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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. 

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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/ 

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