External Peer Review of Draft Final Report: “Comparison of the Alternative Asbestos Control Method and the NESHAP Method for Demolition of Asbestos-Containing Buildings”, 31322-31323 [E7-10888]

Download as PDF 31322 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 108 / Wednesday, June 6, 2007 / Notices EXEMPT—Continued Docket number 4. 5. 6. 7. Project Project Project Project Date received No. 2216–000 .................................................... No. 2216–000 .................................................... 2576–083 ........................................................... No. 12571–000 .................................................. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–10813 Filed 6–5–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8322–1] External Peer Review of Draft Final Report: ‘‘Comparison of the Alternative Asbestos Control Method and the NESHAP Method for Demolition of Asbestos-Containing Buildings’’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of external peer review panel meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing an external peer review panel meeting to review the draft Final Report for the Alternative Asbestos Control Method (AACM) Demonstration Project. EPA will use comments and recommendations from the expert panel meeting to finalize the draft report. The U.S. EPA conducted a controlled demonstration to evaluate the AACM alongside the current National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) method in a remote, secure location at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. To facilitate side-by-side comparison, the demonstration used two similar structures with asbestoscontaining materials. Additional information about this research project, including a description of the AACM and the project schedule, is available at https://epa.gov/region6/6xa/ asbestos.htm. A public comment period for the draft Final Report is currently open and will last until June 14, 2007. Members of the public may submit comments to Regulations.gov (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below). The peer review panel meeting will begin on June 20, 2007, at approximately 11:15 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. on June 21, 2007. Members of the public may attend the peer review panel meeting. Time will be set aside on the morning of June 20, 2007 for registered attendees who wish jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES DATES: VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:59 Jun 05, 2007 Jkt 211001 Presenter or requester 5–15–07 5–25–07 5–16–07 5–17–07 Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hon. Charles E. Schumer. Hon. Richard Blumenthal. Mary Jane Parks. to make oral comments (for more information refer to the instructions for registration below). ADDRESSES: Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an EPA contractor for external scientific peer review, will convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct an external peer review panel meeting to review this draft report. The external peer review panel meeting will be held at EPA’s Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center (AWBERC) located at 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH. Observers may attend the peer review panel meeting by registering online at the Web site, https://www2.ergweb.com/ projects/conferences/region6/ register.htm or by calling ERG’s conference line between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. EDT at (781) 674– 7374 or toll free at 800–803–2833, or by faxing a registration request to (781) 674–2906 (include full address and contact information). Pre-registration is strongly recommended as space is limited, and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for online preregistration is June 13, 2007. If space allows, telephone and fax registrations will continue to be accepted after this date, including on-site registration. Time will be set aside to hear comments from observers, and individuals will be limited to a maximum of five minutes during the morning of the first day of the meeting. Please sign up for a time slot on the registration page, or if registering via telephone, inform ERG that you wish to make comments during the comment period. Public comments submitted to Regulations.gov by June 14, 2007 will be provided to the external peer review panel prior to the meeting. The draft Final Report is available via the Internet at https://epa.gov/region6/ 6xa/asbestos.htm or https:// www.regulations.gov under docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0362. Copies are not available from ERG and copies will not be available onsite. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding registration and logistics for the external peer review panel meeting should be directed to ERG, 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 MA 02421–3136; telephone: (781) 674– 7374 or toll free at 800–803–2833; or by faxing a registration request to facsimile: (781) 674–2906; e-mail meetings@erg.com. If you have questions about the draft Final Report, contact Stephen Watkins, Office of Research and Development, Mail Code 8104–R, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–3744; fax number: (202) 565–2925, E-mail: watkins.stephen@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0362 on the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov. The public docket contains the draft Final Report and a list of charge questions that have been submitted to the external peer reviewers. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 0362 by one of the following methods: • www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: ORD Docket@epa.gov. • Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. • Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 0362. Deliveries are only accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 0362. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov E:\FR\FM\06JNN1.SGM 06JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 108 / Wednesday, June 6, 2007 / Notices or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web site 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 www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public 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 www.regulations.gov 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, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The 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 ORD Docket is (202) 566–1752. Dated: May 30, 2007. Jeffery Morris, Acting Director, Office of Science Policy. [FR Doc. E7–10888 Filed 6–5–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0403; FRL–8322–7] Human Studies Review Board; Notice of Public Meeting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA or Agency) Office of the Science Advisor (OSA) VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:59 Jun 05, 2007 Jkt 211001 announces a public meeting of the Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) to advise the Agency on EPA’s scientific and ethical reviews of human subjects’ research. DATES: The public meeting will be held from June 27–June 29, 2007 approximately from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time. Location: Environmental Protection Agency, Conference Center—Lobby Level, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. Meeting Access: Seating at the meeting will be on a first-come basis. To request accommodation of a disability please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 10 business days prior to the meeting, to allow EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral comments for the HSRB to consider during the advisory process. Additional information concerning submission of relevant written or oral comments is provided in Unit I.D. of this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes further information should contact Paul Lewis, EPA, Office of the Science Advisor, (8105R), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–8381; fax: (202) 564 2070; e-mail addresses: lewis.paul@epa.gov. General information concerning the EPA HSRB can be found on the EPA Web site at https://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. ADDRESSES: Submit your written comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0403, by one of the following methods: Internet: https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), ORD Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is located in the EPA Headquarters Library, Room Number 3334 in the EPA West Building, located at 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington DC. The hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Please call (202) 566–1744 or e-mail the ORD Docket at ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. Updates to Public Reading PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31323 Room access are available on the Web site (https://www.epa.gov/epahome/ dockets.htm). Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 0403. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online 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 whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https:// www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site 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 https:// www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Public Meeting A. Does This Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, however, be of interest to persons who conduct or assess human studies, especially studies on substances regulated by EPA or to persons who are or may be required to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31322-31323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10888]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8322-1]


External Peer Review of Draft Final Report: ``Comparison of the 
Alternative Asbestos Control Method and the NESHAP Method for 
Demolition of Asbestos-Containing Buildings''

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of external peer review panel meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 
an external peer review panel meeting to review the draft Final Report 
for the Alternative Asbestos Control Method (AACM) Demonstration 
Project. EPA will use comments and recommendations from the expert 
panel meeting to finalize the draft report.
    The U.S. EPA conducted a controlled demonstration to evaluate the 
AACM alongside the current National Emissions Standards for Hazardous 
Air Pollutants (NESHAP) method in a remote, secure location at Fort 
Chaffee, Arkansas. To facilitate side-by-side comparison, the 
demonstration used two similar structures with asbestos-containing 
materials. Additional information about this research project, 
including a description of the AACM and the project schedule, is 
available at https://epa.gov/region6/6xa/asbestos.htm.

DATES: A public comment period for the draft Final Report is currently 
open and will last until June 14, 2007. Members of the public may 
submit comments to Regulations.gov (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
below). The peer review panel meeting will begin on June 20, 2007, at 
approximately 11:15 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. on June 21, 2007. Members of 
the public may attend the peer review panel meeting. Time will be set 
aside on the morning of June 20, 2007 for registered attendees who wish 
to make oral comments (for more information refer to the instructions 
for registration below).

ADDRESSES: Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an EPA contractor for 
external scientific peer review, will convene an independent panel of 
experts and organize and conduct an external peer review panel meeting 
to review this draft report. The external peer review panel meeting 
will be held at EPA's Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research 
Center (AWBERC) located at 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, 
OH.
    Observers may attend the peer review panel meeting by registering 
online at the Web site, https://www2.ergweb.com/projects/conferences/
region6/register.htm or by calling ERG's conference line between the 
hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. EDT at (781) 674-7374 or toll free at 
800-803-2833, or by faxing a registration request to (781) 674-2906 
(include full address and contact information). Pre-registration is 
strongly recommended as space is limited, and registrations will be 
accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for online 
pre-registration is June 13, 2007. If space allows, telephone and fax 
registrations will continue to be accepted after this date, including 
on-site registration. Time will be set aside to hear comments from 
observers, and individuals will be limited to a maximum of five minutes 
during the morning of the first day of the meeting. Please sign up for 
a time slot on the registration page, or if registering via telephone, 
inform ERG that you wish to make comments during the comment period. 
Public comments submitted to Regulations.gov by June 14, 2007 will be 
provided to the external peer review panel prior to the meeting.
    The draft Final Report is available via the Internet at https://
epa.gov/region6/6xa/asbestos.htm or https://www.regulations.gov under 
docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0362. Copies are not available from 
ERG and copies will not be available onsite.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding registration and 
logistics for the external peer review panel meeting should be directed 
to ERG, 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421-3136; telephone: (781) 
674-7374 or toll free at 800-803-2833; or by faxing a registration 
request to facsimile: (781) 674-2906; e-mail meetings@erg.com.
    If you have questions about the draft Final Report, contact Stephen 
Watkins, Office of Research and Development, Mail Code 8104-R, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-3744; fax number: 
(202) 565-2925, E-mail: watkins.stephen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established an official public 
docket for this action under docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0362 on 
the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov. The public docket contains 
the draft Final Report and a list of charge questions that have been 
submitted to the external peer reviewers.
    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-
0362 by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     E-mail: ORD Docket@epa.gov.
     Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, EPA 
West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0362. Deliveries are only 
accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0362. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov

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or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web site 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 
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured 
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public 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 
www.regulations.gov 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, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket, EPA/DC, EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The 
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 ORD 
Docket is (202) 566-1752.

    Dated: May 30, 2007.
Jeffery Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
 [FR Doc. E7-10888 Filed 6-5-07; 8:45 am]
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