A Federal Advisory Committee for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development 

44th EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FACE-TO-FACE MEETING 

DRAFT AGENDA

July 12 - 13, 2010 

Office of Research and Development

National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory

Western Ecology Division

200 SW 35th Street, 

Corvallis, Oregon 97333 

Please Note That Times Listed are Pacific Time 

Monday, July 12, 2010

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration 

9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Welcome and Introductions Dr. Gary S. Sayler, Chair, 

- Review of April Executive Committee 

 Meeting Minutes 

- Overview of Agenda 

9:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. BOSC DFO Remarks Mr. Greg Susanke, Designated 

 - Administrative Issues Federal Officer (DFO), Office 

 of Research and Development 

 (ORD) 

 

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. ORD Remarks and Dr. Paul Anastas, Assistant 

 Welcome New BOSC Members Administrator for ORD

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Overview of ORD Chemical Dr. Elaine Francis, 

 Research Realignment: Safe National Program Director, 

 Products for a Sustainable World Safe Pesticides/Safe Products 

 Research Program, ORD 

 

10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Mid-Cycle Progress Report Dr. Elaine Francis, 

 - Safe Pesticides/Safe Products National Program Director, 

 Research Program ORD 

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break 

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Mid-Cycle Progress Report Ms. Becki Clark, 

 - Human Health Risk Assessment Acting Director, National 

 Research Program Center for Environmental 

 Assessment, ORD 

 
 Agenda for July 12 - 13, 2010 Executive Committee Meeting 

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12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch 

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Ecosystem Informatics Session 

 - Overview Dr. Julia Jones, Director 

 Ecosystem Informatics Program 

 Oregon State University 

 

- Computer Science Approaches Dr. Tom Dietterich, OSU 

 to Species Modeling 

 

- Mathematics of Ecological Dr. Ed Waymire, OSU, and

 Dispersion Dr. Enrique Thomann, OSU 

 

- Questions and Discussion 

 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Lab Tour: Western Ecology Division, 

 National Health and Environmental 

 Research Laboratory, ORD 

 

 5:00 p.m. Recess 

 

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. ORD Response to BOSC Human Dr. Sally Perrault Darney, 

 Health Report National Program Director 

 for Human Health, ORD 

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. ORD Update Dr. Kevin Teichman, Deputy 

 Assistant Administrator for 

 Science, ORD 

 Mr. Lek Kadeli, Deputy 

 Assistant Administrator for 

 Management, ORD 

 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. BOSC and SAB Liaison Update Dr. Gary Sayler 

 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. Public Comment 

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break 

 
 Agenda for July 12 - 13, 2010 Executive Committee Meeting 

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10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. BOSC Decision Analysis Workgroup Dr. Katherine von Stackelberg, 

 - Review of ORD Nanomaterial Workgroup Chair, Executive 

 Case Study Workshop: Committee 

 Methods and Procedures to 

 Identify and Prioritize Research Dr. Mike Davis, 

 Needs Senior Science Advisor, 

 National Center for 

 Environmental Assessment, 

 ORD 

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Future Business /Open Forum Dr. Gary Sayler, Chair, 

 - Next EC Meeting Executive Committee 

 - Future Work 

 - Questions/Discussion 

1:00 p.m. Adjourn