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has recently undergone public review
and comment. Eastern Research Group,
Inc. (ERG), an EPA contractor for
external scientific review, will convene
an independent panel of experts and
organize and conduct a peer-review
meeting. The panel will review the draft
document and may consider public
comments received in the official public
docket for this activity under docket ID
number EPA–HQ–OA–2007–0976, as
well as comments made by the public at
the external peer review meeting. The
draft document and peer-review charge
are available at https://www.epa.gov/osa/
mmoaframework/index.htm. In
preparing a final document, EPA will
consider the public comments
submitted to EPA’s docket during the
public comment period, and the
comments and recommendations from
the external peer-review meeting,
including any oral public comments
made at the meeting.
EPA is releasing this draft document
solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under
applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been
formally disseminated by the EPA. It
does not represent and should not be
construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination.
This notice announces the external
peer-review meeting location and dates,
and how to pre-register as an observer
and how to sign up to make oral
comments at the meeting.
DATES: The external peer-review
meeting will begin on Friday, April 4,
2008. The meeting is scheduled to begin
at approximately 8:30 a.m. and end at
approximately 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time.
Members of the public may attend the
peer-review meeting as observers. Time
will be set aside on the morning of April
4, 2008 for registered attendees who
wish to make brief oral comments (for
more information refer to the
instructions for participation below).
ADDRESSES: The peer-review meeting
will be held at the Navy League
Building, 2300 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, Virginia 22201.
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How Can I Request To Participate In
This Meeting?
Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG),
an EPA contractor for external scientific
review, will convene an independent
panel of experts and organize and
conduct a peer-review meeting to
review this draft document. To attend
the meeting, register by Tuesday, March
25, 2008 by visiting https://
www2.ergweb.com/projects/
conferences/moa/register-moa.htm. You
may also register by calling ERG’s
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conference line between the hours of 9
a.m. and 5:30 p.m. EST at (781) 674–
7374 or toll free at (800) 803–2833, or
by faxing a registration request to (781)
674–2906 (please reference the
‘‘Mutagenic Mode of Action PeerReview Meeting’’ and include your
name, title, affiliation, full address and
contact information), or by sending an email to Meetings@erg.com (Subject line:
Mutagenic Mode of Action Peer-Review
Meeting; Body: include your name, title,
affiliation, full address and contact
information). Pre-registration is strongly
recommended as space is limited, and
registrations will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. The deadline
for pre-registration is Tuesday, March
25, 2008. If space allows, 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 day of the
meeting. When you register, please
inform ERG that you wish to make
comments during the comment period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding registration and
logistics for the external peer review
meeting should be directed to Eastern
Research Group, 110 Hartwell Avenue,
Lexington, MA 02421–3136; telephone:
(781) 674–7374 or toll-free at (800) 803–
2833; facsimile: (781) 674–2906; e-mail:
Meetings@erg.com. If you have
questions about the draft document,
please contact Dr. Kathleen Raffaele,
Office of the Science Advisor, Mail
Code 8105R, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–2180; fax number:
(202) 564–2070; e-mail:
raffaele.kathleen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is
submitting the draft document titled
‘‘Framework for Determining a
Mutagenic Mode of Action for
Carcinogenicity: Using EPA’s 2005
Cancer Guidelines and Supplemental
Guidance for Assessing Susceptibility
From Early-Life Exposure to
Carcinogens’’ (or Framework) for
independent, external peer review. On
September 27, 2007, the draft document
was announced in the Federal Register
and made available for a 60-day public
comment period (72 FR 54910). On
November 16, 2007, the comment
period was extended for 30 days (72 FR
64617). Public comments received in
the docket will be shared with the
external peer review panel for their
consideration. The public release of this
draft document is solely for the purpose
of seeking public comment and peer
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review. This draft document does not
represent and should not be construed
to represent any EPA policy, viewpoint,
or determination.
In response to requests from
numerous stakeholders following EPA’s
release of the ‘‘Supplemental Guidance
for Assessing Susceptibility from EarlyLife Exposure to Carcinogens’’ in 2005,
the Risk Assessment Forum has
prepared a framework document that
expands and clarifies characteristics
used to determine a chemical’s potential
for a mutagenic mode of action (MOA)
for carcinogenicity. This determination
affects consideration of adjusting cancer
potencies via age-dependent adjustment
factors when exposures to these
carcinogens occur in children.
The Framework is meant to
complement EPA’s 2005 ‘‘Guidelines for
Carcinogen Risk Assessment’’ (Cancer
Guidelines) and chemicals of interest
must already have a weight-of-evidence
determination for carcinogenicity. The
Framework does not provide an
approach to hazard identification.
Rather, it gives information useful to
determining whether MOAs by which
the chemical causes cancer include
mutagenicity as an early key event; ‘‘key
event’’ is a term of art described in the
MOA framework in the Cancer
Guidelines.
Dated: February 25, 2008.
George M. Gray,
EPA Science Advisor.
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National Advisory Council for
Environmental Policy and Technology
Environmental Technology
Subcommittee
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of teleconference
meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA
gives notice of two teleconference
meetings of the Environmental
Technology Subcommittee of the
National Advisory Council for
Environmental Policy and Technology
(NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice
and recommendations to the
Administrator of EPA on a broad range
of environmental policy, technology,
and management issues. The
Environmental Technology
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Subcommittee was formed to assist EPA
in evaluating its current and potential
role in the development and
commercialization of environmental
technologies by suggesting how to
optimize existing EPA programs to
facilitate the development of sustainable
private sector technologies, and by
suggesting alternative approaches to
achieving these goals. The purpose of
the teleconference meetings is to discuss
the Subcommittee’s latest report on
actions EPA can take to engage more
effectively with venture capitalists, and
other members of the financial services
sector, who invest in the development
and commercialization of
environmental technologies.
The NACEPT Environmental
Technology Subcommittee will hold a
teleconference meeting on Tuesday,
March 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. Eastern, and
on Tuesday, March 25 from 3 to 5 p.m.
Eastern. The teleconferences may end
before 5 p.m. on both days if the
Subcommittee doesn’t require two full
hours to complete its discussions.
DATES:
Meeting rooms will not be
available, and anyone wishing to
participate in the teleconferences
should request the call-in number and
the teleconference access code from
Mark Joyce at the contact information
below.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Joyce, Designated Federal Officer,
joyce.mark@epa.gov, 202–564–2130,
U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative
Environmental Management (1601M),
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
Requests
to make oral comments or provide
written comments to the Subcommittee
should be sent to Mark Joyce,
Designated Federal Officer, at the
contact information above by Friday,
March 14. The public is welcome to
attend all portions of the teleconference
meetings.
Meeting Access: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Mark Joyce at
202–564–2130 or joyce.mark@epa.gov.
To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Mark Joyce,
preferably at least 10 days prior to the
meeting, to give EPA as much time as
possible to process your request.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: February 20, 2008.
Mark Joyce,
Designated Federal Officer.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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Proposed CERCLA Agreement and
Covenant Not To Sue the State of
Montana
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Public
Comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a
proposed Agreement and Covenant Not
To Sue the State of Montana concerning
the McLaren Tailings Site at Cooke City,
Park County, Montana. This Agreement
is entered into pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’),
42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and the authority
of the Attorney General of the United
States to compromise and settle claims
of the United States. The State of
Montana Department of Environmental
Quality (‘‘MDEQ’’) enters into this
Agreement pursuant to CERCLA, the
Montana Comprehensive Environmental
Cleanup and Responsibility Act
(‘‘CECRA’’), as amended, 75–10–701 et
seq., Montana Code Annotated
(‘‘MCA’’); Title IV of the Surface Mining
control and Reclamation Act of 1977
(‘‘SMCRA’’), 30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq., and
Title 82, Chapter 4, Part 3 MCA.
This Agreement and Covenant Not to
Sue (‘‘Agreement’’), is designed to settle
and resolve MDEQ’s potential liability
for existing contamination at the Site,
which would otherwise result from its
acquisition of the Site.
Opportunity for Comment: For thirty
(30) days following the date of
publication of this notice, the Agency
will consider all comments received,
and may modify or withdraw its consent
to the Agreement if comments received
disclose facts or considerations which
indicate that the Agreement is
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
The Agency’s response to any comments
received will be available for public
inspection at EPA Region 8’s Central
Records Center, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
3rd Floor, in Denver, Colorado.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 31, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The proposed Agreement
and additional background information
relating to the settlement are available
for public inspection at EPA Region 8’s
Central Records Center, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, 3rd Floor, in Denver, Colorado.
Comments and requests for a copy of the
proposed Agreement should be
addressed to Carol Pokorny (8ENF–RC),
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Technical Enforcement Program, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129, and should reference the
McLaren Tailings Site Agreement and
Covenant Not to Sue the State of
Montana and the EPA docket number,
CERCLA–08–2008–0004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Pokorny, Enforcement Specialist
(8ENF–RC), Technical Enforcement
Program, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado 80202–1129,(303) 312–6970.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regarding
the proposed Agreement: In accordance
with CERCLA, notice is hereby given
that the terms of the Agreement have
been agreed to by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, the
U.S. Department of Justice, and the State
of Montana Department of
Environmental Quality. By the terms of
the proposed Agreement, in exchange
for the United States’ Covenant Not to
Sue, MDEQ agrees to acquire the Site, at
no cost to the United States, and agrees
to implement the cleanup activities and
the Institutional Controls for the Site.
It is so Agreed:
Dated: February 21, 2008.
Andrew M. Gaydosh,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of
Enforcement, Compliance, and
Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 8.
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Proposed CERCLA Settlement
Agreement for Recovery of Past
Response Costs Incurred at the
McLaren Tailings Site at Cooke City,
Park County, MT
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice and request for public
comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of section 122(i) of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C.
9622(i), notice is hereby given of a
proposed settlement agreement under
section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.
9622(h)(1), concerning the McLaren
Tailings Site at Cooke City, Park County,
Montana. This settlement, embodied in
a CERCLA section 122(h) Agreement for
Recovery of Past Response Costs
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Environmental Technology Subcommittee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of teleconference meetings.
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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463,
EPA gives notice of two teleconference meetings of the Environmental
Technology Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council for
Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice
and recommendations to the Administrator of EPA on a broad range of
environmental policy, technology, and management issues. The
Environmental Technology
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Subcommittee was formed to assist EPA in evaluating its current and
potential role in the development and commercialization of
environmental technologies by suggesting how to optimize existing EPA
programs to facilitate the development of sustainable private sector
technologies, and by suggesting alternative approaches to achieving
these goals. The purpose of the teleconference meetings is to discuss
the Subcommittee's latest report on actions EPA can take to engage more
effectively with venture capitalists, and other members of the
financial services sector, who invest in the development and
commercialization of environmental technologies.
DATES: The NACEPT Environmental Technology Subcommittee will hold a
teleconference meeting on Tuesday, March 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. Eastern,
and on Tuesday, March 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. Eastern. The teleconferences
may end before 5 p.m. on both days if the Subcommittee doesn't require
two full hours to complete its discussions.
ADDRESSES: Meeting rooms will not be available, and anyone wishing to
participate in the teleconferences should request the call-in number
and the teleconference access code from Mark Joyce at the contact
information below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Joyce, Designated Federal
Officer, joyce.mark@epa.gov, 202-564-2130, U.S. EPA, Office of
Cooperative Environmental Management (1601M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests to make oral comments or provide
written comments to the Subcommittee should be sent to Mark Joyce,
Designated Federal Officer, at the contact information above by Friday,
March 14. The public is welcome to attend all portions of the
teleconference meetings.
Meeting Access: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mark Joyce at 202-564-
2130 or joyce.mark@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability,
please contact Mark Joyce, preferably at least 10 days prior to the
meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.
Dated: February 20, 2008.
Mark Joyce,
Designated Federal Officer.
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