Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2010-0622-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Request for Nominations of Experts: Board of Scientific Counselors
Posted Date: 2010-10-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 191)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2010-0622; FRL-9209-5]

 
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC); Request for Nominations of 
Experts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Staff Office is 
requesting public nominations for technical experts to fill current 
vacancies on the BOSC Executive Committee. Nominations should be 
submitted via the BOSC Web site at http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/
nomination.htm.

DATES: Nominations should be submitted by November 15, 2010, per 
instructions below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public needing 
further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations 
may contact Ms. Heather Drumm, 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) 564-8239; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-
mail at: drumm.heather@epa.gov. General information concerning the 
Board of Scientific Counselors can be found at the BOSC Web site at: 
http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The BOSC is a chartered Federal Advisory Committee that was 
established by the U.S. EPA to provide independent scientific and 
technical peer review, advice, consultation, and recommendations about 
the Office of Research and Development. As a Federal Advisory 
Committee, the BOSC conducts business in accordance with the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related 
regulations.
    The BOSC Executive Committee is comprised of approximately 20 
members who are recognized experts in various scientific and 
engineering fields. EPA is soliciting candidates to fill several 
vacancies. EPA will consider candidates from the environmental 
scientific/technical fields, human health care professionals, academia, 
industry, public and private research institutes or organizations, non-
government organizations, and other relevant

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interest areas. Members of the BOSC serve as special government 
employees. The Executive Committee meets approximately three to five 
times per year in face-to-face meetings and via teleconferences.

Request for Nominations

    EPA's BOSC Staff Office is seeking nominations of nationally and 
internationally recognized scientists, engineers, and social scientists 
having experience and expertise in one or more of the following areas: 
Ecology (aquatic and terrestrial); toxicology (environmental and 
developmental); informatics (ecosystem and bioinformatics); 
socioeconomics; environmental justice, science policy (research, 
policy, and outcomes interface); endocrine disrupting chemicals; 
climate change (environmental and human health impacts and carbon 
sequestration); sustainability (systems engineering, life-cycle 
assessment, green chemistry/technology); risk assessment (human health 
and ecological); and risk management.

Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations

    Any interested person or organization may nominate themselves or 
qualified individuals in the areas of expertise described above. 
Nominations should be submitted via the BOSC Web site (which is 
preferred over hard copy) at http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/
nomination.htm. Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no 
later than November 15, 2010. To receive full consideration, 
nominations should include all of the information requested. EPA's BOSC 
Staff Office requests: contact information about the person making the 
nomination; contact information about the nominee; the disciplinary and 
specific areas of expertise of the nominee; the nominee's curriculum 
vita and/or resume; sources of recent grant and/or contract support; 
and a biographical sketch of the nominee indicating current position, 
educational background, and recent service on other national advisory 
committees or national professional organizations. Persons having 
questions about the nomination procedures, or who are unable to submit 
nominations through the BOSC web site, should contact Ms. Heather 
Drumm, as indicated above in this notice.
    For the EPA BOSC Staff Office, a balanced committee includes 
candidates who possess the necessary domains of knowledge, the relevant 
scientific perspectives (which, among other factors, can be influenced 
by work history and affiliation), and the collective breadth of 
experience to adequately address the charge. Selection criteria to be 
used for membership include: (a) Scientific and/or technical expertise, 
knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b) availability and 
willingness to serve; (c) absence of financial conflicts of interest; 
(d) absence of an appearance of a lack of impartiality; (e) skills 
working on committees, subcommittees and advisory panels; and (f) 
diversity of expertise and viewpoints. EPA values and welcomes 
diversity. In an effort to obtain nominations of diverse candidates, 
EPA encourages nominations of women and men of all racial and ethnic 
groups.
    The BOSC Staff Office's evaluation of an absence of financial 
conflicts of interest will include a review of the ``Confidential 
Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on 
Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency'' (EPA Form 3110-48). This confidential form allows Government 
Officials to determine whether there is a statutory conflict between 
that person's public responsibilities (which includes membership on an 
EPA Federal advisory committee) and private interests and activities, 
or the appearance of a lack of impartiality, as defined by Federal 
regulation. The form may be viewed and downloaded from the following 
URL address http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110-48.pdf.

    Dated September 28, 2010.
Mimi Dannel.
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy .
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