40th EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FACE-TO-FACE MEETING

AGENDA

February 9-10, 2009

Marriott Courtyard Arlington Crystal City 

2899 Jefferson Davis Highway 

Arlington, VA 22202

Tel:  (703) 549-3434

Monday, February 9, 2009

2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.		Welcome and Introductions		Dr. Gary S. Sayler,
Chair,

- Review of Sept. Meeting Minutes	Executive Committee

- Review of Dec. Meeting Minutes

- Overview of Agenda 			

2:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	BOSC DFO Remarks			Ms. Heather Drumm, Office of 

- Administrative Issues			Research & Development (ORD)

	2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	ORD Responses to BOSC Letter 

		Reports:

National Center for Computational 	Dr. Robert Kavlock, ORD

   Toxicology (NCCT)		

- 	National Exposure Research Lab	Dr. Linda Sheldon, ORD 

   (NERL)	

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

										Liaison to the BOSC

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.		AA/ORD Remarks			Mr. Lek Kadeli, Acting
Assistant

					Administrator for ORD									 

5:00 p.m.			Adjourn

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

	

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.		Registration

8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.		ORD Update				Dr. Kevin Teichman, Deputy

					Assistant Administrator for

Science for ORD

8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.		Nanomaterials: ORD Research to 	Mr. Jeff Morris,
ORD

Inform Environmental Decisions

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	 	Water Quality Mid-Cycle Draft 		Dr. Herb
Windom, Chair

Report Presentation			Water Quality Mid-Cycle

					Subcommittee

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.		Optimizing the BOSC Review Process	Dr. Fred
Hauchman, ORD

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.		Investment Efficiency Discussion	Dr. Gary
Sayler, Chair

									Executive Committee

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.		Value of Information (VOI)		Dr. Katherine von
Stackelberg,

	Workgroup				Workgroup Chair		

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.		Public Comment

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.		Lunch

1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.		Coal Combustion Residue		Dr. Susan Thorneloe,
ORD

									Mr. Greg Helms, OSW

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.		Subcommittee Updates:				

Mid-Cycle Review Subcommittees:

- Science and Technology for		Dr. John Giesy, 

Sustainability (STS) Mid-Cycle		Subcommittee Chair

- Safe Pesticides/Safe Products		Dr. Barry Ryan, 

(SP2) Mid-Cycle			Subcommittee Chair

				Program Review Subcommittees:

- Human Health Program Review	Dr. Henry Falk, 

		Subcommittee Vice-Chair

- Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 	Dr. Gary Sayler, Chair,

(EDC) Program Review			Executive Committee

- Air Program Review			Dr. Ken Demerjian,

					Subcommittee Chair

- Drinking Water Program Review	Dr. Chuck Haas,

					Subcommittee Chair

					Standing Subcommittees:

					- National Center for Environmental	Dr. Martin Philbert,

Research (NCER) 			Subcommittee Chair

- National Exposure Research 		Dr. Ken Demerjian,

Lab (NERL)				Subcommittee Chair

- Computational Toxicology	Dr. Gary Sayler, Chair, 

Executive Committee

				

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Standard Format for BOSC Reports	Dr. Dennis
Paustenbach,

									Executive Committee

					

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

	- EC Meetings in 2009			Executive Committee

					- Future Work	 

3:30 p.m.			Adjourn 

Draft Agenda for February 9-10, 2009 Executive Committee Meeting

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