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BILLING CODE 6820-KF-M DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico AGENCY: Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EMSSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the **Federal Register** . DATES: Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 2 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Jemez Complex, Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Menice Santistevan, Northern New Mexico Citizens' Advisory Board, 1660 Old Pecos Trail, Suite B, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Phone

(505)995-0393; Fax

(505)989-1752 or e-mail: *msantistevan@doeal.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Purpose of the Board:* The purpose of the Board is to make recommendations to DOE in the areas of environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities. Tentative Agenda 2 p.m. Call to Order by Deputy Designated Federal Officer (DDFO), Christina Houston. Establishment of a Quorum. Welcome and Introductions by Chair, J. D. Campbell. Approval of Agenda. Approval of Minutes of January 25, 2006 Board Meeting. 2:15 p.m. Board Business/Reports. A. Old Business, Chair, J. D. Campbell. B. Report from Chair, J. D. Campbell. C. Report from Department of Energy (DOE), Christina Houston. D. Report from Executive Director, Menice B. Santistevan. E. Other Issues, Board Members. New Business. A. Bi-annual Assessment, Christina Houston. B. Other Issues, Board Members. 2:45 p.m. Committee Business/Reports. A. Community Involvement Committee, Sammy Quintana. B. Environmental Monitoring, Surveillance and Remediation Committee, Chris Timm. C. Waste Management Committee, Matthew Deller. D. Ad Hoc Committee on Bylaws and Administrative Procedures, Donald Jordan. E. Reports from Ex-Officio Members. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—Rich Mayer. DOE—Ed Wilmot or Gene Rodriguez. University of California/Los Alamos National Laboratory (UC/LANL)—Ken Hargis. New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)—James Bearzi. 3:45 p.m. Break. 4 p.m. DOE Los Alamos Site Office (DOE/LASO) and UC/LANL Business, Ed Wilmot. A. LANL Five-Year Plan. B. Fiscal Year 2007 Budget. C. Critical Operations Issues at LANL. D. Other Issues. 5 p.m. Dinner Break. 6 p.m. Public Comment. 6:15 p.m. Consideration and Action on Recommendations. 6:30 p.m. DOE/LASO and UC/LANL Presentation. A. Progress and Alternatives for Closure of Material Disposal Areas L and G (MDA-L and MDA-G) in the Corrective Measures Evaluations for submittal to NMED, Jim Orban and Dave McIlroy. B. Response to Northern New Mexico Citizens' Advisory Board (NNMCAB) Recommendations, Gene Rodriguez. C. NNMCAB Participation on Management and Operating Contract Performance, Gene Rodriguez. 7:30 p.m. Comments from Ex-Officio Members—DOE/LASO, LANL, EPA, NMED. 8 p.m. Comments from Board Members. 8:15 p.m. Recap of Meeting: Issuance of Press Releases, Editorials, etc., J. D. Campbell. 8:30 p.m. Adjourn, Christina Houston. This agenda is subject to change at least one day in advance of the meeting. *Public Participation:* The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact Menice Santistevan at the address or telephone number listed above. Requests must be received five days prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public comment will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments. *Minutes:* Minutes of this meeting will be available for public review and copying at the U.S. Department of Energy's Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, except Federal holidays. Minutes will also be available at the Public Reading Room located at the Board's office at 1660 Old Pecos Trail, Suite B, Santa Fe, NM. Hours of operation for the Public Reading Room are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Minutes will also be made available by writing or calling Menice Santistevan at the Board's office address or telephone number listed above. Minutes and other Board documents are on the Internet at: *http://www.nnmcab.org.* Issued at Washington, DC, on March 3, 2006. James N. Solit, Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E6-3356 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6405-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Fossil Energy; National Coal Council; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the National Coal Council. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires notice of these meetings be announced in the **Federal Register** . DATES: Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 9 a.m. to 12 noon. ADDRESSES: Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H Street, NW., Washington, DC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Kane, Phone:

(202)586-4753, or Ms. Estelle W. Hebron, Phone

(202)586-6837, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, Washington, DC 20585. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Committee: The purpose of the National Coal Council is to provide advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters relating to coal and coal industry issues: Tentative Agenda • Call to Order by Mr. Thomas G. Kraemer, Chairman. • Remarks by The Honorable Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy. • Council Business. Communications Committee Report—Mr. David Surber, Chair. Finance Committee Report—Mr. Richard Eimer, Chair. Discussion re new Education Committee—Ms. Barbara Altizer. Status Report on New Study—Mr. Greg Boyce/Mr. Fred Palmer. • Presentation of Guest Speaker re: Energy Legislation by The Honorable James Inhofe, United States Senate (R-OK). • Presentation of Guest Speaker re: “High Quality Offsets are Climate Solutions”—Mr. Bjorn Fischer, The Climate Trust. • Presentation of Guest Speaker re: International Emission Trading—Mr. Dirk Forester, Natsource, LLC. • Presentation of Guest Speaker re: Carbon Sequestration in the Lower Mississippi River Valley—Mr. Larry Seltzer, The Conservation Fund. • Other Business. • Adjourn. *Public Participation:* The meeting is open to the public. The Chairman of the NCC will conduct the meeting to facility orderly business. If you would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, you should contact Mr. Robert Kane or Ms. Estelle Hebron at the address and telephone numbers listed above. You must make your request for an oral statement at lease five business days prior to the meeting, and reasonable provisions will be made to include the presentation on the agenda. Public comment will follow the 10 minute rule. This notice is being published less than 15 days before the date of the meeting due to programmatic issues. Minutes: The minutes will be available for public review and copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information Public Reading Room, 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2006. James N. Solit, Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E6-3355 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8043-8] Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA)established the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on November 19, 1990, to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. The Committee advises on economic, environmental, technical scientific, and enforcement policy issues. DATES: Open meeting notice; Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App. 2 Section 10(a)(2), notice is hereby given that the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee will hold its next open meeting on Thursday, April 6, 2006, from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Seating will be available on a first come, first served basis. The Air Quality Management subcommittee will meet on April 4, 2006 from approximately 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m. The Permits, New Source Review and Toxics subcommittee will meet on April 5 from approximately 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. followed by the Economic Incentives and Regulatory Innovations subcommittee which will meet from 12:30 pm to 3 p.m. The Mobile Source Technical Review subcommittee will not meet at this time. There will be a presentation of the 6th annual Clean Air Excellence Awards program following the subcommittee meetings on April 5 starting approximately at 5 p.m. and finishing at 7:30 p.m. All subcommittee meetings and the awards presentation will be held at the same location as the full Committee meeting. The agenda for the CAAAC full committee meeting will be posted on the CAAAC Web site: *http://www.epa.gov/oar/caaac/.* Inspection of Committee Documents: The Committee agenda and any documents prepared for the meeting will be publicly available at the meeting. Thereafter, these documents, together with CAAAC meeting minutes, will be available by contacting the Office of Air and Radiation Docket and requesting information under docket OAR-2004-0075. The Docket office can be reached by telephoning 202-260-7548; FAX 202-260-4400. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Concerning the CAAAC, please contact Pat Childers, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA

(202)564-1082, FAX

(202)564-1352 or by mail at U.S. EPA, Office of Air and Radiation (Mail code 6102 A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. For information on the Subcommittees and Awards Program, please contact the following individuals:

(1)Permits/NSR/Toxics Integration—Debbie Stackhouse,

(919)541-5354; and

(2)Air Quality Management—Jeff Whitlow,

(919)541-5523

(3)Economic Incentives and Regulatory Innovations—Carey Fitzmaurice,

(202)564-1667

(4)Mobile Source Technical Review—Joseph Bachman,

(202)343-9373.

(5)Clean Air Excellence Award Program—Melissa Kirklewski at

(202)564-1314. Additional Information on these meetings, CAAAC, its Subcommittees and the awards program can be found on the CAAAC Web site: *http://www.epa.gov/oar/caaac/.* For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Pat Childers at

(202)564 -1082 or *childers.pat@epa.gov.* To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Mr. Childers, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated March 6, 2006. Pat Childers, Designated Federal Official, Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, Office of Air and Radiation. [FR Doc. E6-3340 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8043-5] Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act Programs AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; FACA Committee Meetings Announcement. SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing two separate two-day meetings of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act

(CWA)Programs. DATES: A meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act

(CWA)Programs will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, March 29, 2006, and March 30, 2006. Another meeting of this committee will be held on Thursday, July 13, 2006, and Friday, July 14, 2006. The meetings on March 29 and July 13 will be from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. e.s.t., and on March 30 and July 14, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. e.s.t. All times are eastern time. ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the L. William Seidman Center, 3501 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, across from the Virginia Square Metro stop on the Orange line. Members of the public may attend in person or via teleconference. The public may obtain the call-in number and access code for the teleconference lines from Marion Kelly, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. *Document Availability:* The draft agenda for both meetings are provided in the General Information section of this notice or from Marion Kelly whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. The draft agenda may also be viewed through EDOCKET, as provided in section I.A. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. Any member of the public interested in making an oral presentation at these meetings 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 two business days prior to each meeting date. In general, each 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 each meeting date. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marion Kelly, Engineering and Analysis Division, 4303T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; Telephone number:

(202)566-1045; Fax number:

(202)566-1053; E-mail address: *Kelly.Marion@EPA.GOV;* Richard Reding, Designated Federal Officer, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, 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 two meetings of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Procedures and Uses in Clean Water Act

(CWA)Programs. The purpose of these meetings is to continue to evaluate and recommend detection and quantitation procedures for use in EPA's analytical methods programs for compliance monitoring under 40 CFR part 136. The Committee will analyze and evaluate relevant scientific and statistical approaches, protocols, review data and interpretations of data using current and recommended approaches. The major objectives are to provide advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on policy issues related to detection and quantitation, and scientific and technical aspects of procedures for detection and quantitation. The draft agenda for March 29-30, 2006 includes a report and discussion of issues posed by the Policy Work Group on the uses of detection and quantitation procedures and their results. The Technical Work Group will report its results on designs for pilot testing by a single laboratory or by multiple laboratories. The advisory committee will provide direction to both the Policy and the Technical Work Groups on additional work to be carried out in advance of the committee's July 2006 meeting. The draft agenda for the July 2006 meeting includes a continuation of discussions about recommended uses of detection and quantitation limits in CWA programs, and approval of the design of a laboratory pilot of candidate procedures for calculation of these limits. Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Marion Kelly at

(202)566-1045 or e-mail: *Kelly.Marion@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 a docket for this committee under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0041 in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 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 *http://www.regulations.gov.* You may use *http://www.regulations.gov* 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 (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. 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 (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. *http://www.regulations.gov.* 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 *http://www.regulations.gov* 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,”. 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. OW-2004-0041. 3. *By Hand Delivery or Courier.* Deliver your comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. 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: March 2, 2006. Richard Reding, Designated Federal Officer. [FR Doc. E6-3343 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8043-6] National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice of a public teleconference of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad range of environmental policy, technology, and management issues. The Council is a panel of experts who represent diverse interests from academia, industry, non-governmental organizations, and local, state, and tribal governments. The purpose of this teleconference is two-fold: To discuss and approve recommendations from the NACEPT Environmental Technology Subcommittee and to discuss and approve comments on the Draft 2006-2011 EPA Strategic Plan Architecture from a subset of the Council. A copy of the agenda for the meeting will be posted at *http://www.epa.gov/ocem/nacept/cal-nacept.htm.* DATES: NACEPT will hold a public teleconference on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the U.S. EPA Office of Cooperative Environmental Management at 655 15th Street, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sonia Altieri, Designated Federal Officer, *altieri.sonia@epa.gov,*

(202)233-0061, U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative Environmental Management (1601E), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests to make oral comments or to provide written comments to the Council should be sent to Sonia Altieri, Designated Federal Officer, at the contact information above by March 17, 2006. The public is welcome to attend all portions of the meeting, but seating is limited and is allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis. Members of the public wishing to gain access to the conference room on the day of the meeting must contact Sonia Altieri at

(202)233-0061 or *altieri.sonia@epa.gov* by Tuesday, March 21, 2006. *Meeting Access:* For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Sonia Altieri at

(202)233-0061 or *altieri.sonia@epa.gov* . To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Sonia Altieri, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: February 28, 2006. Sonia Altieri, Designated Federal Officer. [FR Doc. E6-3342 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0187; FRL-8042-6] Human Studies Review Board; Notice of Public Meeting and Proposed Candidates for Membership to the Board AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA or Agency) Office of the Science Advisor

(OSA)announces a public meeting of the Human Studies Review Board

(HSRB)to advise the Agency on EPA's scientific and ethical reviews of human subjects research. In addition, OSA is soliciting public comment on its proposed list of candidates for membership to the HSRB. DATES: The public meeting will be held April 4-6, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m., eastern time. *Location:* Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209. The telephone number for the Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge is 703-807-2000. *Requests to Present Oral Comments and Special Accommodations:* To submit requests for special accommodation arrangements or requests to present oral comments, notify the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . To ensure proper receipt by EPA, your request must identify docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0187 in the subject line on the first page of your response. Additional information concerning the submission of requests to present oral comments and submission of written comments is provided in Unit I.E. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes further information should contact Paul I. Lewis, Designated Federal Official (DFO), EPA, Office of the Science Advisor, (8105), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:

(202)564-8381; fax:

(202)564 2070; e-mail addresses: *lewis.paul@epa.gov.* ADDRESSES: Submit your written comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-018, by one of the following methods: *http://www.regulations.gov:* Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. E-mail: *ORD.Docket@epa.gov.* Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0187. Deliveries are only accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. *Instructions:* Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0187. 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. I. Public Meeting A. Does This Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, however, be of interest to persons who conduct or assess human studies on substances regulated by EPA or to persons who are or may be required to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of This Document and Other Related Information? In addition to using regulations.gov, you may access this **Federal Register** document electronically through the EPA Internet under the “ **Federal Register** ” listings at *http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.* A frequently updated electronic version of the Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR)is available at *http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/.* 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 ORD 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

(202)566-1744, and the telephone number for the ORD Docket is

(202)566-1752. EPA's position paper, charge/questions to the HSRB, HSRB composition and the meeting agenda will be available by mid March 2006. In addition, the Agency may provide additional background documents as the materials become available. You may obtain electronic copies of these documents, and certain other related documents that might be available electronically, from the regulations.gov Web site and the HSRB Internet Home Page at *http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/.* C. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA? *You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your comments:* 1. Explain your views as clearly as possible. 2. Describe any assumptions that you used. 3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used that support your views. 4. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns. 5. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and **Federal Register** citation. E. How May I Participate in This Meeting? You may participate in this meeting by following the instructions in this unit. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative that you identify docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0187 in the subject line on the first page of your request. 1. *Oral comments.* Oral comments presented at the meetings should not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or written comments. Although requests to present oral comments are accepted until the date of the meeting (unless otherwise stated), to the extent that time permits, interested persons may be permitted by the Chair of the HSRB to present oral comments at the meeting. Each individual or group wishing to make brief oral comments to the HSRB is strongly advised to submit their request (preferably via email) to the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later than noon, eastern time, March 29, 2006, in order to be included on the meeting agenda. The request should identify the name of the individual making the presentation, the organization (if any) the individual will represent, and any requirements for audiovisual equipment ( *e.g.* , overhead projector, 35 mm projector, chalkboard). Oral comments before the HSRB are limited to approximately 5 minutes unless prior arrangements have been made. In addition, each speaker should bring 30 copies of his or her comments and presentation slides for distribution to the HSRB at the meeting. 2. *Written comments.* Although written comments will be accepted until the date of the meeting (unless otherwise stated), the Agency strongly encourages that written comments be submitted, using the instructions in Unit 1.C. no later than noon, eastern time, March 29, 2006 to provide the HSRB the time necessary to consider and review the written comments. It is requested that persons submitting comments directly to the docket also notify the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . There is no limit on the extent of written comments for consideration by the HSRB. 3. *Seating at the meeting.* Seating at the meeting will be on a first-come basis. Individuals requiring special accommodations at this meeting, including wheelchair access and assistance for the hearing impaired, should contact the DFO at least 10 business days prior to the meeting using the information under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT so that appropriate arrangements can be made. F. Background At the inaugural meeting of the HSRB, EPA will provide a broad overview of the Agency's approach to the assessment of the potential risk to human health from the use of pesticides and how EPA uses data from human studies in such risk assessments. The Agency will then present to the HSRB its scientific and ethics reviews of approximately two dozen completed human studies concerning the following pesticide active ingredients: aldicarb, amitraz, azinphos-methyl, dichlorovos (DDVP), ethephon, methomyl, oxamyl, and sodium cyanide. The studies being reviewed at this meeting will include both studies on which the Agency proposes to rely in actions under the pesticide laws and studies that the Agency has decided not to use in its risk assessments, either for ethical or scientific reasons. The Agency will ask the HSRB to advise the Agency on a range of scientific issues and on how the studies should be assessed against the provisions in sections 26.1701-26.1704 of EPA's final human studies rule. II. Proposed Candidates for Membership to the Board On January 3, 2006, the EPA, OSA announced a request for nominations of qualified individuals to serve on the HSRB ( **Federal Register** 71 116). Per the **Federal Register** notice, the OSA requested nominees who are nationally- recognized experts in one or more of the following disciplines:

(a)Biostatistics. Expertise in statistical design and analysis of human subjects research studies.

(b)Human toxicology. Expertise in pharmacokinetic and toxicokinetic studies, clinical trials, and toxicology of cholinesterase inhibitors and other classes of environmental substances.

(c)Bioethics. Expertise in the ethics of research on human subjects; research ethics.

(d)Human health risk assessment. EPA carefully considered the qualifications of nominees who agreed to be further considered and has identified candidates from whom EPA expects to select members to serve on the HSRB. EPA now invites comments from members of the public for relevant information or other documentation that the OSA should consider in the selection of HSRB members. The names of the candidates, together with a short biographical description of their qualifications, appear on the Agency's Web site at *http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/* . Please e-mail your comments no later than noon, eastern time, March 14, 2006, listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . Any information furnished by the public in response to this Web site posting will be combined with information already provided by the candidates, and gathered independently by the OSA. Prior to final selection of HSRB members, the combined information will be reviewed and evaluated for any possible financial conflict of interest or a possible appearance of a lack of impartiality. The information will also be used to ensure appropriate balance and breadth of expertise needed to address the charge to the Board. The EPA Science Advisor will make the final decision concerning who will serve on the HSRB. Dated: March 2, 2006. George Gray, EPA Science Advisor. [FR Doc. E6-3339 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8043-7] National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Committee

(NAC)and Governmental Advisory Committee

(GAC)to the U.S. Representative to the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The National and Governmental Advisory Committees advise the EPA Administrator in his capacity as the U.S. Representative to the CEC Council. The Committees are authorized under Articles 17 and 18 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, Public Law 103-182, and as directed by Executive Order 12915, entitled “Federal Implementation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation.” The NAC is composed of 12 members representing academia, environmental non-governmental organizations, and private industry. The GAC consists of 12 members representing state, local, and tribal governments. The Committees are responsible for providing advice to the U.S. Representative on a wide range of strategic, scientific, technological, regulatory, and economic issues related to implementation and further elaboration of the NAAEC. The purpose of the meeting is to continue the Committee's consideration of environment and trade issues in the CEC context. A copy of the agenda for the meeting will be posted at *http://www.epa.gov/ocem/nacgac-page.htm.* DATES: The National and Governmental Advisory Committees will hold a two day open meeting on Thursday, April 6, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, April 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hotel Washington, 515 15th St. NW., Washington, DC 20004. The meeting is open to the public, with limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal Officer, *carrillo.oscar@epa.gov,*

(202)233-0072, U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative Environmental Management (1601E), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests to make oral comments or provide written comments to the Committees should be sent to Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal Officer, at the contact information above. *Meeting Access:* For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Oscar Carrillo at

(202)233-0072 or *carrillo.oscar@epa.gov.* To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Oscar Carrillo, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: March 1, 2006. Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal Officer. [FR Doc. E6-3341 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8043-2] Proposed CERCLA Agreement for Recovery of Response Costs, Intermountain Waste Oil Refinery NPL Site, Bountiful, Davis County, UT AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice and request for public comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement under section 122(h) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), between EPA and Intermountain Oil Company (“Settling Party”) regarding the Intermountain Oil Company facility (the “Facility”) at the Intermountain Waste Oil Refinery NPL Site (“Site”). The property which is the subject of this proposed settlement is a parcel of land approximately two acres in size and is located at approximately 995 South and 500 West in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah. The settlement, embodied in the proposed Agreement for Recovery of Response Costs (“Agreement”), is intended to resolve the Settling Party's liability at the Site for all response costs incurred and paid, or to be incurred and paid, by EPA in connection with the work performed at the Site as provided for in the Agreement and is based on the Settling Party's inability to pay for a significant portion of the response costs incurred by EPA at the Site. Intermountain Oil Company is the owner of a parcel of land which has been impacted by business operations at the Intermountain Oil Company Facility and is included within the defined boundaries of the Site. The proposed Agreement will resolve Settling Party's liability under section 107(a)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1). Under the terms of the proposed Agreement, the Settling Party agrees to pay to EPA the Net Sales Proceeds from the sale of Settling Party's property, *i.e.* , Settling Party's only asset. In exchange, the Settling Party will settle its liability for all response costs incurred and paid, or to be incurred and paid, at the Site in connection with the work performed at the Site as provided for in the Agreement. *Opportunity for Comment:* For thirty

(30)days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will consider all comments received on the Agreement and may modify or withdraw its consent to the Agreement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the Agreement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the EPA Superfund Record Center, 999 18th Street, 5th Floor, in Denver, Colorado. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 10, 2006. ADDRESSES: The proposed Agreement and additional background information relating to the Agreement are available for public inspection at the EPA Superfund Records Center, 999 18th Street, 5th Floor, in Denver, Colorado. Comments and requests for a copy of the proposed Agreement should be addressed to Carol Pokorny, Enforcement Specialist (8ENF-RC), Technical Enforcement Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466, and should reference the Intermountain Waste Oil Refinery NPL Site (IWOR), Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, and the IWOR Agreement. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Pokorny, Enforcement Specialist (8ENF-RC), Technical Enforcement Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466,

(303)312-6970. *It is so agreed:* Dated: March 1, 2006. Eddie A. Sierra, Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8. [FR Doc. E6-3349 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8043-4] Proposed CERCLA Administrative Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs; Stringfellow Acid Pits Superfund Site AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs (“Agreement,” Region 9 Docket No. 9-2006-0004) pursuant to section 122(h) of CERCLA concerning the Stringfellow Acid Pits Superfund Site (the “Site”), located near Glen Avon, California. The respondent to the Agreement is the state of California (the “State”). The issues resolved in the Agreement stem from the fact that, from 1983 to 1996, the Agency provided federal funds to the State through a State Superfund Contract as a cooperative means to further the remediation of the Site. Section 104(c)(3) of CERCLA requires that, in such a cooperative agreement, the State shall nonetheless be responsible for 10% of the remedial action costs, or 50-100% of the total response costs if the State was an “operator” of the Site. Because the State was involved in selecting the original location and management techniques for the Site as a hazardous waste disposal facility, in 1995, a federal district court ruled that the State's role at the facility made it a liable “operator” for the purpose section 107(a) of CERCLA. This court ruling potentially affected the share of response costs for which the State would be liable pursuant to section 104(c)(3) of CERCLA. In November 2004, the Agency's Office of Inspector General concluded an audit of the assistance accounts accessed by the State through the State Superfund Contract and made recommendations on the balance due to the State for its response work, but also recommended that the State was not entitled to reimbursement for substantial claims for interest accrued on its incurred costs. The Office of Inspector General did not consider in its recommendation the State's potential liability as an “operator” of the Site. Through the proposed Agreement, the Agency will reimburse the State in an amount consistent with the recommendations of the Office of the Inspector General, and will not seek additional costs from the State for its potential liability as an “operator” of the Site. The State covenants to accept the settlement as a final determination of the amount of its reimbursement, precluding further claims for recovery of the interest accrued on the State's response costs. A portion of the payments from the Agency to the State will go specifically toward further investigation and response to the recently discovered perchlorate contamination at the Site. For thirty

(30)days following the date of publication of this Notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the proposed Agreement. The Agency's response to any comments will be available for public inspection at the Agency's Region IX offices, located at 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 10, 2006. ADDRESSES: The proposed Agreement may be obtained from Judith Winchell, Docket Clerk, telephone

(415)972-3124. Comments regarding the proposed Agreement should be addressed to Judith Winchell (SFD-7) at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and should reference the Stringfellow Acid Pits Superfund Site, Glen Avon, California, and USEPA Docket No. 9-2006-0004. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Helmlinger, Office of Regional Counsel, telephone

(415)972-3904, USEPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105. Dated: February 28, 2006. Elizabeth Adams, Acting Director, Superfund Division. [FR Doc. 06-2245 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am]

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