Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765-0022
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee Meeting – July
2020
Posted Date: 2020-06-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 37942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13620]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765; FRL-10011-20-ORD]

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee 
Meeting-July 2020

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research 
and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of 
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee (EC) to review the 
Chemical Safety and Sustainability and Health and Environmental Risk 
Assessment (CSS-HERA) Subcommittee's report on the Strategic Research 
Action Plan (StRAP) of ORD's HERA research program. The committee will 
also receive a briefing on ORD research on SARS-COV-2 and EPA's new 
approach methods (NAMs) work plan to reduce animal testing.

DATES: The videoconference meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 7, 
2020, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. (EDT). Meeting times are subject to 
change. This meeting is open to the public. Those who wish to attend 
must register by July 6, 2020. Comments must be received by July 6, 
2020, to be considered by the subcommittee. Requests for the draft 
agenda or making a presentation at the meeting will be accepted until 
July 3, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Instructions on how to connect to the videoconference will 
be provided upon registration at https://epa-bosc-executive-committee.eventbrite.com. Attendees should register no later than July 
6, 2020.
    Submit your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765 by one 
of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions for 
submitting comments.
    [ssquf] Note: comments submitted to the www.regulations.gov website 
are anonymous unless identifying information is included in the body of 
the comment.
     Email: Send comments by electronic mail (email) to: 
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765.
    [ssquf] Note: comments submitted via email are not anonymous. The 
sender's email will be included in the body of the comment and placed 
in the public docket which is made available on the internet.
    Instructions: All comments received, including any personal 
information provided, will be included in the public docket without 
change and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov. 
Information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute will not be 
included in the public docket, and should not be submitted through 
www.regulations.gov or email. For additional information about the 
EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/.
    Public Docket: Publicly available docket materials may be accessed 
Online at www.regulations.gov. Copyrighted materials in the docket are 
only available via hard copy. The telephone number for the ORD Docket 
Center is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 
Tom Tracy, via phone/voice mail at: (202) 564-6518; or via email at: 
tracy.tom@epa.gov. Any member of the public interested in receiving a 
draft agenda, attending the meeting, or making a presentation at the 
meeting should contact Tom Tracy.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) is 
a federal advisory committee that provides advice and recommendations 
to EPA's Office of Research and Development on technical and management 
issues of its research programs. Meeting agenda and materials will be 
posted to https://www.epa.gov/bosc. Proposed agenda items for the 
meeting include but are not limited to the following: Review of the 
CSS-HERA report, ORD research on SARS-COV-2, and EPA's NAMs work plan.
    Information on Services Available: For information on translation 
services, access, or services for individuals with disabilities, please 
contact Tom Tracy at (202) 564-6518 or tracy.tom@epa.gov. To request 
accommodation of a disability, please contact Tom Tracy at least ten 
days prior to the meeting to give the EPA adequate time to process your 
request.

    Authority: Pub. L. 92-463, 1, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770.

    Dated: June 19, 2020.
Mary Ross,
Director, Office of Science Advisor, Policy, and Engagement.
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