81 FR 79009 - Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Air, Climate, and Energy Subcommittee Meeting-December 2016

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 218 (November 10, 2016)

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

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 218 (Thursday, November 10, 2016)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27187]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0365; FRL-9955-09-ORD]


Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Air, Climate, and Energy 
Subcommittee Meeting--December 2016

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 (EPA), Office of Research 
and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting (via conference call) 
of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Air, Climate, and Energy 
Subcommittee.

DATES: The conference call will be held on Friday, December 2, 2016, 
from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Eastern Time. These times are approximate; 
the conference call may adjourn early if all business is finished or 
may adjourn late if additional time is needed. Written comments and 
requests for the draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the 
meeting will be accepted through Thursday, December 1, 2016.

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 
Tim Benner, 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-2015-0365, 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-2015-0365.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0365.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Air, Climate, and Energy Subcommittee Docket, Mail 
Code: 2822T, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004, 
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0365.
     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-2015-0365. 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-
2015-0365. 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) Air, Climate, and Energy Subcommittee Docket, EPA/DC, 
William Jefferson Clinton West Building, Room

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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: Tim Benner, 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) 564-6769; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via email at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    General Information: The conference call is open to the public. Any 
member of the public interested in receiving a draft agenda, attending 
the conference call, or making a presentation during the conference 
call may contact Tim Benner, 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 items for 
the meeting 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 Tim Benner at (202) 564-6769 or [email protected]. To 
request accommodation of a disability, please contact Tim Benner, 
preferably at least ten days prior to the conference call, to give the 
EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: November 3, 2016.
Fred S. Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
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