[Federal Register: September 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 173)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688; FRL-8954-5]

Board of Scientific Counselors, Computational Toxicology
Subcommittee Meetings--Fall 2009

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and
Development (ORD), gives notice of two meetings of the Board of
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Computational Toxicology Subcommittee.

DATES: The first meeting (via teleconference) will be held on Friday,
September 25, 2009, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. The second meeting (face-to-
face) will take place on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, from 12:30 p.m.
to 6:15 p.m.,

and continue on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
All times noted are Eastern time. The meetings may adjourn early if all
business is finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral
presentations at the meetings will be accepted up to one business day
before each meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the conference call will be by
teleconference only--meeting rooms will not be used. Members of the
public may obtain the call-in number and access code for the call from
Lorelei Kowalski, whose contact information is listed under the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    The face-to-face meeting will be held at the Hilton Raleigh-Durham
Airport at Research Triangle Park, 4810 Page Creek Lane, Durham, North
Carolina 27703. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-ORD-2009-0688, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
     E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688.
     Fax: Fax comments to:<PHONE_NUMBER>, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific
Counselors, Computational Toxicology Subcommittee Meetings--Fall 2009
Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0688.
     Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver comments to: EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-
0688. Note: This is not a mailing address. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the center'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-
2009-0688. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://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 http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 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, 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 EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, 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 EPA's public
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://
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 http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of
Scientific Counselors, Computational Toxicology Subcommittee Meetings--
Fall 2009 Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 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<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the
telephone number for the ORD Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer via
mail at: Lorelei Kowalski, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy,
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice
mail at:<PHONE_NUMBER>; via fax at:<PHONE_NUMBER>; or via e-mail at:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Information

    Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft BOSC
agenda or making a presentation at the meetings may contact Lorelei
Kowalski, the Designated Federal Officer, via any of the contact
methods listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. In
general, each individual making an oral presentation will be limited to
a total of three minutes.
    Proposed agenda items for the meetings include, but are not limited
to: teleconference: introduction to ORD and the National Center for
Computational Toxicology (for new subcommittee members); discussion of
the draft charge for the review; and preparation for the face-to-face
meeting; face-to-face meeting: overview, update, and testimonials on
the Computational Toxicology Research Program; poster sessions,
including posters on informatics, exposure science, high throughput
screening, toxicity predictions, virtual tissues, and uncertainty
analysis; and discussion of the draft letter report. The meetings are
open to the public.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities,
please contact Lorelei Kowalski at<PHONE_NUMBER> or
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>To request accommodation of a disability,
please contact Lorelei Kowalski, preferably at least 10 days prior to
the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your
request.

    Dated: September 1, 2009.
Fred Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-21714 Filed 9-8-09; 8:45 am]

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