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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Environmental Economics Advisory Committee; Notification of a Public Advisory Committee Meeting (Teleconference)

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[Federal Register: April 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 80)]
[Notices]
[Page 24674]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr26ap06-68]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8162-1]
 
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Environmental Economics 
Advisory Committee; Notification of a Public Advisory Committee Meeting 
(Teleconference)

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 teleconference for 
the SAB Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) to discuss 
its advisory activities.

DATES: The teleconference will take place on May 19, 2006 from 1 p.m. 
to 3 p.m. (eastern time).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to 
obtain the teleconference call-in number and access code; would like to 
submit written or brief (less than five minutes) oral statements; or 
wants further information concerning this teleconference, must contact 
Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science 
Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice 
mail: (202) 343-9867; fax: (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at: 
stallworth.holly@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The EEAC, a committee of the EPA Science Advisory 
Board, is a Federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. The EEAC is 
charged with providing advice, information and recommendations through 
the chartered SAB to the Agency on the economic issues associated with 
various EPA programs.
    The EEAC teleconference will provide an opportunity for members to 
discuss forthcoming advisory activities. The meeting agenda will cover 
two topics: (a) EEAC's advisory activities for EPA's National Center 
for Environmental Economics (NCEE)'s work on valuing the reduction of 
mortality risk and other projects; and (b) the possibility of EEAC 
providing unsolicited advice to EPA concerning the impact of the TRI 
Burden Reduction rule (see 70 FR 57871, October 4, 2005 and 70 FR 
57822, October 4, 2005) on the data needs of the scientific community. 
The meeting agenda will be posted on the SAB Web site at: 
http://www.epa.gov/sab prior to the meeting.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB 
Panel to consider during the advisory process. Oral Statements: In 
general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a 
public teleconference will be limited to three minutes per speaker with 
no more than a total of fifteen minutes for all speakers. Interested 
parties should contact the DFO, contact information provided above, in 
writing via e-mail at least seven days before the teleconference in 
order to be placed on the public speaker list. Written Statements: 
Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office at least 
seven days before the meeting so that the information may be made 
available to the Panel 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, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files in 
IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact the DFO, contact 
information provided above. To request accommodation of a disability 
please contact the DFO, preferably at least ten business days prior to 
the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: April 20, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E6-6255 Filed 4-25-06; 8:45 am]
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