31936 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 98 / Friday, May 20, 2016 / Notices 

Dated: May 13, 2016. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board; Lake Erie 

Phosphorus Objectives Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces a public meeting of the SAB 

Lake Erie Phosphorus Objectives 

Review Panel to provide advice on the 

development of phosphorus loading 

targets for Lake Erie. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on June 21, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. (Central Time) and on June 22, 

2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

(Central Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel, 

17 East Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 

60603. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning this 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; by 

telephone at (202) 564–2155 or via 

email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

SAB can be found at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB was 

established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDAA), 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 Lake Erie Phosphorus 

Objectives Review Panel will hold a 

public meeting to provide advice to the 

EPA on the development of phosphorus 

loading targets for Lake Erie. The Panel 

will provide advice to the Administrator 

through the chartered SAB. The Panel 

previously met in 2014 to develop 

advice on modeling approaches to meet 

the Great Lakes Water Quality 

Agreement (GLWQA) Lake Ecosystem 

Objectives (79 FR 68441–68442). 

EPA Region 5 is co-leading a 

binational workgroup to develop and 

implement the Nutrients Annex 

(‘‘Annex 4’’) of the 2012 GLWQA in 

accordance with Article 3(b)(i) of the 

GLWQA. Under Annex 4, the United 

States and Canada were charged with 

establishing binational Substance 

Objectives for phosphorus 

concentrations, loading targets, and 

allocations for the nearshore and 

offshore waters of Lake Erie. The EPA 

Region 5 Water Division has requested 

that the SAB review modeling results 

that informed the development of the 

binational phosphorus reduction targets. 

The EPA has also requested advice on 

future work to support implementation 

and evaluation of nutrient reduction 

goals for Lake Erie. The SAB Panel will 

review the documents titled Annex 4 

Ensemble Modeling Report and 

Appendix B, and Recommended 

Phosphorus Loading Targets for Lake 

Erie. Additional information about this 

SAB advisory activity can be found at 

the following URL http://yosemite.epa.

gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_

activites/GLWQA%20Annex%204

?OpenDocument. 

Technical Contacts: Any technical 

questions concerning work conducted 

under the GLWQA Annex 4 and the 

documents to be reviewed by the SAB 

should be directed to Ms. Santina 

Wortman, Water Division, U.S. EPA 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard 

(WW–15J), Chicago, Illinois 60604, by 

telephone at (312) 353–8319 or via 

email at wortman.santina@epa.gov. 

Availability of the meeting materials: 

Prior to the meeting, the review 

documents, meeting agenda and other 

materials will be accessible on the 

meeting page on the SAB Web site at 

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

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 the EPA. 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information on the topic 

of this advisory activity, including the 

charge to the panel and the EPA review 

documents, and/or the group 

conducting the activity, for the SAB to 

consider during the advisory process. 

Input from the public to the SAB will 

have the most impact if it consists of 

comments that provide 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 

comment should contact the DFO 

directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at the meeting will be 

limited to five minutes per speaker. 

Interested parties should contact Dr. 

Thomas Armitage, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email), at the contact 

information noted above, by June 14, 

2016 to be placed on the list of public 

speakers for the meeting. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements will be accepted throughout 

the advisory process; however, for 

timely consideration by Panel members, 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO (preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by June 14, 

2016. It is the SAB Staff Office general 

policy to post written comments on the 

Web page for advisory meetings. 

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 Dr. Armitage 

at the contact information provided 

above. To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Dr. Armitage 

preferably at least ten days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: May 13, 2016. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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