[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 52025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21212]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9721-9]
Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory
Board; Exposure and Human Health Committee
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 public teleconference of the SAB
Exposure and Human Health Committee to discuss its draft report
concerning EPA's application of computational toxicology (CompTox) data
in risk assessment.
DATES: The public teleconferences will be held on Monday September 24,
2012 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by telephone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the meeting may contact Dr. Sue Shallal,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board (1400R),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail (202) 564-2057; fax
(202) 565-2098; or email at shallal.suhair@epa.gov. General information
concerning the SAB can be found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended,
5 U.S.C., App., notice is hereby given that the SAB Exposure and Human
Health Committee (EHHC) will hold a public teleconference to discuss
its draft response to the charge questions regarding the EPA
computational toxicology program. 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 chartered under
FACA. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
The SAB EHHC along with liaison members of the FIFRA Scientific
Advisory Panel (SAP) held a public meeting on May 30-31, 2012 to
receive a briefing on EPA's CompTox program and plans for advancing the
application of CompTox data into the development of EPA risk
assessments. The purpose of this public teleconference is for the
Committee to discuss its draft report on this advisory activity.
Additional background on this SAB advisory activity is provided in the
Federal Register notice published on April 30, 2012 (Vol 77 FR 83:
25479). The Committee's draft report will be posted on the SAB Web site
prior to the teleconference.
Availability of Meeting Materials: A meeting agenda, draft report,
and other materials for the teleconferences will be placed on the SAB
Web site at www.epa.gov/sab.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices.
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office. Federal advisory committees and panels, including
scientific advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA.
Members of the public can submit relevant comments pertaining to the
group conducting this advisory activity, EPA's charge, or meeting
materials. Input from the public to the SAB will have the most impact
if it consists of comments that provide specific scientific or
technical information or analysis for the SAB to consider. Members of
the public wishing to provide comment should contact the Designated
Federal Officer for the relevant advisory committee directly. Oral
Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public teleconference will be limited to five minutes
per speaker. To be placed on the public speaker list for the September
24, 2012 meeting, interested parties should notify Dr. Sue Shallal,
DFO, by email no later than September 19, 2012. Written Statements:
Written statements for these teleconferences should be received in the
SAB Staff Office by the same deadlines given above for requesting oral
comments. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO via email
(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). It
is the SAB Staff Office general policy to post written comments on the
Web page for the advisory meeting or teleconference. Submitters are
requested to provide an unsigned version of each document because the
SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures on its Web
sites. Members of the public should be aware that their personal
contact information, if included in any written comments, may be posted
to the SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will not be posted without
explicit permission of the copyright holder.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Shallal at the phone
number or email address noted above, preferably at least ten days prior
to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your
request.
Dated: August 20, 2012.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2012-21212 Filed 8-27-12; 8:45 am]
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