Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference and Public Meeting of the SAB Trichloroethylene (TCE) Review Panel, 16108-16109 [2010-7229]

Download as PDF 16108 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 61 / Wednesday, March 31, 2010 / Notices www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters and any form of encryption and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https:// www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center. Dated: March 25, 2010. Lynn Flowers, Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. 2010–7210 Filed 3–30–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9132–1] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference and Public Meeting of the SAB Trichloroethylene (TCE) Review Panel jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two public meetings of the SAB Trichloroethylene (TCE) Review Panel: a teleconference and a face-to-face meeting to review EPA’s Toxicological Review of Trichloroethylene in Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), External Review Draft. VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:40 Mar 30, 2010 Jkt 220001 DATES: There will be a public teleconference on April 20, 2010 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). The public meeting will be held on May 10, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time), May 11, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 12, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern time). ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by phone only. The face-toface meeting on May 10–12, 2010 will be held at The Hilton Embassy Row Hotel, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202) 265–1600. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to obtain information concerning the public teleconference and/or public meeting may contact Dr. Marc Rigas, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone/ voice mail at (202) 343–9978 or at rigas.marc@epa.gov. General information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice, may be found on the EPA Web site at https:// www.epa.gov/sab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is hereby given that the SAB Trichloroethylene Review Panel will hold a public teleconference to discuss the plans for the subsequent public faceto-face meeting to conduct a peer review of the EPA’s Toxicological Review of Trichloroethylene in Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), External Review Draft (October 2009). 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. Background: EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is an electronic database containing descriptive and quantitative toxicological information on human health effects that may result from chronic exposure to various substances in the environment. This information supports human health risk assessments and includes hazard identification, dose-response data and derivations of oral reference doses (RfDs) and inhalation reference concentrations PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (RfCs) for noncancer effects and oral slope factors and oral and inhalation unit risks for cancer effects. IRIS is prepared and maintained by EPA’s National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the Office of Research and Development (ORD). In 2001, ORD developed a draft IRIS Toxicological Assessment for TCE, which was released for public comment and external peer review. In 2002, the Environmental Health Committee of the SAB reviewed the draft TCE Assessment and made several recommendations to strengthen the dose-response assessment. In 2004, in preparation for development of a new TCE assessment, the National Research Council (NRC) was requested to provide a scientific consultation on key scientific issues related to assessing the human health risks of TCE, including those relevant to hazard characterization/mode of action, physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling, and dose-response assessment. ORD has taken the recommendations and conclusions included in the NRC’s report, which was released in 2006, into account as it developed a new revised draft IRIS Toxicological Assessment for TCE. ORD has requested that the SAB review its revised draft assessment. In response to ORD’s request, the SAB Staff Office solicited nominations of experts and formed a review panel for TCE [Federal Register Notice dated October 22, 2009 (74 FR 54563–54564)]. The panel will conduct a review of EPA’s October 2009 External Review Draft of its Toxicological Review of Trichloroethylene in Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Specifically, the panel is being asked to provide recommendations on physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling, meta-analysis for cancer epidemiology, components of the TCE hazard assessment and doseresponse assessment. The purpose of the teleconference is for the panel to receive a briefing on the assessment and for members to clarify the charge to the panel. During the face-to-face meeting, the panel will review the assessment. Availability of Meeting Materials: Agendas and materials in support of these meetings will be placed on the EPA Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of each meeting. For technical questions and information concerning EPA’s draft document, please contact Dr. Weihsueh Chiu at (703) 347–8607, or chiu.weihsueh@epa.gov. Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral E:\FR\FM\31MRN1.SGM 31MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 61 / Wednesday, March 31, 2010 / Notices information for the SAB Trichloroethylene Review Panel to consider during this advisory activity. Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public teleconference will be limited to three minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. At the face-toface meeting, presentations will be limited to five minutes, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. Each person making an oral statement should consider providing written comments as well as their oral statement so that the points presented orally can be expanded upon in writing. Interested parties should contact Dr. Marc Rigas, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail) at the contact information noted above by April 13, 2010 for the teleconference and by May 3, 2010 for the face-to-face meeting, to be placed on the list of public speakers. Written Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the DFO via e-mail at the contact information noted above by April 13, 2010 for the teleconference and by May 3, 2010 for the face-to-face meeting so that the information may be made available to the Committee members for their consideration. Written statements should be supplied in one of the following electronic formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM– PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. Submitters are requested to provide versions of signed documents, 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. Marc Rigas at (202) 343–9978 or rigas.marc@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Dr. Rigas preferably at least ten days prior to each meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: March 24, 2010. Vanessa T. Vu, Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office. jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES [FR Doc. 2010–7229 Filed 3–30–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:40 Mar 30, 2010 Jkt 220001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0936; FRL–8806–9] Antimicrobial Pesticide Products; Registration Applications AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of applications to register new antimicrobial pesticide products containing new active ingredients, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. EPA is publishing this notice of such applications, pursuant to section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA. DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 30, 2010. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number specified for the pesticide of interest as shown in Unit II., by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. • Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 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The regulations.gov website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 16109 means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index available at https://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at https:// www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A contact person is listed at the end of each registration application summary and may be contacted by telephone or e-mail. The mailing address for each contact person listed is: Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to: • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532). E:\FR\FM\31MRN1.SGM 31MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16108-16109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7229]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9132-1]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Teleconference and Public Meeting of the SAB Trichloroethylene (TCE) 
Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces 
two public meetings of the SAB Trichloroethylene (TCE) Review Panel: a 
teleconference and a face-to-face meeting to review EPA's Toxicological 
Review of Trichloroethylene in Support of Summary Information on the 
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), External Review Draft.

DATES: There will be a public teleconference on April 20, 2010 from 
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). The public meeting will be held 
on May 10, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time), May 11, 2010 from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 12, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern time).

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by phone only. The 
face-to-face meeting on May 10-12, 2010 will be held at The Hilton 
Embassy Row Hotel, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20036; telephone (202) 265-1600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to 
obtain information concerning the public teleconference and/or public 
meeting may contact Dr. Marc Rigas, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 
EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office (1400F), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
by telephone/voice mail at (202) 343-9978 or at rigas.marc@epa.gov. 
General information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning 
the meeting announced in this notice, may be found on the EPA Web site 
at https://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is hereby given that the SAB 
Trichloroethylene Review Panel will hold a public teleconference to 
discuss the plans for the subsequent public face-to-face meeting to 
conduct a peer review of the EPA's Toxicological Review of 
Trichloroethylene in Support of Summary Information on the Integrated 
Risk Information System (IRIS), External Review Draft (October 2009). 
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.
    Background: EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is an 
electronic database containing descriptive and quantitative 
toxicological information on human health effects that may result from 
chronic exposure to various substances in the environment. This 
information supports human health risk assessments and includes hazard 
identification, dose-response data and derivations of oral reference 
doses (RfDs) and inhalation reference concentrations (RfCs) for 
noncancer effects and oral slope factors and oral and inhalation unit 
risks for cancer effects. IRIS is prepared and maintained by EPA's 
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the Office 
of Research and Development (ORD).
    In 2001, ORD developed a draft IRIS Toxicological Assessment for 
TCE, which was released for public comment and external peer review. In 
2002, the Environmental Health Committee of the SAB reviewed the draft 
TCE Assessment and made several recommendations to strengthen the dose-
response assessment. In 2004, in preparation for development of a new 
TCE assessment, the National Research Council (NRC) was requested to 
provide a scientific consultation on key scientific issues related to 
assessing the human health risks of TCE, including those relevant to 
hazard characterization/mode of action, physiologically-based 
pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling, and dose-response assessment. ORD has 
taken the recommendations and conclusions included in the NRC's report, 
which was released in 2006, into account as it developed a new revised 
draft IRIS Toxicological Assessment for TCE. ORD has requested that the 
SAB review its revised draft assessment.
    In response to ORD's request, the SAB Staff Office solicited 
nominations of experts and formed a review panel for TCE [Federal 
Register Notice dated October 22, 2009 (74 FR 54563-54564)]. The panel 
will conduct a review of EPA's October 2009 External Review Draft of 
its Toxicological Review of Trichloroethylene in Support of Summary 
Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). 
Specifically, the panel is being asked to provide recommendations on 
physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling, meta-analysis 
for cancer epidemiology, components of the TCE hazard assessment and 
dose-response assessment. The purpose of the teleconference is for the 
panel to receive a briefing on the assessment and for members to 
clarify the charge to the panel. During the face-to-face meeting, the 
panel will review the assessment.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Agendas and materials in support 
of these meetings will be placed on the EPA Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of each meeting. For technical questions and 
information concerning EPA's draft document, please contact Dr. 
Weihsueh Chiu at (703) 347-8607, or chiu.weihsueh@epa.gov.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral

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information for the SAB Trichloroethylene Review Panel to consider 
during this advisory activity. Oral Statements: In general, individuals 
or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public teleconference 
will be limited to three minutes per speaker, with no more than a total 
of 30 minutes for all speakers. At the face-to-face meeting, 
presentations will be limited to five minutes, with no more than a 
total of one hour for all speakers. Each person making an oral 
statement should consider providing written comments as well as their 
oral statement so that the points presented orally can be expanded upon 
in writing. Interested parties should contact Dr. Marc Rigas, DFO, in 
writing (preferably via e-mail) at the contact information noted above 
by April 13, 2010 for the teleconference and by May 3, 2010 for the 
face-to-face meeting, to be placed on the list of public speakers. 
Written Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the DFO 
via e-mail at the contact information noted above by April 13, 2010 for 
the teleconference and by May 3, 2010 for the face-to-face meeting so 
that the information may be made available to the Committee members for 
their consideration. Written statements should be supplied in one of 
the following electronic formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. 
Submitters are requested to provide versions of signed documents, 
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. Marc Rigas at (202) 
343-9978 or rigas.marc@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a 
disability, please contact Dr. Rigas preferably at least ten days prior 
to each meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process your 
request.

    Dated: March 24, 2010.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office.
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