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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-1010; FRL-8264-4]

 
Board of Scientific Counselors, Technology for Sustainability 
Subcommittee Meetings--Jan/Feb 2007

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and 
Development (ORD), gives notice of two meetings (via conference call) 
of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Technology for 
Sustainability Subcommittee.

DATES: Two public conference calls will be held: (1) Tuesday, January 
23, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and (2) Wednesday, February 21, 2007 
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All times noted are eastern time. The 
meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for 
the draft agenda's and call-in number and access code, or for making 
oral presentations at the conference calls will be accepted up to 1 
business day before each conference call.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be by teleconference only--meeting rooms 
will not be used. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-1010, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-1010.

     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-1010.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Technology for Sustainability Subcommittee Meetings--
Winter/Spring 2007 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-
1010.
     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-2006-
1010. 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-
2006-1010. 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 email. 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 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

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either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Board of Scientific Counselors, Technology for Sustainability 
Subcommittee Meetings--Winter/Spring 2007 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: Clois Slocum, USEPA, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, 
Cincinnati, OH 45268; via phone/voice mail at: (513) 569-7281; via fax 
at: (513) 569-7549; or via email at: slocum.clois@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information

    Members of the public who wish to obtain the draft BOSC agenda's 
and call-in number and access code, or who would like to make a 
presentation during the conference calls may contact Clois Slocum, the 
Designated Federal Officer, via any of the contact methods listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. In general, each 
individual making an oral presentation will be limited to a total of 
three minutes.
    Proposed agenda items for the conference calls include, but are not 
limited to: (1) First conference call: Charge questions, objective of 
the program review, overview of the Office of Research and Development, 
writing assignments, and future meetings; (2) second conference call: 
overviews of ORD's Technology for Sustainability program, and 
preparation for a face-to-face meeting in March 2007. 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 Clois Slocum (513)569-7281 or slocum.clois@epa.gov. To 
request accommodation of a disability, please contact Clois Slocum, 
preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much 
time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: December 21, 2006.
Jeff Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
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