[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62436-62437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24744]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9917-99-OA]
Notification of Two Public Teleconferences of the Science
Advisory Board; Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented for
the Review of EPA's Draft Trimethylbenzenes Assessment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two public teleconferences of the
SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented for the Review of
the Draft Trimethylbenzenes Assessment (CAAC-TMB Panel) to discuss its
draft report concerning EPA's draft Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS) Toxicological Review of Trimethylbenzenes (August 2013 Revised
External Review Draft).
DATES: The public teleconferences will be held on Wednesday November 5,
2014 and Friday November 7, 2014. The teleconferences will be held from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on both days.
Location: The teleconferences will be conducted by telephone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the teleconferences may contact Mr.
Thomas Carpenter, 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) 564-4885; fax (202) 565-2098; or email at
[email protected]. 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 CAAC
TMB Panel will hold public teleconferences to discuss its draft report
regarding the draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Trimethylbenzenes
(August 2013 Revised External Review Draft) and enhancements the agency
is implementing to the IRIS program. The EPA SAB Staff Office augmented
the SAB CAAC with subject matter experts to provide advice through the
chartered SAB regarding this IRIS assessment.
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 CAAC TMB Panel held a public meeting on June 17-June 19,
2014. The purpose of that meeting was to receive a briefing on the
EPA's enhancements to the IRIS Program and develop responses to the
peer review charge on the agency's draft IRIS Toxicological Review of
Trimethylbenzenes (August 2013 Revised External Review Draft). The
purpose of these public teleconferences is for the Panel to discuss its
draft report peer reviewing the agency's draft toxicological review.
The two public teleconferences will be conducted as one complete
meeting, beginning on November 5, 2014 and continuing on November 7,
2014.
Availability of Meeting Materials: Additional background on this
SAB activity, the teleconference agenda, draft report, and other
materials for the teleconferences will be posted on the SAB Web site at
http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/IRIS%20Trimethylbenzenes?OpenDocument.
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 SAB activity or meeting
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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 three
minutes per speaker. To be placed on the public speaker list for the
November 5, 2014 teleconferences, interested parties should notify Mr.
Thomas Carpenter, DFO, by email no later than October 28, 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 Mr. Carpenter at the
phone number or email address noted above, preferably at least ten days
prior to the teleconferences, to give the EPA as much time as possible
to process your request.
Dated: October 7, 2014.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-24744 Filed 10-16-14; 8:45 am]
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