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EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office; Request for Nominations of
Experts for the Acrylamide Review
Panel
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Requesting the nomination of
experts for the Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Acrylamide Review Panel.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted by April 19, 2007, per
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this Request for
Nominations may contact Dr. Suhair
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Shallal, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/
voice mail at (202) 343–9977; by fax at
(202) 233–0643; or via e-mail at
shallal.suhair@epa.gov. General
information concerning the EPA Science
Advisory Board can be found on the
EPA SAB Web Site at: https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Acrylamide polymer is
primarily used in waste water treatment,
paper and pulp processing, and mineral
processing. Other uses include as a
water soluble polymer in crude oil
production, as a cosmetic additive, for
soil and sand stabilization, grouting
agents for sewer line sealing and
manhole sealing, and in electrophoresis
gels used in research. Acrylamide has
been detected in a wide range of baked
and fried foods. The detection of
acrylamide in food prompted intense
international interest and on-going
research to better characterize its hazard
effects, and to modify cooking practices
to minimize levels in processed foods.
EPA’s National Center for
Environmental Assessment, within the
Office of Research and Development,
has been updating the human health
hazard and dose-response assessment
for Acrylamide. EPA previously
developed an oral reference dose (RfD)
for non-cancer effects and a cancer oral
slope factor for Acrylamide which are
described in EPA’s Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS) assessment
(1988). An inhalation reference
concentration (RfC) was added to IRIS
in 1990. The current EPA draft
assessment incorporates more recent
studies and methods to derive an oral
RfD and inhalation RfC for non-cancer
effects, and an oral slope factor and
inhalation unit risk for carcinogenic
effects. ORD has requested that the
Science Advisory Board (SAB) review
its draft assessment entitled
‘‘Toxicological Review of Acrylamide’’.
The EPA Science Advisory Board
(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
SAB Acrylamide Review Panel,
conducting the review of the Agency’s
draft assessment of acrylamide, will
consist of members of the chartered
SAB, SAB Committee members and
additional external experts. This panel
will comply with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) and all appropriate SAB
procedural policies. Upon completion,
the panel’s report will be submitted to
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the chartered SAB for final approval for
transmittal to the EPA Administrator.
The SAB Acrylamide Review Panel is
being asked to comment on the
scientific soundness of this draft
assessment.
Availability of the Review Materials:
The EPA draft document to be reviewed
by the SAB Panel will be made available
by the Office of Research and
Development. For questions and
information concerning the review
materials, please contact Dr. Rob
Dewoskin, at (919) 541–1089, or
dewoskin.rob@epa.gov.
Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is requesting nominations of
nationally recognized experts with
expertise in one or more of the
following areas, especially with respect
to the health effects of Acrylamide:
neurotoxicology; epidemiology;
toxicology, including reproductive/
developmental toxicology, genetic
toxicology and mechanisms of action for
carcinogenicity; metabolism;
pharmacokinetics and modeling; doseresponse assessment; and exposure and
risk assessment.
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations: Any interested person or
organization may nominate qualified
individuals for possible service on the
Acrylamide Review Panel in the areas of
expertise described above. Nominations
should be submitted in electronic
format through the SAB Web site at the
following URL: https://www.epa.gov/sab;
or directly via the Form for Nominating
Individuals to Panels of the EPA
Science Advisory Board link found at
URL: https://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/
paneltopics.html. Please follow the
instructions for submitting nominations
carefully. To be considered,
nominations should include all of the
information required on the associated
forms. Anyone unable to submit
nominations using the electronic form
and who has any questions concerning
the nomination process may contact Dr.
Suhair Shallal, DFO, as indicated above
in this notice. Nominations should be
submitted in time to arrive no later than
April 19, 2007.
For nominees to be considered, please
include: contact information; a
curriculum vitae; a biosketch of no more
than two paragraphs (containing
information on the nominee’s current
position, educational background, areas
of expertise and research activities,
service on other advisory committees
and professional societies; the
candidate’s special expertise related to
the panel being formed; and sources of
recent grant and/or contract support).
The EPA SAB Staff Office will
acknowledge receipt of nominations.
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The names and biosketchs of qualified
nominees identified by respondents to
the Federal Register notice and
additional experts identified by the SAB
Staff will be posted on the SAB Web
Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab. Public
comments on this ‘‘Short List’’ of
candidates will be accepted for 21
calendar days. The public will be
requested to provide relevant
information or other documentation on
nominees that the SAB Staff Office
should consider in evaluating
candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a
balanced subcommittee or review panel
includes candidates who possess the
necessary domains of knowledge, the
relevant scientific perspectives (which,
among other factors, can be influenced
by work history and affiliation), and the
collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the charge. In
establishing the final Acrylamide
Review Panel (ARP), the SAB Staff
Office will consider public comments
on the ‘‘Short List’’ of candidates,
information provided by the candidates
themselves, and background
information independently gathered by
the SAB Staff Office. Selection criteria
to be used for Panel membership
include: (a) Scientific and/or technical
expertise, knowledge, and experience
(primary factors); (b) availability and
willingness to serve; (c) absence of
financial conflicts of interest; (d)
absence of an appearance of a lack of
impartiality; and (e) skills working in
committees, subcommittees and
advisory panels; and, for the Panel as a
whole, (f) diversity of, and balance
among, scientific expertise, viewpoints,
etc.
The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of
an absence of financial conflicts of
interest will include a review of the
‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure
Form for Special Government
Employees Serving on Federal Advisory
Committees at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110–
48). This confidential form allows
Government officials to determine
whether there is a statutory conflict
between that person’s public
responsibilities (which includes
membership on an EPA Federal
advisory committee) and private
interests and activities, or the
appearance of a lack of impartiality, as
defined by Federal regulation. The form
may be viewed and downloaded from
the following URL address: https://
www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110–
48.pdf.
The approved policy under which the
EPA SAB Office selects subcommittees
and review panels is described in the
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following document: Overview of the
Panel Formation Process at the
Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–EC–
02–010), which is posted on the SAB
Web Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab/
pdf/ec02010.pdf.
Dated: March 21, 2007
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Request for Nominations
of Experts for the Acrylamide Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Requesting the nomination of experts for the Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Acrylamide Review Panel.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted by April 19, 2007, per
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding this Request for Nominations may contact
Dr. Suhair Shallal, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office,
by telephone/voice mail at (202) 343-9977; by fax at (202) 233-0643; or
via e-mail at shallal.suhair@epa.gov. General information concerning
the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the EPA SAB Web Site at:
https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Acrylamide polymer is primarily used in waste water
treatment, paper and pulp processing, and mineral processing. Other
uses include as a water soluble polymer in crude oil production, as a
cosmetic additive, for soil and sand stabilization, grouting agents for
sewer line sealing and manhole sealing, and in electrophoresis gels
used in research. Acrylamide has been detected in a wide range of baked
and fried foods. The detection of acrylamide in food prompted intense
international interest and on-going research to better characterize its
hazard effects, and to modify cooking practices to minimize levels in
processed foods. EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment,
within the Office of Research and Development, has been updating the
human health hazard and dose-response assessment for Acrylamide. EPA
previously developed an oral reference dose (RfD) for non-cancer
effects and a cancer oral slope factor for Acrylamide which are
described in EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessment
(1988). An inhalation reference concentration (RfC) was added to IRIS
in 1990. The current EPA draft assessment incorporates more recent
studies and methods to derive an oral RfD and inhalation RfC for non-
cancer effects, and an oral slope factor and inhalation unit risk for
carcinogenic effects. ORD has requested that the Science Advisory Board
(SAB) review its draft assessment entitled ``Toxicological Review of
Acrylamide''.
The EPA Science Advisory Board (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 SAB
Acrylamide Review Panel, conducting the review of the Agency's draft
assessment of acrylamide, will consist of members of the chartered SAB,
SAB Committee members and additional external experts. This panel will
comply with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
and all appropriate SAB procedural policies. Upon completion, the
panel's report will be submitted to the chartered SAB for final
approval for transmittal to the EPA Administrator. The SAB Acrylamide
Review Panel is being asked to comment on the scientific soundness of
this draft assessment.
Availability of the Review Materials: The EPA draft document to be
reviewed by the SAB Panel will be made available by the Office of
Research and Development. For questions and information concerning the
review materials, please contact Dr. Rob Dewoskin, at (919) 541-1089,
or dewoskin.rob@epa.gov.
Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is requesting
nominations of nationally recognized experts with expertise in one or
more of the following areas, especially with respect to the health
effects of Acrylamide: neurotoxicology; epidemiology; toxicology,
including reproductive/developmental toxicology, genetic toxicology and
mechanisms of action for carcinogenicity; metabolism; pharmacokinetics
and modeling; dose-response assessment; and exposure and risk
assessment.
Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Any interested
person or organization may nominate qualified individuals for possible
service on the Acrylamide Review Panel in the areas of expertise
described above. Nominations should be submitted in electronic format
through the SAB Web site at the following URL: https://www.epa.gov/sab;
or directly via the Form for Nominating Individuals to Panels of the
EPA Science Advisory Board link found at URL: https://www.epa.gov/sab/
panels/paneltopics.html. Please follow the instructions for submitting
nominations carefully. To be considered, nominations should include all
of the information required on the associated forms. Anyone unable to
submit nominations using the electronic form and who has any questions
concerning the nomination process may contact Dr. Suhair Shallal, DFO,
as indicated above in this notice. Nominations should be submitted in
time to arrive no later than April 19, 2007.
For nominees to be considered, please include: contact information;
a curriculum vitae; a biosketch of no more than two paragraphs
(containing information on the nominee's current position, educational
background, areas of expertise and research activities, service on
other advisory committees and professional societies; the candidate's
special expertise related to the panel being formed; and sources of
recent grant and/or contract support).
The EPA SAB Staff Office will acknowledge receipt of nominations.
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The names and biosketchs of qualified nominees identified by
respondents to the Federal Register notice and additional experts
identified by the SAB Staff will be posted on the SAB Web Site at:
https://www.epa.gov/sab. Public comments on this ``Short List'' of
candidates will be accepted for 21 calendar days. The public will be
requested to provide relevant information or other documentation on
nominees that the SAB Staff Office should consider in evaluating
candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a balanced subcommittee or review
panel includes candidates who possess the necessary domains of
knowledge, the relevant scientific perspectives (which, among other
factors, can be influenced by work history and affiliation), and the
collective breadth of experience to adequately address the charge. In
establishing the final Acrylamide Review Panel (ARP), the SAB Staff
Office will consider public comments on the ``Short List'' of
candidates, information provided by the candidates themselves, and
background information independently gathered by the SAB Staff Office.
Selection criteria to be used for Panel membership include: (a)
Scientific and/or technical expertise, knowledge, and experience
(primary factors); (b) availability and willingness to serve; (c)
absence of financial conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an
appearance of a lack of impartiality; and (e) skills working in
committees, subcommittees and advisory panels; and, for the Panel as a
whole, (f) diversity of, and balance among, scientific expertise,
viewpoints, etc.
The SAB Staff Office's evaluation of an absence of financial
conflicts of interest will include a review of the ``Confidential
Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on
Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency'' (EPA Form 3110-48). This confidential form allows Government
officials to determine whether there is a statutory conflict between
that person's public responsibilities (which includes membership on an
EPA Federal advisory committee) and private interests and activities,
or the appearance of a lack of impartiality, as defined by Federal
regulation. The form may be viewed and downloaded from the following
URL address: https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110-48.pdf.
The approved policy under which the EPA SAB Office selects
subcommittees and review panels is described in the following document:
Overview of the Panel Formation Process at the Environmental Protection
Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA-SAB-EC-02-010), which is posted on
the SAB Web Site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec02010.pdf.
Dated: March 21, 2007
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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