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Request for Nominations of Experts To
Augment the Science Advisory Board
Chemical Assessment Advisory
Committee for the Review of the EPA’s
Draft Toxicological Review of
Benzo[a]pyrene
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public
nominations of scientific experts to
augment the SAB Chemical Assessment
Advisory Committee (CAAC) for the
review of the EPA’s draft Toxicological
Review of Benzo[a]pyrene in Support of
Summary Information on the Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS).
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted by February 18, 2014 per the
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this Notice and
Request for Nominations may contact
the Designated Federal Officer for the
review, as identified below. Nominators
unable to submit nominations
electronically as described below may
contact the Designated Federal Officer
for assistance. General information
concerning the EPA SAB can be found
at the EPA SAB Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C.
4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory
Committee that provides independent
scientific and technical peer review,
advice and recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on the technical basis for
EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory
Committee, the SAB conducts business
in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5
U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations.
The SAB Chemical Assessment
Advisory Committee (CAAC) is a
subcommittee of the SAB that provides
advice through the chartered SAB
regarding assessments of environmental
chemicals available on EPA’s Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS). The
SAB and the CAAC, augmented with
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additional experts, will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
The National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in
the EPA’s Office of Research and
Development (ORD) develops
toxicological reviews/assessments for
various chemicals for IRIS. NCEA has
developed a draft IRIS assessment for
benzo[a]pyrene and has asked the SAB
to peer review the draft document. The
SAB Staff Office is seeking experts to
augment the SAB CAAC for this peer
review.
Benzo[a]pyrene is a five-ring
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that is
relatively insoluble in water and has
low volatility. It is ubiquitous in the
environment primarily as a result of
incomplete combustion emissions.
Natural sources of benzo[a]pyrene
include forest fires and volcanoes, and
anthropogenic sources include stoves/
furnaces burning fossil fuels (especially
wood and coal), motor vehicle exhaust,
and various industrial combustion
processes. Major sources of
occupational exposure involve
production of aluminum, coke, graphite
and silicon carbide, as well as coal tar
distillation. Major sources of nonoccupational exposure involve tobacco
products and diet (e.g., barbequed or
charred meats).
NCEA’s draft Toxicological Review of
Benzo[a]pyrene (August 2013) is an
update to a 1987 IRIS assessment for
benzo[a]pyrene. The draft assessment
and proposed charge questions may be
found at the following URL: https://
yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/
fedrgstr_activites/
IRIS%20BaP?OpenDocument. The 1987
benzo[a]pyrene assessment currently
posted to the IRIS database includes an
oral cancer risk estimate (oral slope
factor) and a cancer descriptor. For the
reassessment, NCEA evaluated
epidemiological data, experimental
animal data, and other relevant data
from studies of noncancer and cancer
effects of benzo[a]pyrene. The 2013
draft assessment contains a qualitative
characterization of the hazards for
benzo[a]pyrene, including a cancer
descriptor of the chemical’s human
carcinogenic potential, cancer risk
estimates for oral, inhalation and dermal
exposure, and noncancer toxicity values
for chronic oral (reference dose) and
inhalation (reference concentration)
exposure. This assessment includes the
IRIS Program’s first dermal slope factor.
The dermal analysis was included in
consideration of EPA’s need to estimate
the potential for skin cancer from
dermal exposure, especially in children
exposed to contaminated soil. [Note:
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NCEA posted the 2013 draft assessment
and draft charge questions on the IRIS
Web site (https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/
iris_drafts/
recordisplay.cfm?deid=66193) on
August 21, 2013, which initiated a
public comment period that ended on
November 21, 2013.
Additionally, on December 12–13,
2013, NCEA held a public meeting to
obtain stakeholder and public feedback
on the draft charge and the draft
benzo[a]pyrene toxicological
assessment. As a result of the comments
received during the public comment
period and the discussions at the
December meeting, the August 2013
draft versions of these documents may
be revised prior to their submission to
the SAB CAAC panel for peer review.]
Technical Contact for EPA’s Draft
Assessment: For information concerning
the EPA draft assessment, please contact
Dr. Samantha Jones, National Center for
Environmental Assessment, Office of
Research and Development, U.S. EPA,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail
Code 8601P, Washington, DC 20460,
phone (703) 347–8580 or via email at
jones.samantha@epa.gov.
Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is seeking nominations of
nationally and internationally
recognized scientists with demonstrated
expertise and research to augment the
CAAC for the peer review of the
benzo[a]pyrene toxicological review.
The SAB Staff Office seeks experts in
one or more of the following areas, with
a particular focus on benzo[a]pyrene:
epidemiology with expertise in PAHs
and benzo[a]pyrene; developmental
toxicity and neurotoxicity; reproductive
toxicity (both male and female);
immunotoxicity; genotoxicity; cancer
biology; dermal toxicity and
carcinogenicity, including toxicokinetic
considerations (e.g., dose metrics,
extrapolation from animals to humans);
and quantitative risk assessment,
including dose-response modeling
expertise. Questions regarding this
review should be directed to Stephanie
Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/
voice mail at (202) 564–2067, by fax at
(202) 565–2098, or via email at
sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov.
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations: Any interested person or
organization may nominate qualified
individuals in the areas of expertise
described above for possible service on
the augmented CAAC panel identified
in this notice. Nominations should be
submitted in electronic format
(preferred over hard copy) following the
instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to
Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc
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Committees Being Formed,’’ provided
on the SAB Web site (see the
‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link on the
blue navigational bar at https://
www.epa.gov/sab). To receive full
consideration, nominations should
include all of the information requested
below. EPA’s SAB Staff Office requests
contact information about the person
making the nomination; contact
information about the nominee; the
disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s
resume or curriculum vitae; sources of
recent grant and/or contract support;
and a biographical sketch of the
nominee indicating current position,
educational background, research
activities, and recent service on other
national advisory committees or
national professional organizations.
Persons having questions about the
nomination procedures, or who are
unable to submit nominations through
the SAB Web site, should contact Ms.
Sanzone as noted above. Nominations
should be submitted in time to arrive no
later than February 18, 2014. EPA
values and welcomes diversity. In an
effort to obtain nominations of diverse
candidates, EPA encourages
nominations of women and men of all
racial and ethnic groups.
The EPA SAB Staff Office will
acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The names and biosketches of qualified
nominees identified by respondents to
this Federal Register notice, and
additional experts identified by the SAB
Staff, will be posted in a List of
Candidates for the CAAC
benzo[a]pyrene review panel on the
SAB Web site at https://
yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/
fedrgstr_activites/
IRIS%20BaP?OpenDocument. Public
comments on the List of Candidates will
be accepted for 21 days. The public will
be requested to provide relevant
information or other documentation on
nominees that the SAB Staff Office
should consider in evaluating
candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office a
balanced review panel includes
candidates who possess the necessary
domains of knowledge, the relevant
scientific perspectives (which, among
other factors, can be influenced by work
history and affiliation), and the
collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the charge. In
forming this expert panel, the SAB Staff
Office will consider public comments
on the List of Candidates, information
provided by the candidates themselves,
and background information
independently gathered by the SAB
Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used
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for panel membership include: (a)
Scientific and/or technical expertise,
knowledge, and experience (primary
factors); (b) availability and willingness
to serve; (c) absence of financial
conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an
appearance of a loss of impartiality; (e)
skills working in committees,
subcommittees and advisory panels;
and, (f) for the panel as a whole,
diversity of expertise and scientific
points of view.
The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of
an absence of financial conflicts of
interest will include a review of the
‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure
Form for Special Government
Employees Serving on Federal Advisory
Committees at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110–
48). This confidential form allows
government officials to determine
whether there is a statutory conflict
between a person’s public
responsibilities (which include
membership on an EPA federal advisory
committee) and private interests and
activities, or the appearance of a loss of
impartiality, as defined by federal
regulation. The form may be viewed and
downloaded from the following URL
address https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/
sabproduct.nsf/Web/
ethics?OpenDocument.
The approved policy under which the
EPA SAB Office selects members for
subcommittees and review panels is
described in the following document:
Overview of the Panel Formation
Process at the Environmental Protection
Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA–
SAB–EC–02–010), which is posted on
the SAB Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec02010.pdf.
Dated: January 16, 2014.
Christopher Zarba,
Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9905-82-OA]
Request for Nominations of Experts To Augment the Science
Advisory Board Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee for the Review of
the EPA's Draft Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office requests
public nominations of scientific experts to augment the SAB Chemical
Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC) for the review of the EPA's draft
Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene in Support of Summary
Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).
DATES: Nominations should be submitted by February 18, 2014 per the
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations
may contact the Designated Federal Officer for the review, as
identified below. Nominators unable to submit nominations
electronically as described below may contact the Designated Federal
Officer for assistance. General information concerning the EPA SAB can
be found at the EPA SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 4365) is a chartered Federal
Advisory Committee that provides independent scientific and technical
peer review, advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the
technical basis for EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory Committee, the
SAB conducts business in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. The SAB Chemical
Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC) is a subcommittee of the SAB that
provides advice through the chartered SAB regarding assessments of
environmental chemicals available on EPA's Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS). The SAB and the CAAC, augmented with additional experts,
will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
The National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in the
EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) develops toxicological
reviews/assessments for various chemicals for IRIS. NCEA has developed
a draft IRIS assessment for benzo[a]pyrene and has asked the SAB to
peer review the draft document. The SAB Staff Office is seeking experts
to augment the SAB CAAC for this peer review.
Benzo[a]pyrene is a five-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that
is relatively insoluble in water and has low volatility. It is
ubiquitous in the environment primarily as a result of incomplete
combustion emissions. Natural sources of benzo[a]pyrene include forest
fires and volcanoes, and anthropogenic sources include stoves/furnaces
burning fossil fuels (especially wood and coal), motor vehicle exhaust,
and various industrial combustion processes. Major sources of
occupational exposure involve production of aluminum, coke, graphite
and silicon carbide, as well as coal tar distillation. Major sources of
non-occupational exposure involve tobacco products and diet (e.g.,
barbequed or charred meats).
NCEA's draft Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene (August 2013)
is an update to a 1987 IRIS assessment for benzo[a]pyrene. The draft
assessment and proposed charge questions may be found at the following
URL: https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/IRIS%20BaP?OpenDocument. The 1987 benzo[a]pyrene assessment currently
posted to the IRIS database includes an oral cancer risk estimate (oral
slope factor) and a cancer descriptor. For the reassessment, NCEA
evaluated epidemiological data, experimental animal data, and other
relevant data from studies of noncancer and cancer effects of
benzo[a]pyrene. The 2013 draft assessment contains a qualitative
characterization of the hazards for benzo[a]pyrene, including a cancer
descriptor of the chemical's human carcinogenic potential, cancer risk
estimates for oral, inhalation and dermal exposure, and noncancer
toxicity values for chronic oral (reference dose) and inhalation
(reference concentration) exposure. This assessment includes the IRIS
Program's first dermal slope factor. The dermal analysis was included
in consideration of EPA's need to estimate the potential for skin
cancer from dermal exposure, especially in children exposed to
contaminated soil. [Note: NCEA posted the 2013 draft assessment and
draft charge questions on the IRIS Web site (https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris_drafts/recordisplay.cfm?deid=66193) on August 21, 2013, which
initiated a public comment period that ended on November 21, 2013.
Additionally, on December 12-13, 2013, NCEA held a public meeting
to obtain stakeholder and public feedback on the draft charge and the
draft benzo[a]pyrene toxicological assessment. As a result of the
comments received during the public comment period and the discussions
at the December meeting, the August 2013 draft versions of these
documents may be revised prior to their submission to the SAB CAAC
panel for peer review.]
Technical Contact for EPA's Draft Assessment: For information
concerning the EPA draft assessment, please contact Dr. Samantha Jones,
National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and
Development, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail Code 8601P,
Washington, DC 20460, phone (703) 347-8580 or via email at
jones.samantha@epa.gov.
Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking
nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists
with demonstrated expertise and research to augment the CAAC for the
peer review of the benzo[a]pyrene toxicological review. The SAB Staff
Office seeks experts in one or more of the following areas, with a
particular focus on benzo[a]pyrene: epidemiology with expertise in PAHs
and benzo[a]pyrene; developmental toxicity and neurotoxicity;
reproductive toxicity (both male and female); immunotoxicity;
genotoxicity; cancer biology; dermal toxicity and carcinogenicity,
including toxicokinetic considerations (e.g., dose metrics,
extrapolation from animals to humans); and quantitative risk
assessment, including dose-response modeling expertise. Questions
regarding this review should be directed to Stephanie Sanzone,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/voice
mail at (202) 564-2067, by fax at (202) 565-2098, or via email at
sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov.
Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Any interested
person or organization may nominate qualified individuals in the areas
of expertise described above for possible service on the augmented CAAC
panel identified in this notice. Nominations should be submitted in
electronic format (preferred over hard copy) following the instructions
for ``Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc
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Committees Being Formed,'' provided on the SAB Web site (see the
``Nomination of Experts'' link on the blue navigational bar at https://www.epa.gov/sab). To receive full consideration, nominations should
include all of the information requested below. EPA's SAB Staff Office
requests contact information about the person making the nomination;
contact information about the nominee; the disciplinary and specific
areas of expertise of the nominee; the nominee's resume or curriculum
vitae; sources of recent grant and/or contract support; and a
biographical sketch of the nominee indicating current position,
educational background, research activities, and recent service on
other national advisory committees or national professional
organizations.
Persons having questions about the nomination procedures, or who
are unable to submit nominations through the SAB Web site, should
contact Ms. Sanzone as noted above. Nominations should be submitted in
time to arrive no later than February 18, 2014. EPA values and welcomes
diversity. In an effort to obtain nominations of diverse candidates,
EPA encourages nominations of women and men of all racial and ethnic
groups.
The EPA SAB Staff Office will acknowledge receipt of nominations.
The names and biosketches of qualified nominees identified by
respondents to this Federal Register notice, and additional experts
identified by the SAB Staff, will be posted in a List of Candidates for
the CAAC benzo[a]pyrene review panel on the SAB Web site at https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/IRIS%20BaP?OpenDocument. Public comments on the List of Candidates will
be accepted for 21 days. The public will be requested to provide
relevant information or other documentation on nominees that the SAB
Staff Office should consider in evaluating candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office a balanced review panel includes
candidates who possess the necessary domains of knowledge, the relevant
scientific perspectives (which, among other factors, can be influenced
by work history and affiliation), and the collective breadth of
experience to adequately address the charge. In forming this expert
panel, the SAB Staff Office will consider public comments on the List
of Candidates, information provided by the candidates themselves, and
background information independently gathered by the SAB Staff Office.
Selection criteria to be used for panel membership include: (a)
Scientific and/or technical expertise, knowledge, and experience
(primary factors); (b) availability and willingness to serve; (c)
absence of financial conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an
appearance of a loss of impartiality; (e) skills working in committees,
subcommittees and advisory panels; and, (f) for the panel as a whole,
diversity of expertise and scientific points of view.
The SAB Staff Office's evaluation of an absence of financial
conflicts of interest will include a review of the ``Confidential
Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on
Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency'' (EPA Form 3110-48). This confidential form allows government
officials to determine whether there is a statutory conflict between a
person's public responsibilities (which include membership on an EPA
federal advisory committee) and private interests and activities, or
the appearance of a loss of impartiality, as defined by federal
regulation. The form may be viewed and downloaded from the following
URL address https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/Web/ethics?OpenDocument.
The approved policy under which the EPA SAB Office selects members
for subcommittees and review panels is described in the following
document: Overview of the Panel Formation Process at the Environmental
Protection Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA-SAB-EC-02-010), which is
posted on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec02010.pdf.
Dated: January 16, 2014.
Christopher Zarba,
Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-01586 Filed 1-27-14; 8:45 am]
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