80 FR 63994 - Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee; Public Teleconference Meeting-November 2015

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 204 (October 22, 2015)

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 public teleconference meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 204 (Thursday, October 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63994-63995]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26937]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0635; FRL-9936-06-ORD]


Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for 
Sustainability Subcommittee; Public Teleconference Meeting--November 
2015

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public teleconference 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 public teleconference meeting of 
the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for 
Sustainability Subcommittee.

DATES: The teleconference meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 10, 
2015, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The teleconference 
may adjourn early if all business is finished or may adjourn late if 
additional time is needed. Any member of the public interested in 
receiving a draft agenda, attending the teleconference, or making a 
presentation during the teleconference may contact Megan Fleming, the 
Designated Federal Officer, via any of the contact methods listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below. Requests will be 
accepted up to one business day before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the meeting 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 Megan Fleming, the 
Designated Federal Officer, via any of the contact methods listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
    Submitting Comments: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0635, 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-2015-0635.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0635.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee 
Docket, Mail Code: 2822T, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,

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Washington, DC, 20004, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0635.
     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-2015-0635. 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-
2015-0635. 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 and with any disk or 
CD-ROM you submit. 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) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee 
Docket, EPA/DC, William Jefferson Clinton West Building, Room 3334, 
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: Megan Fleming, 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) 564-6604; or via email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    General Information: The teleconference is open to the public. Any 
member of the public interested in receiving a draft agenda, attending 
the teleconference, or making a presentation during the teleconference 
may contact Megan Fleming, 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. Teleconference 
deliberations will focus on draft report findings and recommendations 
from an October 2015 meeting. Documents from the October meeting are 
available for viewing and downloading at: http://www2.epa.gov/bosc/chemical-safety-sustainability-bosc-subcommittee-meeting-documents. 
Proposed agenda items for the teleconference include, but are not 
limited to, the following: Presentation and discussion of the 
subcommittee's draft responses to the charge questions and approval of 
the final draft letter report prior to its submission to the BOSC 
Executive Committee.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Megan Fleming at (202) 564-6604 or 
[email protected]. To request accommodation of a disability, please 
contact Megan Fleming, preferably at least ten days prior to the 
teleconference, to give the EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.

    Dated October 15, 2015.
Fred S. Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
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