Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Board of Scientific Counselors, Water Quality Mid-Cycle Subcommittee Meetings--2008
Posted Date: 2008-08-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 159)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200; FRL-8705-5]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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

DATES: The meetings (teleconference calls) will be held on Thursday, 
September 4, 2008 and Monday, September 15, 2008. Both calls are 
scheduled to be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The 
meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for 
the draft agendas or for making oral presentations at the conference 
calls will be accepted up to one business day before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the meetings will be by teleconference 
only--meeting rooms 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:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0200.
     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.
     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 
http://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 http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://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 http://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 http://
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is

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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 
http://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 B102, 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: 
peterson.susan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information

    The purpose of the meetings is to prepare for the September 23, 
2008 face-to-face meeting of the subcommittee. Proposed agenda items 
for the conference calls include, but are not limited to: Overview of 
the subcommittee's charge, rating the water quality research program 
performance and overall progress, and reviewing the revised Multi-Year 
Plan. 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 
peterson.susan@epa.gov. 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: August 6, 2008.
Fred Hauchman,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. E8-18947 Filed 8-14-08; 8:45 am]

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