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Dated: February 4, 2008.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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I. Who Should Attend?
You may be interested in attending
this workshop if you produce,
manufacture, use, or import pesticide/
agricultural chemicals and other
chemical substances; or if you are or
may otherwise be involved in the testing
of chemical substances for potential
endocrine effects. To determine whether
you or your business may have an
interest in this workshop, you should
carefully examine section 408(p) of the
Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA) (21 U.S.C. 346a(p)).
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Dated: February 7, 2008.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
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Notice of Availability of the
Nanomaterial Research Strategy
External Review Draft and Expert Peer
Review Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of document availability
and external peer review meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental
Protection is announcing the availability
II. Why Hold a Second Workshop?
of a draft report titled, Draft
EPA is holding a half-day workshop
Nanomaterial Research Strategy (EPA/
to facilitate the public’s comments on
600/S–08/002), which was prepared by
the draft policies and procedures that
EPA’s Office of Research and
EPA is considering for conducting the
Development (ORD). EPA is also
initial screening and testing of
announcing that Versar, Inc., an EPA
chemicals under the EDSP. The
contractor for external peer review, will
workshop is a second opportunity for
convene a panel of experts and will
the public, stakeholders, and the
organize and conduct an independent
regulated community to discuss the
expert external peer meeting April 11,
draft EDSP policies and procedures
2008, to review the draft document.
currently available for public comment. Versar, Inc. invites the public to register
Although the workshop is not intended
to attend this meeting as observers. In
to collect oral comments, the Agency
addition, Versar, Inc. invites the public
intends to consider the discussion and
to give oral comments or provide
will be documenting the discussion for
written comments at the external peer
the public docket.
review meeting regarding the draft
In addition to attending this
document under review. The expert
workshop, EPA invites you to provide
panel will review the draft document
comments on the draft policies and
and consider public comments received
procedures for initial EDSP screening
prior to the meeting in the official
and testing. The December 13, 2007
public docket for this activity under
Federal Register document that
docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–
announced the availability of draft
0114 as well as comments made by the
policies and procedures for public
public at the meeting. The draft
comment included a specific list of
document is available through https://
questions on which the Agency is
www.regulations.gov and at https://
specifically seeking comment. This list,
es.epa.gov/ncer/nano/publications/
along with an agenda for the workshop,
index.html. In preparing a final
will be posted on the Agency’s website
document, EPA will consider Versar,
athttps://www.epa.gov/scipoly/oscpendo/ Inc.’s report of the comments and
index.htm and provided at the
recommendations from the external
workshop. EPA will consider all
peer-review meeting, as well as public
comments received, and EPA will
comments. EPA plans to issue a final
announce the availability of the final
research strategy for nanomaterials in
versions of the policies and procedures
2008.
for the initial EDSP screening and
The public release of this draft
testing in the Federal Register.
document is solely for the purpose of
seeking public comment and external
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peer review. This draft research strategy
Environmental protection, Chemicals, does not represent and should not be
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The peer review panel meeting
will begin on April 11, 2008, at 9 a.m.
and end at 5 p.m. The public comment
period begins on February 7, 2008, and
ends 30-days after publication in the
Federal Register. Technical comments
should be in writing and must be
received by EPA 30-days after
publication of the Federal Register
Notice.
DATES:
The independent expert
external peer review meeting will be
held at the Westin Alexandria, located
at 400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria,
VA; telephone 703–253–8600. Members
of the public may attend the meeting as
observers, and there will be a limited
time for comments from the public in
the afternoon. Space is limited, and
reservations will be accepted on a firstcome-first-served basis. To attend this
meeting, register by April 4, 2008, by
visiting https://epa.versar.com/
nanostrategy or contact Ms.Gina
Casciano of Versar, Inc., 6850 Versar
Center, Springfield, VA, 22151, at 703–
642–6813, and via e-mail at
GCasciano@Versar.com. You will be
asked for your name, contact
information, the organization you
represent, and your title. Please indicate
if you intend to make an oral statement
during the public comment period at the
meeting.
You may also submit comments prior
to the meeting, identified by Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0114, by one
of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
• Mail: ORD Docket,
Environnemental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center
(EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West
Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–
0114. 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. If
you provide comments by mail or hand
delivery, please submit three copies of
the comments. For attachments, provide
and index, number pages consecutively
with the comments, and submit an
unbound original and three copies.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–
0114. 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://
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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.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the https://
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 https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the ORD Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West,
Room B102, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding logistics for the
external peer review meeting should be
directed to Ms. Gina Casciano, Versar,
Inc., 6850 Versar Center, Springfield,
VA, 22151; telephone: 703–642–6813; or
via e-mail at GCasciano@Versar.com.
For questions regarding the draft
document, please contact Dr. Nora
Savage, Office of Research and
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Development, Mailcode 8722F,
Telephone 202–343–9858, fax number
202–233–0678, savage.nora@epa.gov; or
Dr. Randy Wentsel Office of Research &
Development, Mail Code 8101R,
Telephone 202–564–3214, fax number
202–564–3214, email
wentsel.randy@epa.gov; Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is
submitting the Draft Nanomaterial
Research Strategy for independent,
external peer review. Public comments
received in the docket will be shared
with the external peer review panel for
their consideration. Although EPA is
under no obligation to do so, EPA may
consider comments received after the
close of the comment period. The public
release of this draft document is solely
for the purpose of seeking public
comment and peer review. This draft
research strategy does not represent and
should not be construed to represent
any EPA policy, viewpoint, or
determination.
The Draft Nanomaterial Research
Strategy identifies research needs and
outlines research for environmental
implications; recognizing the latter need
for exploring environmental
applications of nanotechnology that can
inform the appropriate regulatory and
policy decisions for nanotechnology.
The draft research strategy provides a
discussion of research to be conducted
both in-house and extramurally to
understand the impact of engineered
nanomaterials. The purpose of this
strategy is to guide the EPA’s Office of
Research and Development (ORD)
program in nanomaterial research. The
strategy builds on and is consistent with
the foundation of scientific needs
identified in the report by the
Nanotechnology Environmental and
Health Implications (NEHI) Workgroup
(NSTC, 2006), and on the EPA White
Paper on Nanotechnology (EPA, 2007).
Special attention is given to EPA’s role
among Federal Agencies in addressing
data needs for hazard assessment, risk
assessment, and risk management
relevant to the EPA mission and
regulatory responsibilities. ORD will use
the NRS and incorporate these research
activities into the multi-year planning
process.
ORD has identified four key research
themes and seven key scientific
questions addressing each of the
research themes where we can provide
leadership for the Federal government
research program and support the
science needs of the Agency. The
themes are: (1) Sources, fate, transport,
and exposure; (2) human health and
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ecological research; (3) risk assessment
methods and case studies; and (4)
preventing and Mitigating Risks.
Supplemental information is provided
in a number of appendices. Following
the expert external peer review, EPA
plans to issue a final research strategy
on nanotechnology in mid-2008.
Dated: February 1, 2008.
Kevin Teichman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Science, Office of Research and Development.
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available on-line at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
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whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
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protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an
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means EPA will not know your identity
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provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
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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
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the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Notice of Availability of the Nanomaterial Research Strategy
External Review Draft and Expert Peer Review Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of document availability and external peer review
meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection is announcing the
availability of a draft report titled, Draft Nanomaterial Research
Strategy (EPA/600/S-08/002), which was prepared by EPA's Office of
Research and Development (ORD). EPA is also announcing that Versar,
Inc., an EPA contractor for external peer review, will convene a panel
of experts and will organize and conduct an independent expert external
peer meeting April 11, 2008, to review the draft document. Versar, Inc.
invites the public to register to attend this meeting as observers. In
addition, Versar, Inc. invites the public to give oral comments or
provide written comments at the external peer review meeting regarding
the draft document under review. The expert panel will review the draft
document and consider public comments received prior to the meeting in
the official public docket for this activity under docket ID number
EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0114 as well as comments made by the public at the
meeting. The draft document is available through https://
www.regulations.gov and at https://es.epa.gov/ncer/nano/publications/
index.html. In preparing a final document, EPA will consider Versar,
Inc.'s report of the comments and recommendations from the external
peer-review meeting, as well as public comments. EPA plans to issue a
final research strategy for nanomaterials in 2008.
The public release of this draft document is solely for the purpose
of seeking public comment and external peer review. This draft research
strategy does not represent and should not be construed to represent
any EPA policy, viewpoint, or determination.
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DATES: The peer review panel meeting will begin on April 11, 2008, at 9
a.m. and end at 5 p.m. The public comment period begins on February 7,
2008, and ends 30-days after publication in the Federal Register.
Technical comments should be in writing and must be received by EPA 30-
days after publication of the Federal Register Notice.
ADDRESSES: The independent expert external peer review meeting will be
held at the Westin Alexandria, located at 400 Courthouse Square,
Alexandria, VA; telephone 703-253-8600. Members of the public may
attend the meeting as observers, and there will be a limited time for
comments from the public in the afternoon. Space is limited, and
reservations will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. To
attend this meeting, register by April 4, 2008, by visiting https://
epa.versar.com/nanostrategy or contact Ms.Gina Casciano of Versar,
Inc., 6850 Versar Center, Springfield, VA, 22151, at 703-642-6813, and
via e-mail at GCasciano@Versar.com. You will be asked for your name,
contact information, the organization you represent, and your title.
Please indicate if you intend to make an oral statement during the
public comment period at the meeting.
You may also submit comments prior to the meeting, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0114, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
Mail: ORD Docket, Environnemental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA
West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0114. 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. If you provide comments by mail or hand delivery,
please submit three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide
and index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and submit an
unbound original and three copies.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2008-0114. 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.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://
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 https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket, EPA/
DC, EPA West, Room B102, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding logistics for the
external peer review meeting should be directed to Ms. Gina Casciano,
Versar, Inc., 6850 Versar Center, Springfield, VA, 22151; telephone:
703-642-6813; or via e-mail at GCasciano@Versar.com. For questions
regarding the draft document, please contact Dr. Nora Savage, Office of
Research and Development, Mailcode 8722F, Telephone 202-343-9858, fax
number 202-233-0678, savage.nora@epa.gov; or Dr. Randy Wentsel Office
of Research & Development, Mail Code 8101R, Telephone 202-564-3214, fax
number 202-564-3214, email wentsel.randy@epa.gov; Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is submitting the Draft Nanomaterial
Research Strategy for independent, external peer review. Public
comments received in the docket will be shared with the external peer
review panel for their consideration. Although EPA is under no
obligation to do so, EPA may consider comments received after the close
of the comment period. The public release of this draft document is
solely for the purpose of seeking public comment and peer review. This
draft research strategy does not represent and should not be construed
to represent any EPA policy, viewpoint, or determination.
The Draft Nanomaterial Research Strategy identifies research needs
and outlines research for environmental implications; recognizing the
latter need for exploring environmental applications of nanotechnology
that can inform the appropriate regulatory and policy decisions for
nanotechnology. The draft research strategy provides a discussion of
research to be conducted both in-house and extramurally to understand
the impact of engineered nanomaterials. The purpose of this strategy is
to guide the EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) program in
nanomaterial research. The strategy builds on and is consistent with
the foundation of scientific needs identified in the report by the
Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (NEHI) Workgroup
(NSTC, 2006), and on the EPA White Paper on Nanotechnology (EPA, 2007).
Special attention is given to EPA's role among Federal Agencies in
addressing data needs for hazard assessment, risk assessment, and risk
management relevant to the EPA mission and regulatory responsibilities.
ORD will use the NRS and incorporate these research activities into the
multi-year planning process.
ORD has identified four key research themes and seven key
scientific questions addressing each of the research themes where we
can provide leadership for the Federal government research program and
support the science needs of the Agency. The themes are: (1) Sources,
fate, transport, and exposure; (2) human health and
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ecological research; (3) risk assessment methods and case studies; and
(4) preventing and Mitigating Risks. Supplemental information is
provided in a number of appendices. Following the expert external peer
review, EPA plans to issue a final research strategy on nanotechnology
in mid-2008.
Dated: February 1, 2008.
Kevin Teichman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, Office of Research
and Development.
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