Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-19371
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Charter Renewals: Board of Scientific Counselors
Posted Date: 2016-07-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 46072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16790]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9949-10-ORD]

EPA Board of Scientific Counselors; Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) has determined that, in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, the EPA 
Board of Scientific Counselors Advisory Board (BOSC) is a necessary 
committee that is in the public interest. Accordingly, the BOSC will be 
renewed for an additional two-year period. The purpose of BOSC is to 
provide advice and recommendations to the Administrator regarding 
science and engineering research, programs and plans, laboratories, and 
research management practices. Inquiries may be directed to Tom Tracy, 
U.S. EPA, (Mail Code 8104R), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20460, telephone (202) 564-6518, or tracy.tom@epa.gov.

    Dated: June 27, 2016.
Thomas Burke,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 2016-16790 Filed 7-14-16; 8:45 am]
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