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such as regulated companies and 

facilities; academic researchers and nongovernmental organizations; 

information technologists; and members 

of the public interested in 

environmental conditions. EPA has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may have interest in the EEnterprise portal. If you have any 

questions regarding this notice, consult 

Shana Harbour, whose contact 

information is listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

C. Written Comments 

What should I consider as I prepare my 

comments for EPA? 

To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

please be sure to identify the Docket ID 

number assigned to this action [EPA– 

HQ–OEI–2015–0039] in the subject line 

on the first page of your response. You 

may also provide the name, date, and 

Federal Register citation. 

Your comments will be particularly 

helpful if you identify yourself and your 

sector (regulated entity, nongovernmental organization, academic, 

general public, other (explain). For more 

information on the E-Enterprise portal, 

please visit www2.epa.gov/e-enterprise/ 

e-enterprise-portal. EPA is particularly 

interested in comments on the 

following: 

1. How frequently and for what 

purpose do you visit epa.gov, state and 

other government environmental Web 

sites? 

2. List the government Web sites you 

frequently visit for environmental 

information and identify opportunities 

for potential integration of information 

from those Web sites. 

3. Cite examples of successful portals 

or portal-like information systems. 

4. Discuss what you consider to be 

significant obstacles to business 

information transactions with EPA and 

state co-regulators. 

5. Discuss what you view as 

significant opportunities for 

streamlining transactions with EPA or 

states and how a portal may or may not 

facilitate them. 

6. Identify requirements for 

capabilities of the portal and for each 

requirement indicate: 

a. The extent to which the 

requirement involves transactions or 

aspects of transactions that are common 

across organizational or programmatic 

units when reporting to environmental 

regulatory agencies (e.g. registration, 

logging in, resubmitting common 

contact or facility information, etc.). 

b. Relationship of the requirement to 

regulatory obligations. 

c. Priority of the requirement, and 

whether the requirement is ‘‘must-have’’ 

or ‘‘nice-to-have.’’ 

d. Urgency of the requirement, as in 

how soon the capability is needed. 

e. Any information on how a portal 

could reduce the time you spend to 

report environmental information or 

process transactions and an estimate of 

this time. 

7. Discuss any positive/negative 

impacts of using a portal as the required 

or voluntary means for interacting with 

EPA and states for business transactions 

required to fulfill environmental 

regulatory obligations. 

8. In order to provide a more 

streamlined/personalized/customized 

experience in the portal for retrieving 

publically available information, would 

you be willing to establish an electronic 

credential (user ID) or reuse an existing 

ID such as one used on social media? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

—Explain your views as clearly as 

possible. 

—Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

—Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data that you used to 

support your views. 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

David A. Bloom, 

Acting Chief Financial Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01277 Filed 1–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9922–02–OA] 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Science Advisory Board 

Chemical Assessment Advisory 

Committee Augmented for the 

Ethylene Oxide Review 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

teleconference of the SAB Chemical 

Assessment Advisory Committee 

(CAAC) Augmented for the Ethylene 

Oxide (EtO) Review to discuss its draft 

report concerning EPA’s Evaluation of 

the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of 

Ethylene Oxide (Revised External 

Review Draft—August 2014). 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on Friday, February 20, 2015 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be 

conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the 

teleconference may contact Mr. Aaron 

Yeow, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), via telephone at (202) 564–2050 

or email at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

SAB can be found on the SAB Web site 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 

amended, 5 U.S.C., App., notice is 

hereby given that the SAB Augmented 

CAAC for EtO will hold a public 

teleconference to discuss its draft report 

regarding EPA’s Evaluation of the 

Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene 

Oxide (Revised External Review Draft— 

August 2014). The EPA SAB Staff Office 

augmented the SAB CAAC with subject 

matter experts to provide advice 

through the chartered SAB regarding 

this review. 

The SAB was established pursuant to 

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 FACA. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

The SAB Augmented CAAC for EtO 

held a public meeting on November 18– 

20, 2014 to peer review the EPA’s 

Evaluation of the Inhalation 

Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide 

(Revised External Review Draft—August 

2014). The purpose of this public 

teleconference is for the Augmented 

CAAC for EtO to discuss its draft report 

peer reviewing the agency’s draft 

document. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Additional background on this SAB 

activity, the teleconference agenda, draft 

report, and other materials for the 

teleconference will be posted on the 

SAB Web site at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

fedrgstr_activites/Eto%20Inhalation

%20Carcinogenicity?OpenDocument. 

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 

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scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to EPA. Members of 

the public can submit relevant 

comments pertaining to the group 

conducting this SAB activity or meeting 

materials. 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 to 

consider. Members of the public 

wishing to provide comment should 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

for the relevant advisory committee 

directly. Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes per 

speaker. To be placed on the public 

speaker list for the teleconference, 

interested parties should notify Mr. 

Aaron Yeow, DFO, by email no later 

than February 13, 2015. Written 

Statements: Written statements for these 

teleconferences should be received in 

the SAB Staff Office by the same 

deadline given above for requesting oral 

comments. Written statements should 

be supplied to the DFO via email 

(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat 

PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM– 

PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 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. Yeow at 

the phone number or email address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the teleconferences, to give the 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: January 14, 2015. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01286 Filed 1–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9922–03–OA] 

Request for Nominations of 

Candidates to the EPA’s Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Agricultural 

Science Committee: Additional Time to 

Nominate 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites public 

nominations of scientific experts to be 

considered for appointment to the EPA’s 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

Agricultural Science Committee to 

provide advice to the Chartered SAB 

regarding matters referred to the SAB 

that will have a significant direct impact 

on farming and agriculture-related 

industries. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

March 30, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nominators unable to submit 

nominations electronically as described 

below may submit a paper copy to Ms. 

Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) for the committee, by 

email at sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov or 

by telephone at 202–564–2067. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The chartered SAB (the 

Board) was established in 1978 by the 

Environmental Research, Development 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 4365) to provide independent 

advice to the Administrator on general 

scientific and technical matters 

underlying the Agency’ policies and 

actions. Members of the SAB and its 

subcommittees constitute a 

distinguished body of non-EPA 

scientists, engineers, economists, and 

social scientists that are nationally and 

internationally recognized experts in 

their respective fields. Members are 

appointed by the EPA Administrator, 

generally for a period of three years. The 

SAB conducts business in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and 

related regulations. Generally, SAB 

meetings are announced in the Federal 

Register, conducted in public view, and 

provide opportunities for public input 

during deliberations. All the work of the 

SAB subcommittees is performed under 

the direction of the Board. The 

chartered Board provides strategic 

advice to the EPA Administrator on a 

variety of EPA science and research 

programs and reviews and approves all 

SAB subcommittee and panel reports. 

Additional information about the SAB 

Federal Advisory Committees may be 

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

The EPA previously announced (79 

FR 73304–73305, December 10, 2014) 

the opportunity for the public to 

nominate experts to the SAB 

Agricultural Science Committee, with 

nominations requested by January 30, 

2015. Due to the high level of interest 

in the new committee from 

organizations in the agricultural sector, 

the EPA has extended the date to 

receive nominations of candidates for 

the committee until March 30, 2015. 

Pursuant to section 12307 of the 

Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 133– 

79), the EPA is establishing a new 

agriculture-related standing committee 

of the SAB. The SAB Agricultural 

Science Committee will provide advice 

to the chartered SAB on matters referred 

to the Board that EPA and the Board, in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Agriculture, determine will have a 

significant direct impact on farming and 

agriculture-related industries. Initial 

appointments to the committee will be 

for a mix of 2 and 3 year terms to ensure 

rotation and staggered terms for future 

years. 

Expertise Sought: The SAB Staff 

Office is seeking nominations of experts 

to serve on the SAB Agricultural 

Science Committee with demonstrated 

expertise in agriculture-related sciences, 

including: agricultural economics, 

including valuation of ecosystem goods 

and services; agricultural chemistry; 

agricultural engineering; agronomy, 

including soil science; aquaculture 

science; biofuels engineering; 

biotechnology; crop and animal science; 

environmental chemistry; forestry; and 

hydrology. For further information, 

please contact Ms. Sanzone, DFO, as 

identified above. 

Selection criteria include: 

—Demonstrated scientific credentials 

and disciplinary expertise in relevant 

fields; 

—Willingness to commit time to the 

committee and demonstrated ability 

to work constructively and effectively 

on committees; 

—Background and experiences that 

would contribute to the diversity of 

perspectives on the committee, e.g., 

geographic, economic, social, cultural, 

educational backgrounds, and 

professional affiliations; and 

—For the committee as a whole, 

consideration of the collective breadth 

and depth of scientific expertise; and 

a balance of scientific perspectives. 

As the committee undertakes specific 

advisory activities, the SAB Staff Office 

will consider two additional criteria for 


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