4846 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 19 / Monday, January 31, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP05–13–000] 

Ingleside Energy Center LNG Project; 

Notice of Technical Conference 

January 21, 2005. 

On Tuesday, February 8, 2005, at 8:30 

a.m. (CST), staff of the Office of Energy 

Projects will convene a cryogenic design 

and technical conference regarding the 

proposed Ingleside Energy Center LNG 

import terminal. The cryogenic 

conference will be held in the Sheraton 

North Houston at George Bush 

Intercontinental Airport. The hotel is 

located at 15700 John F. Kennedy 

Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032. For 

hotel details call 281–442–5100. 

In view of the nature of the critical 

energy infrastructure information and 

security issues to be explored, the 

cryogenic conference will not be open to 

the public. Attendance at this 

conference will be limited to existing 

parties to the proceeding (anyone who 

has specifically requested to intervene 

as a party) and to representatives of 

interested federal, state, and local 

agencies. Any person planning to attend 

the February 8th cryogenic conference 

must register by close of business on 

Friday, February 4th , 2005. 

Registrations may be submitted either 

online at http://www.ferc.gov/whatsnew/registration/cryo-conf-form.asp or 

by faxing a copy of the form (found at 

the referenced online link) to 202–208–

0353. All attendees must sign a nondisclosure statement prior to entering 

the conference. Upon arrival at the 

hotel, check the reader board in the 

hotel lobby for venue. For additional 

information regarding the cryogenic 

conference, please contact Thach 

Nguyen at 202–502–6364.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

EPI Suite Review Panel of the Science 

Advisory Board; Request for 

Nominations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff 

Office (hereinafter, the ‘‘Staff Office’’) is 

announcing the formation of a new SAB 

review panel known as the EPI Suite 

Review Panel of the Science Advisory 

Board (hereinafter, the ‘‘Panel’’) and is 

hereby soliciting nominations for this 

Panel.

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by February 22, 2005, per the 

instructions below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Ms. Kathleen 

White, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff, at telephone/voice mail: (202) 

343–9878; or via e-mail at: 

white.kathleen@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the EPA Web site at: http://

www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: A mission of the U.S. 

EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT) is to evaluate 

potential risks of commercial chemical 

substances that are or will be released 

to the environment. OPPT also has the 

primary responsibility for implementing 

Agency policy on pollution prevention 

(P2), and in this role is a critical 

provider of information and guidance to 

risk assessors and risk managers. The 

understanding of and ability to predict 

the behavior of a chemical substance in 

a biological or environmental system 

depends upon knowledge of the 

physical, chemical and environmental 

properties of that substance. 

Accordingly, OPPT has supported the 

development of software for estimating 

these properties from chemical structure 

known as the Estimation Programs 

Interface (EPI) suite. EPI Suite is 

routinely used in evaluating new 

chemicals under EPA’s Premanufacture 

Notices (PMNs) for new chemicals 

under section 5 of the Toxic Substances 

Control Act, and is widely used for 

predicting physical/chemical properties 

and environmental fate and transport 

properties for chemicals already in 

commerce. Further information about 

EPI Suite and its applications can be 

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

exposure/docs/episuite.htm. OPPT has 

requested that the EPA Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) review the 

supporting science, functionality, and 

appropriate use of EPI Suite. 

The SAB’s mission, as established by 

42 U.S.C. 4365, is to provide 

independent scientific and technical 

advice, consultation, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical bases for 

EPA policies and regulations. In 

response to OPPT’s request, the SAB 

will form a review panel to conduct a 

review of the EPI Suite. The EPI Suite 

Review Panel will provide advice 

through the chartered SAB. The Panel 

will provide advice regarding the 

comprehensiveness and soundness of 

the science supporting EPI Suite 

including method validation, alternative 

estimation methods, completeness of 

the software, documentation, and 

appropriateness of its current 

applications. The Panel will consider 

both appropriate use in the PMN 

program and other uses in screening 

level assessments. The work of this 

panel is expected to continue until the 

review is complete. The EPI Suite 

Review Panel will comply with the 

openness provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and all 

appropriate SAB procedural policies, 

including the SAB process for panel 

formation described in the Overview of 

the Panel Formation Process at the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Science Advisory Board, which can be 

found on the SAB’s Web site at: http:/

/www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec0210.pdf.

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations of 

recognized scientists and engineers with 

expertise in one or more of the 

following areas:

(1) Environmental chemistry and 

engineering; 

(2) Pollution prevention, especially 

experience deciding whether or not to 

go into production with a chemical; 

(3) Development of estimation 

models, such as QSARs that predict 

properties, effects and fate of chemicals 

from structure; and 

(4) Application of EPI Suite or similar 

tools. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate individuals 

qualified in any of the areas of expertise 

described above to serve on the Panel. 

Nominations should be submitted in 

electronic format through the Form for 

Nominating Individuals to Panels of the 

EPA Science Advisory Board provided 

on the SAB Web site. The form can be 

accessed through a link on the blue 

navigational bar on the SAB Web site, 

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

considered, all nominations must 

include the information required on that 

form. 

Anyone who is unable to submit 

nominations electronically using this 

form, or who has questions concerning 

the nomination process may contact Ms. 

Kathleen White, DFO, as indicated 

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above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than February 22, 2005. Any 

questions concerning either this process 

or any other aspects of this notice 

should be directed to the DFO. 

To be considered, all nominations 

must include: (a) A current biography, 

curriculum vitae (C.V.) or resume, 

which provides the nominee’s 

background, experience and 

qualifications for the Committee; and (b) 

a brief biographical sketch 

(‘‘biosketch’’). The biosketch should be 

no longer than one page and must 

contain the following information for 

the nominee: 

(i) Current professional affiliations 

and positions held; 

(ii) Area(s) of expertise, and research 

activities and interests; 

(iii) Leadership positions in national 

associations or professional publications 

or other significant distinctions; 

(iv) Educational background, 

especially advanced degrees, including 

when and from which institutions these 

were granted; 

(v) Service on other advisory 

committees, professional societies, 

especially those associated with issues 

under discussion in this review; and 

(vi) Sources of recent (i.e., within the 

preceding two years) grant and/or other 

contract support, from government, 

industry, academia, etc., including the 

topic area of the funded activity. Please 

note that even if there is no responsive 

information (e.g., no recent grant or 

contract funding), this must be 

indicated on the biosketch (by ‘‘N/A’’ or 

‘‘None’’). Incomplete biosketches will 

result in nomination packages not being 

accepted. 

The EPA SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of the nomination. 

After considering the nominees (termed 

the ‘‘Widecast’’), the SAB Staff Office 

will identify a subset (known as the 

‘‘Short List’’) for more detailed 

consideration. Criteria used by the Staff 

Office in developing this Short List are 

given at the end of the following 

paragraph. The Short List will be posted 

on the SAB Web site at: http://

www.epa.gov/sab, and will include the 

nominees’ names and their biosketches. 

Public comments will be accepted for 21 

calendar days on the Short List. During 

this comment period, the public may 

provide information, analysis or other 

documentation on nominees that the 

Staff Office should consider in 

evaluating candidates for the Panel. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a 

balanced Panel is characterized by 

inclusion of candidates who possess the 

necessary domains of knowledge, the 

relevant scientific perspectives (which, 

among other factors, can be influenced 

by work history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. Public 

responses to the Short List candidates 

will be considered in the selection of 

the Panel, along with information 

provided by candidates and information 

independently-gathered by the SAB 

Staff Office on the background of each 

candidate (e.g., financial disclosure 

information and computer searches to 

evaluate a nominee’s prior involvement 

with the topic under review). Specific 

criteria to be used in evaluating an 

individual Panel member include: (a) 

Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) availability and willingness 

to serve; (c) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (d) scientific 

credibility and impartiality; and (e) 

skills working in advisory committees, 

subcommittees and review panels. 

Short List candidates must submit the 

‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Special Government 

Employees Serving on Federal Advisory 

Committees at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110–

48). This confidential form allows 

Government officials to determine 

whether there is a statutory conflict 

between that person’s public 

responsibilities (which includes 

membership on an EPA Federal 

advisory committee) and private 

interests and activities, or the 

appearance of a lack of impartiality, as 

defined by Federal regulation. The form 

may be viewed and downloaded from 

the following URL address: http://

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110–

48.pdf.

In addition to reviewing background 

material, Panel members will be asked 

to attend one public face-to-face meeting 

over the anticipated course of the 

advisory activity.

Dated: January 21, 2005. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office.

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of Advisory Meetings of 

the Science Advisory Board Radiation 

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Radiation Advisory Committee 

(RAC) will receive briefings from the 

Agency and discuss its advisory agenda 

for FY 2005.

DATES: February 28, 2005. The SAB RAC 

will meet on February 28, 2005, via 

teleconference from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

eastern standard time.

LOCATION: The public teleconference 

meeting will take place via 

teleconference only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

obtain the teleconference call-in number 

and access codes; would like to submit 

written or brief oral comments (3 

minutes or less); or who wants further 

information concerning this public 

meeting should contact Dr. Jack 

Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA SAB, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. (MC 1400F), 

Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/

voice mail: (202) 343–9984; fax: (202) 

233–0643; or e-mail at: 

kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the EPA Web site at: http://

www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose: Pursuant to 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law 92–463, the SAB Staff Office 

hereby gives notice of a public meeting 

of the Radiation Advisory Committee 

(RAC). The EPA Office of Radiation and 

Indoor Air (ORIA) requested the SAB to 

provide advice on the National 

Monitoring System (NMS) upgrade, 

formerly known as the Environmental 

Radiation Ambient Monitoring System 

(ERAMS). The RAC will receive 

briefings from ORIA about this request 

and discuss its plan for the coming year. 

Availability of Meeting Materials:

Copies of the agenda for the SAB 

meetings described in this notice will be 

posted on the SAB Web site at: http://

www.epa.gov/sab prior to the meeting. 

Persons who wish to obtain background 

materials on the current ERAMS 

network may find them at the following 

Web site: http://www.epa.gov/narel/

erams/index.html. For copies of the 

EPA/ORIA briefing materials on the 

NMS, please contact Dr. Mary E. Clark 

of the U.S. EPA, Office of Radiation and 

Indoor Air (Mail Code 6601J), by 

telephone/voice mail at (202)-343–9348, 

by fax at (202)-343–2395; or via e-mail 

at clark.marye@epa.gov. 

Providing Oral or Written Comments 

at SAB Meetings: It is the policy of the 

SAB Staff Office to accept written 

public comments of any length, and to