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provides an assessment of the exposure
of Americans to polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a class of
brominated flame retardants. It includes
chapters on use and production of
PBDEs, environmental fate,
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This document provides an
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ethers (PBDEs), a class of brominated
flame retardants. The use of PBDEs as
flame retardants in products associated
with the indoor environment has led to
exposures primarily associated with
indoor dust. This exposure pattern
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pollutants, such as dioxins and PCBs,
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Intake doses, expressed on a body
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announced the start of a public review
and comment period. This final report
addresses comments received from both
the external peer review panel and the
public.
Dated: May 3, 2010.
Rebecca Clark,
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Notification of a Public Teleconference
and Public Meeting of the SAB Dioxin
Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
teleconference and a face-to-face
meeting of the SAB Dioxin Review
Panel to review EPA’s Reanalysis of Key
Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and
Response to NAS Comments, External
Review Draft.
DATES: There will be a public
teleconference on June 24, 2010 from 1
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight
Time). The public meeting will be on
July 13 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., July 14
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and July 15
from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern
Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be
conducted by phone only. The face-toface meeting on July 13–15 will be held
at The Hilton Embassy Row Hotel, 2015
Massachusetts Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202)
265–1600.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing to obtain
information concerning the public
teleconference and public meeting may
contact Dr. Thomas Armitage,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board Staff Office
(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; by
telephone/voice mail at (202) 343–9995
or via e-mail at
armitage.thomas@epa.gov. General
information about the SAB, as well as
any updates concerning the meeting
announced in this notice, may be found
on the SAB Web site at: https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
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Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is
hereby given that the SAB Dioxin
Review Panel will hold a public
teleconference to discuss the plans for
the subsequent public face-to-face
meeting to conduct a peer review of
EPA’s Reanalysis of Key Issues Related
to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS
Comments, External Review Draft (May
2010). The SAB was established
pursuant to 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
FACA. The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
Background: In 2003, EPA’s Office of
Research and Development (ORD)
developed a comprehensive
reassessment of the health risks of
dioxin and related compounds. In 2004,
EPA asked the National Research
Council of the National Academy of
Sciences (NAS) to review the 2003
dioxin reassessment document. In 2006,
The NAS published its review and
identified three areas that required
substantial improvement to support a
scientifically robust risk
characterization. These areas were: (1)
Justification of approaches to doseresponse modeling for cancer and noncancer endpoints; (2) transparency and
clarity in selection of key data sets for
analysis; and (3) transparency,
thoroughness, and clarity in quantitative
uncertainty analysis. The full NAS
report, including recommendations, is
available at https://books.nap.edu/
catalog.php?record_id=11688.
In response to the recommendations
presented in the 2006 NAS review, the
EPA published a ‘‘Science Plan for
Activities Related to Dioxins in the
Environment’’ on May 26, 2009. The
plan states that EPA will prepare a draft
report that responds to the
recommendations and comments in the
NAS report and that the SAB will peer
review the science content of EPA’s
draft report. Following the SAB review,
EPA will release the final response to
comments report, and focus on
completion of the 2003 reassessment.
In response to the request from ORD,
the SAB staff office solicited
nominations of experts and formed a
review panel for dioxin [Federal
Register Notice dated October 15, 2008
(73 FR 61114–61115)]. The SAB panel
will conduct a review of the May 2010
External Review Draft of EPA’s
Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to
Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Comments. Specifically, the panel is
being asked to evaluate: The
transparency and clarity in the selection
of key data sets for dose-response
analysis; the use of toxicokinetics in
dose-response modeling for cancer and
non-cancer endpoints; the derivation of
the chronic reference dose; cancer
assessment; and EPA’s comments
regarding the feasibility of the
quantitative uncertainty analysis from
the NAS evaluation of the 2003
reassessment. The purpose of the
teleconference is for the panel to be
briefed on the EPA draft response to
comments document and to allow panel
members to ask clarifying questions on
the charge to the panel. During the faceto-face meeting, the panel will review
the draft EPA document.
Availability of Meeting Materials:
Agendas and materials in support of
these meetings will be placed on the
SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab
in advance of each meeting. For
technical questions and information
concerning EPA’s draft document,
please contact Dr. Glenn Rice at (513)
569–7813, or rice.glenn@epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Public comment for consideration by
EPA’s federal advisory committees and
panels has a different purpose from
public comment provided to EPA
program offices. Therefore, the process
for submitting comments to a federal
advisory committee is different from the
process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office. Federal advisory
committees and panels, including
scientific advisory committees, provide
independent advice to EPA. Members of
the public can submit comments for a
Federal advisory committee to consider
as it develops advice for EPA. They
should send their comments directly to
the Designated Federal Officer for the
relevant advisory committee. Oral
Statements: In general, individuals or
groups requesting an oral presentation
at a public teleconference will be
limited to three minutes per speaker,
with no more than a total of 30 minutes
for all speakers. At the face-to-face
meeting, presentations will be limited to
five minutes, with no more than a total
of one hour for all speakers. Each person
making an oral statement should
consider providing written comments as
well as their oral statement so that the
points presented orally can be expanded
upon in writing. Interested parties
should contact Dr. Thomas Armitage,
DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail)
at the contact information noted above,
by June 21, 2010 for the teleconference,
and by July 7, 2010 for the face-to-face
meeting, to be placed on the list of
public speakers. Written Statements:
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Written statements should be supplied
to the DFO via e-mail at the contact
information noted above, by June 22,
2010 for the teleconference, and by July
9, 2010 for the face-to-face meeting so
that the information may be made
available to the Committee members for
their consideration. Written statements
should be supplied in one of the
following electronic formats: Adobe
Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM–
PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format.
Submitters are requested to provide
versions of signed documents,
submitted with and without signatures,
because the SAB Staff Office does not
publish documents with signatures on
its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Dr. Thomas
Armitage at (202) 343–9995 or
armitage.thomas@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Dr. Armitage preferably at least
ten days prior to the teleconference to
give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
Dated: May 17, 2010.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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assistance should make arrangements in
advance. The matters to be considered
at the meeting are:
Open Session
A. Approval of Minutes
• May 13, 2010.
B. New Business—Regulations
• Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking—Capital Adequacy—
Capital Components; Basel Accord Tier
1/Tier 2.
• Direct Final Rule—Technical
Changes.
Closed Session*
Reports
• Office of Secondary Market
Oversight Quarterly Report.
Dated: May 19, 2010.
Roland E. Smith,
Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.
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pursuant to the Government in the
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required by the Paperwork Reduction
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3520. Comments are requested
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Commission’s burden estimate; (c) ways
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ways to minimize the burden of the
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference and Public Meeting of the SAB Dioxin Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
teleconference and a face-to-face meeting of the SAB Dioxin Review
Panel to review EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin
Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments, External Review Draft.
DATES: There will be a public teleconference on June 24, 2010 from 1
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). The public meeting will be
on July 13 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., July 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
and July 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by phone only. The
face-to-face meeting on July 13-15 will be held at The Hilton Embassy
Row Hotel, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036;
telephone (202) 265-1600.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain information concerning the public teleconference and public
meeting may contact Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office (1400F), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; by telephone/voice mail at (202) 343-9995 or via
e-mail at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. General information about the SAB,
as well as any updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice,
may be found on the SAB Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is hereby given that the SAB
Dioxin Review Panel will hold a public teleconference to discuss the
plans for the subsequent public face-to-face meeting to conduct a peer
review of EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and
Response to NAS Comments, External Review Draft (May 2010). The SAB was
established pursuant to 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 FACA. The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
Background: In 2003, EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD)
developed a comprehensive reassessment of the health risks of dioxin
and related compounds. In 2004, EPA asked the National Research Council
of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review the 2003 dioxin
reassessment document. In 2006, The NAS published its review and
identified three areas that required substantial improvement to support
a scientifically robust risk characterization. These areas were: (1)
Justification of approaches to dose-response modeling for cancer and
non-cancer endpoints; (2) transparency and clarity in selection of key
data sets for analysis; and (3) transparency, thoroughness, and clarity
in quantitative uncertainty analysis. The full NAS report, including
recommendations, is available at https://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11688.
In response to the recommendations presented in the 2006 NAS
review, the EPA published a ``Science Plan for Activities Related to
Dioxins in the Environment'' on May 26, 2009. The plan states that EPA
will prepare a draft report that responds to the recommendations and
comments in the NAS report and that the SAB will peer review the
science content of EPA's draft report. Following the SAB review, EPA
will release the final response to comments report, and focus on
completion of the 2003 reassessment.
In response to the request from ORD, the SAB staff office solicited
nominations of experts and formed a review panel for dioxin [Federal
Register Notice dated October 15, 2008 (73 FR 61114-61115)]. The SAB
panel will conduct a review of the May 2010 External Review Draft of
EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response
to NAS
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Comments. Specifically, the panel is being asked to evaluate: The
transparency and clarity in the selection of key data sets for dose-
response analysis; the use of toxicokinetics in dose-response modeling
for cancer and non-cancer endpoints; the derivation of the chronic
reference dose; cancer assessment; and EPA's comments regarding the
feasibility of the quantitative uncertainty analysis from the NAS
evaluation of the 2003 reassessment. The purpose of the teleconference
is for the panel to be briefed on the EPA draft response to comments
document and to allow panel members to ask clarifying questions on the
charge to the panel. During the face-to-face meeting, the panel will
review the draft EPA document.
Availability of Meeting Materials: Agendas and materials in support
of these meetings will be placed on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of each meeting. For technical questions and
information concerning EPA's draft document, please contact Dr. Glenn
Rice at (513) 569-7813, or rice.glenn@epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices.
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office. Federal advisory committees and panels, including
scientific advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA.
Members of the public can submit comments for a Federal advisory
committee to consider as it develops advice for EPA. They should send
their comments directly to the Designated Federal Officer for the
relevant advisory committee. Oral Statements: In general, individuals
or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public teleconference
will be limited to three minutes per speaker, with no more than a total
of 30 minutes for all speakers. At the face-to-face meeting,
presentations will be limited to five minutes, with no more than a
total of one hour for all speakers. Each person making an oral
statement should consider providing written comments as well as their
oral statement so that the points presented orally can be expanded upon
in writing. Interested parties should contact Dr. Thomas Armitage, DFO,
in writing (preferably via e-mail) at the contact information noted
above, by June 21, 2010 for the teleconference, and by July 7, 2010 for
the face-to-face meeting, to be placed on the list of public speakers.
Written Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the DFO
via e-mail at the contact information noted above, by June 22, 2010 for
the teleconference, and by July 9, 2010 for the face-to-face meeting so
that the information may be made available to the Committee members for
their consideration. Written statements should be supplied in one of
the following electronic formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format.
Submitters are requested to provide versions of signed documents,
submitted with and without signatures, because the SAB Staff Office
does not publish documents with signatures on its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Thomas Armitage at
(202) 343-9995 or armitage.thomas@epa.gov. To request accommodation of
a disability, please contact Dr. Armitage preferably at least ten days
prior to the teleconference to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
Dated: May 17, 2010.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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