### 9689 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 28 / Monday, February 11, 2013 / Notices

set to end on February 11, 2013, is extended to April 12, 2013.

To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the detailed instructions as provided under

**ADDRESSES** in the December 12, 2012 Federal Register document. If you have questions, consult the person listed under **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION**

**CONTACT**

. List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests.

Dated: February 5, 2013. Steven Bradbury, Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 2013–03032 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am]

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**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice of Advisory Committee 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 purpose of this meeting is for NACEPT to discuss and approve draft recommendations in response to the National Academy of Sciences’ report on ‘‘Sustainability and the U.S. EPA.’’ NACEPT’s second letter on sustainability will address two topics: (1) What strengths EPA can leverage to successfully deploy sustainability practices across the Agency, and (2) what 3–5 year breakthrough objectives are related to sustainability implementation and recommended measurement systems for assessing progress toward EPA’s sustainability vision. A copy of the agenda for the meeting will be posted at http://www.epa.gov/ofacmo/nacept/calnacept.htm.

**DATES :**  NACEPT will hold a two-day public meeting on Thursday, March 7, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EST) and Friday, March 8, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (EST).

**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will be held at the U.S. EPA East Building, 1201 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 1117, Washington, DC 20004.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Mark Joyce, Acting Designated Federal Officer, at joyce.mark@epa.gov, (202) 564–2130, 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 Eugene Green at green.eugene@epa.gov by Thursday, February 28, 2013. The meeting is open to the public, with limited seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public wishing to attend should contact Eugene Green at green.eugene@epa.gov or (202) 564– 2432 by February 28, 2013.

Meeting Access: Information regarding accessibility and/or accommodations for individuals with disabilities should be directed to Eugene Green at the email address or phone number listed above. To ensure adequate time for processing, please make requests for accommodations at least 10 days prior to the meeting.

Dated: January 29, 2013. Mark Joyce, Acting Designated Federal Officer.

[FR Doc. 2013–02929 Filed 2–8–13; 8:45 am]

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**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

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**Notification of a Public Meeting of the Chartered Science Advisory Board** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the chartered SAB to: (1) Receive an update briefing on the EPA’s Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) implementation of strategic research plans; (2) conduct quality reviews of three draft SAB reports [on the use of computational toxicology (CompTox) to advance risk assessment; on EPA’s retrospective study of the costs of EPA regulations; and on methodologies for estimating air emissions for broiler animal feeding operations and for lagoons and basins at swine and dairy animal feeding operations]; and (3) to discuss information provided in the agency’s regulatory agenda, specifically planned actions and their supporting science.

**DATES :**  The public meeting will be held on Thursday, March 7, 2013, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Friday, March 8, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).

**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will be held at the Washington Marriott, 1221 22nd Street NW., Washington, DC, 20037.

**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) 565–2098; or email 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

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 will hold a public meeting to discuss and deliberate on the topics below.
Briefing on Implementation of ORD Strategic Research Plans

The SAB and ORD’s Board of Scientific Councilors (BOSC) provided a joint report to the Administrator in September 2012 entitled Implementation of ORD Strategic Research Plans: A Joint Report of the Science Advisory Board and ORD Board of Scientific Counselors (EPA–SAB–12– 012). ORD will provide a briefing to update SAB members on recent significant ORD activities to implement the recommendations in the ORD–BOSC report, available on the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ sabproduct.nsf/3822EB089