Notice2024-22032
Science Advisory Board Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Panel; Closed Meeting
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Published
September 26, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting of the Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Panel. The purpose of the meeting is to review nominations and make recommendations for the Early Career Science and Technology Award. The meeting is closed to the public.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 78868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22032]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-12233-01-OA]
Science Advisory Board Scientific and Technological Achievement
Awards Panel; Closed Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting of the Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Panel. The purpose of the
meeting is to review nominations and make recommendations for the Early
Career Science and Technology Award. The meeting is closed to the
public.
DATES: The SAB STAA Panel will meet on the following dates. All times
listed are in eastern time.
1. November 4, 2024, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
2. November 6, 2024, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
3. November 13, 2024, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The SAB STAA Panel meeting will be conducted virtually.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information concerning this notice may contact Dr.
Shaunta Hill-Hammond, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone
(202) 564-3343, or via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5830313434753039353537363c762b30392d362c39183d2839763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e38b8a8f8fce8b828e8e8c8d87cd908b82968d9782a3869382cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>. General
information about the SAB as well as any updates concerning the meeting
announced in this notice can be found on the SAB website at <a href="https://sab.epa.gov">https://sab.epa.gov</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA),
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the EPA Administrator on the scientific and
technical basis for agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a
Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 10. The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that
the SAB STAA Panel, will hold a closed meeting to review nominations
for the Early Career Science and Technology Award and make
recommendations for award recipients.
The Early Career Science and Technology Award at EPA, established
in 2024, recognizes early-career professionals who have made
distinguished contributions to scientific research or technology
development to EPA and show exceptional promise of continued
achievements throughout their EPA career. All technical staff (e.g.,
mathematicians, engineers, social/physical/biological/computational
scientists, physicians, and others) are eligible for this annual award.
Recipient(s) receive a one-time monetary stipend of $10,000 and a
commemorative plaque.
The SAB reviews the STAA nomination packages according to the
following three evaluation factors:
<bullet> Scientific achievements: How has the nominee led,
conducted, or influenced scientific research that significantly
advanced a field of research (to include the integration and synthesis
of data) or developed technology within the employee's scientific or
technical area of expertise, such that the product of their work had a
substantial impact on the mission of ORD and EPA.
<bullet> Impact: How have the efforts of the nominee resulted in
improved customer, partner, or stakeholder satisfaction through
documented accolades, recognition, or direct influence on decisions or
actions and consistently demonstrated the highest level of
accountability in achieving the organization's, ORD's and the Agency's
goals and mission.
<bullet> Partnership: How have efforts of the nominee led or
initiated significant collaborations successfully influencing the
organization, workgroup, or teams in activities or projects that result
in improvements in program policies, processes, or other key activities
(commensurate with career stage).
I have determined that the meetings of the STAA Panel and Chartered
SAB will be closed to the public because they are concerned with
selecting employees deserving of awards. In making these
recommendations, the Agency requires full and frank advice from the
SAB. This advice will involve professional judgments on the relative
merits of various employees and their respective work. Such matters
relate solely to EPA's internal personnel rules and practices and
involve the discussion of information that is of a personal nature and
the disclosure of which would be a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy and, therefore, are protected from disclosure by
section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S. Code
10, and subsections (c)(2) and (c)(6) of the Government in the Sunshine
Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. Minutes of the meetings of the STAA Panel and the
Chartered SAB will be kept and certified by the chair of those
meetings.
Meeting cancellation: The November 6, 2024 and November 13, 2024
meeting dates may be cancelled if the STAA Panel concludes its
deliberative discussions early.
Michael S. Regan,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-22032 Filed 9-25-24; 8:45 am]
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