[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7592-7593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3358]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9114-7]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public notice for the chartered SAB to hold a public teleconference on
March 24, 2010 to conduct quality reviews of three draft reports.
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on March 24, 2010 from 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain general information concerning this public teleconference should
contact Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail (202) 343-9981; fax
(202) 233-0643; or e-mail at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General information
concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the SAB Web
site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is hereby given that the EPA
Science Advisory Board will hold a public teleconference to conduct
quality reviews of three draft SAB Panel reports: (1) The SAB Drinking
Water Committee's draft Review of EPA's Microbial Risk Assessment
Protocol; (2) the SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee's
draft Review of Empirical Approaches for Nutrient Criteria Derivation;
and (3) the draft Report of the Risk and Technology Methods Review
Panel. The SAB was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide
independent scientific and technical advice to the Administrator on the
technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a
Federal Advisory Committee under FACA. The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
Background: (1) The SAB Drinking Water Committee's Draft Review of
EPA's Microbial Risk Assessment Protocol. EPA's Office of Water (OW)
conducts microbial risk assessments (MRA) as part of its responsibility
for protecting human health and the environment from contaminants in
water. OW has requested the SAB conduct a review of the draft
``Protocol for Microbial Risk Assessment for Support Human Health
Protection for Water-Based Media'' and provide recommendations on how
to improve the overall approach, the applicability of the protocol, the
reasonableness of the protocol, the clarity of the protocol, the
completeness and robustness of the protocol, and the ease of use of the
protocol for conducting water-based
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microbial risk assessments. Background information about this advisory
activity can be found on the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/MRA%20Protocol?OpenDocument.
(2) SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee's Draft Review
of Empirical Approaches for Nutrient Criteria Derivation: Nutrient
enrichment is one of the leading causes of surface water quality
impairment in the United States. The adoption of numeric nutrient
criteria in state water quality standards for the protection of aquatic
life is a high priority for EPA's Office of Water. EPA's OW has
requested SAB review of the Agency's draft Technical Guidance on
Empirical Approaches for Numerical Nutrient Criteria Development. This
draft guidance would supplement EPA's published technical guidance for
developing numeric nutrient water quality by using empirically-derived
stressor-response relationships as the basis for developing numeric
nutrient endpoints for water quality standards.
Background information about this advisory activity can be found on
the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Empirical%20Criteria%20Guidance?OpenDocument.
(3) The Draft Report of the Risk and Technology Methods Review
Panel: Section 112(f)(2)(A) of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAA)
requires EPA to evaluate whether emission standards that were
previously adopted under the technology-based, Maximum Achievable
Control Technology (MACT) program provide an ample margin of safety to
protect public health and prevent adverse environmental effects (taking
into consideration costs, energy, safety, and other relevant factors).
Within eight years of the promulgation of a MACT standard for the
source category, EPA is mandated by the CAA to assess the risks to
determine whether additional standards are needed. EPA's Office of Air
and Radiation requested the SAB to review the draft assessments which
evaluate the potential risks to human health and the environment from
two source categories (petroleum refinery and Portland kiln cement)
that remain after compliance with MACT. Background information about
this advisory activity can be found on the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/RTR%20Risk%20Assessments%20(P2%2C%20G3)?OpenDocument.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The agenda and other materials
in support of the teleconference will be placed on the SAB Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the teleconference.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB to
consider during this teleconference. Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting time to make an oral presentation at a
public SAB teleconference will be limited to three minutes, with no
more than one-half hour for all speakers. Those interested in being
placed on the public speakers list should contact Dr. Nugent at the
contact information provided above by March 17, 2010. Written
Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff
Office by March 17, 2010. Written statements should be supplied to the
DFO via e-mail to nugent.angela@epa.gov (acceptable file format: Adobe
Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in
IBM-PC/ Windows98/2000/XP format). Submitters are asked to provide
versions of each document submitted with and without signatures,
because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures
on its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Angela Nugent at
(202) 343-9981 or nugent.angela@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact her preferably at least 10 days prior to the
teleconference, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your
request.
Dated: February 4, 2010.
Anthony Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-3358 Filed 2-19-10; 8:45 am]
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