80 FR 51255 - Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC); Homeland Security Subcommittee Public and Closed Meeting-August 2015

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 163 (August 24, 2015)

Page Range		51255-51256
FR Document		2015-20901

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security Subcommittee.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0528; FRL-9932-98-ORD]


Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC); Homeland Security 
Subcommittee Public and Closed Meeting--August 2015

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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and 
Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security Subcommittee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, from 8:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. and will continue on Thursday, August 27, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. 
until 3:30 p.m. The meeting will be closed to the public Tuesday, 
August 25, 2015, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. All times noted are 
Eastern Time and are approximate. Attendees should register by August 
17, 2015 at the Eventbrite Web site: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epa-bosc-homeland-security-subcommittee-meeting-tickets-17369165642. 
Requests for the draft agenda or for submitting written comments will 
be accepted up to August 21, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the EPA's Andrew W. Breidenbach 
Environmental Research Center, 26 Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, 
Ohio. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2015-0528, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: Send comments by electronic mail (email) to: 
[email protected], Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0528.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0528.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security Subcommittee Docket, Mail Code: 
2822T, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004, Attention 
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0528.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to: EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, William Jefferson Clinton West Building, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0528. Note: this is not a mailing address. 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-
2015-0528. The 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 Web site is an ``anonymous access'' 
system, which means the EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 
send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through 
www.regulations.gov, your email 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, the EPA recommends that you include your name and other 
contact information in the body of your comment including. If the EPA 
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot 
contact you for clarification, the 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 the EPA's public docket visit the EPA 
Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/.
    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 (BOSC) Homeland Security Subcommittee Docket, EPA/DC, 
William Jefferson Clinton West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading

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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 (DFO) 
via mail at: Tom Tracy, Mail Code 8104R, Office of Science Policy, 
Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/
voice mail at: (202) 564-6518 or via email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: General Information: A portion of the 
meeting is closed to the public pursuant to E.O. 13526--Classified 
National Security Information sections 1.4(e) ``scientific, 
technological or economic matters relating to national security'' and 
section 1.4(g) ``vulnerabilities or capabilities of systems, 
installations, infrastructures, projects or plans, or protection 
services relating to the national security.'' Because a portion of the 
meeting involves matters that are classified in accordance with E.O. 
13526, this session is exempt from public disclosure pursuant to 
section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 
App. 2, and section (c)(1) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). Therefore, the meeting will be closed to the public 
on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, from approximately 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
    Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft agenda, 
attending the meeting, or making a presentation at the meeting may 
contact Tom Tracy, the DFO, via any of the contact methods listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. Members of the 
public wishing to provide comment in person should register by August 
17, 2015, via the Eventbrite Web site noted above and contact the DFO 
directly.
    Written Statements: Written statements for the public meeting 
should be received by the DFO via email at the contact information 
listed above by August 21, 2015. Written statements should be supplied 
in one of the following electronic formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, 
MS Power Point, or Rich Text format.
    Oral Statements: In general, each individual making an oral 
presentation at the public meeting will be limited to a total of three 
minutes. Each person making an oral statement should also consider 
providing written comments so that the points presented orally can be 
expanded upon in writing. Interested parties should contact Tom Tracy, 
DFO, in writing (preferably via email) at the contact information noted 
above by August 17, 2015, to be placed on the list of public speakers 
for the BOSC meeting.
    For security purposes, all attendees must provide their names to 
the DFO and register online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epa-bosc-homeland-security-subcommittee-meeting-tickets-17369165642 by 
August 17, 2015, and must go through a metal detector, sign in with the 
security desk, and show government-issued photo identification to enter 
the building. Attendees are encouraged to arrive at least 15 minutes 
prior to the start of the meeting to allow sufficient time for security 
screening. Proposed agenda items for the meeting include, but are not 
limited to, the following: Overview of materials provided to the 
subcommittee, overview of ORD's Homeland Security program, poster 
session, and subcommittee discussion.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Tom Tracy at (202) 564-6518 or [email protected]. To 
request accommodation of a disability, please contact Tom Tracy, 
preferably at least ten days prior to the meeting, to give the EPA as 
much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: August 6, 2015.
Fred S. Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
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are designated nonattainmentand to AGENCY DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
those redesignated to attainment after ORD–2015–0528. Note: this is not a
[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0528; FRL–9932–98–
1990 for the following transportation- mailing address. Deliveries are only
ORD]
related criteria pollutants: Ozone, accepted during the docket’s normal
particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), Board of Scientific Counselors hours of operation, and special
carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen (BOSC); Homeland Security arrangements should be made for
dioxide (NO2). The EPA published the Subcommittee Public and Closed deliveries of boxed information.
Meeting—August 2015 Instructions: Direct your comments to
original transportation conformity rule
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–
on November 24, 1993 (58 FR 62188),
AGENCY: Environmental Protection 0528. The EPA’s policy is that all
and subsequently published several Agency (EPA). comments received will be included in
revisions. EPA develops the conformity the public docket without change and
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
regulations in coordination with the may be made available online at
Federal Highway Administration SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal www.regulations.gov, including any
(FHWA) and Federal Transit Advisory Committee Act, Public Law personal information provided, unless
Administration (FTA). The federal 92–463, the U.S. Environmental the comment includes information
government needs information collected Protection Agency, Office of Research claimed to be Confidential Business
under these regulations to ensure that and Development (ORD), gives notice of Information (CBI) or other information
metropolitan planning organization a meeting of the Board of Scientific whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
(MPO) and federal transportation Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security Do not submit information that you
actions are consistent with state air Subcommittee. consider to be CBI or otherwise
quality goals. DATES: The meeting will be held on protected through www.regulations.gov
Tuesday, August 25, 2015, from 8:00 or email. The www.regulations.gov Web
Form Numbers: None.
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, August site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system,
Respondents/affected entities: which means the EPA will not know
Metropolitan Planning Organizations 26, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
and will continue on Thursday, August your identity or contact information
(MPOs), local transit agencies, state unless you provide it in the body of
27, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
departments of transportation, and state your comment. If you send an email
The meeting will be closed to the public
and local air quality agencies. comment directly to the EPA without
Tuesday, August 25, 2015, from 1:30
Respondent’s obligation to respond: going through www.regulations.gov,
p.m. to 2:30 p.m. All times noted are
Mandatory (Clean Air Act section 176(c) your email address will be
Eastern Time and are approximate.
((42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) and 40 CFR parts 51 automatically captured and included as
Attendees should register by August 17,
part of the comment that is placed in the
and 93). 2015 at the Eventbrite Web site:
public docket and made available on the
Estimated number of respondents: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epa-
Internet. If you submit an electronic
126 (total). bosc-homeland-security-subcommittee-
comment, the EPA recommends that
meeting-tickets-17369165642. Requests
Frequency of response: Annually, you include your name and other
for the draft agenda or for submitting
occasionally. contact information in the body of your
written comments will be accepted up comment including. If the EPA cannot
Total estimated burden: 60,548 hours to August 21, 2015. read your comment due to technical
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at difficulties and cannot contact you for
1320.03(b). the EPA’s Andrew W. Breidenbach clarification, the EPA may not be able to
Total estimated cost: $3,596,553 (per Environmental Research Center, 26 consider your comment. Electronic files
year), includes zero annualized capital Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, should avoid the use of special
or operation & maintenance costs. Ohio. Submit your comments, identified characters, any form of encryption, and
by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015– be free of any defects or viruses. For
Changes in the estimates: There is a 0528, by one of the following methods: additional information about the EPA’s
decrease of 27,856 hours in the total • www.regulations.gov: Follow the public docket visit the EPA Docket
estimated respondent burden compared on-line instructions for submitting Center homepage at http://
with the ICR currently approved by comments. www.epa.gov/dockets/.
OMB. This decrease is due to an • Email: Send comments by Docket: All documents in the docket
adjustment in project level conformity, electronic mail (email) to: ORD.Docket@ are listed in the www.regulations.gov
decreased transportation conformity epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– index. Although listed in the index,
analysis, and a transition from HQ–ORD–2015–0528. some information is not publicly
MOVES2010 to MOVES 2014. • Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566– available, e.g., CBI or other information
0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Courtney Kerwin, HQ–ORD–2015–0528. Certain other material, such as
Acting Director, Collection Strategies • Mail: Send comments by mail to: copyrighted material, will be publicly
Division. Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) available only in hard copy. Publicly
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Action		Notice of meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will continue on Thursday, August 27, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. The meeting will be closed to the public Tuesday, August 25, 2015, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. All times noted are Eastern Time and are approximate. Attendees should register by August 17, 2015 at the Eventbrite Web site: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us- epa-bosc-homeland-security-subcommittee-meeting-tickets-17369165642. Requests for the draft agenda or for submitting written comments will be accepted up to August 21, 2015.
Contact		The Designated Federal Officer (DFO) via mail at: Tom Tracy, Mail Code 8104R, Office of Science Policy, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/ voice mail at: (202) 564-6518 or via email at: [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 51255