22316 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 72 / Friday, April 13, 2012 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9659–5] 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Science Advisory Board 

Ecological Processes and Effects 

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 teleconference of 

the SAB Ecological Processes and 

Effects Committee (EPEC) to discuss the 

Committee’s draft advisory report on the 

EPA Risk Assessment Forum (RAF) 

document, ‘‘Integrating Ecological 

Assessment and Decision-Making at 

EPA, 2011 RAF Ecological Assessment 

Action Plan (August, 11, 2011).’’ 

DATES: The SAB Ecological Processes 

and Effects Committee will conduct a 

public teleconference on Wednesday, 

May 16, 2012. The teleconference will 

begin at 12:00 noon and end at 3 p.m. 

(Eastern Daylight Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding the public 

teleconference may contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/ 

voice mail at (202) 564–2155 or via 

email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

Science Advisory Board can be found at 

the EPA SAB 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 

(ERDAA) codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical peer review, advice, 

consultation, and recommendations to 

the EPA Administrator on the technical 

basis for EPA actions. As a Federal 

Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts 

business in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. 

Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, 

notice is hereby given that the SAB 

EPEC, augmented with other experts, 

will hold a public teleconference to 

discuss its draft report on the EPA RAF 

document, ‘‘Integrating Ecological 

Assessment and Decision-Making at 

EPA, 2011 RAF Ecological Assessment 

Action Plan (August, 11, 2011).’’ The 

SAB Committee will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

EPA’s Office of the Science Advisor 

has requested that the SAB EPEC review 

the Agency’s Ecological Assessment 

Action Plan and related background 

documents, and provide advice on the 

technical merit and implementation of 

proposed initiatives. The SAB EPEC 

augmented with other experts 

previously held public teleconferences 

on February 22 and 23, 2012 to discuss 

its review comments on the EPA RAF 

draft document ‘‘Integrating Ecological 

Assessment and Decision-Making at 

EPA, 2011 RAF Ecological Assessment 

Action Plan (August, 11, 2011).’’ 

Background information about this SAB 

review can be found on the SAB Web 

site at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/

sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/

RAF%20Eco%20Action%20Plan?

OpenDocument. The purpose of the 

upcoming teleconference is for the SAB 

EPEC to discuss its draft review report. 

Availability of the review materials: 

The agenda and material in support of 

this meeting will be available on the 

SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/

sab. For technical questions and 

information concerning the EPA 

document, ‘‘Integrating Ecological 

Assessment and Decision-Making at 

EPA, 2011 RAF Ecological Assessment 

Action Plan (August, 11, 2011),’’ please 

contact Mr. Lawrence Martin of EPA’s 

Risk Assessment Forum by phone (202) 

564–6497 or via email at martin.

lawrence@epa.gov. 

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 EPA. Members of 

the public can submit comments for a 

federal advisory committee to consider 

as it develops advice for EPA. 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 Committee to consider or if it 

relates to the clarity or accuracy of the 

technical information. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation will be limited to three 

minutes per speaker. Interested parties 

should contact Dr. Thomas Armitage, 

DFO, in writing (preferably via email), 

at the contact information noted above, 

by May 9, 2012 to be placed on the list 

of public speakers for the May 16, 2012 

teleconference. Written Statements: 

Written statements should be received 

in the SAB Staff Office by May 9, 2012 

so that the information may be made 

available to the SAB Committee for their 

consideration. Written statements 

should be supplied to the DFO in 

electronic format via email (acceptable 

file formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 

WordPerfect, MS Word, 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 Dr. Thomas 

Armitage at the phone number or email 

address noted above, preferably at least 

ten days prior to the teleconference, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: April 6, 2012. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

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