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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. 2. 

The SAB will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

Background: In May 2008, EPA 

published its Report on the 

Environment (hereinafter referred to as 

ROE 2008). This report is available on 

the EPA Office of Research and 

Development Web site at http:// 

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=190806. In the 

ROE 2008, EPA presented 

environmental and human health 

indicator information to represent the 

status of and trends in the condition of 

the Nation’s environment. EPA intends 

to use the ROE to: (1) Inform strategic 

planning, priority setting, and decision 

making across the Agency, and (2) 

provide information to enable the public 

to assess whether EPA is succeeding in 

its overall mission to protect human 

health and the environment. Individual 

chapters in the ROE 2008 provide 

information on the condition of air, 

water, and land environments. Two 

other chapters focus on human health 

and ecological condition. 

The SAB reviewed previous drafts of 

the ROE dated 2003 and 2007. The 

findings and recommendations of these 

SAB reviews are available on the SAB 

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

reports EPA–SAB–05–004 and EPA– 

SAB–08–007). Many SAB comments 

were incorporated into the ROE 2008, 

and EPA expects to modify future 

editions of the ROE based on the longterm recommendations provided by the 

SAB in its review of the draft ROE 2007. 

EPA also intends to more directly align 

information in future editions of the 

ROE with the goals and objectives in the 

Agency’s Strategic Plan. Therefore, 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development has requested that the 

SAB provide additional advice over the 

next few years on how to: (1) Address 

previous SAB recommendations to 

improve future editions of the ROE, and 

(2) make the ROE more useful to the 

Agency in informing planning and 

decision making and providing 

information to the public. To provide 

this additional advice, the SAB Staff 

Office formed the ad hoc SAB Advisory 

Committee on EPA’s Report on the 

Environment. The purpose of the 

upcoming meeting of this Committee is 

to provide consultative advice on a 

white paper that addresses restructuring 

the ROE in response to previous SAB 

comments and recommendations. 

Background information on the process 

of forming the SAB Advisory Committee 

on EPA’s Report on the Environment 

was provided in a Federal Register 

Notice published on July 23, 2008 (73 

FR 42801–42802). The roster and 

biosketches of Committee members are 

posted on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: An 

EPA discussion paper along with the 

meeting agenda, charge to the SAB 

Committee, and other meeting material 

will be posted on the SAB Web site at 

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

the meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information on the topic of this advisory 

activity, and/or the group conducting 

the activity, for the SAB to consider 

during the advisory process. 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 a total of one hour for all speakers. 

Interested parties should contact Dr. 

Armitage, DFO, in writing (preferably 

via e-mail) at the contact information 

noted above by June 23, 2009 to be 

placed on a list of public speakers for 

the meeting. Written Statements: 

Written statements should be received 

in the SAB Staff Office by June 23, 2009 

so that the information may be made 

available to the SAB Committee 

members for their consideration. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO in the following formats: 

One hard copy with original signature, 

and one electronic copy via e-mail 

(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat 

PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM– 

PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Submitters are requested to provide two 

versions of each document submitted 

with and without signatures, because 

the SAB Staff Office does not publish 

documents with signatures on its Web 

sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Armitage 

at the phone number or e-mail address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the meeting to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: June 2, 2009. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–13477 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8915–3] 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 

EPA gives notice of a meeting of the 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee (FRRCC). The purpose of the 

FRRCC is to provide advice to the 

Administrator of EPA on environmental 

issues and programs that impact, or are 

of concern to, farms, ranches, and rural 

communities. The FRRCC is a part of 

EPA’s efforts to expand cooperative 

working relationships with the 

agriculture industry and others who are 

interested in agricultural issues to 

achieve greater progress in 

environmental protection. 

The purpose of this teleconference is 

for the FRRCC to discuss and approve 

its draft advice letters pertaining to 

livestock and poultry to the EPA, and 

other issues that are of concern to farms, 

ranches, and rural communities. A copy 

of the meeting agenda will be posted at 

http://www.epa.gov/ocem/frrcc. 

DATES: FRRCC will hold a public 

teleconference on Monday, July 13, 

2009, from 1 p.m.–3 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the U.S. EPA East Building, 1201 

Constitution Ave, NW., Room 1132, 

Washington, DC 20004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia Kaiser, Designated Federal 

Officer, kaiser.alicia@epa.gov, 202–564– 

7273, U.S. EPA, Office of the 

Administrator (1101A), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, or Christopher 

Ashcraft, Junior Designated Federal 

Officer, ashcraft.christopher@epa.gov, 

202–564–2432, U.S. EPA, Office of the 

Administrator (1601M), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make oral comments or to provide 

written comments to the FRRCC should 

be sent to Alicia Kaiser, Designated 

Federal Officer, at the contact 

information above by Monday, July 6, 

2009. The public is welcome to attend 

all portions of the meeting, but seating 

is limited and is allocated on a firstcome, first-serve basis. Members of the 

public wishing to gain access to the 

teleconference must contact Alicia 

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Kaiser at (202) 564–7273 or 

kaiser.alicia@epa.gov by July 6, 2009. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Alicia Kaiser 

at 202–564–7273 or 

kaiser.alicia@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Alicia Kaiser, preferably at least 

10 days prior to the meeting, to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: June 1, 2009. 

Alicia Kaiser, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

FR Doc. E9–13489 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–8915–2] 

Request for Nominations to the 

National and Governmental Advisory 

Committees to the U.S. Representative 

to the Commission for Environmental 

Cooperation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting 

nominations from a diverse range of 

qualified candidates to be considered 

for appointment to fill vacancies on the 

National Advisory Committee (NAC) 

and the Governmental Advisory 

Committee (GAC) to the U.S. 

Representative to the Commission for 

Environmental Cooperation (CEC). 

Vacancies on these two committees are 

expected to be filled by fall 2009. We 

encourage nominations to be submitted 

as soon as possible. Additional sources 

may be utilized in the solicitation of 

nominees. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Advisory Committee and the 

Governmental Advisory Committee 

advise the EPA Administrator in her 

capacity as the U.S. Representative to 

the CEC Council. The committees are 

authorized under Articles 17 and 18 of 

the North American Agreement on 

Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), 

the North American Free Trade 

Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation 

Act, Public Law 103–182, and as 

directed by Executive Order 12915, 

entitled ‘‘Federal Implementation of the 

North American Agreement on 

Environmental Cooperation.’’ The 

committees are responsible for 

providing advice to the United States 

Representative on a wide range of 

strategic, scientific, technological, 

regulatory and economic issues related 

to implementation and further 

elaboration of the NAAEC. The National 

Advisory Committee consists of 12 

representatives from environmental 

non-profit groups, business and 

industry, and educational institutions. 

The Governmental Advisory Committee 

consists of 12 representatives from 

State, local, and tribal governments. 

Members are appointed by the EPA 

Administrator for a two-year term. The 

committees usually meet 3 times per 

year and the average workload for 

committee members is approximately 10 

to 15 hours per month. Members serve 

on the committees in a voluntary 

capacity. However, EPA provides 

reimbursement for travel expenses 

associated with official government 

business. Nominees will be considered 

according to the mandates of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, which 

requires committees to maintain 

diversity across a broad range of 

constituencies, sectors, and groups. The 

following criteria will be used to 

evaluate nominees: 

• Extensive professional knowledge 

of the subjects examined by the 

committees, including trade and 

environment issues, the NAFTA, the 

NAAEC, and the CEC. 

• Represent a sector or group 

involved in trilateral environmental 

policy issues. 

• Senior-level experience in the 

sectors represented on both committees. 

• A demonstrated ability to work in a 

consensus building process with a wide 

range of representatives from diverse 

constituencies. 

Nominations must include: (1) Cover 

letter, (2) resume describing the 

professional and educational 

qualifications of the nominee, (3) the 

nominee’s current business address, email address and daytime telephone 

number. Interested candidates may self 

nominate. 

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to: 

Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Cooperative 

Environmental Management, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(1601–M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (1601–M), Washington, DC 

20460; telephone (202) 564–0347; fax 

(202) 564–8129; e-mail 

carrillo.oscar@epa.gov. 

Dated: June 1, 2009. 

Oscar Carrillo, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–8914–1; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2009–0178] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Pentachlorophenol: In Support of the 

Summary Information in the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of listening session. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a listening 

session to be held on June 24, 2009, 

during the public comment period for 

the external review draft document 

entitled, ‘‘Toxicological Review of 

Pentachlorophenol: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS).’’ The 

EPA’s draft assessment and peer review 

charge are available via the Internet on 

the National Center for Environmental 

Assessment’s (NCEA) home page under 

the Recent Additions and Publications 

menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. 

DATES: The listening session on the draft 

IRIS health assessment for 

pentachlorophenol will be held on June 

24, 2009, beginning at 1 p.m. and 

ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. 

If you wish to make a presentation at the 

listening session, you should register by 

June 17, 2009, and indicate that you 

wish to make oral comments at the 

session, and indicate the length of your 

presentation. At the time of your 

registration, please indicate if you 

require audio-visual aid (e.g., lap top 

and slide projector). In general, each 

presentation should be no more than 30 

minutes. If, however, there are more 

requests for presentations than the 

allotted time will allow, then the time 

limit for each presentation will be 

adjusted accordingly. A copy of the 

agenda for the listening session will be 

available at the meeting. If no speakers 

have registered by June 17, 2009, the 

listening session will be cancelled. EPA 

will notify those registered to attend of 

the cancellation. 

The public comment period for 

review of this draft assessment was 

announced previously in the Federal 

Register (FR) (74 FR 21362) on May 7, 

2009. As stated in that FR notice, the 

public comment period began on May 7, 

2009, and ends July 6, 2009. Any 

technical comments submitted during