[Federal Register: March 8, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 46)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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EPA Science Advisory Board; Request for Nomination of Members and
Consultants
SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory
Board (SAB), including the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC) and the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
(Council), of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting
nominations for Members and Consultants (M/Cs). As part of this effort,
the Agency is publishing this notice to describe the purpose of the SAB
and to invite the public to nominate appropriately qualified candidates
of any gender or ethnic background to fill upcoming vacancies. This
process supplements other efforts to identify qualified candidates.
Background
The SAB is composed of Non-Federal Government scientists and
engineers who are employed on an intermittent basis to provide
independent advice to the EPA Administrator on technical aspects of
public health and environmental issues confronting the Agency. Members
of the SAB are appointed by the Administrator--generally in October--to
serve two year-terms with some possibilities for reappointment.
Consultants are appointed throughout the year, as the need arises, by
the SAB Staff Director to serve renewable one-year terms and serve on
SAB committees, as needed, to support the work of the Board. Many
individuals serve as Consultants prior to serving as Members.
Members and Consultants (M/Cs) most often serve in association with
one of the following standing committees: Advisory Council on Clean Air
Compliance Analysis, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, Drinking
Water Committee, Ecological Processes and Effects Committee,
Environmental Economics Advisory Committee, Environmental Engineering
Committee, Environmental Health Committee, Integrated Human Exposure
Committee, Radiation Advisory Committee, and Research Strategies
Advisory Committee. Additional information about the SAB can be
obtained on the SAB Web site, www.epa.sab/gov, and from the Annual
Report of the SAB Staff, http://www.epa.gov/sab/annreport01.pdf.
M/Cs can expect to attend 1-6 meetings per year, based upon the
activity of the committee with which they serve. M/Cs generally serve
as Special Government Employees (SGEs) (40 CFR part 3, subpart F or EPA
Ethics Advisory 88-6 dated 7/6/88) and receive compensation, in
addition to reimbursement at the Federal Government rate for travel and
per diem expenses while serving on the SAB. SGEs are subject to certain
ethical standards common to all Federal employees. In particular, prior
to their appointment, SGEs are required to complete an information
package, including a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
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Appointments associated with this solicitation will begin no sooner
than the fall of 2002. While it is too early to know for certain what
types of expertise will be needed, it is likely that at least some of
the new M/Cs will have expertise in the following areas:
Air quality monitoring
Exposure assessment
Environmental economics
Environmental engineering
Environmental modeling
Environmental microbiology
Environmental statistics
Health physics
Landscape ecology
Risk assessment
Toxicology--health and ecological
Uncertainty analysis
How To Apply
Any interested person or organization may nominate qualified
persons to serve on the SAB. Nominees should be qualified by education,
training, and experience to evaluate scientific, engineering and/or
economics information on issues referred to and addressed by the Board.
Successful candidates have distinguished themselves professionally and
should be available to invest the time and effort to advance the cause
of the supporting the use of good science through the efforts of the
SAB.
Nominees should be identified by name, occupation, position,
address, telephone number, fax number, email address, and SAB committee
of primary interest. Nominations should include a current resume that
addresses the nominee's background, experience, qualifications, and
specific areas of expertise.
Information on the nominees will be entered into the SAB's data
base for potential M/Cs which will be consulted, as appropriate, when
vacancies arise and/or when special expertise is needed for particular
SAB activities. This request for nominations does not imply any
commitment by the Agency to select individuals to serve as a M/C to the
SAB from the responses received.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Nominations should be submitted (preferably in
electronic format--WordPerfect or Word formats) to: Ms. Carolyn
Osborne, Project Coordinator, EPA Science Advisory Board (1400A), 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, e-mail:
osborne.carolyn@epa.gov Tel: (202) 564-4554 no later than Wednesday,
April 30, 2002.
The Agency will not formally acknowledge or respond to nominations.
Dated: March 1, 2002.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, EPA Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 02-5600 Filed 3-7-02; 8:45 am]
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