Human Studies Review Board; Notice of Public Meeting, 19725-19727 [06-3635]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 73 / Monday, April 17, 2006 / Notices Format for Joint Meeting The format for the joint meeting will be discussions between the two sets of commissioners following presentations by their respective staffs, as set forth in the revised agenda below. There will not be industry presentations. Revised Agenda Opening Remarks by FERC Chairman Kelliher, NRC Chairman Diaz and Commissioners Brief presentations by NRC Staff on effects of grid reliability on nuclear power plants and projected additions of new nuclear reactors to the grid and by FERC Staff on grid reliability and the Electric Reliability Organization proceeding. Discussion Brief presentations/updates by NRC Staff on Generic Letter and by FERC Staff on Interpretive Order Proceeding. Discussion Brief presentations by NRC Staff on reactor regulation and oversight, including adopting and revising standards, and by FERC Staff on new responsibilities under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Discussion dsatterwhite on PROD1PC76 with NOTICES Closing Remarks by NRC Chairman Diaz, FERC Chairman Kelliher and Commissioners or 202–502–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202–208–2106 with the required accommodations. All interested persons are invited. There is no pre-registration and there is no fee to attend this joint meeting. Questions about the meeting should be directed to Mary Kipp at Mary.Kipp@ferc.gov or by phone at 202– 502–8228. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–5621 Filed 4–14–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0316; FRL–8158–8] Human Studies Review Board; Notice of Public Meeting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA or Agency) Office of the Science Advisor (OSA) announces a public meeting of the Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) to advise the Agency on EPA’s scientific and ethical reviews of human subjects research. The public meeting will be held May 2–4, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to * * * * * approximately 5 p.m., eastern time As noted in the April 3 Notice, free (However, the third day may not be webcast of this event is available needed). through https://www.ferc.gov. Anyone Location: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, with Internet access who desires to view Alexandria-Historic District, 625 First this event can do so by navigating to https://www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. The telephone number for the Holiday Inn and locating this event in the Calendar. Hotel & Suites, Alexandria-Historic The event will contain a link to its District is (703) 548–6300. webcast. The Capitol Connection Meeting Access: Seating at the provides technical support for the meeting will be on a first-come basis. webcasts and offers access to the Individuals requiring special meeting via phone bridge for a fee. If accommodations at this meeting, you have any questions, visit https:// including wheelchair access and www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Perkowski or David Reininger at assistance for the hearing impaired, should contact the DFO at least 10 703–993–3100. business days prior to the meeting using Transcripts of the meeting will be available immediately for a fee from Ace the information under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT so that Reporting Company (202–347–3700 or appropriate arrangements can be made. 1–800–336–6646). They will be Procedures for Providing Public Input: available for free on the Commission’s Interested members of the public may eLibrary system and on the events submit relevant written or oral calendar approximately one week after comments for the HSRB to consider the meeting. during the advisory process. Additional FERC conferences and meetings are information concerning submission of accessible under section 508 of the relevant written or oral comments is Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For provided in Unit I.E. of this notice. accessibility accommodations please send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any or call toll free (866) 208–3372 (voice) member of the public who wishes VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:16 Apr 14, 2006 Jkt 208001 DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19725 further information should contact Paul I. Lewis, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA, Office of the Science Advisor, (8105), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–8381; fax: (202) 564–2070; e-mail address: lewis.paul@epa.gov. Submit your written comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0316, by one of the following methods: https:// www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006– 0316. Deliveries are only accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006– 0316. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online 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 https:// www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site 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 https:// 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 ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\17APN1.SGM 17APN1 19726 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 73 / Monday, April 17, 2006 / Notices special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Public Meeting dsatterwhite on PROD1PC76 with NOTICES A. Does This Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, however, be of interest to persons who conduct or assess human studies on substances regulated by EPA or to persons who are or may be required to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of This Document and Other Related Information? In addition to using regulations.gov, you may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at https:// www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. A frequently updated electronic version of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is available at https://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/. 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 ORD Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The 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 ORD Docket is (202) 566–1752. EPA’s position paper(s), charge/ questions to the HSRB, and the meeting agenda will be available by mid to late April 2006. In addition, the Agency may provide additional background documents as the materials become available. You may obtain electronic VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:16 Apr 14, 2006 Jkt 208001 copies of these documents, and certain other related documents that might be available electronically, from the regulations.gov Web site and the HSRB Internet Home Page at https:// www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. For questions on document availability or if you do not have access to the Internet, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. C. What Should I Consider as I Prepare May Comments for EPA? You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your comments: 1. Explain your views as clearly as possible. 2. Describe any assumptions that you used. 3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used that support your views. 4. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns. 5. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal Register citation. E. How May I Participate in This Meeting? You may participate in this meeting by following the instructions in this section. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative that you identify docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD–2006– 0316 in the subject line on the first page of your request. 1. Oral comments. Requests to present oral comments will be accepted up to April 26, 2006. To the extent that time permits, interested persons who have not pre-registered may be permitted by the Chair of the HSRB to present oral comments at the meeting. Each individual or group wishing to make brief oral comments to the HSRB is strongly advised to submit their request (preferably via e-mail) to the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later than noon, eastern time, April 26, 2006, in order to be included on the meeting agenda. The request should identify the name of the individual making the presentation, the organization (if any) the individual will represent, and any requirements for audiovisual equipment (e.g., overhead projector, 35 mm projector, chalkboard). Oral comments before the HSRB are limited to 5 minutes per individual or organization. Please note that this includes all individuals appearing either as part of, or on behalf of an organization. While it is our intent to hear a full range of oral comments on PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the science and ethics issues under discussion, it is not our intent to permit organizations to expand these time limitations by having numerous individuals sign up separately to speak on their behalf. If additional time is available, there may be flexibility in time for public comments. Each speaker should being 25 copies of his or her comments and presentation slides for distribution to the HSRB at the meeting. 2. Written comments. Although you may submit written comments at any time, for the HSRB to have the best opportunity to review and consider your comments as it deliberates on its report, you should submit your comments at least 5 business days prior to the beginning of the meeting. If you submit comments after the date, those comments will be provided to the Board members, but you should recognize that the Board members may not have adequate time to consider those comments prior to making a decision. Thus, if you plan to submit written comments, the Agency strongly encourages you to submit such comments no later than noon, eastern time, April 26, 2006. You should submit your comments using the instructions in Unit 1.C. of this notice. In addition, the Agency also requests that person(s) submitting comments directly to the docket also provide a copy of their comments to the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. There is no limit on the length of written comments for consideration by the HSRB. F. Background The HSRB will meet to consider and review EPA’s scientific and ethics analyses of six completed human toxicity studies concerning three different compounds, including: Hexavalent chromium, a constituent of a wood preservative; and the following pesticide active ingredients—carbofuran and methyl isothiocyanate (MITC). The studies being considered at this meeting will include both studies on which the Agency proposes to rely in actions under the pesticide laws and studies that the Agency has decided not to use in its risk assessments, either for scientific reasons or because they do not meet the standards in EPA’s final human studies rule, 40 CFR part 26. The Agency will ask the HSRB to advise the Agency on a range of scientific and ethics issues and on how the studies should be assessed against the provisions in 40 CFR 26.1701–26.1704 of EPA’s final human studies rule. In addition, the Board may be reviewing draft HSRB reports for subsequent Board approval. E:\FR\FM\17APN1.SGM 17APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 73 / Monday, April 17, 2006 / Notices Dated: April 11, 2006. William H. Farland, Acting EPA Science Advisor. [FR Doc. 06–3635 Filed 4–14–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6960–50–M ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8159–2] Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of an Upcoming Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board Geographic Information System Screening Tool Review Panel Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. dsatterwhite on PROD1PC76 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the SAB Geographic Information System Screening Tool Review Panel. DATES: The public teleconference will be held on May 2, 2006, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (eastern time). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to obtain the call-in number and access code for the teleconference may contact Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by mail at the Science Advisory Board Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 343–9995; or by email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. General information about the SAB may be found on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby given that the SAB Geographic Information System Screening Tool Review Panel will hold a public teleconference to discuss its draft advisory report on the EPA Region 6 Geographic Information System Screening Tool. The Panel reviewed the GISST at a public meeting held on December 7–8, 2005 and has prepared a draft advisory report to EPA. Background information on the Panel and the GISST review was provided in Federal Register notices published on September 22, 2005 (70 FR 55620– 55621) and November 15, 2005 (70 FR 69340–69341). The Panel is holding the teleconference to finalize its draft report before submitting the report to the chartered SAB for review and approval. The Panel(s draft advisory report may be found on the SAB Web site at https:// VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:16 Apr 14, 2006 Jkt 208001 www.epa.gov/sab. The teleconference agenda will be posted on the SAB website prior to the teleconference. The Panel will comply with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and all appropriate SAB procedural policies. Procedures for Providing Public Input: Members of the public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB Panel to consider during the advisory process. 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 fifteen minutes for all speakers. Interested parties should contact the DFO, contact information provided above, in writing via e-mail seven days before the teleconference in order to be placed on the public speaker list. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office at least seven days before the meeting 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). Meeting Accommodations: For information on access or services for people with disabilities, please contact the DFO, contact information provided above. To request accommodation of a disability please contact the DFO, preferably at least ten business days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: April 11, 2006. Anthony F. Maciorowski, Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. E6–5687 Filed 4–14–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19727 assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than May 11, 2005. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204: 1. First Suffield Financial Inc., Suffield, Connecticut; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The First National Bank of Suffield, Suffield, Connecticut. 2. SEE Trust, Miami, Florida, and Evan Marbin as trustee; to become a bank holding company by acquiring more than 25 percent of the voting shares of TransAtlantic Bank, Miami, Florida. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303: 1. FEB Bancshares, Inc., Louisville, Alabama; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Farmers Exchange Bank,Louisville, Alabama. C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 1. Birmingham Bloomfield Bancshares, Inc., Birmingham, Michigan; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Bank of Birmingham (in organization), Birmingham, Michigan. E:\FR\FM\17APN1.SGM 17APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19725-19727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3635]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0316; FRL-8158-8]


Human Studies Review Board; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA or Agency) 
Office of the Science Advisor (OSA) announces a public meeting of the 
Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) to advise the Agency on EPA's 
scientific and ethical reviews of human subjects research.

DATES: The public meeting will be held May 2-4, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 
approximately 5 p.m., eastern time (However, the third day may not be 
needed).
    Location: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Alexandria-Historic District, 
625 First Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. The telephone number for the 
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Alexandria-Historic District is (703) 548-
6300.
    Meeting Access: Seating at the meeting will be on a first-come 
basis. Individuals requiring special accommodations at this meeting, 
including wheelchair access and assistance for the hearing impaired, 
should contact the DFO at least 10 business days prior to the meeting 
using the information under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT so that 
appropriate arrangements can be made.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral comments for the HSRB to 
consider during the advisory process. Additional information concerning 
submission of relevant written or oral comments is provided in Unit 
I.E. of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes 
further information should contact Paul I. Lewis, Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO), EPA, Office of the Science Advisor, (8105), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-8381; fax: (202) 564-
2070; e-mail address: lewis.paul@epa.gov.

ADDRESSES: Submit your written comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0316, by one of the following methods: https://
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting 
comments.
    E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
    Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West 
Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0316. Deliveries are only 
accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2006-0316. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online 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 https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site 
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 https://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

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special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects 
or viruses.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Meeting

A. Does This Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, 
however, be of interest to persons who conduct or assess human studies 
on substances regulated by EPA or to persons who are or may be required 
to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may also be interested, 
the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that 
may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of This Document and Other 
Related Information?

    In addition to using regulations.gov, you may access this Federal 
Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the 
``Federal Register'' listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. A 
frequently updated electronic version of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) is available at https://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/.
    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 ORD Docket, EPA/
DC, EPA West Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 
The 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 
ORD Docket is (202) 566-1752.
    EPA's position paper(s), charge/questions to the HSRB, and the 
meeting agenda will be available by mid to late April 2006. In 
addition, the Agency may provide additional background documents as the 
materials become available. You may obtain electronic copies of these 
documents, and certain other related documents that might be available 
electronically, from the regulations.gov Web site and the HSRB Internet 
Home Page at https://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. For questions on document 
availability or if you do not have access to the Internet, consult the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

C. What Should I Consider as I Prepare May Comments for EPA?

    You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your 
comments:
    1. Explain your views as clearly as possible.
    2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
    3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used 
that support your views.
    4. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.
    5. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket 
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page 
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal 
Register citation.

E. How May I Participate in This Meeting?

    You may participate in this meeting by following the instructions 
in this section. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative that 
you identify docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0316 in the subject line 
on the first page of your request.
    1. Oral comments. Requests to present oral comments will be 
accepted up to April 26, 2006. To the extent that time permits, 
interested persons who have not pre-registered may be permitted by the 
Chair of the HSRB to present oral comments at the meeting. Each 
individual or group wishing to make brief oral comments to the HSRB is 
strongly advised to submit their request (preferably via e-mail) to the 
DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later than noon, 
eastern time, April 26, 2006, in order to be included on the meeting 
agenda. The request should identify the name of the individual making 
the presentation, the organization (if any) the individual will 
represent, and any requirements for audiovisual equipment (e.g., 
overhead projector, 35 mm projector, chalkboard). Oral comments before 
the HSRB are limited to 5 minutes per individual or organization. 
Please note that this includes all individuals appearing either as part 
of, or on behalf of an organization. While it is our intent to hear a 
full range of oral comments on the science and ethics issues under 
discussion, it is not our intent to permit organizations to expand 
these time limitations by having numerous individuals sign up 
separately to speak on their behalf. If additional time is available, 
there may be flexibility in time for public comments. Each speaker 
should being 25 copies of his or her comments and presentation slides 
for distribution to the HSRB at the meeting.
    2. Written comments. Although you may submit written comments at 
any time, for the HSRB to have the best opportunity to review and 
consider your comments as it deliberates on its report, you should 
submit your comments at least 5 business days prior to the beginning of 
the meeting. If you submit comments after the date, those comments will 
be provided to the Board members, but you should recognize that the 
Board members may not have adequate time to consider those comments 
prior to making a decision. Thus, if you plan to submit written 
comments, the Agency strongly encourages you to submit such comments no 
later than noon, eastern time, April 26, 2006. You should submit your 
comments using the instructions in Unit 1.C. of this notice. In 
addition, the Agency also requests that person(s) submitting comments 
directly to the docket also provide a copy of their comments to the DFO 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. There is no limit on the 
length of written comments for consideration by the HSRB.

F. Background

    The HSRB will meet to consider and review EPA's scientific and 
ethics analyses of six completed human toxicity studies concerning 
three different compounds, including: Hexavalent chromium, a 
constituent of a wood preservative; and the following pesticide active 
ingredients--carbofuran and methyl isothiocyanate (MITC). The studies 
being considered at this meeting will include both studies on which the 
Agency proposes to rely in actions under the pesticide laws and studies 
that the Agency has decided not to use in its risk assessments, either 
for scientific reasons or because they do not meet the standards in 
EPA's final human studies rule, 40 CFR part 26. The Agency will ask the 
HSRB to advise the Agency on a range of scientific and ethics issues 
and on how the studies should be assessed against the provisions in 40 
CFR 26.1701-26.1704 of EPA's final human studies rule. In addition, the 
Board may be reviewing draft HSRB reports for subsequent Board 
approval.


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    Dated: April 11, 2006.
William H. Farland,
Acting EPA Science Advisor.
[FR Doc. 06-3635 Filed 4-14-06; 8:45 am]
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