EPA Science Advisory Board; Notification of a Public Telephone Conference of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee, 62258-62259 [E6-17804]

Download as PDF 62258 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 205 / Tuesday, October 24, 2006 / Notices 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 PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). Accessibility: For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Angela Nugent at (202) 343–9981 or nugent.angela@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Dr. Nugent preferably at least ten days prior to the teleconference, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: October 17, 2006. Anthony F. Maciorowski, Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. E6–17803 Filed 10–23–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8233–5] EPA Science Advisory Board; Notification of a Public Telephone Conference of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public telephone conference of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee (HSAC) to be briefed on the status of the Agency’s Standard Analytical Methods (SAM) and WaterSentinel (WS) projects and upcoming projects by the National Homeland Security Research Center in the Office of Research and Development. rmajette on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES1 DATES: November 13, 2006, the meeting will begin at 12 p.m. and end by 3 p.m. (Eastern Time). ADDRESSES: Telephone conference call only. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to obtain general information concerning this teleconference should contact Ms. Vivian Turner, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail (202) 343– 9697; fax (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at: VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:25 Oct 23, 2006 Jkt 211001 turner.vivian@epa.gov. General information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board and the Homeland Security Advisory Committee can be found on the EPA Web site at: https:// www.epa.gov/sab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby given that the EPA SAB HSAC will hold a public teleconference to be briefed on the status of the Agency’s Standard Analytical Methods (SAM) and WaterSentinel (WS) projects and upcoming projects by the National Homeland Security Research Center in the Office of Research and Development. The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. As a subcommittee of the SAB, the HSAC will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate EPA and SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Background The purpose of the public teleconference is: (1) To obtain Agency feedback on the HSAC’s comments presented to the Agency on its SAM and WS Programs discussed at the consultation held on January 30–31, 2006; and (2) to be briefed on three upcoming HSAC projects, including Provisional Advisory Levels (PALS), the Emergency Consequence Assessment Tool (ECAT), and Preliminary Microbial Risk Assessment Methodologies. Standard Analytical Methods (SAM) and WaterSentinel (WS) On January 30–31, 2006 the HSAC provided a consultation with the Agency on its SAM and WS projects (Federal Register Notice dated December 19, 2005, Volume 70, Number 242, pages 75173–75174). The SAM project standardizes the analytical methods for use by all laboratories when responding to incidents that require rapid analysis. The WS program is being developed by the EPA in partnership with drinking water utilities and other key stakeholders. This initiative involves designing, deploying, and evaluating a model contamination warning system for drinking water security. The Agency will provide updates to the HSAC on WS and SAM. Provisional Advisory Levels (PALs) Health-based exposure guidelines to identify acceptable re-entry levels PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 following a terrorist attack of natural disaster are not available for most chemical and biological agents. The National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) is developing healthbased exposure levels for the general public, including the susceptible and sensitive subpopulations of all age groups. In particular, the developed PALs will address the limitations of other derived exposure values. For example, PALs can fill the critical exposure gap between acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) and short-term RfC/RfD exposure values. The PALs can be applied for national emergency programs, community planning, and public health protection. Specifically, PALs are appropriate for establishing health-based criteria for reentry into buildings, reuse of drinking water, and cleanup of contaminated facilities. Emergency Consequence Assessment Tool (ECAT) The NHSRC is developing an interactive online risk assessment software tool designed to provide health advisors and other emergency response officials with rapid access to critical information during an environmental emergency or training exercise. ECAT is designed to (1) Assess and provide sitespecific numeric estimates of health risks (where feasible) for selected chemical, biological, and radiological threat agents, (2) identify what response actions might be appropriate to mitigate health risks, and (3) provide guidance on how to effectively communicate key risk messages to the public. Preliminary Microbial Risk Assessment Methodologies The NHSRC conducts research in support of safe buildings, secure water systems and the rapid assessment of risk. The question ‘‘How clean is safe?’’ has confronted several EPA program offices. Recent national homeland security interests have increased demand for answers to this question. Because consensus methodologies for evaluating biological contaminants and establishing cleanup levels are not available, NHSRC is developing a biological risk assessment methodology. NHSRC has compiled a Compendium of Prior and Current Microbial Risk Assessment Methods. This Compendium has been used to develop a Microbial Risk Assessment Framework for Incident Response to Bioagents. The preliminary framework considers inhalation, ingestion, and dermal exposure pathways and is designed as a two-tier process to support risk management decisions for evacuation E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 205 / Tuesday, October 24, 2006 / Notices and site re-entry. A Tier I Site Assessment supports rapid decisions, such as when evacuating populations within hours of an incident is required. Tier II provides an incident-based site assessment approach and requires sitespecific data to support re-entry decisions. The Tier II consists of Hazard Identification, Dose-Response Assessment and Exposure Assessment, which are combined to characterize risk to exposed population(s) at a site. Availability of Meeting Materials The draft agenda and other materials will be posted on the SAB Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab/ prior to the meeting. Procedures for Providing Public Input Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral information for these SAB committees to consider during the advisory process. Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public SAB teleconference will be limited to three minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of one-half hour for all speakers. Interested parties should contact Ms. Vivian Turner, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail), by November 6, 2006, at the contact information noted above, to be placed on the public speaker list for this meeting. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by November 2, 2006, so that the information may be made available to the HSAC for its consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO in the following formats: One hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). Accessibility rmajette on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES1 For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Ms. Vivian Turner at (202) 343– 9697 or turner.vivian@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Ms. Turner preferably at least ten days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: October 17, 2006. Anthony F. Maciorowski, Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. E6–17804 Filed 10–23–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:25 Oct 23, 2006 Jkt 211001 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 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 Web site at https://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 November 17, 2006. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 1. Petefish, Skiles Bancshares, Inc., Virginia, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Chandlerville, Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Peoples State Bank of Chandlerville, both of Chandlerville, Illinois. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291: 1. Frandsen Financial Corporation, Forest Lake, Minnesota; to merge with Pine Bankshares, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of The First National Bank of Pine City, both of Pine City, Minnesota. PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 62259 C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 752012272: 1. Patriot Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas; to merge with Northeast Bancshares, Inc., Mesquite, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire Northeast Bancshares–Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, and Northeast National Bank, Mesquite, Texas. D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579: 1. First California Financial Group to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of National Mercantile Bancorp, both of Los Angeles, California, and thereby indirectly acquire Mercantile National Bank, Los Angeles, California, and South Bay Bank, N.A., Torrance, California. In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to merge with FCB Bancorp, Camarillo, California, and thereby indirectly acquire First California Bank, Camarillo, California. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 18, 2006. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6–17728 Filed 10–23–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 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 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 E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62258-62259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17804]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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EPA Science Advisory Board; Notification of a Public Telephone 
Conference of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public telephone conference of the 
Homeland Security Advisory Committee (HSAC) to be briefed on the status 
of the Agency's Standard Analytical Methods (SAM) and WaterSentinel 
(WS) projects and upcoming projects by the National Homeland Security 
Research Center in the Office of Research and Development.

DATES: November 13, 2006, the meeting will begin at 12 p.m. and end by 
3 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: Telephone conference call only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to 
obtain general information concerning this teleconference should 
contact Ms. Vivian Turner, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 
Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/
voice mail (202) 343-9697; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at: 
turner.vivian@epa.gov. General information concerning the EPA Science 
Advisory Board and the Homeland Security Advisory Committee can be 
found on the EPA Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the EPA SAB HSAC 
will hold a public teleconference to be briefed on the status of the 
Agency's Standard Analytical Methods (SAM) and WaterSentinel (WS) 
projects and upcoming projects by the National Homeland Security 
Research Center in the Office of Research and Development. The SAB was 
established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and 
technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency 
positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 
chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 
5 U.S.C., App. As a subcommittee of the SAB, the HSAC will comply with 
the provisions of FACA and all appropriate EPA and SAB Staff Office 
procedural policies.

Background

    The purpose of the public teleconference is: (1) To obtain Agency 
feedback on the HSAC's comments presented to the Agency on its SAM and 
WS Programs discussed at the consultation held on January 30-31, 2006; 
and (2) to be briefed on three upcoming HSAC projects, including 
Provisional Advisory Levels (PALS), the Emergency Consequence 
Assessment Tool (ECAT), and Preliminary Microbial Risk Assessment 
Methodologies.

Standard Analytical Methods (SAM) and WaterSentinel (WS)

    On January 30-31, 2006 the HSAC provided a consultation with the 
Agency on its SAM and WS projects (Federal Register Notice dated 
December 19, 2005, Volume 70, Number 242, pages 75173-75174). The SAM 
project standardizes the analytical methods for use by all laboratories 
when responding to incidents that require rapid analysis. The WS 
program is being developed by the EPA in partnership with drinking 
water utilities and other key stakeholders. This initiative involves 
designing, deploying, and evaluating a model contamination warning 
system for drinking water security. The Agency will provide updates to 
the HSAC on WS and SAM.

Provisional Advisory Levels (PALs)

    Health-based exposure guidelines to identify acceptable re-entry 
levels following a terrorist attack of natural disaster are not 
available for most chemical and biological agents. The National 
Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) is developing health-based 
exposure levels for the general public, including the susceptible and 
sensitive subpopulations of all age groups. In particular, the 
developed PALs will address the limitations of other derived exposure 
values. For example, PALs can fill the critical exposure gap between 
acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) and short-term RfC/RfD exposure 
values.
    The PALs can be applied for national emergency programs, community 
planning, and public health protection. Specifically, PALs are 
appropriate for establishing health-based criteria for re-entry into 
buildings, reuse of drinking water, and cleanup of contaminated 
facilities.

Emergency Consequence Assessment Tool (ECAT)

    The NHSRC is developing an interactive online risk assessment 
software tool designed to provide health advisors and other emergency 
response officials with rapid access to critical information during an 
environmental emergency or training exercise. ECAT is designed to (1) 
Assess and provide site-specific numeric estimates of health risks 
(where feasible) for selected chemical, biological, and radiological 
threat agents, (2) identify what response actions might be appropriate 
to mitigate health risks, and (3) provide guidance on how to 
effectively communicate key risk messages to the public.

Preliminary Microbial Risk Assessment Methodologies

    The NHSRC conducts research in support of safe buildings, secure 
water systems and the rapid assessment of risk. The question ``How 
clean is safe?'' has confronted several EPA program offices. Recent 
national homeland security interests have increased demand for answers 
to this question. Because consensus methodologies for evaluating 
biological contaminants and establishing cleanup levels are not 
available, NHSRC is developing a biological risk assessment 
methodology. NHSRC has compiled a Compendium of Prior and Current 
Microbial Risk Assessment Methods. This Compendium has been used to 
develop a Microbial Risk Assessment Framework for Incident Response to 
Bioagents. The preliminary framework considers inhalation, ingestion, 
and dermal exposure pathways and is designed as a two-tier process to 
support risk management decisions for evacuation

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and site re-entry. A Tier I Site Assessment supports rapid decisions, 
such as when evacuating populations within hours of an incident is 
required. Tier II provides an incident-based site assessment approach 
and requires site-specific data to support re-entry decisions. The Tier 
II consists of Hazard Identification, Dose-Response Assessment and 
Exposure Assessment, which are combined to characterize risk to exposed 
population(s) at a site.

Availability of Meeting Materials

    The draft agenda and other materials will be posted on the SAB Web 
site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab/ prior to the meeting.

Procedures for Providing Public Input

    Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or 
oral information for these SAB committees to consider during the 
advisory process. Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups 
requesting an oral presentation at a public SAB teleconference will be 
limited to three minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of one-
half hour for all speakers. Interested parties should contact Ms. 
Vivian Turner, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail), by November 6, 
2006, at the contact information noted above, to be placed on the 
public speaker list for this meeting. Written Statements: Written 
statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by November 2, 
2006, so that the information may be made available to the HSAC for its 
consideration prior to this meeting. 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 PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich 
Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).

Accessibility

    For information on access or services for individuals with 
disabilities, please contact Ms. Vivian Turner at (202) 343-9697 or 
turner.vivian@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please 
contact Ms. Turner preferably at least ten days prior to the meeting, 
to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: October 17, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 
Office.
[FR Doc. E6-17804 Filed 10-23-06; 8:45 am]
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