4-24-08

38th EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FACE-TO-FACE MEETING

DRAFT AGENDA

May 6-7, 2008

ALL TIMES NOTED ARE CENTRAL TIME

Office of Research and Development

National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL)

Gulf Ecology Division

1 Sabine Island Drive

Gulf Breeze, Florida  32561

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

7:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.		Registration

8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.		Welcome and Introductions		Dr. Gary S. Sayler,
Chair,

- Review of March Meeting Minutes	Executive Committee

- Overview of Agenda 			

8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	BOSC DFO Remarks			Ms. Lori Kowalski, Office of 

- Administrative Issues			Research & Development (ORD)

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.		National Research Council of the

				National Academies: Jan 2008 Report  

				On Evaluating Research Efficiency in 

				the U.S. EPA 

				- Overview of the Report		Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn, Chair, 

									Committee on Evaluating the 

									Efficiency of Research and 

									Development Programs at the 

									U.S. EPA

				- ORD Implementation Plans		Mr. Phillip Juengst, Accountability Team


									Leader, ORD

- Implication for BOSC Program 	Dr. Gary S. Sayler, Chair,

  Reviews		Executive Committee

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.		Break

		

	10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.		Subcommittee Draft Reports:

(1) Computational Toxicology 		Dr. George Daston,

Draft Letter Report Presentation		Subcommittee Chair

- Discussion				Executive Committee

(2) NERL Standing Subcommittee	Dr. Ken Demerjian,

				Draft Letter Report Presentation		Subcommittee Chair

- Discussion				Executive Committee

11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.		AA/ORD Remarks			Dr. George Gray, Assistant 

									Administrator for ORD

11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.		Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.		Subcommittee Draft Reports (Cont.):		

(3) Global Change Mid-Cycle Draft	Dr. Clifford Duke,

				Report Presentation			Subcommittee Vice-Chair

				- Discussion				Executive Committee

1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.		Public Comment

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.		Subcommittee Updates:

				

Mid-Cycle Review Subcommittees:

- Land Mid-Cycle			Dr. Chuck Haas, Subcommittee

					Vice-Chair

- Water Quality Mid-Cycle		Dr. Gary Sayler,

					Subcommittee Vice-Chair

				Program Review Subcommittees:

- Homeland Security Program		Dr. Gary Sayler,

Review					Subcommittee Chair

- Human Health Program Review	Dr. Gary Sayler, Chair

		Executive Committee

- Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 	Dr. Gary Sayler, Chair

 (EDC) Program Review		Executive Committee

					Standing Subcommittees:

					- National Center for Environmental	Dr. Martin Philbert,

Research (NCER) Next Steps		Subcommittee Chair

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.		Break

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Workgroup Update			Dr. Gary Sayler, Chair

									Executive Committee

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.		SAB Activities				Dr. George Lambert, SAB

										Liaison to the BOSC

4:30 p.m.			Adjourn

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.		ORD’s Ecological Research Program	Dr. Steve
Jordan, NHEERL Gulf									Ecology Division

9:00 a.m. – 12 noon		NHEERL Gulf Ecology Division Site 	Gulf Breeze
Lab 

				Visit

* Introduction to Gulf Ecology 

   Division

* Eco Research Program Poster Session

* Water Quality Research Program 

   Poster Session

* Tours and Field Demonstration

* Safe Pesticides/Safe Products 

   Research Program

	12 noon – 1:00 p.m.		Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	ORD Update				Mr. Jeff Morris, Acting 

Office Director, ORD Office of Science Policy

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.		Nanotechnology			Mr. Jeff Morris, Acting 

Office Director, ORD Office of Science Policy

	

	3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.		Future Discussion/Future Business	Dr. Gary
Sayler, Chair, 

	- Meetings in Sept 2008/Jan 2009	Executive Committee

					- Mid-Cycle Reviews in 2008/2009

					- Future Work

3:30 p.m. 			Adjourn



Draft Agenda for May 6-7, 2008 Executive Committee Meeting

 PAGE   

 PAGE   2 

         

            A Federal Advisory Committee for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development

