83 FR 55527 - Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security Subcommittee Meeting-December 2018

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 215 (November 6, 2018)

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 of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security Subcommittee.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55527-55528]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24268]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765; FRL-9986-12-ORD]


Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security 
Subcommittee Meeting--December 2018

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 of the Board of 
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security Subcommittee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2018, from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, December 13, 2018, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. 
and Friday, December 14, 2018 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. All times noted 
are Eastern Time and approximate. The meeting may adjourn early if all 
business is finished. Attendees should register by December 5, 2018. 
Requests for making oral presentations at the meeting will be accepted 
up to one business day before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the EPA's RTP Main Campus 
Facility, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. 
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765, 
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-2015-0765.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765.
     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-2015-0765.
     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-2015-0765. 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-
2015-0765. 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 website 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

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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 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: 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; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via email at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    General Information: The meeting is open to the public. 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 Designated Federal Officer, via any of the contact methods listed 
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. Individuals 
making an oral presentation will be limited to a total of three 
minutes. For security purposes, all attendees must provide their names 
to the Designated Federal Officer or register online at https://epa-bosc-homelandsecurity-subcommittee.eventbrite.com by December 5, 2018, 
and must go through a metal detector, sign in with the security desk, 
and show REAL ID Act-compliant 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, update on ORD's Homeland Security Research Program and 
the draft Strategic Research Action Plan, Review of charge questions, 
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 October 26, 2018.
Fred S. Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-24268 Filed 11-5-18; 8:45 am]
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