[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 202 (Friday, October 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 61860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24586]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200; FRL-8729-9]


Board of Scientific Counselors, Water Quality Mid-Cycle 
Subcommittee Meeting--2008

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and 
Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Water Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee.

DATES: The meetings (teleconference calls) will be held on Monday, 
November 3, 2008 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The 
meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for the 
draft agenda or for making an oral presentation at the conference calls 
will be accepted up to one business day before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the meeting will be by teleconference 
only--a meeting room will not be used. Members of the public may obtain 
the call-in number and access code for the call from Susan Peterson, 
the Designated Federal Officer, whose contact information is listed 
under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. 
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200, 
by one of the following methods:
    <bullet> www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
    <bullet> E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#034c51472d476c60686677436673622d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fcb3aeb8d2b8939f979988bc998c9dd29b938a">[email protected]</span></a>, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200.
    <bullet> Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID) 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200.
    <bullet> Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Water Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee--2008 Docket, 
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 20460, 
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200.
    <bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to: EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-
0200. Note: This is not a mailing address. Such deliveries are only 
accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2008-0200. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information 
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, 
your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part 
of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available 
on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends 
that you include your name and other contact information in the body of 
your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read 
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Water Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee--2008 Docket, EPA/DC, 
EPA West, Room B 102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The 
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the ORD 
Docket is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer via 
mail at: Susan Peterson, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy, 
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice 
mail at: (202) 564-1077; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-mail at: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddadb8a9b8afaeb2b3f3aea8aebcb39db8adbcf3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d5d4859485f5e4243035e585e4c436d485d4c034a425b">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information

    Proposed agenda items for the meeting include, but are not limited 
to, a discussion of the finalization and approval of a draft report by 
the subcommittee, based on its rating of the water quality research 
program performance and overall progress. The conference calls are open 
to the public.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Susan Peterson at (202) 564-1077 or 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6717021302151408094914121406092702170649000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="027267766770716d6c2c717771636c426772632c656d74">[email protected]</span></a>. To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact Susan Peterson, preferably at least ten days prior to 
the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your 
request.

    Dated: October 8, 2008.
Fred Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
 [FR Doc. E8-24586 Filed 10-16-08; 8:45 am]
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