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The Charter for the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s Pesticide Program 

Dialogue Committee (PPDC) was 

established under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92– 

463, in September 1995, and has been 

renewed every 2 years since that time. 

PPDC’s Charter was renewed November 

2, 2007, for another 2–year period. The 

purpose of PPDC is to provide advice 

and recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on issues associated with 

pesticide regulatory development and 

reform initiatives, evolving public 

policy and program implementation 

issues, and science issues associated 

with evaluating and reducing risks from 

use of pesticides. It is determined that 

PPDC is in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed on the Agency by law. 

The following sectors are represented on 

the PPDC: Pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental/public 

interest, consumer, and animal rights 

groups; farm worker organizations; 

pesticide user, grower, and commodity 

groups; Federal and State/local/Tribal 

governments; the general public; 

academia; and public health 

organizations. 

Copies of the PPDC Charter are filed 

with appropriate committees of 

Congress and the Library of Congress 

and are available upon request. 

III. How Can I Request to Participate in 

this Meeting? 

PPDC meetings are open to the public 

and seating is available on a first-come 

basis. Persons interested in attending do 

not need to register in advance of the 

meeting. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Agricultural workers, Agriculture, 

Chemicals, Foods, Pesticides and pests, 

Public health. 

Dated: September 17, 2008. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–22583 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8721–1] 

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: discuss future 

environmental science issues within the 

context of EPA’s research directions and 

priorities, and conduct quality reviews 

of up to three Draft SAB reports. 

DATES: The meeting dates are Monday, 

October 27, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. through Tuesday, October 28, 

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

(Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC; phone 

(202) 347–4430. 

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. The SAB mailing 

address is U.S. EPA, Science Advisory 

Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

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: 1. Future Science and 

Research. On October 27, 2008, the EPA 

Science Advisory Board will hold a one 

day meeting entitled Looking to the 

Future. During this meeting, the SAB 

will hear from, and interact with, 

outside experts on: (i) The 

environmental implications of biofuels, 

and (ii) the implications for 

environmental health sciences and 

human health risk assessment of 

epigenomics research. Exploration of 

biofuels and epigenomics research is 

intended to provide the chartered SAB 

with an inter-disciplinary introduction 

to these topics, and to stimulate their 

thinking generally about future advice 

to strengthen EPA’s response to 

emerging science issues, especially how 

EPA might implement inter-disciplinary 

approaches that incorporate significant 

emerging research. 

In 2007, the chartered SAB committed 

to provide ongoing advice on strategic 

research directions for EPA and how 

they can be implemented. This activity 

complements the SAB’s traditional 

review of EPA’s annual research budget. 

The first day’s seminar-style meeting 

will be followed by a half-day advisory 

meeting on October 28, when the 

chartered SAB will discuss possible 

implications of the October 27 meeting 

for ongoing SAB advice on EPA research 

directions. 

2. Review of Draft SAB Reports: (a) 

Quality Review of the Draft SAB 

Advisory on Aquatic Life Criteria. EPA’s 

Office of Water asked the Science 

Advisory Board for advice on the 

scientific merits of a white paper that 

identifies and addresses technical issues 

in deriving aquatic life criteria for 

emerging contaminants such as 

pharmaceuticals and personal care 

products exhibiting endocrine 

disrupting activity or other toxic 

mechanisms. The EPA SAB Ecological 

Processes and Effects Committee (EPEC) 

augmented with additional experts 

conducted this review. Additional 

information on this review can be 

obtained on the EPA SAB Web site at: 

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

sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/ 

MOA%20criteria%20methodology. 

(b) Quality Review of the Draft 

Advisory on the Drinking Water 

Contaminant Candidate List 3. EPA’s 

Office of Water asked the SAB to review 

EPA’s draft Drinking Water 

Contaminant Candidate List 3 (CCL 3). 

The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act 

Amendments (SDWA) require EPA to 

(1) publish every five years a list of 

currently unregulated contaminants in 

drinking water that may pose risks and 

(2) make determinations on whether or 

not to regulate at least five contaminants 

from that list on a staggered five year 

cycle. The list must be published after 

consultation with the scientific 

community, including the SAB, after 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment, and after consideration of the 

occurrence database established under 

section 1445(g) of the SDWA. The 

unregulated contaminants considered 

for the list must include, but are not 

limited to, substances referred to in 

section 101(14) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

(CERCLA), and substances registered 

under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA). Additional information on this 

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review can be obtained on the EPA SAB 

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

sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/ 

CCL3. 

(c) Quality Review of the Draft SAB 

Advisory on Acrylamide. EPA’s National 

Center for Environmental Assessment, 

within the Office of Research and 

Development, has been updating the 

human health hazard and dose-response 

assessment for Acrylamide. EPA’s Office 

of Research and Development requested 

that the Science Advisory Board review 

its draft assessment entitled 

‘‘Toxicological Review of Acrylamide,’’ 

a polymer used primarily in waste water 

treatment, paper and pulp processing, 

and mineral processing. The EPA SAB 

established the Acrylamide Review 

Panel to conduct this review. Additional 

information on this review can be 

obtained on the EPA SAB Web site at 

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

sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/ 

Acrylamide-IRIS-Asst. 

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. 

Oral Statements: The total time 

available for public comments for topics 

to be discussed at this October 28, 2008 

meeting of the SAB will be one hour. 

Fifteen minutes will be allocated for 

each of the quality reviews to be 

conducted and for the general 

discussion session on strategic research 

directions. Individuals or groups 

requesting an oral presentation at a 

public meeting on October 28, 2008 will 

be limited to three minutes per speaker. 

Each person making an oral statement 

should consider providing written 

comments as well as their oral statement 

so that the points presented orally can 

be expanded upon in writing. Interested 

parties should contact Mr. Miller, DFO, 

at the contact information provided 

above, by October 17, 2008, to be placed 

on the public speaker list for the 

October 28, 2008 meeting. Written 

Statements: Written statements should 

be received in the SAB Staff Office by 

October 20, 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). 

Meeting Accommodations: 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: September 18, 2008. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–22539 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[Report No. 2874] 

Petitions for Reconsideration and/or 

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking 

Proceeding 

September 19, 2008. 

Petitions for Reconsideration have 

been filed in the Commission’s 

Rulemaking proceeding listed in this 

Public Notice and published pursuant to 

47 CFR section 1.429(e). The full text of 

these documents is available for viewing 

and copying in Room CY–B402, 445 

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC or 

may be purchased from the 

Commission’s copy contractor, Best 

Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI) (1–800– 

378–3160). Oppositions to these 

petitions must be filed by October 10, 

2008. See section 1.4(b)(1) of the 

Commission’s rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)). 

Replies to oppositions must be filed 

within 10 days after the time for filing 

oppositions has expired. 

Subject: In the Matter of Promotion of 

Competitive Networks in Local 

Telecommunications Markets (WT 

Docket No. 99–217). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 2. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–22600 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[Report No. 2875] 

Petition for Reconsideration of Action 

in Rulemaking Proceeding 

September 19, 2008. 

A Petition for Reconsideration has 

been filed in the Commission’s 

Rulemaking proceeding listed in this 

Public Notice and published pursuant to 

47 CFR section 1.429(e). The full text of 

this document is available for viewing 

and copying in Room CY–B402, 445 

12th Street, SW., Washington, DC or 

may be purchased from the 

Commission’s copy contractor, Best 

Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI) (1–800– 

378–3160). Oppositions to this petition 

must be filed by October 10, 2008. See 

section 1.4(b)(1) of the Commission’s 

rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)). Replies to an 

opposition must be filed within 10 days 

after the time for filing oppositions have 

expired. 

Subject: In the Matter of Applications 

for Consent to the Transfer of 

Control of Licenses (MB Docket No. 

07–57). XM Satellite Radio 

Holdings, Inc., Transferor to Sirius 

Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee. 

Number of Petitions Filed: 1. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–22601 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Notice of Agency Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that 

the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation’s Board of Directors will 

meet in open session at 10 a.m. on 

Friday, September 26, 2008, to consider 

the following matter: 

Discussion Agenda 

Memorandum and resolution re: 

Simplification of Deposit Insurance 

Rules for Trust Accounts. 

The meeting will be held in the Board 

Room on the sixth floor of the FDIC 

Building located at 550 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC. 

This Board meeting will be Webcast 

live via the Internet and subsequently 

made available on-demand 

approximately one week after the event. 

Visit http://www.vodium.com/goto/fdic/ 

boardmeetings.asp to view the event. If 

you need any technical assistance, 

please visit our Video Help page at: 

http://www.fdic.gov/video.html. 

The FDIC will provide attendees with 

auxiliary aids (e.g., sign language 

interpretation) required for this meeting. 

Those attendees needing such assistance 

should call (703) 562–6067 (Voice or 

TTY), to make necessary arrangements. 

Requests for further information 

concerning the meeting may be directed 

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