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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. The
SAB will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
Background: EPA participates with
other Federal agencies, states and tribes
in the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico
Watershed Nutrient Task Force. In 2001,
the Task Force released the Action Plan
for Reducing, Mitigating and Controlling
Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
(or Action Plan available at https://
www.epa.gov/msbasin/taskforce/
actionplan.htm). The Action Plan was
informed by the science described in An
Integrated Assessment of Hypoxia in the
Northern Gulf of Mexico (or Integrated
Assessment available at https://
oceanservice.noaa.gov/products/
hypox_final.pdf) developed by the
National Science and Technology
Council, Committee on Environment
and Natural Resources. Six technical
reports provided the scientific
foundation for the Integrated
Assessment and are available at https://
oceanservice.noaa.gov/products/
pubs_hypox.html#fia. The
aforementioned documents provide a
comprehensive summary of the state-ofthe-science for the Gulf of Mexico
hypoxic zone through about the year
2000.
EPA’s Office of Water has requested
that the SAB develop a report that
evaluates the state-of-the-science
regarding the causes and extent of
hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, as well
as the scientific basis of possible
management options in the Mississippi
River Basin. The SAB is asked to focus
on scientific advances since 2000 that
may have increased scientific
understanding and control options.
In response to EPA’s request, the SAB
Staff Office formed the SAB Hypoxia
Advisory Panel. Background on the
Panel formation process was provided
in a Federal Register notice published
on February 17, 2006 (71 FR 8578–
8580). The SAB Hypoxia Advisory
Panel met on September 6–7, 2006 to
plan its work and organized itself into
three subgroups listed above. The SAB
Hypoxia Advisory Panel also met on
December 6–8, 2006. Background for the
first meeting of the Hypoxia Advisory
Panel was provided in a Federal
Register published in 71 FR 45543–
45544; and background for the second
meeting was provided in 71 FR 66329–
66330. The three subgroups of the Panel
have held multiple public
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teleconferences to begin developing the
Panel’s report. Background information
for the subgroup teleconferences was
provided in Federal Register notices
published on September 25, 2006 (71 FR
55786–55787) and October 6, 2006 (71
FR 59107). Information about the SAB
Hypoxia Advisory Panel is available on
the SAB Web Site at: https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
Availability of Meeting Materials:
Materials in support of this meeting will
be placed on the SAB Web Site https://
www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the
meeting.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant written or oral
information for the SAB to consider
during the advisory process.
Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public meeting will be
limited to five minutes per speaker,
with no more than a total of one hour
for all speakers. Interested parties
should contact the appropriate
Designated Federal Officer at the contact
information noted above no later two
weeks prior to each teleconference to be
placed on the public speaker list.
Written Statements: Written statements
should be received in the SAB Staff
Office no later than two weeks prior to
the teleconference or meeting so that the
information may be available to the SAB
for their 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 to stallworth.holly@epa.gov
(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat
PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM–
PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Meeting Access: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Dr.
Stallworth at (202) 343–9867 or
stallworth.holly@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Dr. Stallworth, preferably at
least 10 days prior to the meeting to give
EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Notification of an Upcoming
Teleconference of the Ecological
Processes and Effects Committee
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference of the SAB
Ecological Processes and Effects
Committee to discuss a draft report on
advancing the science and application
of ecological risk assessment.
DATES: The public teleconference will
be held on January 26, 2007, from 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m. (eastern standard 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 EPA
SAB Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at
(202) 343–9995; or by e-mail 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: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby
given that the SAB Ecological Processes
and Effects Committee will hold a
public teleconference to discuss a draft
advisory report to EPA on advancing the
science and application of ecological
risk assessment. 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. The
SAB will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
Background: The SAB Ecological
Processes and Effects Committee is
conducting a study to provide advice to
EPA on advancing the science and
application of ecological risk assessment
in environmental decision making. To
gather information for developing an
advisory report, the Committee held a
public workshop on February 7–9, 2006
on the state of the practice of ecological
risk assessment. Background
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information on the workshop and a
public teleconference held on July 12,
2006 to discuss a workshop summary
document was provided in Federal
Register notices published on
September 8, 2005 (70 FR 53360) and
June 20, 2006 (71 FR 35421). The SAB
workshop summary document, a draft
advisory report, and a teleconference
agenda will be posted on the SAB Web
site provided above prior to the
teleconference.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
The SAB Staff Office accepts written
public statements of any length, and
accommodates oral public statements
whenever possible. The SAB Staff Office
expects that public statements presented
at SAB meetings will not repeat
previously submitted oral or written
statements. Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a teleconference meeting
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 at least 10
days prior to the scheduled
teleconference in order to be placed on
the public speaker list. Speakers should
provide an electronic copy of their
statements to the DFO for distribution to
interested parties and participants in the
meeting. Written Statements: Written
statements should be received in the
SAB Staff Office at least seven days
before the scheduled teleconference so
that the information may be made
available to the Panel for their
consideration. Written statements
should be supplied to the DFO at the
address and contact information
provided above in the following
formats: one hard copy with original
signature, and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file format: Adobe
Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich
Text files (in IBM–PC/Windows 98/
2000/XP format).
Meeting Accommodations:
Individuals requiring special
accommodation to access the
teleconference should contact the
appropriate DFO at the phone number
or e-mail address noted above at least
five business days prior to the meeting
so that appropriate arrangements can be
made.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0986; FRL–8109–5]
The Allethrins Risk Assessments;
Notice of Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s risk assessments,
and related documents for the allethrin
series of pesticides (bioallethrin, esbiol,
esbiothrin, and pynamin forte), and
opens a public comment period on these
documents. The public is encouraged to
suggest risk management ideas or
proposals to address the risks identified.
EPA is developing a Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) for the
allethrins through a modified, 4-Phase
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.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 26, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–0986, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460-0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 3055805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2006–
0986. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the docket
without change and may be made
available on-line at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
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whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or email. The Federal regulations.gov
website is an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system, which means EPA will not
know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send an
e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the 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
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket 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,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the
electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400,
One Potomac Yard (South Building),
2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA.
The hours of operation of this Docket
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket telephone number
is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Molly Clayton, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number: (703) 603-0522; fax
number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address:
clayton.molly@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 interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, and
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming
Teleconference of the Ecological Processes and Effects Committee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference of the SAB Ecological Processes and Effects
Committee to discuss a draft report on advancing the science and
application of ecological risk assessment.
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on January 26, 2007, from
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (eastern standard 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 EPA SAB Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 343-9995; or by e-mail
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: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the SAB Ecological
Processes and Effects Committee will hold a public teleconference to
discuss a draft advisory report to EPA on advancing the science and
application of ecological risk assessment. 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.
The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB
Staff Office procedural policies.
Background: The SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee is
conducting a study to provide advice to EPA on advancing the science
and application of ecological risk assessment in environmental decision
making. To gather information for developing an advisory report, the
Committee held a public workshop on February 7-9, 2006 on the state of
the practice of ecological risk assessment. Background
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information on the workshop and a public teleconference held on July
12, 2006 to discuss a workshop summary document was provided in Federal
Register notices published on September 8, 2005 (70 FR 53360) and June
20, 2006 (71 FR 35421). The SAB workshop summary document, a draft
advisory report, and a teleconference agenda will be posted on the SAB
Web site provided above prior to the teleconference.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: The SAB Staff Office accepts
written public statements of any length, and accommodates oral public
statements whenever possible. The SAB Staff Office expects that public
statements presented at SAB meetings will not repeat previously
submitted oral or written statements. Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a
teleconference meeting 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 at least 10 days prior to the scheduled
teleconference in order to be placed on the public speaker list.
Speakers should provide an electronic copy of their statements to the
DFO for distribution to interested parties and participants in the
meeting. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in
the SAB Staff Office at least seven days before the scheduled
teleconference so that the information may be made available to the
Panel for their consideration. Written statements should be supplied to
the DFO at the address and contact information provided above 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: Individuals requiring special accommodation
to access the teleconference should contact the appropriate DFO at the
phone number or e-mail address noted above at least five business days
prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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