5836 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 21 / Thursday, January 31, 2008 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8523–1] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Meeting of the Science 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public face-to-face meeting of the 

chartered SAB to: (1) Discuss EPA’s 

research budget for Fiscal Year 2009; (2) 

Agency long-term research directions 

and priorities; (3) conduct a quality 

review of the Draft SAB Advisory on 

EPA’s ‘‘Report on the Environment 

2007: Science Report’’; and (4) continue 

planning for upcoming SAB meetings. 

DATES: The meeting dates are Thursday, 

February 28, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m. through Friday, February 29, 

2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

(Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Westin Arlington Gateway, 801 N. 

Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203; 

phone (703) 717–6200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information about this 

meeting may contact Mr. Thomas O. 

Miller, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), by mail at EPA SAB Staff Office, 

(1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

by telephone at (202) 343–9982; by fax 

at (202) 233–0643; or by e-mail at: 

miller.tom@epa.gov. General 

information about the SAB, as well as 

any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice, may be found 

on the SAB Web Site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice, consultation, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

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), as amended, 5 

U.S.C., App. The SAB will comply with 

the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Background: The purpose of this 

meeting will be to allow the SAB to 

discuss with Agency representatives the 

research priorities that are a component 

of the Fiscal Year 2009 research budget. 

The SAB conducts a review of the EPA 

research budget each year and as a 

result of discussions and evaluations 

that are a part of this review, provides 

written advice to the EPA Administrator 

and testimony to the U.S. Congress on 

how that budget might contribute to the 

achievement of EPA’s overall research 

goals. 

The SAB will also conduct a quality 

review of one draft SAB Committee 

report, SAB Advisory on EPA’s ‘‘Report 

on the Environment 2007: Science 

Report.’’ The EPA Report on the 

Environment (ROE) 2007 addresses key 

questions about the current status of and 

trends in the condition of the 

environment and human health. These 

questions are intended to be relevant to 

EPA’s current regulatory and 

programmatic activities and mission. In 

its review, the SAB was asked to 

comment on: (1) The adequacy of the 

formulation and scope of the questions 

addressed in the ROE 2007 Science 

Report, (2) the appropriateness of the 

indicators used to answer the questions 

in the report, (3) the accuracy of the 

characterization of gaps and limitations 

in the indicators used in the report, (4) 

the appropriateness of regionalization of 

national indicators in the report, (5) the 

utility of regional indicators in the 

report, and (6) the overall quality of the 

report with respect to technical 

accuracy, clarity, and appropriateness of 

level of communication. Additional 

information on this review can be found 

in the announcement of the review in 

the Federal Register (see FR 72 29498–

29499 of May 29, 2007) and the EPA 

SAB Web Site at: http:// 

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

02ad90b136fc21ef85256eba00436459/

2457aac81d2003a98525701900616

b47!OpenDocument. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Materials in support of this meeting will 

be placed on the SAB Web Site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of 

this meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for the SAB to consider on 

the topics included in this advisory 

activity and/or the group conducting the 

activity. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public meeting will be 

limited to five minutes per speaker, 

with no more than one hour for all 

speakers. Interested parties should 

contact Mr. Miller, DFO, at the contact 

information provided above, by 

February 21, 2008, to be placed on the 

public speaker list for the February 28–

29, 2008 meeting. Written Statements: 

Written statements should be received 

in the SAB Staff Office by February 14, 

2008, so that the information may be 

made available to the SAB for their 

consideration prior to this meeting. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO via e-mail to 

miller.tom@epa.gov (acceptable file 

format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 

WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, 

or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 

98/2000/XP format). 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. Thomas 

Miller at (202) 343–9982, or via e-mail 

at miller.tom@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Mr. Miller, preferably at least 10 

days prior to the meeting, to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: January 24, 2008. 

Anthony Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–1793 Filed 1–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8523–3] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Request for Nominations for Science 

Advisory Board Panel on Risk and 

Technology Review Assessments for 

Phase II Source Categories 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing 

the formation of an SAB Expert panel to 

review and provide advice about draft 

risk assessments that evaluate the effects 

of industrial emissions of hazardous air 

pollutants (HAPs) on public health and 

the environment in accordance with 

EPA’s Risk and Technology Review 

(RTR) Assessment. The SAB Staff Office 

is soliciting public nominations of 

technical experts for this panel. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by February 21, 2008 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information regarding the 

submission of nominations may contact 

Dr. Resha M. Putzrath, via telephone at: 

(202) 343–9978 or e-mail at: 

putzrath.resha@epa.gov. The SAB 

Mailing address is: U.S. EPA Science 

Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 


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Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. General 

information about the SAB as well as 

any updates concerning this request for 

nominations may be found on the SAB 

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

Technical Contact: For questions and 

information concerning the Agency’s 

draft technical documents and 

background information, contact Dr. 

Dave Guinnup, at: (919) 541–5368, or 

guinnup.dave@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB was established 

by 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), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The 

SAB will comply with the provisions of 

FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

Section 112(f)(2)(A) of the 1990 Clean 

Air Act Amendments (CAA) requires 

EPA to evaluate whether emission 

standards that were previously adopted 

under the technology-based, Maximum 

Achievable Control Technology (MACT) 

program provide an ample margin of 

safety to protect public health and 

prevent adverse environmental effects 

(taking into consideration costs, energy, 

safety, and other relevant factors). 

Within eight years of the promulgation 

of a MACT standard for the source 

category, EPA is mandated by the CAA 

to assess the risks to determine whether 

additional standards are needed. 

EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation has 

developed a Risk and Technology 

Review (RTR) Assessment Plan (referred 

to as RTR II) that has a streamlined 

approach. The SAB provided advice in 

a consultation on the RTR II in 

December 2006 [Consultation on EPA’s 

Risk and Technology Review (RTR) 

Assessment Plan (EPA–SAB–07–009) 

available at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/

sab/sabproduct.nsf/

33152C83D29530F08525730

D006C3ABF/$File/sab-07-009.pdf]. The 

SAB identified some key scientific 

issues and provided recommendations 

for the Plan. The SAB Panel being 

formed will review EPA’s draft risk 

assessments developed under the RTR II 

approach, as modified to reflect SAB 

recommendations. These draft risk 

assessments will evaluate the potential 

risks to human health and the 

environment that remain after sources 

come into compliance with MACT. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations 

for nationally and internationally 

recognized, non-EPA scientists with 

expertise and experience related to: 

Airborne (and possibly multi-pathway) 

fate-and-transport modeling of organic 

and inorganic chemicals; modeling of 

potential human exposures; modeling of 

human health risk; health effects of 

individual chemicals and mixtures of 

chemicals; risk assessment models and 

practices; uncertainty or sensitivity 

analyses; and risk communication 

theory and practice. The Agency is 

particularly interested in nominees with 

in-depth knowledge and experience in 

evaluating effects, exposure, and risk of 

hazardous air pollutants. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals with expertise and 

experience described above for 

consideration of service on the SAB 

Panel on Risk and Technology Review 

Assessments for Phase II Source 

Categories. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format through 

the SAB Web site at the following URL: 

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

sabproduct.nsf/Web/ 

participatepanelformation?

OpenDocument. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting nominations 

carefully. To be considered, 

nominations should include all of the 

information required on the associated 

forms. Anyone unable to submit 

nominations using the electronic form 

or who has any questions concerning 

the nomination process may contact Dr. 

Resha M. Putzrath, as indicated above in 

this notice. Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

February 21, 2008. 

To be considered, all nominations 

should include: A current curriculum 

vitae (C.V.) which provides the 

nominee’s background, qualifications, 

research expertise, and relevant 

publications for service on the Panel; 

and a brief biographical sketch 

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

no longer than one page and should 

contain the following information for 

the nominee: (a) Current professional 

affiliations and positions held; (b) 

area(s) of expertise, and research 

activities and interests relevant to the 

Panel; (c) leadership positions in 

national associations or professional 

publications or other significant 

distinctions; (d) educational 

background, especially advanced 

degrees, including when and from 

which institutions these were granted; 

and (e) service on other advisory 

committees or professional societies, 

especially those associated with issues 

under discussion in this review. 

Incomplete biosketches will not be 

considered. The EPA SAB Staff Office 

will acknowledge receipt of 

nominations. 

The names and biosketches of 

qualified nominees identified by 

respondents to the Federal Register 

notice and additional experts identified 

by the SAB Staff will be posted on the 

SAB Web site accessible through a link 

for this panel at: http:// 

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

WebBOARD/ 

CommitteesandMembership

?OpenDocument. Public comments on 

this ‘‘Short List’’ of candidates will be 

accepted for 21 calendar days. The 

public will be requested to provide 

relevant information or other 

documentation on nominees that the 

SAB Staff Office should consider in 

evaluating candidates. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a 

balanced subcommittee or review panel 

includes 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. To 

establish individual expert panels for 

the advisory activities described above, 

the SAB Staff Office will consider 

public comments on the ‘‘Short List’’ of 

candidates, information provided by the 

candidates themselves, and background 

information independently gathered by 

the SAB Staff Office. Specific criteria to 

be used for Panel membership 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) absence of an 

appearance of a lack of impartiality; and 

(e) skills working in committees, 

subcommittees, and advisory panels; 

and (f) for the Panel as a whole, 

diversity of, and balance among, factors 

such as scientific expertise and 

viewpoints. 

The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of 

an absence of financial conflicts of 

interest will include a review of 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 


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may be viewed and downloaded from 

the following URL address: http:// 

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

WebSABSO/ethics?OpenDocument. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects subcommittees 

and review panels is described in the 

following document: Overview of the 

Panel Formation Process at the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Science Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–EC–

02–010), which is posted on the SAB 

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

sab/sabproduct.nsf/WebSABSO/ 

OverviewPanelForm?OpenDocument. 

Dated: January 24, 2008. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–1772 Filed 1–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8522–9] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office, 

SAB Particulate Matter (PM) Research 

Centers Program Review Panel; 

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 is announcing the formation of an 

SAB panel to advise the Agency 

concerning the future direction of its 

Particulate Matter (PM) Research 

Centers Program. The SAB Staff Office 

is soliciting public nominations for this 

Panel. 

DATES: New nominations should be 

submitted by February 21, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Mr. Fred 

Butterfield, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; via 

telephone/voice mail: (202) 343–9994; 

fax: (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at: 

butterfield.fred@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA Science 

Advisory Board can be found on the 

EPA Web Site: http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: The SAB was 

established by 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), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The 

SAB will comply with the provisions of 

FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

In EPA’s 1998 appropriations bill, 

Congress directed EPA to establish as 

many as five university-based 

particulate matter (PM) research centers 

as part of the expanded Office of 

Research and Development (ORD) PM 

research program. The first research 

centers were funded from 1999 to 2005. 

The total budget for each center over 

five years was $8 million, for a program 

total of $40 million. In the original 

Request for Applications (RFA), 

prospective Centers were asked to 

propose an integrated research program 

on the health effects of PM, including 

exposure, dosimetry, toxicology and 

epidemiology. In 2004, a second 

competition was held. This RFA asked 

respondents to address the central 

theme of ‘‘linking health effects to PM 

sources and components,’’ and to focus 

on the research priorities of 

susceptibility, biological mechanisms, 

exposure-response relationships, and 

source linkages. From the second 

competition, five current centers are 

funded for 2005–2010 (the budget 

remains $40 million total). 

ORD’s PM Research Centers program 

was initially shaped by 

recommendations from the National 

Research Council. The SAB conducted 

an interim review of the Centers 

program in 2002 (see: http:// 

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

6374FD2B32EFE73

0852570CA007415FE/$File/

ec02008.pdf), which was instrumental 

in providing additional guidance for the 

second phase of the program (2005–

2010). The Agency now seeks the advice 

of an SAB expert panel on the structure 

and strategic direction for the program 

as ORD contemplates funding a third 

round of air pollution research centers 

into the future. This Federal Register 

notice solicitation is seeking 

nominations for the SAB PM Research 

Centers Program Review Panel. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations 

for nationally- and internationallyrecognized, non-EPA scientists with 

extensive research program management 

expertise and experience related to 

airborne pollution and the application 

of research results in reducing air 

pollution in protection human health 

and the environment. The experts 

should also have had direct research 

experience related to PM. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals to add expertise to the SAB 

PM Research Centers Program Review 

Panel in the areas of expertise listed 

above. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format through 

the SAB Web site: http:// 

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

Web/participatepanelformation?

OpenDocument. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting nominations 

carefully. To be considered, 

nominations should include all of the 

information required on the associated 

forms. Anyone unable to submit 

nominations using the electronic form 

and who has any questions concerning 

the nomination process may contact Mr. 

Fred Butterfield, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than February 21, 2008. 

To be considered, all nominations 

should include: A current curriculum 

vitae (C.V.) which provides the 

nominee’s background, qualifications, 

research expertise and relevant 

publications for service on the Panel; 

and a brief biographical sketch 

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

no longer than one page and should 

contain the following information for 

the nominee: 

(a) Current professional affiliations 

and positions held; 

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

activities and interests relevant to the 

Panel; 

(c) Leadership positions in national 

associations or professional publications 

or other significant distinctions; 

(d) Educational background, 

especially advanced degrees, including 

when and from which institutions these 

were granted; and 

(e) Service on other advisory 

committees or professional societies, 

especially those associated with issues 

under discussion in this review. 

Incomplete biosketches will not be 

considered. The EPA SAB Staff Office 

will acknowledge receipt of 

nominations. 

The EPA SAB Staff Office will post 

the biosketches of qualified nominees 

for public comment on the SAB Web 

site. Information will be made available 

via the link to this panel found at: 

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

sabproduct.nsf/WebBoard/ 

SABAdHocCommitteesandPanels?

OpenDocument, and will include, for 

each candidate, the nominee’s name and 

their biosketch. Public comments on 

this ‘‘Short List’’ of candidates will be 

accepted for 21 calendar days. The 


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