National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee; Notice of Public Meeting, 54480-54481 [E6-15339]

Download as PDF 54480 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 179 / Friday, September 15, 2006 / Notices Sepulveda 502–223–6740 Revision of FR Notice Published 07/14/2006: Extended Comment from 8/28/2006 to 10/9/2006 Dated: September 12, 2006. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E6–15344 Filed 9–14–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OPP EPA–HQ–OPPT–2002–0001; FRL– 8093–2] National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee; Notice of Public Meeting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S. App.2 (Public Law 92–463), EPA gives notice of a 2–day meeting of the National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee (NPPTAC). The purpose of the meeting is to provide advice and recommendations to EPA regarding the overall policy and operations of the programs of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT). The meeting will be held on October 4, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and October 5, 2006 from 10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration to attend the meeting identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2002–0001, must be received on or before September 25, 2006. Registration will also be accepted at the meeting. Request to provide oral and/or written comments at the meeting, identified as (NPPTAC) October 2006 meeting, must be received in writing on or before September 25, 2006. Request to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number EPA– HQ–OPPT–2002–0001, must be received on or before September 25, 2006. For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact John Alter at (202) 564–9891 or npptac.oppt@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact John Alter, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Meetings of the Committee Work Groups will take place as follows. The Pollution Prevention (P2) Work Group jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES DATES: VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:51 Sep 14, 2006 Jkt 208001 will meet on October 2, 2006 from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on October 3, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., to discuss activities related to EPA’s Pollution Prevention Programs. The Information Integration and Data Use Work Group will meet on October 3, 2006 from 8:30 a.m to 11:30 a.m. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports Interim Work Group will also meet on October 3, 2006 from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza National Airport Hotel, located at 1480 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia. Requests to participate in the meeting may be submitted to the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. For technical information contact: John Alter, (7408), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 0001; telephone number: (202) 564– 9891; e-mail address: npptac.oppt@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of particular interest to those persons who have an interest in or may be required to manage pollution prevention and toxic chemical programs, individual groups concerned with environmental justice, children’s health, or animal welfare, as they relate to OPPT’s programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be interested in the activities of the NPPTAC. 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 Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information? 1. Docket: EPA has established an official public docket for this action PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 under docket ID number EPA–HQ– OPPT–2002ndash;0001. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically at https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OPPT Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102,1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 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 OPPT Docket is (202) 566–0280. 2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. C. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments? You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 2002–0001, include NPPTAC October 2006 Meeting in the subject line on the first page of your comment. 1. By mail: OPPT Document Control Office, Environmental Protection Agency, (7407M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460–– 0001. 2. Electronically: At https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. 3. Hand delivery/courier: OPPT Document Control Office in EPA East Bldg., Rm. M64 28, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington DC. II. Background The proposed agenda for the NPPTAC meeting includes: Pollution Prevention, Risk Assessment; Risk Management; Risk Communication; Information Integration and Data Use; The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports; Tribal Lifeways; and NPPTAC Future Planning. The meeting is open to the public. III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting? You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not submit any information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 2002–0001, must be received on or before September 25, 2006. E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 179 / Friday, September 15, 2006 / Notices For information on access, or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact John Alter at (202) 564–9891 or e-mail npptac.oppt@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact John Alter, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. List of Subjects Environmental protection, NPPTAC, Pollution prevention, toxics, Toxic chemicals, and Chemical health and safety. Dated: September 8, 2006. Ann E. Goode, Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics [FR Doc. E6–15339 Filed 9–14–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8220–2; EPA–HQ–Docket ID No. EPA– ORD–2006–0666] Approaches To Estimating the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Burden in the United States: Uses and Limitations of the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System; External Review Draft Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of public comment period. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the draft document titled, Approaches To Estimating the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Burden in the United States: Uses and Limitations of the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (EPA/600/R–06/069). The document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research and Development. EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. EPA will consider any public comments submitted in accordance with this notice when revising the document. DATES: The 30-day public comment period begins September 15, 2006, and ends October 16, 2006. Technical comments should be in writing and VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:50 Sep 14, 2006 Jkt 208001 must be received by EPA by October 16, 2006. ADDRESSES: The draft Approaches To Estimating the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Burden in the United States: Uses and Limitations of the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (EPA/600/R–06/069) is available primarily via the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment’s home page under the Recent Additions and Publications menus at https://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of paper copies are available from Ms. Donna Tucker, Technical Information Manager, NCEACincinnati; telephone: 513–569–7257; facsimile: 513–569–7916; e-mail: tucker.donna@epa.gov. If you are requesting a paper copy, please provide your name, your mailing address, and the document title, Approaches To Estimating the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Burden in the United States: Uses and Limitations of the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (EPA/600/R–06/069). Comments may be submitted electronically via EPA’s E-Docket, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in the Supplementary Information section of this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket; telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 202–566–1753; or e-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. For technical information, contact Glenn Rice, NCEA; telephone: 513–569– 7813; facsimile: 513–487–2539; or email: rice.glenn@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Information About the Project/ Document Information about waterborne disease outbreaks (WBDOs) in the United States is voluntarily reported by State, territorial and local public health agencies to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC and EPA jointly maintain a WBDO database. The database describes outbreak attributes including, among other things, the drinking water system deficiency, the etiologic agent, and the number of individuals who became ill. Underreporting of such events is assumed but the magnitude of underreporting is unknown. This draft document presents an approach for estimating the epidemiologic and economic burden of disease associated with 665 WBDOs PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54481 reported in the U.S. between 1971 and 2000. The term disease burden broadly refers to the magnitude of the impact incurred by society as a consequence of disease in the community (e.g., decrements in a population’s health or the associated economic effects) and there are various metrics that can be employed by analysts to quantify burden. In order to capture some of the benefits of drinking water regulations, EPA has typically expressed waterborne disease impacts in terms of epidemiologic and monetary measures; this WBDO burden analysis employs those same measures. Because not all WBDOs in the United States and associated cases of illness are reported, the WBDO database on which this draft document is based is not comprehensive. The extent to which WBDOs are not recognized is unknown and is not examined in this analysis. This draft report develops several quantitative sensitivity analyses to characterize some of the uncertainty in the burden estimates but does not provide an evaluation of the potential impact of under- or overreporting of WBDOs or their associated severity characteristics. The draft report includes recommendations for the collection and reporting of additional outbreak information that would improve the usefulness of the WBDO database for future disease burden estimates. II. How To Submit Technical Comments to EPA’s E-Docket Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-ORD–2006–0666 by one of the following methods: • www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: ORD Docket@epa.gov. • Fax: 202–566–1753. • Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202–566–1752. If you provide comments by mail, please submit one unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies. For attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies. • Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the Headquarters EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC; EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15339]


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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002-0001; FRL-8093-2]


National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee; 
Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S. App.2 
(Public Law 92-463), EPA gives notice of a 2-day meeting of the 
National Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee (NPPTAC). 
The purpose of the meeting is to provide advice and recommendations to 
EPA regarding the overall policy and operations of the programs of the 
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT).

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 4, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m., and October 5, 2006 from 10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    Registration to attend the meeting identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002-0001, must be received on 
or before September 25, 2006. Registration will also be accepted at the 
meeting.
    Request to provide oral and/or written comments at the meeting, 
identified as (NPPTAC) October 2006 meeting, must be received in 
writing on or before September 25, 2006.
    Request to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002-0001, must be received on or before September 
25, 2006.
    For information on access or services for individuals with 
disabilities, please contact John Alter at (202) 564-9891 or 
npptac.oppt@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please 
contact John Alter, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, 
to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.
    Meetings of the Committee Work Groups will take place as follows. 
The Pollution Prevention (P2) Work Group will meet on October 2, 2006 
from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on October 3, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 
11:30 a.m., to discuss activities related to EPA's Pollution Prevention 
Programs. The Information Integration and Data Use Work Group will meet 
on October 3, 2006 from 8:30 a.m to 11:30 a.m. The Government 
Accountability Office (GAO) Reports Interim Work Group will also meet 
on October 3, 2006 from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza National Airport 
Hotel, located at 1480 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia.
    Requests to participate in the meeting may be submitted to the 
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby 
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division 
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-
Hotline@epa.gov.
    For technical information contact: John Alter, (7408), Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(202) 564-9891; e-mail address: npptac.oppt@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of 
particular interest to those persons who have an interest in or may be 
required to manage pollution prevention and toxic chemical programs, 
individual groups concerned with environmental justice, children's 
health, or animal welfare, as they relate to OPPT's programs under the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Pollution Prevention Act 
(PPA). Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not 
attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be interested 
in the activities of the NPPTAC. 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 Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket: EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002ndash;0001. Publicly 
available docket materials are available electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OPPT Docket, EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102,1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC. 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 OPPT Docket is (202) 566-
0280.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?

    You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand 
delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the 
appropriate docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2002-0001, include NPPTAC 
October 2006 Meeting in the subject line on the first page of your 
comment.
    1. By mail: OPPT Document Control Office, Environmental Protection 
Agency, (7407M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460--
0001.
    2. Electronically: At https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions for submitting comments.
    3. Hand delivery/courier: OPPT Document Control Office in EPA East 
Bldg., Rm. M64 28, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington DC.

II. Background

    The proposed agenda for the NPPTAC meeting includes: Pollution 
Prevention, Risk Assessment; Risk Management; Risk Communication; 
Information Integration and Data Use; The Government Accountability 
Office (GAO) Reports; Tribal Lifeways; and NPPTAC Future Planning. The 
meeting is open to the public.

III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?

    You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the 
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not 
submit any information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests 
to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2002-0001, must be received on or before September 25, 2006.

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    For information on access, or services for individuals with 
disabilities, please contact John Alter at (202) 564-9891 or e-mail 
npptac.oppt@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please 
contact John Alter, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, 
to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, NPPTAC, Pollution prevention, toxics, 
Toxic chemicals, and Chemical health and safety.

    Dated: September 8, 2006.
Ann E. Goode,
Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
[FR Doc. E6-15339 Filed 9-14-06; 8:45 am]
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