Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041-0025
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Federal Advisory Committee To Examine Detection and Quantitation Approaches in Clean Water Act Programs
Posted Date: 2007-12-12T05:00Z

[Federal Register: December 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 238)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Federal Advisory Committee To Examine Detection and Quantitation 
Approaches in Clean Water Act Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; FACA Committee Meeting Announcement.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 
92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a one-day 
meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation 
Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs (FACDQ).

DATES: A meeting of the FACDQ will be held on Friday, December 21, 2007 
via teleconference. The teleconference will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 
Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The teleconference is open to the public. The public may 
obtain the call-in number and access code for the teleconference lines 
from Meghan Hessenauer, whose contact information is listed under the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    Document Availability: The purpose of this meeting is described in 
the General Information section of this notice. The draft agenda may 
also be viewed on our Web site at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/det.
 Any member of the public interested in making an oral 

presentation at the Committee meeting may contact Richard Reding, whose 
contact information is listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section of this notice. Requests for making oral presentations will be 
accepted up to 2 business days prior to the meeting date. In general, 
each individual making an oral presentation will be limited to a total 
of three minutes.

Submitting Comments

    Written comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or 
through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed instructions as 
provided in section I.B of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 
Written comments will be accepted up to two business days prior to the 
meeting date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meghan Hessenauer, Engineering and 
Analysis Division, MC4303T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; Telephone number: (202) 
566-1040; Fax number: (202) 566-1053; E-mail address: 
Hessenauer.Meghan@EPA.GOV; Richard Reding, Designated Federal Officer, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Mail Code 4303T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; Telephone number: (202) 
566-2237; Fax number: (202) 566-1053; E-mail address: 
Reding.Richard@EPA.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

    This notice announces one meeting of the FACDQ. The purpose of this 
meeting is to finalize the report document, ``Report of the Federal 
Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in 
Clean Water Act Programs.'' The draft meeting agenda will be available 
on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/det.

    EPA acknowledges short advance notice of this meeting for the 
following reasons. The Committee members' letters of appointment expire 
at the end of December 2007, and thus, EPA needs to conclude 
deliberations and produce a final report within that timeframe. The 
goal of the Committee's last meeting, on December 5 and 6, 2007, was to 
finalize the Committee's report to the EPA Administrator, and the 
Committee agreed to most of the decisions needed for closure on the 
final report. Only a few additional discussions and decisions remain; 
those will be the focus of the December 21st meeting. In large part, 
the December 21 meeting is a minor add-on to the earlier December 
meeting. To accommodate the Committee members' calendars and the short 
number of weeks remaining in 2007, EPA is moving forward quickly to 
convene the final meeting and today provides as much notice as was 
possible.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on access or services for individuals with 
disabilities, please contact Meghan Hessenauer at (202) 566-1040 or e-
mail: hessenauer.meghan@epa.gov to request accommodation of a 
disability, at least ten days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

A. How Can I Get Copies of Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
committee under Docket ID No., EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. The official public 
docket consists of the documents specifically referenced in this 
action, any public comments received, and other information related to 
this action. Documents in the official public docket are listed in the 
index in EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EDOCKET. 
Documents are available either electronically or in hard copy. 
Electronic documents may be viewed through EDOCKET. Hard copies of the 
draft agendas may be viewed at the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 
Docket Center 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 OW Docket is (202) 566-2426.
    2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EDOCKET. You may use EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit 

or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of 
the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public 
docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select 
``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket identification number 
(EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041).
    For those wishing to make public comments, it is important to note 
that EPA's policy is that comments, whether submitted electronically or 
on paper, will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic 
public docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the 
comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business 
information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted 
material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version 
of the comment that is placed in EPA's electronic public docket. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket.
    Public comments submitted on computer disks mailed or delivered to 
the docket will be transferred to EPA's electronic public docket. 
Written public comments mailed or delivered to the Docket will be 
scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public docket.

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B. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?

    You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand 
delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the 
appropriate docket identification number (EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041) in the 
subject line on the first page of your comment. Please ensure that your 
comments are submitted within the specified comment period.
    1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as 
prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing 
address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body 
of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside 
of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying 
the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the 
submitter of the comment, and it allows EPA to contact you if further 
information on the substance of the comment is needed or if your 
comment cannot be read due to technical difficulties. EPA's policy is 
that EPA will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact 
information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part 
of the comment placed in the official public docket and made available 
in EPA's electronic public docket. 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.
    i. EDOCKET. Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to submit 
comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving 
comments. Go directly to EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/, and 

follow the online instructions for submitting comments. To access EPA's 
electronic public docket from the EPA Internet Home Page, http://www.epa.gov
, select ``Information Sources,'' ``Dockets,'' and 

``EDOCKET.'' Once in the system, select ``search,'' and then key in 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. The system is an anonymous access 
system, which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or 
other contact information unless you provide it in the body of your 
comment.
    ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to 
OW.Docket@epa.gov, Attention: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. In 

contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is not 
an anonymous access system. If you send an e-mail comment directly to 
the docket without going through EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's 
e-mail system automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail 
addresses that are automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public 
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
    iii. Disk or CD-ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD-ROM 
mailed to the mailing address identified in section I.B.2 of this 
notice. These electronic submissions will be accepted in Word, 
WordPerfect or rich text files. Avoid the use of special characters and 
any form of encryption.
    2. By Mail. Send your comments to: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, OW Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041.
    3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-
0041 (note: this is not a mailing address). Such deliveries are only 
accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation as identified in 
section I.A.1 of this notice.

    Dated: December 7, 2007.
Mary T. Smith,
Director, Engineering and Analysis Division.
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