[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3964-3965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01286]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9922-02-OA]
Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory
Board Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented for the Ethylene
Oxide Review
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
Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC) Augmented for the
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Review to discuss its draft report concerning
EPA's Evaluation of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide
(Revised External Review Draft--August 2014).
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Friday, February 20,
2015 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern 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 teleconference may contact Mr. Aaron
Yeow, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone at (202) 564-2050
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
Augmented CAAC for EtO will hold a public teleconference to discuss its
draft report regarding EPA's Evaluation of the Inhalation
Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide (Revised External Review Draft--
August 2014). The EPA SAB Staff Office augmented the SAB CAAC with
subject matter experts to provide advice through the chartered SAB
regarding this review.
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 Augmented CAAC for EtO held a public meeting on November
18-20, 2014 to peer review the EPA's Evaluation of the Inhalation
Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide (Revised External Review Draft--
August 2014). The purpose of this public teleconference is for the
Augmented CAAC for EtO to discuss its draft report peer reviewing the
agency's draft document.
Availability of Meeting Materials: Additional background on this
SAB activity, the teleconference agenda, draft report, and other
materials for the teleconference will be posted on the SAB Web site at
http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Eto%20Inhalation%20Carcinogenicity?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
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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 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 teleconference, interested parties should
notify Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO, by email no later than February 13, 2015.
Written Statements: Written statements for these teleconferences should
be received in the SAB Staff Office by the same deadline 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. Yeow 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: January 14, 2015.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-01286 Filed 1-23-15; 8:45 am]
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