Assessment of EPA Partnership Programs;

EPA ICR No. 2225.01, OMB Control No. New

EPA Form # 6500-02

Sample Draft Questions

10-12-06

1. Please indicate the total number of employees (members) at your
facility/organization: __________

OR circle the range of number of employees that fits closest:

 1-50  51-100  101-500  501-1000  1,001-5,000  5,000 +

2. Which of the following best describes your organization?

	_____ Business or Industry (Please include SIC or NAICS code, if
available)

	_____ Government

	_____ Non-profit/Non-Governmental Organization

	_____ Other

3. What is your position in your organization? Check the one that best
represents your primary focus area.

_____ Environmental, health, and safety

_____ Information technology

_____ Management

_____ Contractor

_____ Production

_____ Sales/Marketing

_____ Finance

        _____ Other (please specify):
_________________________________________

4. How did you first learn about (name of partnership program)?

	_____Industry partner

	_____Web site

	_____ Brochure

	_____Conference/Meeting

	_____Other

	_____N/A

5. How important to you were the following reasons for joining (name of
partnership program)?   (1=not important to 7=very important.)

Examples:

_____ a. General information about <insert name of environmental problem
addressed by program>.

_____ b. To learn about pollution prevention opportunities.

_____ c. To receive EPA recognition for our efforts.

_____ d. To network with other organizations.

_____ e. To improve public or industry perception of our organization.

_____ f. To identify cost savings opportunities.

_____ g. To obtain technical assistance from EPA.

_____ h. To improve environmental performance

_____ i. Other (Please specify.) ___________________

6. Overall, how valuable do you find your participation in (name of
partnership program) on a scale of 1 to 7 with 7 being the most
valuable. Do you find participation in the (name of the partnership
program) to be worth the time and cost expended?

Value: _______ Because
_________________________________________________________________

7. How would you rate your understanding of the following issues before
your participation in (name of partnership program)? (1=no
understanding; 7=highest level of understanding) Select DK if you
don’t know or N/A for not applicable.

Examples:

a. Issue 1		______

b. Issue 2		______

8. How would you rate your understanding of the following issues after
your participation in (name of partnership program)? (1=no
understanding; 7=highest level of understanding). Select DK if you
don’t know or N/A for not applicable.

Examples:

a. Issue 1		_______

b. Issue 2		_______

9. How helpful are the following elements of the (name of partnership
program)?  Please rate from 1 to 7 with 7 being the most helpful.
(Select DK if you don’t know or N/A for not applicable.)

Examples:

Web site

______Electronic reporting system

______Written program materials

______Program implementation guide

______Introductory program brochure

______Technical assistance

______Networking opportunities

______EPA recognition

______Staff knowledge

______Staff responsiveness

______Other (please specify):
_______________________________________________________________________

How could these elements be improved?
_____________________________________________________

10. Please rate your preference for receiving information related to
(name of partnership program) (1= not preferred method, 7= preferred
method) (Select DK if you don’t know or N/A for not applicable.)

Examples:

_____ Manuals (comprehensive)

_____ E-mail

_____ Phone

_____ Fact Sheets (short, single topic)

_____ Newsletter or journal articles

_____ CDs

_____ Web sites

_____ Workshops

_____ Videos

_____ Other (please specify):_________________________________________

11.  What internal activities has your organization conducted as a
result of your participation in (name of partnership program) [Insert
time period]?    (Check all that apply.) (You will have the opportunity
to quantify cost savings and environmental results associated with these
activities in Questions 14-21 below).

Examples:

______ a. Food grown under integrated pest management (IPM), organic, or
other environmentally-friendly food labeling programs

______ b. Adoption of IPM and other environmental stewardship practices

______ c. Promoted integrative vegetative management (IVM) techniques

______ d. Other (please specify):
_______________________________________

______ e. Don’t Know

______ f. Not Applicable

12.  What management changes, if any, at your facility/organization did
you take as a result of your participation in (name of partnership
program) [Insert time period]?     (Check all that apply.)

Examples:

_____ a. Conducted a self audit

_____ b. Established an environmental management system

_____ c. Instituted training or other communication to improve awareness
and/or practices

_____ d. Developed a “green team”

_____ e. Took no management action

_____ f. Other (please specify):
______________________________________________________

______g. Don’t Know

_____ h. Not Applicable

13.  What external activities did you conduct as a result of your
participation in (name of partnership program) [Insert time period]?
(Check all that apply.)

Examples:

_____ a. Referred the program to customers, industry colleagues, or
suppliers

_____ b. Publicized participation in the program to the community and
other stakeholders

_____ c. Encouraged parent/sister organizations to participate in the
program

_____ d. Issued new requirements to suppliers (e.g., participation in
the program, change of specifications)

_____ e. No external activities will be conducted

_____ f. Other (please specify):
___________________________________________________________

______g. Don’t Know

_____ h. Not Applicable

14. What have been other benefits, if any, for your
facility/organization participating in (name of partnership program)?
(Check all that apply.)

Examples:

_____ a. Improved quality of products

_____ b. Improved worker health and safety

_____ c. Increased employee satisfaction/morale

_____ d. Public recognition

_____ e. Access to resources and technical assistance

_____ f. Improved efficiency (e.g., less waste, better processes, etc.)

_____ g. Other: ______________

_____ h. No benefit

15. Please describe the environmental benefits of any GREEN DESIGN
changes undertaken [Insert time period] as part of your participation in
(name of partnership program):

Activity	Amount Before Design Change	Amount After Design Change	Total
Change	Number of Units Planned for Production

(e.g., Redesigned product to eliminate lead and mercury)	_____ Mercury
per unit

_____ Other

_____ Don’t Know	_____ Mercury per unit

_____ Other

_____ Don’t Know	_____ Mercury per unit

_____ Other

_____ Don’t Know	_____ Units

_____ Other

16. Please identify any change in GREEN PURCHASES (or sales) as a result
of participation in (name of partnership program) [Insert time period].
If available, please provide the amount of change:

Activity	Amount Before Implementing Activity	Amount After Implementing
Activity	Total Change

(e.g., Began using green power for 25% of operations)	_____ Megawatts OR
____BTUs of green energy

______Dollars spent on environmentally-preferable products

______Certified water efficient products

______Biopesticides

______Organic or slow-release fertilizers

______Other:__________________

_____ Don’t Know

	_____ Megawatts OR ____BTUs of green energy

______Dollars spent on environmentally-preferable products

______Certified water efficient products

______Biopesticides

______Organic or slow-release fertilizers

______Other:_________________

_____ Don’t Know	_____ Megawatts OR ____BTUs of green energy

______Dollars spent on environmentally-preferable products

______Certified water efficient products

______Biopesticides

______Organic or slow-release fertilizers

______Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

If other factors aside from the actions taken impacted these results
(e.g., production decreased by 50 percent, change in total sales
occurred, or change in number of employees occurred), please indicate
that here.
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________

17. Please identify any change in RAW MATERIALS, process input supplies,
and feedstocks that resulted, from the actions taken [Insert time
period] as a result of participation in (the partnership program). If
available, please provide the amount of the changes).

Activity	Amount of Feedstock Used Before Implementing Activity	Amount of
Feedstock Used After Implementing Activity	Total Change

(e.g., Lightweighted primary packaging)

Capital Costs ________

Cost Savings ________

(if known)	_____ pounds of hazardous materials or toxic chemicals
(chemical name______)

_____ pounds of non-hazardous materials (e.g., packaging) (type of
material: e.g., paper, plastic, glass_______________)

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know	_____ pounds of hazardous materials or toxic
chemicals (chemical name______)

_____ pounds of non-hazardous materials (type of material: e.g., paper,
plastic_______________)

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

	_____pounds hazardous material or toxic chemicals

______pounds of non-hazardous materials

(type of material: e.g., paper, plastic_______________)

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

If other factors aside from the actions taken impacted these results
(e.g., production decreased by 50 percent, change in total sales
occurred, or change in number of employees occurred), please indicate
that here.  ___________________________________________________________

Please briefly describe how you measured these results (e.g., compared
utility bills and after implementation) ____________________

If you provided cost savings, how were the savings calculated (e.g.,
avoided purchasing costs, avoided labor costs) _______________________

18. Please identify any change in NATURAL RESOURCE use that resulted
from the actions taken [Insert time period] as a result of participation
in (the partnership program) If available, please provide the amount of
the reduction(s):

Activity	Amount Natural Resource Used Before Implementing Activity
Amount of Natural Resource Used After Implementing Activity	Total Change

(e.g., Installed high-efficiency bathroom fixtures)

Capital Costs ________

Cost Savings ________

(if known)	_____ gallons of water

_____ megawatts OR ____ BTUs of energy

_____ gallons of fuel

_____ organic material

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

	_____gallons of water

_____megawatts OR ____ BTUs of energy

_____ gallons of fuel

_____ organic material

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know	_____gallons of water conserved

_____megawatts OR ____ BTUs of energy

_____gallons of fuel

_____organic material

_____Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

	_____ gallons of water

_____ megawatts OR ____ BTUs of energy

_____ gallons of fuel

_____ organic material

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

	_____gallons of water

_____megawatts OR ____ BTUs of energy

_____ gallons of fuel

_____organic material

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know	_____gallons of water conserved

_____megawatts OR ____ BTUs of energy

_____gallons of fuel

_____organic material

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

If other factors aside from the actions taken impacted these results
(e.g., production decreased by 50 percent, change in total sales
occurred, or change in number of employees occurred), please indicate
that here.  ___________________________________________________________

Please briefly describe how you measured these results (e.g., compared
utility bills and after implementation) ____________________

If you provided cost savings, how were the savings calculated (e.g.,
avoided purchasing costs, avoided labor costs) _______________________

19. Please identify any change in a POLLUTANT(S) EMISSIONS OR WASTE
that resulted from the actions taken [Insert time period] as a result of
participation in (the partnership program). If available, please provide
the amount of the reduction(s):

Activity	Amount of Pollution or Waste Generated Before Implementing
Activity	Amount of Pollution or Waste Generated After Implementing
Activity	Total Change

(e.g., Change to low-VOC coating operations)

Capital Costs ________

Cost Savings _______

(if known)	_____ pounds of solid waste

_____ pounds of hazardous waste

_____ pounds of air emissions

_____ pounds of NOx

_____ pounds of water pollutants/nitrogen

_____ pounds/gallons of chemicals

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

	_____pounds of solid waste

_____ pounds of hazardous waste

_____ pounds of air emissions

_____ pounds of NOx

_____ pounds of water pollutants/nitrogen

_____ pounds/gallons of chemicals

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know	_____pounds of solid waste

_____pounds of hazardous waste

_____pounds of air emissions

_____pounds of NOx

_____pounds of water pollutants/nitrogen

_____ pounds/gallons of chemicals

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

	_____ pounds of solid waste

_____ pounds of hazardous waste

_____ pounds of air emissions

_____ pounds of NOx

_____ pounds of water pollutants/nitrogen

_____ pounds/gallons of chemicals

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

	_____pounds of solid waste

_____ pounds of hazardous waste

_____ pounds of air emissions

_____ pounds of NOx

_____ pounds of water pollutants/nitrogen

_____ pounds/gallons of chemicals

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know	_____pounds of solid waste

_____pounds of hazardous waste

_____pounds of air emissions

_____ pounds of NOx

_____pounds of water pollutants/nitrogen

_____ pounds/gallons of chemicals

_____ Other:___________________

_____ Don’t Know

If other factors aside from the actions taken impacted these results
(e.g., production decreased by 50 percent, change in total sales
occurred, or change in number of employees occurred), please indicate
that here.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________

Please briefly describe how you measured these results (e.g., Compared
disposal volume provided by hauler before and after implementation

If you provided cost savings, how were the savings calculated (e.g.,
avoided disposal costs)

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________20. Please identify
amount of materials REUSED that resulted from actions taken [Insert time
period] as a result of participation in (the partnership program). If
available, please provide the amount reused:

Activity	Amount of Material Reused Before Implementing Activity	Amount
of Material Reused After Implementing Activity	Total Amount Reused

(e.g., Donated computers for reuse by schools, reused water for
landscaping)

Capital Costs_________

Cost Savings ________

(if known)	_____ computer monitors

_____ computer CPUs

_____ laptop computers

_____ printers

_____ cell phones

_____ pounds of paper

_____ pounds of glass

_____ pounds of plastic

_____ pounds of organic material

 _____gallons of fuel

_____ gallons of water

_____ Other

______Don’t Know

	_____ computer monitors

_____ computer CPUs

_____ laptop computers

_____ printers

_____ cell phones

_____ pounds of paper

_____ pounds of glass

_____ pounds of plastic

_____ pounds of organic material

 _____gallons of fuel

_____ gallons of water

_____ Other

______Don’t Know

	 _____computer monitors

_____ computer CPUs

_____ laptop computers

_____ printers

_____ cell phones

_____ pounds of paper

_____ pounds of glass

_____ pounds of plastic

_____ pounds of organic material

 _____gallons of fuel

_____ gallons of water

_____ Other

______Don’t Know

If other factors aside from the actions taken impacted these results
(e.g., production decreased by 50 percent, change in total sales
occurred, or change in number of employees occurred), please indicate
that here.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________

Please briefly describe how you measured these results (e.g., Compared
disposal volume provided by hauler before and after implementation

If you provided cost savings, how were the savings calculated (e.g.,
avoided disposal costs)

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________

21. Please identify amount of materials RECYCLED that resulted from
actions taken [Insert time period] as a result of participation in (the
partnership program). If available, please provide the amount recycled:

Activity	Amount of Material Recycled Before Implementing Activity	Amount
of Material Recycled After Implementing Activity	Total Amount Recycled

(e.g., Computers sent to recycling facilities, cans donated to school
groups for recycling)

Capital Costs _______

Cost Savings _______

(if known)	_____ computer monitors

_____ computer CPUs

_____ laptop computers

_____ printers

_____ cell phones

_____ pounds of paper

_____ pounds of glass

_____ pounds of aluminum

_____ pounds of plastic

_____ pounds of organic material

 _____gallons of fuel

_____ gallons of water

_____ Other

_____ Don’t Know

	_____ computer monitors

_____ computer CPUs

_____ laptop computers

_____ printers

_____ cell phones

_____ pounds of paper

_____ pounds of glass

_____ pounds of aluminum

_____ pounds of plastic

_____ pounds of organic material

_____ gallons of fuel

_____ gallons of water

_____ Other

_____Don’t Know	 _____computer monitors

_____ computer CPUs

_____ laptop computers

_____ printers

_____ cell phones

_____ pounds of paper

_____ pounds of glass

_____ pounds of aluminum

_____ pounds of plastic

_____ pounds of organic material

_____ gallons of fuel

_____ gallons of water

_____ Other

______Don’t Know

If other factors aside from the actions taken impacted these results
(e.g., production decreased by 50 percent, change in total sales
occurred, or change in number of employees occurred), please indicate
that here.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________

Please briefly describe how you measured these results (e.g., Compared
disposal volume provided by hauler before and after implementation

If you provided cost savings, how were the savings calculated (e.g.,
avoided disposal costs)

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________

22. Please describe any other additional environmental benefits [Insert
time period] (not already captured above) achieved by your organization
as a result of participation in the partnership program (e.g., wildlife
benefits, greenhouse gas reductions, reduced school absences attributed
to pesticide
exposure):______________________________________________________________
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Partnership Programs using the generic ICR may select from these
questions to design a tailored questionnaire for their specific needs.
Regarding the questions listed below, bolded questions will not change.
However, answer choices (a, b, c, d, etc.) and examples can be tailored
to the requirements of a specific Partnership Program.


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings  1

March 13, 2007.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:
    Docket Numbers: EC06-155-000.
    Applicants: Consumers Energy Company; Entergy Nuclear Palisades,
LLC.
    Description: Consumers Energy Company submits a compliance filing
pursuant to Commission's 2/21/07 order.
    Filed Date: 3/6/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070306-5050.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 27, 2007.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:
    Docket Numbers: ER97-4314-010.
    Applicants: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative.
    Description: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative submits an updated
market power analysis in compliance with FERC's letter order issued 3/
2/04.
    Filed Date: 3/2/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070312-0202.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 23, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER00-895-008; ER01-138-004; ER03-1283-007.
    Applicants: Delta Person Limited Partnership; Onondaga Cogeneration
Limited Partnership; Vineland Energy LLC.
    Description: Delta Person Limited Partnership et al submits a non-
material change in status related to the market-based rate authority
granted each of the project companies.
    Filed Date: 3/8/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070312-0138.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 29, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER04-1232-006.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits revised pages to its
OATT intended to implement a rate change for Southwestern Public
Service Company.
    Filed Date: 3/8/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070312-0140.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 29, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1549-003; EL06-109-001.
    Applicants: Duquesne Light Company.
    Description: Duquesne Light Company submits an Affidavit of John F
Rosser to support its request for transmission incentive rate treatment
and on 3/9/07 submit a correction to this filing.
    Filed Date: 3/8/2007; 3/9/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070312-0213.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 29, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-141-001.
    Applicants: Florida Power Corporation.
    Description: Florida Power Corp dba as Progress Energy Florida Inc
submits a compliance filing concerning a cost-based power sales
agreement with the City Mount Dora, Florida.
    Filed Date: 3/8/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070312-0134.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 29, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-607-000.
    Applicants: Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Description: Southern Company Services Inc (SCS) agent for Alabama
Power Company et al submits information associated with the True-Up
Informational Filings that SCS submitted to FERC and customers under
the OATT on 4/29/04 and 4/29/05.
    Filed Date: 3/2/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070312-0142.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 23, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-608-000.
    Applicants: Gerdau Ameristeel Energy, Inc.
    Description: Gerdau Ameristeel Energy, Inc. submits a petition for
acceptance of initial rate schedule waivers and blanket authority.
    Filed Date: 3/8/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070312-0141.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 29, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-609-000.
    Applicants: Project Orange Associates L.L.C.
    Description: Project Orange Associates LLC submits an application
for Order accepting initial tariff, waiving regulations, granting
blanket approvals.
    Filed Date: 3/8/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070312-0143.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 29, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-610-000.
    Applicants: Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    Description: Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc submits Second
Revised Sheet 500 and 501 to First Revised Rate Schedule 23 through 33.
    Filed Date: 3/8/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070312-0133.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 29, 2007.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-611-000.
    Applicants: Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Description: Southern Company Services, Inc on behalf of the
Southern Companies submits information associated with the True-Up
Informational Filing submitted to FERC and customers 5/1/06.
    Filed Date: 3/2/2007.
    Accession Number: 20070312-0132.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 23, 2007.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m.
Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to
separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance
filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests
will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate
action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must
serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings
initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or
before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than
the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov.
 To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet

access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification
when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

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Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2014-0022]

Technical Mapping Advisory Council

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical
Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will meet in person on February 10-11,
2016 in Reston, VA. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The TMAC will meet on Wednesday, February 10, 2015 from 8:00
a.m.-5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), and Thursday, February 11,
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close early if the TMAC has completed its business.

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by the committee at the time of the meeting must be submitted and
received by Friday, February 5, 2016, identified by Docket ID FEMA-
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Officer for the TMAC, FEMA, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA
22202, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, and email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
The TMAC Web site is: http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix.
    As required by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of
2012, the TMAC makes recommendations to the FEMA Administrator on: (1)
How to improve, in a cost-effective manner, the (a) accuracy, general
quality, ease of use, and distribution and dissemination of flood
insurance rate maps and risk data; and (b) performance metrics and
milestones required to effectively and efficiently map flood risk areas
in the United States; (2) mapping standards and guidelines for (a)
flood insurance rate maps, and (b) data accuracy, data quality, data
currency, and data eligibility; (3) how to maintain, on an ongoing
basis, flood insurance rate maps and flood risk identification; (4)
procedures for delegating mapping activities to State and local mapping
partners; and (5) (a) methods for improving interagency and
intergovernmental coordination on flood mapping and flood risk
determination, and (b) a funding strategy to leverage and coordinate
budgets and expenditures across Federal agencies. Furthermore, the TMAC
is required to submit an annual report to the FEMA Administrator that
contains: (1) a description of the activities of the Council; (2) an
evaluation of the status and performance of flood insurance rate maps
and mapping activities to revise and update Flood Insurance Rate Maps;
and (3) a summary of recommendations made by the Council to the FEMA
Administrator.
    Further, in accordance with the Homeowner Flood Insurance
Affordability Act of 2014, the TMAC must develop a review report
related to flood mapping in support of the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP).
    Agenda: On February 10, 2016, the TMAC members will present and
deliberate on the draft content and potential recommendations to be
incorporated in the 2016 Review Report (due in April 2016) and the 2016
Annual Report (due in October 2016). A

brief public comment period will take place during the meeting. On
February 11, 2016, the TMAC members will continue to present and
deliberate on the draft content and potential recommendations to be
incorporated in the two reports. In addition, the TMAC members will
identify and coordinate on the TMAC's next steps. A brief public
comment period will take place during the meeting prior to any vote.
The full agenda and related briefing materials will be posted for
review by February 5, 2016 at http://www.fema.gov/TMAC.

    Dated: January 20, 2016.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2016-01497 Filed 1-25-16; 8:45 am]
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                        DRAFT Roster  -  SACC Reviewers
                      TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)
                SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CHEMICALS (SACC)
                       PUBLIC MEETING June 8 - 11, 2020
           TSCA SACC Website: https://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review
                DOCKET ID NUMBER: EPA - HQ - OPPT - 2019 - 0501

                     U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

        Peer Review for the U.S. EPA Draft Risk Evaluation for
Asbestos

TSCA SACC Chair

Kenneth Portier, PhD
Independent Consulting Biostatistician
Athens, Georgia

Designated Federal Official

Diana Wong, PhD
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Science Coordination and Policy
TSCA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals
EPA East Building, MC 7201M
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>
Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>

TSCA SACC Members

Henry Anderson, MD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

Charles Barton, PhD
Independent Consultant
Alpharetta, Georgia

Steven Bennett, PhD
Household & Commercial Products Association
Washington, District of Columbia

Sheri Blystone, PhD
SNF Holding Company
Riceboro, Georgia

Deborah Cory-Slechta, PhD
Department of Environmental Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Holly Davies, PhD
Washington State Department of Health
Tumwater, Washington

William Doucette, PhD
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Utah Water Research Laboratory
Utah State University
Logan, Utah

Concepción (Conchita) Jiménez-Gonzalez, PhD
Global Manufacturing and Supply
GlaxoSmithKline
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Mark Johnson, PhD
U.S. Army Public Health Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Alan Kaufman
Toy Industry Association
New York, New York
John Kissel, PhD (Retired)
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Craig Rowlands, PhD
Underwriters Laboratories, LLC
Northbrook, Illinois

Sheela Sathyanarayana, MD
Seattle Research Institute
Seattle, Washington

Daniel Schlenk, PhD
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California

TSCA SACC Ad Hoc Peer Reviewers

Kenny Crump, PhD
(formerly private consultant)
Ruston, Louisiana

Jeffrey I. Everitt, DVM
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Robert Herrick, SD
Harvard University (Retired)
Boston, Massachusetts

Michael A. Jayjock, PhD
Sole Proprietor of Jayjock Associates, LLC
Langhorne, Pennsylvania

Marty Kanarek, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

Steven Markowitz, MD
City University of New York
New York, New York

Elizabeth A. Sheppard, PhD
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Arti Shukla, PhD
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD
Institute for Translational Epidemiology
Icahn Medical Institute
New York, New York

Bradley Van Gosen, MS
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver, Colorado