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Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of an Upcoming Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Environmental Engineering Committee

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[Federal Register: July 7, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 128)]
[Notices]
[Page 32155]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr07jy09-53]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8927-4]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of an Upcoming Meeting
of the Science Advisory Board Environmental Engineering Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public face-to-face
meeting of the SAB Environmental Engineering Committee (EEC). The EEC
augmented with additional members will conduct a consultation on EPA's
Aging Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Research Initiative.

DATES: The meeting dates are Tuesday, July 21, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) and Wednesday, July 22, 2009 from 8 a.m.
to 12 noon (Eastern Daylight Time).

ADDRESSES: The Committee meeting will be held at the Kingsgate Marriott
Conference Hotel at the University of Cincinnati, 151 Goodman Drive,
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain additional information regarding this meeting may contact Mr.
Edward Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory
Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20460; telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-
9946; fax (202) 233-0643; or via e-mail at hanlon.edward@epa.gov.
General information about the EPA SAB as well as any updates concerning
the meeting announced in this notice, may be found on the SAB Web site
at http://www.epa.gov/sab. Any inquiry regarding EPA's Aging Drinking
Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Research Initiative should be
directed to Dr. Thomas Speth, EPA Office of Research and Development
(ORD), at speth.thomas@epa.gov or (513) 569-7208.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is hereby given that the SAB
Environmental Engineering Committee augmented with additional experts
will hold a public meeting to discuss comments on EPA's Aging Drinking
Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Research Initiative. The SAB was
established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent
scientific and technical advice to the Administrator on the technical
basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under FACA. The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
    Background: As discussed in the Federal Register Notice dated March
31, 2009 (74 FR 14553-14555) announcing this advisory activity, EPA's
ORD initiated a research program in 2007 to improve and evaluate
innovative technologies and techniques for reducing the cost and
improving the effectiveness of operations, maintenance, and replacement
of aging and failing systems for drinking water and wastewater
treatment and conveyance. The outputs from this research program are
intended to assist EPA's program and regional offices to implement
Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act requirements; to help
states and tribes meet their programmatic requirements; and to assist
utilities to more effectively implement comprehensive management of
drinking water and wastewater treatment and conveyance systems, provide
reliable service to their customers, and meet their statutory
requirements. In response to a request from EPA's ORD, the augmented
EEC will hold a public meeting to provide comments on the suitability
and appropriateness of completed, existing and upcoming research
projects; whether additional projects are needed; and the overall scope
of the initiative. Additional information about this consultative
activity including a meeting agenda will be posted on the SAB Web site
prior to the meeting at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The agenda and other meeting
materials will be available on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/
sab in advance of the meeting.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB EEC
to consider during the advisory process. Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public face-
to-face meeting will be limited to five minutes per speaker, with no
more than a total of one hour for all speakers. Each person making an
oral statement should consider providing written comments as well as
their oral statement so that the points presented orally can be
expanded upon in writing. Interested parties should contact Edward
Hanlon, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail) at the contact
information noted above, by July 14, 2009 to be placed on the list of
public speakers for the meeting. Written Statements: Written statements
should be received in the SAB Staff Office by July 14, 2009 so that the
information may be made available to the Committee members for their
consideration. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO in the
following formats: one hard copy with original signature, and one
electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF,
WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format). Submitters are requested to provide
versions of each document submitted with and without signatures,
because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures
on its Web sites.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Edward Hanlon at the
phone number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten
days prior to the public face-to-face meeting to give EPA as much time
as possible to process your request.

    Dated: June 29, 2009.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E9-16005 Filed 7-6-09; 8:45 am]
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