Ninth Meeting of the World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel To Continue Evaluation on Issues Relating to Impacts of the Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers, 6869-6870 [05-2517]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 9, 2005 / Notices 6869 List of Subjects Environmental protection, Grants, Pesticides, Training. Future Non-Funded Abandoned Sites (Financial Assurance), and Useful Life Financing of Environmental Facilities. The meeting is open to the public; however, seating is limited. All members of the public who wish to attend the meeting must register in advance, no later than Tuesday, March 8, 2005. DATES: EFAB meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 15, 2005 from 1 p.m.– 5 p.m. and Wednesday, March 16, 2005 from 8:45 a.m.–5 p.m. ADDRESSES: Radisson Barcelo Hotel, Phillips Ballroom, 2121 P St., NW., Washington, DC 20037. Registration and Information Contact: To register for the meeting or get further information, please contact Alecia Crichlow, U.S. EPA, (202) 564–5188 or crichlow.alecia@epa.gov. Dated: January 31, 2005. Susan B. Hazen, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. [FR Doc. 05–2509 Filed 2–8–05; 8:45 am] Dated: January 25, 2005. Joseph Dillon, Director, Office of Enterprise Technology & Innovation. [FR Doc. 05–2455 Filed 2–8–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY For meeting information, registration and logistics, please see the panel’s Web site https://www.epa.gov/wtc/panel or contact ERG at (781) 674–7374. The meeting agenda and logistical information will be posted on the Web site and will also be available in hard copy. For further information regarding the WTC Expert Panel, contact Ms. Lisa Matthews, EPA Office of the Science Advisor, telephone (202) 564–6669 or email: matthews.lisa@epa.gov. [FRL–7870–4] [FRL–7870–6] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of Open Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board Ninth Meeting of the World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel To Continue Evaluation on Issues Relating to Impacts of the Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers I. WTC Expert Panel Meeting Information Congressional Review Act (CRA) (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). The CRA generally provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will submit a report containing this grant solicitation and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior to its publication in the Federal Register. This rule is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold an open meeting. EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to provide advice and recommendations to EPA on creative approaches to funding environmental programs, projects, and activities. EFAB is chartered with providing analysis and advice to the EPA Administrator and program offices on environmental finance. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from informed speakers on environmental finance issues, proposed legislation and Agency priorities and to discuss progress with work products under EFAB’s current strategic action agenda. Environmental financing topics expected to be discussed include: Joint Operations of the State Revolving Fund Programs, Innovations in Watershed Financing, Affordability of Water and Wastewater, Innovative Financing Tools, Preventing VerDate jul<14>2003 16:49 Feb 08, 2005 Jkt 205001 Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel (or WTC Expert Panel) will hold its ninth meeting intended to provide for greater input on ongoing efforts to monitor the situation for New York residents and workers impacted by the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC). The panel members will help guide the EPA’s use of the available exposure and health surveillance databases and registries to characterize any remaining exposures and risks, identify unmet public health needs, and recommend any steps to further minimize the risks associated with the aftermath of the WTC attacks. Panel meetings will be open to the public, except where the public interest requires otherwise. Information on the panel meeting agendas, documents (except where the public interest requires otherwise), and public registration to attend the meetings will be available from an Internet Web site. EPA has established an official public PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 docket for this action under Docket ID No. ORD–2004–0003. The ninth meeting of the WTC Expert Panel will be held on February 23, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., eastern standard time. On-site registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. DATES: The WTC Expert Panel meeting will be held at St. John’s University, Saval Auditorium, 101 Murray Street (between Greenwich Street and West Side Highway), New York City (Manhattan). The auditorium is located on the second floor of the building and is handicap accessible. A government-issued identification (e.g., driver’s license) is required for entry. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eastern Research Group, Inc., (ERG), an EPA contractor, will coordinate the WTC Expert Panel meeting. To attend the panel meeting as an observer, please register by visiting the Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/wtc/panel. You may also register for the meeting by calling ERG’s conference registration line between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. e.s.t. at (781) 674–7374 or toll free at 1–800–803–2833, or by faxing a registration request to (781) 674–2906 (include full address and contact information). Pre-registration is strongly recommended as space is limited, and registrations are accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. The deadline for pre-registration is February 18, 2005. Registrations will continue to be accepted after this date, including onsite registration, if space allows. There will be a limited time at the meeting for oral comments from the public. Oral comments will be limited to five (5) minutes each. If you wish to make a statement during the observer comment period, please check the appropriate box when you register at the Web site. Please bring a copy of your comments to the meeting for the record or submit them electronically via e-mail to meetings@erg.com, subject line: WTC. E:\FR\FM\09FEN1.SGM 09FEN1 6870 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 9, 2005 / Notices II. Background Information Immediately following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on New York City’s World Trade Center, many federal agencies, including the EPA, were called upon to focus their technical and scientific expertise on the national emergency. EPA, other federal agencies, New York City and New York State public health and environmental authorities focused on numerous cleanup, dust collection and ambient air monitoring activities to ameliorate and better understand the human health impacts of the disaster. Detailed information concerning the environmental monitoring activities that were conducted as part of this response is available at the EPA Response to 9– 11 Web site at https://www.epa.gov/ wtc/. In addition to environmental monitoring, EPA efforts also included toxicity testing of the dust, as well as the development of a human exposure and health risk assessment. This risk assessment document, Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster, is available on the Web at https://www.epa.gov/ncea/wtc.htm). Numerous additional studies by other Federal and State agencies, universities and other organizations have documented impacts to both the outdoor and indoor environments and to human health. While these monitoring and assessment activities were ongoing and the cleanup at Ground Zero itself was occurring, EPA began planning for a program to clean and monitor residential apartments. From June until December 2002, residents impacted by WTC dust and debris in an area of about 1 mile by 1 mile south of Canal Street were eligible to request either federallyfunded cleaning and monitoring for airborne asbestos or monitoring of their residences. The cleanup continued into the summer of 2003 by which time the EPA had cleaned and monitored 3,400 apartments and monitored 800 apartments. Detailed information on this portion of the EPA response is also available at https://www.epa.gov/wtc/. A critical component of understanding long-term human health impacts is the establishment of health registries. The WTC Health Registry is a comprehensive and confidential health survey of those most directly exposed to the contamination resulting from the collapse of the WTC towers. It is intended to give health professionals a better picture of the health consequences of 9/11. It was established by the Agency for Toxic Substances and VerDate jul<14>2003 16:49 Feb 08, 2005 Jkt 205001 Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDHMH) in cooperation with a number of academic institutions, public agencies and community groups. Detailed information about the registry can be obtained from the registry Web site at: https://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/wtc/ index.html. In order to obtain individual advice on the effectiveness of these programs, unmet needs and data gaps, the EPA has convened a technical panel of experts who have been involved with WTC assessment activities. A senior official from EPA’s Office of Research and Development will chair the panel. Dr. Paul Lioy, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-UMDNJ and Rutgers University, serves as Vice Chair. A full list of the panel members, a charge statement and operating principles for the panel are available from the panel Web site listed above. Panel meetings typically will be one- or two-day meetings, and they will occur over the course of approximately a twoyear period. Panel members will provide individual advice on issues the panel addresses. These meetings will occur in New York City and nearby locations. All of the meetings will be announced on the Web site and by a Federal Register Notice, and they will be open to the public for attendance and brief oral comments. The focus of the ninth meeting of the WTC Expert Panel is to summarize public comments received on the External Review Draft entitled, Draft Proposed Sampling Program to Determine Extent of World Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor Environment (EPA/600/R–04/169A), and to hear comments from individual panel members on the draft sampling plan and the public comments received. The draft proposed sampling plan was published in the Federal Register on October 21, 2004 (69 FR 61838) for public comment; the public comment period closed on January 18, 2005. The document is also available on the panel Web site identified earlier at: https:// www.epa.gov/wtc/panel. EPA will consider all comments in revising the document. Additional information on meetings of the WTC Expert Panel can be found at the panel Web site. III. How To Get Information on E– DOCKET EPA has established an official public docket for this action under Docket ID No. ORD–2004–0003. The official public PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 docket consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other information related to this action. Although a part of the official docket, the public docket does not include Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. The official public docket is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the Headquarters EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566–1752; facsimile: (202) 566–1753; or e-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA’s electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the appropriate docket identification number. Dated: February 3, 2005. William H. Farland, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, EPA Office of Research and Development. [FR Doc. 05–2517 Filed 2–8–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OPPT–2005–0004; FRL–7697–6] Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to E:\FR\FM\09FEN1.SGM 09FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6869-6870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2517]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7870-6]


Ninth Meeting of the World Trade Center Expert Technical Review 
Panel To Continue Evaluation on Issues Relating to Impacts of the 
Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel (or WTC 
Expert Panel) will hold its ninth meeting intended to provide for 
greater input on ongoing efforts to monitor the situation for New York 
residents and workers impacted by the collapse of the World Trade 
Center (WTC). The panel members will help guide the EPA's use of the 
available exposure and health surveillance databases and registries to 
characterize any remaining exposures and risks, identify unmet public 
health needs, and recommend any steps to further minimize the risks 
associated with the aftermath of the WTC attacks. Panel meetings will 
be open to the public, except where the public interest requires 
otherwise. Information on the panel meeting agendas, documents (except 
where the public interest requires otherwise), and public registration 
to attend the meetings will be available from an Internet Web site. EPA 
has established an official public docket for this action under Docket 
ID No. ORD-2004-0003.

DATES: The ninth meeting of the WTC Expert Panel will be held on 
February 23, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., eastern standard time. On-
site registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The WTC Expert Panel meeting will be held at St. John's 
University, Saval Auditorium, 101 Murray Street (between Greenwich 
Street and West Side Highway), New York City (Manhattan). The 
auditorium is located on the second floor of the building and is 
handicap accessible. A government-issued identification (e.g., driver's 
license) is required for entry.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For meeting information, registration 
and logistics, please see the panel's Web site https://www.epa.gov/wtc/
panel or contact ERG at (781) 674-7374. The meeting agenda and 
logistical information will be posted on the Web site and will also be 
available in hard copy. For further information regarding the WTC 
Expert Panel, contact Ms. Lisa Matthews, EPA Office of the Science 
Advisor, telephone (202) 564-6669 or e-mail: matthews.lisa@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. WTC Expert Panel Meeting Information

    Eastern Research Group, Inc., (ERG), an EPA contractor, will 
coordinate the WTC Expert Panel meeting. To attend the panel meeting as 
an observer, please register by visiting the Web site at: https://
www.epa.gov/wtc/panel. You may also register for the meeting by calling 
ERG's conference registration line between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30 
p.m. e.s.t. at (781) 674-7374 or toll free at 1-800-803-2833, or by 
faxing a registration request to (781) 674-2906 (include full address 
and contact information). Pre-registration is strongly recommended as 
space is limited, and registrations are accepted on a first-come, 
first-served basis. The deadline for pre-registration is February 18, 
2005. Registrations will continue to be accepted after this date, 
including on-site registration, if space allows. There will be a 
limited time at the meeting for oral comments from the public. Oral 
comments will be limited to five (5) minutes each. If you wish to make 
a statement during the observer comment period, please check the 
appropriate box when you register at the Web site. Please bring a copy 
of your comments to the meeting for the record or submit them 
electronically via e-mail to meetings@erg.com, subject line: WTC.

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II. Background Information

    Immediately following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on 
New York City's World Trade Center, many federal agencies, including 
the EPA, were called upon to focus their technical and scientific 
expertise on the national emergency. EPA, other federal agencies, New 
York City and New York State public health and environmental 
authorities focused on numerous cleanup, dust collection and ambient 
air monitoring activities to ameliorate and better understand the human 
health impacts of the disaster. Detailed information concerning the 
environmental monitoring activities that were conducted as part of this 
response is available at the EPA Response to 9-11 Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/ wtc/.
    In addition to environmental monitoring, EPA efforts also included 
toxicity testing of the dust, as well as the development of a human 
exposure and health risk assessment. This risk assessment document, 
Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the 
World Trade Center Disaster, is available on the Web at https://
www.epa.gov/ncea/wtc.htm). Numerous additional studies by other Federal 
and State agencies, universities and other organizations have 
documented impacts to both the outdoor and indoor environments and to 
human health.
    While these monitoring and assessment activities were ongoing and 
the cleanup at Ground Zero itself was occurring, EPA began planning for 
a program to clean and monitor residential apartments. From June until 
December 2002, residents impacted by WTC dust and debris in an area of 
about 1 mile by 1 mile south of Canal Street were eligible to request 
either federally-funded cleaning and monitoring for airborne asbestos 
or monitoring of their residences. The cleanup continued into the 
summer of 2003 by which time the EPA had cleaned and monitored 3,400 
apartments and monitored 800 apartments. Detailed information on this 
portion of the EPA response is also available at https://www.epa.gov/
wtc/.
    A critical component of understanding long-term human health 
impacts is the establishment of health registries. The WTC Health 
Registry is a comprehensive and confidential health survey of those 
most directly exposed to the contamination resulting from the collapse 
of the WTC towers. It is intended to give health professionals a better 
picture of the health consequences of 9/11. It was established by the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the New 
York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDHMH) in 
cooperation with a number of academic institutions, public agencies and 
community groups. Detailed information about the registry can be 
obtained from the registry Web site at: https://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/
html/wtc/.
    In order to obtain individual advice on the effectiveness of these 
programs, unmet needs and data gaps, the EPA has convened a technical 
panel of experts who have been involved with WTC assessment activities. 
A senior official from EPA's Office of Research and Development will 
chair the panel. Dr. Paul Lioy, Professor of Environmental and 
Community Medicine at the Environmental and Occupational Health 
Sciences Institute of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-UMDNJ and 
Rutgers University, serves as Vice Chair. A full list of the panel 
members, a charge statement and operating principles for the panel are 
available from the panel Web site listed above. Panel meetings 
typically will be one- or two-day meetings, and they will occur over 
the course of approximately a two-year period. Panel members will 
provide individual advice on issues the panel addresses. These meetings 
will occur in New York City and nearby locations. All of the meetings 
will be announced on the Web site and by a Federal Register Notice, and 
they will be open to the public for attendance and brief oral comments.
    The focus of the ninth meeting of the WTC Expert Panel is to 
summarize public comments received on the External Review Draft 
entitled, Draft Proposed Sampling Program to Determine Extent of World 
Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor Environment (EPA/600/R-04/169A), and 
to hear comments from individual panel members on the draft sampling 
plan and the public comments received. The draft proposed sampling plan 
was published in the Federal Register on October 21, 2004 (69 FR 61838) 
for public comment; the public comment period closed on January 18, 
2005. The document is also available on the panel Web site identified 
earlier at: https://www.epa.gov/wtc/panel. EPA will consider all 
comments in revising the document. Additional information on meetings 
of the WTC Expert Panel can be found at the panel Web site.

III. How To Get Information on E-DOCKET

    EPA has established an official public docket for this action under 
Docket ID No. ORD-2004-0003. The official public docket consists of the 
documents specifically referenced in this action, any public comments 
received, and other information related to this action. Although a part 
of the official docket, the public docket does not include Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. The official public docket is the collection of 
materials that is available for public viewing at the Office of 
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the Headquarters EPA Docket 
Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading 
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is 
(202) 566-1752; facsimile: (202) 566-1753; or e-mail: 
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official 
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that 
are available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' 
then key in the appropriate docket identification number.

    Dated: February 3, 2005.
William H. Farland,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, EPA Office of 
Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 05-2517 Filed 2-8-05; 8:45 am]
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