComE–IN 

meeting will be Webcast live via the 

Internet at: http://www.vodium.com/

goto/fdic/advisorycommittee.asp. This 

service is free and available to anyone 

with the following systems 

requirements: http://www.vodium.com/

home/sysreq.html. Adobe Flash Player 

is required to view these presentations. 

The latest version of Adobe Flash Player 

can be downloaded at http://

www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/

download.cgi?P1_Prod_

Version=ShockwaveFlash. Installation 

questions or troubleshooting help can be 

found at the same link. For optimal 

viewing, a high speed Internet 

connection is recommended. The 

ComE–IN meeting videos are made 

available on-demand approximately two 

weeks after the event. 

Dated: September 19, 2013. 

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