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Notification of Public Meetings of the
Science Advisory Board Radiation
Advisory Committee (RAC)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two
public meetings of the SAB Radiation
Advisory Committee (RAC) to conduct
an advisory on the Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of
Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) draft
White Paper: Modifying EPA Radiation
Risk Models Based on BEIR VII and
other committee business.
DATES: The SAB Radiation Advisory
Committee (RAC) will hold a public
teleconference on Wednesday,
September 6, 2006 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
and a public face-to-face meeting on
September 26 through September 28,
2006. A public face-to face meeting of
the SAB Radiation Advisory Committee
(RAC) will be held on September 28,
2006 following completion of the
advisory on the draft White Paper,
where the RAC will be briefed on ORIA
activities and will plan upcoming
meetings of the SAB’s RAC. The final
agendas for these public meetings will
be posted on the SAB’s Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/sab.
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference
meeting of September 6, 2006 will take
place via telephone only. The
September 26—28, 2006 meeting will
take place at the Science Advisory
Board’s Conference Room Suite #3700,
located at 1025 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access
code for the public teleconference
meeting, or further information
concerning the face-to-face public
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meeting may contact Dr. K. Jack
Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), by mail at the EPA SAB
Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at
(202) 343–9984; by fax at (202) 233–
0643; or by e-mail at:
kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov. General
information concerning the SAB can be
found on the SAB Web site at: https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
Technical Contact: For questions and
information concerning the Agency’s
draft document being reviewed, contact
Dr. Mary E. Clark, U.S. EPA, ORIA by
telephone at (202) 343–9348, fax at (202)
243–2395, or e-mail at
clark.marye@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The EPA’s Office of
Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA)
requested the SAB to provide advice on
a draft White Paper: Modifying EPA
Radiation Risk Models Based on BEIR
VII, dated August 2006. In 1994, EPA
published a report, referred to as the
‘‘Blue Book,’’ which lays out EPA’s
methodology for quantitatively
estimating radiogenic cancer risks:
https://epa.gov/radiation/docs/
assessment/402-r-93–076.pdf. A followon report made minor adjustments to
the previous estimates and presented a
partial analysis of the uncertainties in
the numerical estimates: https://epa.gov/
radiation/docs/assessment/402-r-99–
003.pdf. Finally, the Agency published
Federal Guidance Report 13: https://
epa.gov/radiation/docs/federal/402-r99–001.pdf which utilized the
previously published cancer risk
models, in conjunction with
International Commission on
Radiological Protection (ICRP)
dosimetric models and U.S. usage
patterns, to obtain cancer risk estimates
for over 800 radionuclides, and for
several exposure pathways updated at
https://epa.gov/radiation/federal/
techdocs.htm#report13.
The National Research Council (NRC
2006) recently released Health Risks
from Exposure to Low levels of Ionizing
Radiation BEIR VII Phase 2 which
primarily addresses cancer and genetic
risks from low doses of low-LET
radiation (BEIR VII) (NRC 2006 https://
newton.nap.edu/catalog/
11340.html#toc). In the EPA draft White
Paper: Modifying EPA Radiation Risk
Models Based on BEIR VII, the Agency
proposes changes to EPA’s methodology
for estimating radiogenic cancers, based
on the contents of BEIR VII. The Agency
expects to adopt the models and
methodology recommended in BEIR VII,
but believes that certain modifications
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and expansions are desirable or
necessary for EPA’s purposes. EPA’s
ORIA staff is seeking this Advisory from
the Agency’s SAB Radiation Advisory
Committee (RAC) to obtain advice on
the application of BEIR VII and on
issues relating to these modifications
and expansions.
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92–
463, the SAB Staff Office hereby gives
notice of one public teleconference
meeting and one face-to-face meeting of
the SAB Radiation Advisory Committee
(RAC). The SAB was established by 42
U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent
scientific and technical advice,
consultation, and recommendations to
the EPA Administrator on the technical
basis for Agency positions and
regulations. The RAC will comply with
the provisions of FACA and all
appropriate SAB procedural policies.
The purpose of the teleconference is
to: introduce the subject; determine if
the review and background materials
provided are adequate to respond to the
charge questions directed to the SAB’s
RAC; receive public statements; and to
discuss assignments to the RAC
members in preparation for developing
its draft advisory. The purpose of the
meeting is to: receive presentations by
the ORIA Staff; deliberate on the charge
questions; receive public statements;
and draft an advisory in response to the
charge questions pertaining to the draft
White Paper. Additionally, the RAC will
receive briefings on ORIA activities, and
will discuss plans for future activities.
Availability of Meeting Materials: A
roster and biosketches of the RAC
members, the meeting agenda, and the
charge to the SAB’s RAC will be posted
on the SAB Web site at (https://
www.epa.gov/sab) prior to each meeting.
Additional background information on
this review include the draft White
Paper (available at: https://epa.gov/
radiation/news/recentadditions.htm)
and background materials, such as the
BEIR VII document (available at https://
newton.nap.edu/catalog/
11340.html#toc). The RAC was initially
briefed on the BEIR VII draft White
Paper topic at its planning meeting of
December 21, 2005 which was held at
the National Air and Environmental
Radiation Laboratory (NAERL)
Laboratory in Montgomery, Alabama
(see notification of a public
teleconference and meeting 70 Fed. Reg.
69550, November 16, 2005). These
notices, the charge to the RAC, and
other supplemental information may be
found at the SAB’s Web site (https://
www.sab.gov/sab).
Persons who wish to obtain additional
background materials on the draft White
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Paper may find them at the following
Web site: https://epa.gov/radiation/
news/recentadditions.htm. Copies of the
materials provided to the RAC,
including the Agency’s draft document
entitled ‘‘White Paper: Modifying EPA
Radiation Risk Models Based on BEIR
VII,’’ dated August 2006, as well as
briefing materials and other background
materials pertinent to the activities
announced in this notice may be
requested from Dr. Mary E. Clark of the
U.S. EPA, ORIA by telephone at (202)
343–9348, fax at (202) 243–2395, or email at clark.marye@epa.gov.
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.
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. For
face-to-face meetings, in general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public face-to-face
meeting will be limited to five minutes
per speaker. Interested parties should
contact the DFO, contact information
provided above, in writing via e-mail
seven days prior to the teleconference
meeting date. For the September 6, 2006
teleconference meeting, the deadline is
Wednesday, August 30, 2006. For the
September 26 to 28, 2006 meeting, the
deadline is Tuesday, September 19,
2006 to be placed on the public speaker
list. Written Statements: Written
statements should be received in the
SAB Staff Office seven days prior to the
teleconference meeting. For the
September 6, 2006 teleconference
meeting, the deadline is Wednesday,
August 30, 2006; for the September 26
to 28, 2006 meeting the deadline is
Tuesday, September 19, 2006, so that
the information may be made available
to the SAB’s RAC 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 to
kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov (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
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
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your request.
Dated: July 31, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science
Advisory Board Staff Office.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the
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Decision (TRED) for Methyl Bromide,
and Reregistration Eligibility Decision
(RED) for Methyl Bromide’s Commodity
Uses, and opens a public comment
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risk assessments and other related
documents also are available in the
methyl bromide docket. Methyl bromide
is a broad-spectrum fumigant chemical
that can be used as an acaricide,
antimicrobial, fungicide, herbicide,
insecticide, nematicide, and vertebrate
control agent. This reregistration
decision document covers the methyl
bromide uses that have accompanying
food residue tolerances such as postharvest fumigation of food commodities
in chambers at ports or specialized
structural fumigations at food
processing facilities, as well as some
uses without tolerances that are
performed in similar facilities. EPA has
reviewed the methyl bromide
commodity uses through the public
participation process that the Agency
uses to involve the public in developing
pesticide reregistration and tolerance
reassessment decisions. Through these
programs, EPA is ensuring that all
pesticides meet current health and
safety standards. EPA is currently
assessing risks and will develop risk
management decisions for five soil
fumigant pesticides: Chloropicrin,
dazomet, metam sodium, methyl
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fumigants.
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DC 20460-0001.
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0123. EPA’s policy is that all comments
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces
two public meetings of the SAB Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) to
conduct an advisory on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) draft White Paper: Modifying
EPA Radiation Risk Models Based on BEIR VII and other committee
business.
DATES: The SAB Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a public
teleconference on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
and a public face-to-face meeting on September 26 through September 28,
2006. A public face-to face meeting of the SAB Radiation Advisory
Committee (RAC) will be held on September 28, 2006 following completion
of the advisory on the draft White Paper, where the RAC will be briefed
on ORIA activities and will plan upcoming meetings of the SAB's RAC.
The final agendas for these public meetings will be posted on the SAB's
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference meeting of September 6, 2006 will
take place via telephone only. The September 26--28, 2006 meeting will
take place at the Science Advisory Board's Conference Room Suite
3700, located at 1025 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access code for the public teleconference
meeting, or further information concerning the face-to-face public
meeting may contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), by mail at the EPA SAB Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at (202)
343-9984; by fax at (202) 233-0643; or by e-mail at:
kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov. General information concerning the SAB can be
found on the SAB Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab.
Technical Contact: For questions and information concerning the
Agency's draft document being reviewed, contact Dr. Mary E. Clark, U.S.
EPA, ORIA by telephone at (202) 343-9348, fax at (202) 243-2395, or e-
mail at clark.marye@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The EPA's Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA)
requested the SAB to provide advice on a draft White Paper: Modifying
EPA Radiation Risk Models Based on BEIR VII, dated August 2006. In
1994, EPA published a report, referred to as the ``Blue Book,'' which
lays out EPA's methodology for quantitatively estimating radiogenic
cancer risks: https://epa.gov/radiation/docs/assessment/402-r-93-
076.pdf. A follow-on report made minor adjustments to the previous
estimates and presented a partial analysis of the uncertainties in the
numerical estimates: https://epa.gov/radiation/docs/assessment/402-r-99-
003.pdf. Finally, the Agency published Federal Guidance Report 13:
https://epa.gov/radiation/docs/federal/402-r-99-001.pdf which utilized
the previously published cancer risk models, in conjunction with
International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) dosimetric
models and U.S. usage patterns, to obtain cancer risk estimates for
over 800 radionuclides, and for several exposure pathways updated at
https://epa.gov/radiation/federal/techdocs.htm#report13.
The National Research Council (NRC 2006) recently released Health
Risks from Exposure to Low levels of Ionizing Radiation BEIR VII Phase
2 which primarily addresses cancer and genetic risks from low doses of
low-LET radiation (BEIR VII) (NRC 2006 https://newton.nap.edu/catalog/
11340.html#toc). In the EPA draft White Paper: Modifying EPA Radiation
Risk Models Based on BEIR VII, the Agency proposes changes to EPA's
methodology for estimating radiogenic cancers, based on the contents of
BEIR VII. The Agency expects to adopt the models and methodology
recommended in BEIR VII, but believes that certain modifications and
expansions are desirable or necessary for EPA's purposes. EPA's ORIA
staff is seeking this Advisory from the Agency's SAB Radiation Advisory
Committee (RAC) to obtain advice on the application of BEIR VII and on
issues relating to these modifications and expansions.
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law
92-463, the SAB Staff Office hereby gives notice of one public
teleconference meeting and one face-to-face meeting of the SAB
Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC). The SAB was established by 42
U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and technical advice,
consultation, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the
technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The RAC will
comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB procedural
policies.
The purpose of the teleconference is to: introduce the subject;
determine if the review and background materials provided are adequate
to respond to the charge questions directed to the SAB's RAC; receive
public statements; and to discuss assignments to the RAC members in
preparation for developing its draft advisory. The purpose of the
meeting is to: receive presentations by the ORIA Staff; deliberate on
the charge questions; receive public statements; and draft an advisory
in response to the charge questions pertaining to the draft White
Paper. Additionally, the RAC will receive briefings on ORIA activities,
and will discuss plans for future activities.
Availability of Meeting Materials: A roster and biosketches of the
RAC members, the meeting agenda, and the charge to the SAB's RAC will
be posted on the SAB Web site at (https://www.epa.gov/sab) prior to each
meeting. Additional background information on this review include the
draft White Paper (available at: https://epa.gov/radiation/news/
recentadditions.htm) and background materials, such as the BEIR VII
document (available at https://newton.nap.edu/catalog/11340.html#toc).
The RAC was initially briefed on the BEIR VII draft White Paper topic
at its planning meeting of December 21, 2005 which was held at the
National Air and Environmental Radiation Laboratory (NAERL) Laboratory
in Montgomery, Alabama (see notification of a public teleconference and
meeting 70 Fed. Reg. 69550, November 16, 2005). These notices, the
charge to the RAC, and other supplemental information may be found at
the SAB's Web site (https://www.sab.gov/sab).
Persons who wish to obtain additional background materials on the
draft White
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Paper may find them at the following Web site: https://epa.gov/
radiation/news/recentadditions.htm. Copies of the materials provided to
the RAC, including the Agency's draft document entitled ``White Paper:
Modifying EPA Radiation Risk Models Based on BEIR VII,'' dated August
2006, as well as briefing materials and other background materials
pertinent to the activities announced in this notice may be requested
from Dr. Mary E. Clark of the U.S. EPA, ORIA by telephone at (202) 343-
9348, fax at (202) 243-2395, or e-mail at clark.marye@epa.gov.
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. 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. For face-to-
face meetings, in general, individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public face-to-face meeting will be limited to five
minutes per speaker. Interested parties should contact the DFO, contact
information provided above, in writing via e-mail seven days prior to
the teleconference meeting date. For the September 6, 2006
teleconference meeting, the deadline is Wednesday, August 30, 2006. For
the September 26 to 28, 2006 meeting, the deadline is Tuesday,
September 19, 2006 to be placed on the public speaker list. Written
Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff
Office seven days prior to the teleconference meeting. For the
September 6, 2006 teleconference meeting, the deadline is Wednesday,
August 30, 2006; for the September 26 to 28, 2006 meeting the deadline
is Tuesday, September 19, 2006, so that the information may be made
available to the SAB's RAC 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 to
kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov (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
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 your request.
Dated: July 31, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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