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above the reporting thresholds specified 

in the regulations at 40 CFR part 370. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (Section 312 of EPCRA). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

400,000 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 100,000 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $3,760,400 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 62,500 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is because the 

burden of reading the rule and 

modifying their software was only 

necessary at the onset of the rule. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01482 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9941–63–OA] 

Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board 

Environmental Economics Advisory 

Committee 

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 

Environmental Economics Advisory 

Committee to review the EPA’s 

proposed methodology for updating its 

mortality risk valuation estimates for 

policy analysis. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on March 7, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. (Eastern Time) and on March 8, 

2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

(Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Crowne Plaza Washington 

National Airport Hotel, 1480 Crystal 

Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. 

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 EPA 

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 Environmental Economics 

Advisory Committee will hold a public 

meeting to review the EPA’s proposed 

methodology for updating its mortality 

risk valuation estimates for policy 

analysis. Estimates of the value of 

mortality risk reductions play an 

important role in the EPA’s analysis of 

the benefits of regulatory actions. The 

committee will provide advice to the 

Administrator through the chartered 

SAB. 

The EPA’s Office of Policy has 

requested advice on proposed 

improvements to the Agency’s 

methodology for estimating benefits 

associated with reduced risk of 

mortality. This methodology takes into 

account the amounts that individuals 

are willing to pay for reductions in 

mortality risk. The resulting values are 

combined into an estimate known as the 

value of statistical life (VSL) which is 

used in regulatory benefit-cost analysis. 

The EPA has also requested that the 

SAB review options for accounting for 

changes in the VSL over time as real 

income grows, known as income 

elasticity of willingness to pay. The EPA 

has submitted the following documents 

to the SAB for review: (1) Valuing 

Mortality Risk for Policy: a Metaanalytic Approach, a white paper 

prepared by the EPA Office of Policy to 

describe the Agency’s interpretation and 

application of SAB recommendations 

received in July 2011 regarding updates 

to the EPA’s estimates of mortality risk 

valuation; (2) The Effect of Income on 

the Value of Mortality and Morbidity 

Risk Reductions, a report prepared for 

the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation on 

options for updating the Agency’s 

recommended estimate for the income 

elasticity of the value of statistical life; 

and (3) Recommended Income Elasticity 

and Income Growth Estimates: 

Technical Memorandum, an EPA 

memorandum providing supplementary 

information to the report. Additional 

information about this SAB advisory 

activity can be found at the following 

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

product.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/

Measuring%20Mortality%20Risk

?OpenDocument. 

Technical Contacts: Any technical 

questions concerning the documents to 

be reviewed by the SAB should be 

directed to Dr. Nathalie Simon in the 

EPA’s National Center for 

Environmental Economics, by telephone 

at 202–566–2347 or by email at 

Simon.nathalie@epa.gov. 

Availability of the meeting materials: 

Prior to the meeting, the review 

documents, 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 February 

29, 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 Committee 

members, statements should be 

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supplied to the DFO (preferably via 

email) at the contact information noted 

above by February 29, 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: January 19, 2016. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01507 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0765; FRL–9941–62– 

ORD] 

Board of Scientific Counselors 

Executive Committee; Notification of 

Public Teleconference and Public 

Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notification of public 

teleconference and public comment. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) hereby 

provides notice that the Board of 

Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive 

Committee will host a public 

teleconference convening on February 8, 

2016, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm Eastern 

Time. The primary discussion will focus 

on the consolidated report incorporating 

the five subcommittee reports, which 

addresses the research and future 

direction of the Office of Research and 

Development’s (ORD) National Research 

Programs. The five subcommittees are: 

Air, Climate and Energy; Chemical 

Safety for Sustainability and Human 

Health Risk Assessment; Homeland 

Security; Safe and Sustainable Water 

Resources; and Sustainable and Healthy 

Communities. The report also provides 

advice on two ORD Cross-Cutting 

Research Roadmaps: Environmental 

Justice and Climate Change. There will 

be a public comment period from 1:15 

pm to 1:30 pm Eastern Time on 

February 8, 2016. For information on 

registering to participate on the 

teleconference or to provide public 

comment, please see the DATES and 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION sections 

below. Due to a limited number of 

telephone lines, attendance will be on a 

first-come, first-served basis. Advance 

registration is required. Registration for 

participating via teleconference closes 

February 4, 2016. The deadline to sign 

up to speak during the public comment 

period or to submit written public 

comment is February 4, 2016. 

DATES: The BOSC Executive Committee 

meeting will be held on February 8, 

2016. All times noted are Eastern Time 

and are approximate. In order to 

participate on the teleconference you 

must register at the following site: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epabosc-executive-committeeteleconference-registration20730008012. Once you have completed 

the online registration, you will be 

contacted and provided with the 

teleconference instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions or correspondence 

concerning the meeting should be 

directed to Tom Tracy, Designated 

Federal Officer, Environmental 

Protection Agency, by mail at 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., MC 8104 R, 

Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at 

202–564–6518; fax at 202–565– 2911; or 

via email at tracy.tom@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Charter of the BOSC states that the 

advisory committee shall provide 

independent advice to the 

Administrator on technical and 

management aspects of the ORD’s 

research program. Additional 

information about the BOSC is available 

at: http://www2.epa.gov/bosc. Oral 

Statements: Members of the public who 

wish to provide oral comment during 

the meeting must preregister. 

Individuals or groups making remarks 

during the public comment period will 

be limited to five (5) minutes. To 

accommodate the number of people 

who want to address the BOSC 

Executive Committee, only one 

representative of a particular 

community, organization, or group will 

be allowed to speak. Written 

Statements: Written comments for the 

public meeting must be received by 

February 4, 2016, and will be included 

in the materials distributed to the BOSC 

Executive Committee prior to the 

meeting. Written comments should be 

sent to Tom Tracy, Environmental 

Protection Agency, via email at 

tracy.tom@epa.gov or by mail to 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., (MC 8104 

R), Washington, DC 20460, or submitted 

through regulations.gov, Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0765. Members of 

the public should be aware that their 

personal contact information, if 

included in any written comments, may 

be posted online at regulations.gov. 

Information about Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information about access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Tom Tracy, at 202–564–6518 or 

via email at tracy.tom@epa.gov. To 

request special accommodations, please 

contact Tom Tracy no later than 

February 4, 2016, to give the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

sufficient time to process your request. 

All requests should be sent to the 

address, email, or phone number listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section above. 

Dated: January 14, 2016. 

Fred S. Hauchman, 

Director, Office of Science Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01506 Filed 1–25–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Notice of Issuance of Statement of 

Federal Financial Accounting 

Technical Release 16 

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Board Action: Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

3511(d), the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), as 

amended, and the FASAB Rules of 

Procedure, as amended in October 2010, 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Accounting Standards Advisory Board 

(FASAB) has issued a technical release, 

Implementation Guidance for Internal 

Use Software. 

The technical release is available on 

the FASAB Web site at http://www.

fasab.gov/about/aapc/technicalreleases/. Copies can be obtained by 

contacting FASAB at (202) 512–7350. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Wendy M. Payne, executive director, 

441 G Street NW., Mailstop 6H19, 

Washington, DC 20548, or call (202) 

512–7350. 

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