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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688; FRL-8963-9]

 
Board of Scientific Counselors, Computational Toxicology 
Subcommittee Meeting--October 2009

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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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 one meeting of the Board of 
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Computational Toxicology Subcommittee.

DATES: The meeting (via teleconference) will be held on Wednesday, 
October 21, 2009, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. All times noted are Eastern 
time. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished. 
Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the 
meeting will be accepted up to one business day before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the conference call will be by 
teleconference only--meeting rooms will not be used. Members of the 
public may obtain the call-in number and access code for the call from 
Lorelei Kowalski, whose contact information is listed under the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-
0688, by one of the following methods:

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     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-2009-0688.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Computational Toxicology Subcommittee Meetings--Fall 2009 
Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 
20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688.
     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-2009-
0688. 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-
2009-0688. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
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 www.regulations.gov or email. The 
www.regulations.gov website 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 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 
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 either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Computational Toxicology Subcommittee Meetings--Fall 2009 
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: Lorelei Kowalski, 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) 564-3408; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via email at: 
kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information

    Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft BOSC 
agenda or making a presentation at the meeting may contact Lorelei 
Kowalski, 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 item for the meeting includes, but is not limited 
to: discussion of the subcommittee's draft letter report on ORD's 
National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT). The meeting is 
open to the public. The subcommittee roster and charge can be accessed 
at: http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/subcomm-ctox.htm. The meeting is open 
to the public.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Lorelei Kowalski at (202) 564-3408 or 
kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact Lorelei Kowalski, preferably at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your 
request.

    Dated: September 23, 2009.
Fred Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
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