Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board, 26290-26291 [2011-11129]

Download as PDF 26290 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 88 / Friday, May 6, 2011 / Notices will inform EPA’s continued efforts to improve risk assessment approaches and methodologies. The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone only. ADDRESSES: EPA’s background paper, related supporting materials, charge/questions to FIFRA SAP, FIFRA SAP composition (i.e., members and ad hoc members for this meeting), and the meeting agenda will be available by late June. In addition, the Agency may provide additional background documents as the materials become available. You may obtain electronic copies of these documents, and certain other related documents that might be available electronically, at https:// www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA SAP homepage at https://www.epa.gov/ scipoly/sap. FIFRA SAP will prepare meeting minutes summarizing its recommendations to the Agency approximately 90 days after the meeting. The meeting minutes will be posted on the FIFRA SAP Web site or may be obtained from the OPP Regulatory Public Docket at https:// www.regulations.gov. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: April 27, 2011. Frank Sanders, Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy. [FR Doc. 2011–11027 Filed 5–5–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9302–7] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the chartered SAB on June 6, 2011 to conduct a quality review of a draft SAB report entitled ‘‘SAB Review of EPA’s Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments.’’ emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: The public teleconference will be held on June 6, 2011, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). DATES: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:26 May 05, 2011 Jkt 223001 Any member of the public wishing to obtain general information concerning the public teleconference may contact Ms. Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board via e-mail at sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov, telephone/ voice mail (202) 564–2067, or fax (202) 565–2098. General information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the EPA Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting Minutes The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and technical advice to the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB will hold a public teleconference to conduct a quality review of a draft report entitled ‘‘SAB Review of EPA’s Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments.’’ The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Background: The SAB was asked to review and provide advice to EPA on a draft report, entitled ‘‘EPA’s Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments.’’ To conduct this review, the SAB Staff Office requested public nominations of experts (73 FR 61114) and formed the ad hoc SAB Dioxin Review Panel. The Panel held face-to-face public meetings on July 13–15, 2010 (75 FR 28805) and October 27–29, 2010 (75 FR 57779), and follow-up public teleconference meetings on March 1 and March 2, 2011 (76 FR 6784) to review EPA’s draft document. The SAB will conduct a quality review of the Panel’s draft report, ‘‘SAB Review of EPA’s Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments.’’ Background information about this SAB advisory activity can be found on the SAB Web site at https:// yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/ fedrgstr_activites/ Dioxin%20Reasst%20-%2020082011?OpenDocument. Availability of Meeting Materials: The agenda and other materials in support of the teleconference will be placed on the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the teleconference. 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. Input from the public to the SAB will have the most impact if it provides specific scientific or technical information or analysis for SAB panels to consider or if it relates to the clarity or accuracy of the technical information. Members of the public wishing to provide comment should contact the Designated Federal Officer directly. Oral Statements: Individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation will be limited to five minutes. Those interested in being placed on the public speakers list for the June 6, 2011, teleconference should contact Ms. Sanzone at the contact information provided above no later than May 27, 2011. Written Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the DFO via e-mail at the contact information noted above by May 27, 2011, for the teleconference so that the information may be made available to the Panel 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. It is the SAB Staff Office general policy to post written comments on the Web page for the advisory meeting or teleconference. Submitters are requested to provide an unsigned version of each document because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures on its Web sites. Members of the public should be aware that their personal contact information, if included in any written comments, may be posted to the SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will not be posted without explicit permission of the copyright holder. Accessibility: For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Ms. Sanzone at (202) 564–2067 or sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please E:\FR\FM\06MYN1.SGM 06MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 88 / Friday, May 6, 2011 / Notices contact Ms. Sanzone preferably at least ten days prior to the teleconference to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: April 26, 2011. Anthony Maciorowski, Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office. [FR Doc. 2011–11129 Filed 5–5–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R07–SFUND–2011–0339 FRL–9302–2] Proposed CERCLA Administrative ‘‘Cost Recovery’’ Settlement; the Doe Run Resources Corporation FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. AGENCY: In accordance with 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 administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the Big River Mine Tailings Superfund Site, St. Francois Mining Area, St. Francois County, Missouri with the following settling party: The Doe Run Resources Corporation. The settlement requires the settling party to pay $208,990, to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling party pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at: Desloge Public Library, 209 North Desloge Drive, Desloge, Missouri 63601; and St. Francois County Health Department, 1025 West Main, Park Hills, Missouri 63601; and Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII Docket Room, 901 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 6, 2011. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at the Environmental Protection Agency, emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:26 May 05, 2011 Jkt 223001 Region VII Docket Room, 901 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from Kathy Robinson, Regional Hearing Clerk, Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 901 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, KS 66101, 913–551–7567. Comments should reference the Big River Mine Tailings Superfund Site, St. Francois County, Missouri, and EPA Docket No. CERCLA–07–2011–0003, and should be addressed to Kathy Robinson, Regional Hearing Clerk, Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 901 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. Jason Gunter, Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, 901 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, KS 66101, gunter.jason@epa.gov or at 913–551– 7358. Dated: April 21, 2011. Cecilia Tapia, Director, Superfund Division, Region 7. [FR Doc. 2011–10997 Filed 5–5–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0005; FRL–8870–3] Pesticide Products; Registration Applications Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces receipt of applications to register new uses for pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. EPA is publishing this Notice of such applications, pursuant to section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA. DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 6, 2011. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number specified within the table below, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 26291 • Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket Facility’s normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305–5805. Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number specified for the pesticide of interest as shown in the registration application summaries. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line 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 regulations.gov or email. The 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 regulations.gov, your e-mail address 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 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 docket index available at https://www.regulations.gov. 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, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26290-26291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11129]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9302-7]


Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 
public teleconference of the chartered SAB on June 6, 2011 to conduct a 
quality review of a draft SAB report entitled ``SAB Review of EPA's 
Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS 
Comments.''

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on June 6, 2011, from 12 
p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone 
only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to 
obtain general information concerning the public teleconference may 
contact Ms. Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 
Science Advisory Board via e-mail at sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov, 
telephone/voice mail (202) 564-2067, or fax (202) 565-2098. General 
information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on 
the EPA Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB was established pursuant to the 
Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization 
Act (ERDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent 
scientific and technical advice to the EPA Administrator on the 
technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a 
Federal Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA 
policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB will hold a public 
teleconference to conduct a quality review of a draft report entitled 
``SAB Review of EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin 
Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments.'' The SAB will comply with the 
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 
policies.
    Background: The SAB was asked to review and provide advice to EPA 
on a draft report, entitled ``EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to 
Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments.'' To conduct this review, 
the SAB Staff Office requested public nominations of experts (73 FR 
61114) and formed the ad hoc SAB Dioxin Review Panel. The Panel held 
face-to-face public meetings on July 13-15, 2010 (75 FR 28805) and 
October 27-29, 2010 (75 FR 57779), and follow-up public teleconference 
meetings on March 1 and March 2, 2011 (76 FR 6784) to review EPA's 
draft document. The SAB will conduct a quality review of the Panel's 
draft report, ``SAB Review of EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to 
Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments.'' Background information 
about this SAB advisory activity can be found on the SAB Web site at 
https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Dioxin%20Reasst%20-%202008-2011?OpenDocument.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The agenda and other materials 
in support of the teleconference will be placed on the SAB Web site at 
https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the teleconference.
    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. Input from the public to the SAB will 
have the most impact if it provides specific scientific or technical 
information or analysis for SAB panels to consider or if it relates to 
the clarity or accuracy of the technical information. Members of the 
public wishing to provide comment should contact the Designated Federal 
Officer directly. Oral Statements: Individuals or groups requesting an 
oral presentation will be limited to five minutes. Those interested in 
being placed on the public speakers list for the June 6, 2011, 
teleconference should contact Ms. Sanzone at the contact information 
provided above no later than May 27, 2011. Written Statements: Written 
statements should be supplied to the DFO via e-mail at the contact 
information noted above by May 27, 2011, for the teleconference so that 
the information may be made available to the Panel 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. It 
is the SAB Staff Office general policy to post written comments on the 
Web page for the advisory meeting or teleconference. Submitters are 
requested to provide an unsigned version of each document because the 
SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures on its Web 
sites. Members of the public should be aware that their personal 
contact information, if included in any written comments, may be posted 
to the SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will not be posted without 
explicit permission of the copyright holder.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Ms. Sanzone at (202) 564-
2067 or sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a 
disability, please

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contact Ms. Sanzone preferably at least ten days prior to the 
teleconference to give EPA as much time as possible to process your 
request.

    Dated: April 26, 2011.
Anthony Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-11129 Filed 5-5-11; 8:45 am]
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