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Federal Advisory Committee To Examine Detection and Quantitation Approaches in Clean Water Act Programs

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[Federal Register: December 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 238)]
[Notices]
[Page 70583-70584]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Federal Advisory Committee To Examine Detection and Quantitation
Approaches in Clean Water Act Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; FACA Committee Meeting Announcement.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a one-day
meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation
Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs (FACDQ).

DATES: A meeting of the FACDQ will be held on Friday, December 21, 2007
via teleconference. The teleconference will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The teleconference is open to the public. The public may
obtain the call-in number and access code for the teleconference lines
from Meghan Hessenauer, whose contact information is listed under the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    Document Availability: The purpose of this meeting is described in
the General Information section of this notice. The draft agenda may
also be viewed on our Web site at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/
methods/det. Any member of the public interested in making an oral
presentation at the Committee meeting may contact Richard Reding, whose
contact information is listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice. Requests for making oral presentations will be
accepted up to 2 business days prior to the meeting date. In general,
each individual making an oral presentation will be limited to a total
of three minutes.

Submitting Comments

    Written comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or
through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed instructions as
provided in section I.B of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
Written comments will be accepted up to two business days prior to the
meeting date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meghan Hessenauer, Engineering and
Analysis Division, MC4303T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; Telephone number: (202)
566-1040; Fax number: (202) 566-1053; E-mail address: 
Hessenauer.Meghan@EPA.GOV; Richard Reding, Designated Federal Officer,
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Mail Code 4303T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; Telephone number: (202)
566-2237; Fax number: (202) 566-1053; E-mail address: 
Reding.Richard@EPA.GOV.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

    This notice announces one meeting of the FACDQ. The purpose of this
meeting is to finalize the report document, ``Report of the Federal
Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in
Clean Water Act Programs.'' The draft meeting agenda will be available
on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/det.
    EPA acknowledges short advance notice of this meeting for the
following reasons. The Committee members' letters of appointment expire
at the end of December 2007, and thus, EPA needs to conclude
deliberations and produce a final report within that timeframe. The
goal of the Committee's last meeting, on December 5 and 6, 2007, was to
finalize the Committee's report to the EPA Administrator, and the
Committee agreed to most of the decisions needed for closure on the
final report. Only a few additional discussions and decisions remain;
those will be the focus of the December 21st meeting. In large part,
the December 21 meeting is a minor add-on to the earlier December
meeting. To accommodate the Committee members' calendars and the short
number of weeks remaining in 2007, EPA is moving forward quickly to convene
the final meeting and today provides as much notice as was possible.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Meghan Hessenauer at (202) 566-1040 or e-
mail: hessenauer.meghan@epa.gov to request accommodation of a
disability, at least ten days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much
time as possible to process your request.

A. How Can I Get Copies of Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this
committee under Docket ID No., EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. The official public
docket consists of the documents specifically referenced in this
action, any public comments received, and other information related to
this action. Documents in the official public docket are listed in the
index in EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EDOCKET.
Documents are available either electronically or in hard copy.
Electronic documents may be viewed through EDOCKET. Hard copies of the
draft agendas may be viewed at the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA
Docket Center 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 OW Docket is (202) 566-2426.
    2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through
EDOCKET. You may use EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of
the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket identification number
(EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041).
    For those wishing to make public comments, it is important to note
that EPA's policy is that comments, whether submitted electronically or
on paper, will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic
public docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business
information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted
material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version
of the comment that is placed in EPA's electronic public docket. The
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be
available in the public docket.
    Public comments submitted on computer disks mailed or delivered to
the docket will be transferred to EPA's electronic public docket.
Written public comments mailed or delivered to the Docket will be
scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public docket.

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B. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?

    You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand
delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the
appropriate docket identification number (EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041) in the
subject line on the first page of your comment. Please ensure that your
comments are submitted within the specified comment period.
    1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as
prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing
address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body
of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside
of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying
the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment, and it allows EPA to contact you if further
information on the substance of the comment is needed or if your
comment cannot be read due to technical difficulties. EPA's policy is
that EPA will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact
information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part
of the comment placed in the official public docket and made available
in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your comment due
to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment.
    i. EDOCKET. Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to submit
comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving
comments. Go directly to EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/, and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. To access EPA's
electronic public docket from the EPA Internet Home Page, 
http://www.epa.gov, select ``Information Sources,'' ``Dockets,'' and
``EDOCKET.'' Once in the system, select ``search,'' and then key in
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. The system is an anonymous access
system, which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or
other contact information unless you provide it in the body of your
comment.
    ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to 
OW.Docket@epa.gov, Attention: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041. In
contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is not
an anonymous access system. If you send an e-mail comment directly to
the docket without going through EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's
e-mail system automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail
addresses that are automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
    iii. Disk or CD-ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD-ROM
mailed to the mailing address identified in section I.B.2 of this
notice. These electronic submissions will be accepted in Word,
WordPerfect or rich text files. Avoid the use of special characters and
any form of encryption.
    2. By Mail. Send your comments to: U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, OW Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mailcode: 2822T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041.
    3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-
0041 (note: this is not a mailing address). Such deliveries are only
accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation as identified in
section I.A.1 of this notice.

    Dated: December 7, 2007.
Mary T. Smith,
Director, Engineering and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. E7-24154 Filed 12-11-07; 8:45 am]
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