Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office; Notification of Public Teleconferences of the Arsenic Review Panel, 6478-6479 [E6-1721]

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E6–1711 Filed 2–7–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8029–8] Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office; Notification of Public Teleconferences of the Arsenic Review Panel Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two public teleconferences of the SAB Arsenic Review Panel to continue discussions of its draft report, Advisory on EPA’s Assessments of Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and Inorganic Arsenic. DATES: The dates for the teleconference meetings are February 23, 2006 and February 28, 2006, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., eastern time on each day. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to obtain the teleconference call-in number and access code to participate in the teleconferences may contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by telephone at (202) 343–9982 or e-mail at miller.tom@epa.gov. General information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning the teleconference announced in this notice, may be found on the SAB Web Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Human exposure to arsenic compounds may occur through various environmental media by their use as pesticides (e.g., dessicants/defoliants, wood preservatives) or from industrial wastes. EPA regulates environmental exposure to arsenic compounds pursuant to requirements of several laws (e.g., the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and the Food Quality Protection Act). EPA requested its Science Advisory Board (SAB) to PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 provide advice on scientific issues underlying the Agency’s assessments of the carcinogenic potential of arsenic compounds. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby given that the SAB Arsenic Review Panel will hold public teleconferences on the dates and times provided above. The purpose of these teleconference meetings is to allow the SAB Panel to continue the discussion of the Panel’s draft report, Advisory on EPA’s Assessments of Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and Inorganic Arsenic. This draft report was previously discussed at the telephone conference meeting held on January 24, 2006 (see 70 FR 76451–76452). Background on this advisory activity has been provided in Federal Register notices published on February 23, 2005 (70 FR 8803–8804) and July 26, 2005 (70 FR 43144–43145). Availability of Meeting Materials A roster of the Panel members, the teleconference agenda, the charge to the Panel may be found on the SAB Web Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/ arsenic_review_panel.htm. The draft SAB report which is the subject of discussion may be found at: https:// www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/arsenic_12-272005_dft_for_jan-24-2006.pdf. EPA’s Toxicological Review of Inorganic Arsenic and related background information on inorganic arsenic may be found at: https:// www.epa.gov/waterscience/sab. The technical contact for the above information on inorganic arsenic is Dr. Elizabeth Doyle, (202) 566–0056, of the Office of Water. EPA’s assessment for organic arsenic, Science Issue Paper: Cancer Mode of Action of Cacodylic Acid (Dimethylarsinic Acid, DMAV and Recommendations for Dose Response Extrapolation and other related background information on organic arsenic may be found at: https:// www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/ cacodylic_acid. The technical contact for the above information on organic arsenic is Dr. Anna Lowit, (703) 308– 4135, of the Office of Pesticide Programs. Procedures for Providing Public Input Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB Panel to consider during the advisory process. Written and oral statements should not repeat information previously submitted to the Panel at its previous meetings. Written Statements: Written statements should be submitted at least five days prior to the scheduled E:\FR\FM\08FEN1.SGM 08FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 8, 2006 / Notices conference calls so that the information may be made available to the Panel for their consideration. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO in the following formats: one hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 98/ 2000/XP format). Oral Statements: The SAB Panel had previously received oral statements from interested members of the public on the SAB draft advisory report during the January 24, 2006 telephone conference meeting. Because of time limitations, oral statements will be scheduled only for the February 28, 2006 meeting. 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 fifteen minutes for all speakers. Interested individuals or groups should contact the DFO, in writing via e-mail by February 26, 2006, to be placed on the public speaker list for the teleconference. Meeting Accommodations For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact the DFO, contact information provided above. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the DFO, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process the request. Dated: February 2, 2006. Vanessa T. Vu, Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. E6–1721 Filed 2–7–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0034; FRL–7759–6] Lindane and Other Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) Isomers Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability and Solicitation of Risk Reduction Options Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. rmajette on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES1 AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA’s risk assessment for the organochlorine pesticide lindane, gamma hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and the other HCH isomers, and opens a public comment period on these documents. In addition, this notice VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:26 Feb 07, 2006 Jkt 208001 solicits public comment on risk reduction options for lindane and the other HCH isomers. This action follows up on issues discussed in the July 2002 Lindane RED, in public comments EPA received on that decision document and in the draft North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on Lindane and other HCH Isomers. DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 10, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0034, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: opp-docket@epa.gov. • Mail: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. • Hand Delivery: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006– 0034. The docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the docket facility is (703) 305–5805. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006– 0034. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line at https:// www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 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 captured automatically and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6479 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. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm/. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the regulation.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., 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 at https:// www.regulations.gov/ or in hard copy at the Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. The docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the docket facility is (703) 305–5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Nesci, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 0001; telephone number: (703) 308– 8059; fax number: (703) 308–8005; email: nesci.kimberly@epa.govor Mark Howard, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 0001; telephone number: (703) 308– 8172; fax number: (703) 308–8005; email address: howard.markt@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. 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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office; Notification of Public 
Teleconferences of the Arsenic 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 teleconferences of the SAB Arsenic Review Panel to continue 
discussions of its draft report, Advisory on EPA's Assessments of 
Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and Inorganic Arsenic.

DATES: The dates for the teleconference meetings are February 23, 2006 
and February 28, 2006, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., eastern time on each 
day.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain the teleconference call-in number and access code to participate 
in the teleconferences may contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO), by telephone at (202) 343-9982 or e-mail at 
miller.tom@epa.gov. General information about the SAB, as well as any 
updates concerning the teleconference announced in this notice, may be 
found on the SAB Web Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Human exposure to arsenic compounds may occur through various 
environmental media by their use as pesticides (e.g., dessicants/
defoliants, wood preservatives) or from industrial wastes. EPA 
regulates environmental exposure to arsenic compounds pursuant to 
requirements of several laws (e.g., the Safe Drinking Water Act; the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and the Food 
Quality Protection Act). EPA requested its Science Advisory Board (SAB) 
to provide advice on scientific issues underlying the Agency's 
assessments of the carcinogenic potential of arsenic compounds.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the SAB Arsenic Review Panel will hold 
public teleconferences on the dates and times provided above. The 
purpose of these teleconference meetings is to allow the SAB Panel to 
continue the discussion of the Panel's draft report, Advisory on EPA's 
Assessments of Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and Inorganic Arsenic. 
This draft report was previously discussed at the telephone conference 
meeting held on January 24, 2006 (see 70 FR 76451-76452). Background on 
this advisory activity has been provided in Federal Register notices 
published on February 23, 2005 (70 FR 8803-8804) and July 26, 2005 (70 
FR 43144-43145).

Availability of Meeting Materials

    A roster of the Panel members, the teleconference agenda, the 
charge to the Panel may be found on the SAB Web Site at: https://
www.epa.gov/sab/panels/arsenic_review_panel.htm. The draft SAB report 
which is the subject of discussion may be found at: https://www.epa.gov/
sab/pdf/arsenic_12-27-2005_dft_for_jan-24-2006.pdf.
    EPA's Toxicological Review of Inorganic Arsenic and related 
background information on inorganic arsenic may be found at: https://
www.epa.gov/waterscience/sab. The technical contact for the above 
information on inorganic arsenic is Dr. Elizabeth Doyle, (202) 566-
0056, of the Office of Water. EPA's assessment for organic arsenic, 
Science Issue Paper: Cancer Mode of Action of Cacodylic Acid 
(Dimethylarsinic Acid, DMAV and Recommendations for Dose Response 
Extrapolation and other related background information on organic 
arsenic may be found at: https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/
cacodylic_acid. The technical contact for the above information on 
organic arsenic is Dr. Anna Lowit, (703) 308-4135, of the Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

Procedures for Providing Public Input

    Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or 
oral information for the SAB Panel to consider during the advisory 
process. Written and oral statements should not repeat information 
previously submitted to the Panel at its previous meetings.
    Written Statements: Written statements should be submitted at least 
five days prior to the scheduled

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conference calls so that the information may be made available to the 
Panel for their consideration. Written statements should be supplied to 
the DFO in the following formats: one hard copy with original 
signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: 
Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 
98/2000/XP format).
    Oral Statements: The SAB Panel had previously received oral 
statements from interested members of the public on the SAB draft 
advisory report during the January 24, 2006 telephone conference 
meeting. Because of time limitations, oral statements will be scheduled 
only for the February 28, 2006 meeting. 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 
fifteen minutes for all speakers. Interested individuals or groups 
should contact the DFO, in writing via e-mail by February 26, 2006, to 
be placed on the public speaker list for the teleconference.

Meeting Accommodations

    For information on access or services for individuals with 
disabilities, please contact the DFO, contact information provided 
above. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the 
DFO, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 
much time as possible to process the request.

    Dated: February 2, 2006.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
 [FR Doc. E6-1721 Filed 2-7-06; 8:45 am]
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