Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Meeting, 11986-11988 [2015-05068]

Download as PDF 11986 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 43 / Thursday, March 5, 2015 / Notices 0393; Fax (505) 989–1752 or Email: Menice.Santistevan@nnsa.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make recommendations to DOE–EM and site management in the areas of environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Tentative Agenda 1:00 p.m. Call to Order by Deputy Designated Federal Officer (DDFO), Lee Bishop; Establishment of a Quorum: Roll Call and Excused Absences, William Alexander; Welcome and Introductions, Doug Sayre, Chair; Approval of Agenda and Meeting Minutes of January 28, 2015. 1:15 p.m. Old Business • Written Reports • Report on Waste Management Symposia, Mona Varela • Report on Environmental Justice Conference, Danny Mayfield and Carlos Valdez 1:30 p.m. New Business 1:45 p.m. Update from DDFO, Lee Bishop/Michael Gardipe 2:00 p.m. Update to DOE Stakeholders on Fiscal Year 2017 EM Budget and Planning Integration, Pete Maggiore 2:30 p.m. Break 3:00 p.m. Consideration and Action on NNMCAB Recommendations to DOE, Doug Sayre, Chair 3:30 p.m. Update from Liaisons • Update from DOE, Pete Maggiore • Update from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Randy Erickson • Update from New Mexico Environment Department, Jeff Kendall 4:45 p.m. Public Comment Period 5:00 p.m. Wrap-Up and Comments from NNMCAB Members 5:15 p.m. Adjourn, Lee Bishop Public Participation: The EM SSAB, Northern New Mexico, welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Menice Santistevan at least seven days in advance of the meeting at the telephone number listed above. Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items should contact Menice Santistevan at the address or telephone number listed above. Requests must be received five days prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:28 Mar 04, 2015 Jkt 235001 to include the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public comments will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments. Minutes: Minutes will be available by writing or calling Menice Santistevan at the address or phone number listed above. Minutes and other Board documents are on the Internet at: https://www.nnmcab.energy.gov/. Issued at Washington, DC, on February 26, 2015. LaTanya R. Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–05093 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6405–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0145; FRL 9923–83– ORD] Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Meeting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Science Advisor announces a public meeting of the Human Studies Review Board to advise the Agency on the EPA ethical and scientific reviews of research with human subjects. DATES: This public meeting will be held on April 22–23, 2015, from approximately 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22 to approximately 4:45 p.m. eastern standard time and on Thursday, April 23, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 11:30 a.m. Comments may be submitted on or before noon (eastern standard time) on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection Agency, Conference Center, Lobby Level, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. Comments: Submit your written comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0145, by one of the following methods: Internet: https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. Mail: The EPA Docket Center EPA/ DC, ORD Docket, Mail code: 28221T, SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is located in the EPA Headquarters Library, Room Number 3334 in the EPA WJC West, at 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. The hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time, Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. Please call (202) 566– 1744 or email the ORD Docket at ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. Updates to Public Reading Room access are available on the Web site https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015– 0145. The Agency’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 or other information the disclosure of which is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https:// www.regulations.gov or email. 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 email comment directly to the EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your email 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, the EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any electronic storage media you submit. If the EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to receive further information should contact Jim Downing at telephone number (202) 564–2468; fax: (202) 564– 2070; email address: downing.jim@ epa.gov; mailing address Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Science Advisor, Mail code 8105R, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. General information E:\FR\FM\05MRN1.SGM 05MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 43 / Thursday, March 5, 2015 / Notices concerning the EPA HSRB can be found on the EPA Web site at https:// www.epa.gov/hsrb. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting access: Ample seating is available at the meeting on a first-come basis. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least ten business days prior to the meeting using the information under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Procedures for providing public input: Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral comments for the HSRB to consider during the advisory process. Additional information concerning submission of relevant written or oral comments is provided in section I, ‘‘Public Meeting’’ under subsection D. ‘‘How May I Participate in this Meeting?’’ of this notice. Webcast: This meeting may be webcast. Please refer to the HSRB Web site, https://www.epa.gov/hsrb/ for information on how to access the webcast. Please note that the webcast is a supplementary public process provided only for convenience. If difficulties arise resulting in webcasting outages, the meeting will continue as planned. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Public Meeting A. Does this action apply to me? This action is directed to the public in general. This notice may, however, be of particular interest to persons who conduct or assess human studies, especially studies on substances regulated by the EPA, or to persons who are, or may be required to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. This notice might also be of special interest to participants of studies involving human subjects, or representatives of study participants or experts on community engagement. Since many entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult Jim Downing listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. B. How can I access electronic copies of this document and other related information? In addition to using regulations.gov, you may access this Federal Register VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:28 Mar 04, 2015 Jkt 235001 document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at https:// www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 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, Public Reading Room. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is located in the EPA Headquarters Library, Room Number 3334 in the EPA WJC West, at 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. The hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time, Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. Please call (202) 566– 1744 or email the ORD Docket at ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. Updates to Public Reading Room access are available on the Web site (https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm). The Agency’s position paper(s), charge/ questions to the HSRB, and the meeting agenda will be available by the last week of March 2015. 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 EPA HSRB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/ hsrb/. For questions on document availability, or if you do not have access to the Internet, consult Jim Downing listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. C. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA? You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your comments: 1. Explain your views as clearly as possible. 2. Describe any assumptions that you used. 3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data that you used to support your views. 4. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest alternatives. 5. To ensure proper receipt by the EPA, be sure to identify the Docket ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page of your response. You may also provide the PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 11987 name, date, and Federal Register citation. D. How may I participate in this meeting? You may participate in this meeting by following the instructions in this section. To ensure proper receipt by the EPA, it is imperative that you identify Docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD– 2015–0145 in the subject line on the first page of your request. 1. Oral comments. Requests to present oral comments will be accepted up to Wednesday, April 15, 2015. To the extent that time permits, interested persons who have not pre-registered may be permitted by the Chair of the HSRB to present oral comments at the meeting. Each individual or group wishing to make brief oral comments to the HSRB is strongly advised to submit their request (preferably via email) to Jim Downing, under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later than noon, eastern standard time, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in order to be included on the meeting agenda and to provide sufficient time for the HSRB Chair and HSRB Designated Federal Official to review the meeting agenda to provide an appropriate public comment period. The request should identify the name of the individual making the presentation and the organization (if any) the individual will represent. Oral comments before the HSRB are generally limited to five minutes per individual or organization. Please note that this includes all individuals appearing either as part of, or on behalf of, an organization. While it is our intent to hear a full range of oral comments on the science and ethics issues under discussion, it is not our intent to permit organizations to expand the time limitations by having numerous individuals sign up separately to speak on their behalf. If additional time is available, further public comments may be possible. 2. Written comments. Submit your written comments prior to the meeting. For the Board to have the best opportunity to review and consider your comments as it deliberates on its report, you should submit your comments at least five business days prior to the beginning of this meeting. If you submit comments after this date, those comments will be provided to the Board members, but you should recognize that the HSRB members may not have adequate time to consider those comments prior to making a decision. Thus, if you plan to submit written comments, the agency strongly encourages you to submit such comments no later than noon, eastern E:\FR\FM\05MRN1.SGM 05MRN1 11988 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 43 / Thursday, March 5, 2015 / Notices standard time, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. You should submit your comments using the instructions in section I., under subsection C., ‘‘What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for the EPA?’’ In addition, the agency also requests that persons submitting comments directly to the docket also provide a copy of their comments to Jim Downing listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. There is no limit on the length of written comments for consideration by the HSRB. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES E. Background The HSRB is a Federal advisory committee operating in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act 5 U.S.C. App. 2, sec. 9. The HSRB provides advice, information, and recommendations to the EPA on issues related to scientific and ethical aspects of human subjects research. The major objectives of the HSRB are to provide advice and recommendations on: (1) Research proposals and protocols; (2) reports of completed research with human subjects; and (3) how to strengthen EPA’s programs for protection of human subjects of research. The HSRB reports to the EPA Administrator through the Agency’s Science Advisor. 1. Topics for discussion. At its meeting on April 22–23, 2015, EPA’s Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) will consider ethical and scientific issues surrounding the following topics: a. A Completed Study and Monograph Report for Backpack and Handgun Application of Liquid Spray in Utility Rights of Way (Agricultural Handlers Exposure Task Force) b. A New Protocol for Field Testing of Skin Applied Mosquito Repellent Products (SC Johnson) 2. Meeting minutes and reports. Minutes of the meeting, summarizing the matters discussed and recommendations, if any, made by the advisory committee regarding such matters, will be released within 90 calendar days of the meeting. Such minutes will be available at https:// www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ and https:// www.regulations.gov. In addition, information regarding the Board’s final meeting report, will be found at https://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ or from the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION Sunshine Act; Regular Meeting Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act, of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board). DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of the Board will be held at the offices of the Farm Credit Administration in McLean, Virginia, on March 12, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. until such time as the Board concludes its business. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm Credit Administration Board, (703) 883– 4009, TTY (703) 883–4056. ADDRESSES: Farm Credit Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102–5090. Submit attendance requests via email to VisitorRequest@FCA.gov. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further information about attendance requests. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of this meeting of the Board will be open to the public (limited space available), and parts will be closed to the public. Please send an email to VisitorRequest@ FCA.gov at least 24 hours before the meeting. In your email include: Name, postal address, entity you are representing (if applicable), and telephone number. You will receive an email confirmation from us. Please be prepared to show a photo identification when you arrive. If you need assistance for accessibility reasons, or if you have any questions, contact Dale L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm Credit Administration Board, at (703) 883– 4009. The matters to be considered at the meeting are: AGENCY: Open Session A. Approval of Minutes • February 12, 2015 B. Reports • Report on Farm Credit System’s Funding Condition • Farm Credit System Building Association Auditor’s Report on 2014 Financial Audit Closed Executive Session * Reports Dated: February 20, 2015. Thomas A. Burke, Science Advisor. • Farm Credit Building Association Auditor’s Report [FR Doc. 2015–05068 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am] * Session Closed-Exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Section 552b(c)(2). BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:28 Mar 04, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: March 3, 2015. Dale L. Aultman, Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. 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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0145; FRL 9923-83-ORD]


Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the 
Science Advisor announces a public meeting of the Human Studies Review 
Board to advise the Agency on the EPA ethical and scientific reviews of 
research with human subjects.

DATES: This public meeting will be held on April 22-23, 2015, from 
approximately 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22 to approximately 4:45 
p.m. eastern standard time and on Thursday, April 23, 2015 from 8:30 
a.m. to approximately 11:30 a.m. Comments may be submitted on or before 
noon (eastern standard time) on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Conference Center, Lobby Level, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 
2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
    Comments: Submit your written comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0145, by one of the following methods:
    Internet: https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
    Mail: The EPA Docket Center EPA/DC, ORD Docket, Mail code: 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is located in the EPA 
Headquarters Library, Room Number 3334 in the EPA WJC West, at 1301 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. The hours of operation 
are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time, Monday through 
Friday, excluding federal holidays. Please call (202) 566-1744 or email 
the ORD Docket at ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. Updates to 
Public Reading Room access are available on the Web site https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2015-0145. The Agency'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 or other information the 
disclosure of which is restricted by statute. Do not submit information 
that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https://www.regulations.gov or email. 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 email comment directly to the EPA without 
going through https://www.regulations.gov, your email 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, the EPA recommends that you include your 
name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with 
any electronic storage media you submit. If the EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, the 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to 
receive further information should contact Jim Downing at telephone 
number (202) 564-2468; fax: (202) 564-2070; email address: 
downing.jim@epa.gov; mailing address Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of the Science Advisor, Mail code 8105R, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. General information

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concerning the EPA HSRB can be found on the EPA Web site at https://www.epa.gov/hsrb.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Meeting access: Ample seating is available at the meeting on a 
first-come basis. To request accommodation of a disability, please 
contact the persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at 
least ten business days prior to the meeting using the information 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, so that appropriate arrangements 
can be made.
    Procedures for providing public input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral comments for the HSRB to 
consider during the advisory process. Additional information concerning 
submission of relevant written or oral comments is provided in section 
I, ``Public Meeting'' under subsection D. ``How May I Participate in 
this Meeting?'' of this notice.
    Webcast: This meeting may be webcast. Please refer to the HSRB Web 
site, https://www.epa.gov/hsrb/ for information on how to access the 
webcast. Please note that the webcast is a supplementary public process 
provided only for convenience. If difficulties arise resulting in 
webcasting outages, the meeting will continue as planned.

Public Meeting

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This notice may, 
however, be of particular interest to persons who conduct or assess 
human studies, especially studies on substances regulated by the EPA, 
or to persons who are, or may be required to conduct testing of 
chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. This notice 
might also be of special interest to participants of studies involving 
human subjects, or representatives of study participants or experts on 
community engagement. Since many entities may also be interested, the 
Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may 
be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult Jim 
Downing listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How can I access electronic copies of this document and other 
related information?

    In addition to using regulations.gov, you may access this Federal 
Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the 
``Federal Register'' listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    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, Public Reading Room. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is located in 
the EPA Headquarters Library, Room Number 3334 in the EPA WJC West, at 
1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. The hours of 
operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time, Monday 
through Friday, excluding federal holidays. Please call (202) 566-1744 
or email the ORD Docket at ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. Updates 
to Public Reading Room access are available on the Web site (https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm). The Agency's position paper(s), 
charge/questions to the HSRB, and the meeting agenda will be available 
by the last week of March 2015. 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 EPA HSRB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/hsrb/. For questions on document availability, or if you do not have 
access to the Internet, consult Jim Downing listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION.

C. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for the EPA?

    You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your 
comments:
    1. Explain your views as clearly as possible.
    2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
    3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data that you 
used to support your views.
    4. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and 
suggest alternatives.
    5. To ensure proper receipt by the EPA, be sure to identify the 
Docket ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the 
first page of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and 
Federal Register citation.

D. How may I participate in this meeting?

    You may participate in this meeting by following the instructions 
in this section. To ensure proper receipt by the EPA, it is imperative 
that you identify Docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0145 in the subject 
line on the first page of your request.
    1. Oral comments. Requests to present oral comments will be 
accepted up to Wednesday, April 15, 2015. To the extent that time 
permits, interested persons who have not pre-registered may be 
permitted by the Chair of the HSRB to present oral comments at the 
meeting. Each individual or group wishing to make brief oral comments 
to the HSRB is strongly advised to submit their request (preferably via 
email) to Jim Downing, under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later 
than noon, eastern standard time, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in order 
to be included on the meeting agenda and to provide sufficient time for 
the HSRB Chair and HSRB Designated Federal Official to review the 
meeting agenda to provide an appropriate public comment period. The 
request should identify the name of the individual making the 
presentation and the organization (if any) the individual will 
represent. Oral comments before the HSRB are generally limited to five 
minutes per individual or organization. Please note that this includes 
all individuals appearing either as part of, or on behalf of, an 
organization. While it is our intent to hear a full range of oral 
comments on the science and ethics issues under discussion, it is not 
our intent to permit organizations to expand the time limitations by 
having numerous individuals sign up separately to speak on their 
behalf. If additional time is available, further public comments may be 
possible.
    2. Written comments. Submit your written comments prior to the 
meeting. For the Board to have the best opportunity to review and 
consider your comments as it deliberates on its report, you should 
submit your comments at least five business days prior to the beginning 
of this meeting. If you submit comments after this date, those comments 
will be provided to the Board members, but you should recognize that 
the HSRB members may not have adequate time to consider those comments 
prior to making a decision. Thus, if you plan to submit written 
comments, the agency strongly encourages you to submit such comments no 
later than noon, eastern

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standard time, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. You should submit your 
comments using the instructions in section I., under subsection C., 
``What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for the EPA?'' In 
addition, the agency also requests that persons submitting comments 
directly to the docket also provide a copy of their comments to Jim 
Downing listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. There is no limit 
on the length of written comments for consideration by the HSRB.

E. Background

    The HSRB is a Federal advisory committee operating in accordance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act 5 U.S.C. App. 2, sec. 9. The 
HSRB provides advice, information, and recommendations to the EPA on 
issues related to scientific and ethical aspects of human subjects 
research. The major objectives of the HSRB are to provide advice and 
recommendations on: (1) Research proposals and protocols; (2) reports 
of completed research with human subjects; and (3) how to strengthen 
EPA's programs for protection of human subjects of research. The HSRB 
reports to the EPA Administrator through the Agency's Science Advisor.
    1. Topics for discussion. At its meeting on April 22-23, 2015, 
EPA's Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) will consider ethical and 
scientific issues surrounding the following topics:

a. A Completed Study and Monograph Report for Backpack and Handgun 
Application of Liquid Spray in Utility Rights of Way (Agricultural 
Handlers Exposure Task Force)
b. A New Protocol for Field Testing of Skin Applied Mosquito Repellent 
Products (SC Johnson)

    2. Meeting minutes and reports. Minutes of the meeting, summarizing 
the matters discussed and recommendations, if any, made by the advisory 
committee regarding such matters, will be released within 90 calendar 
days of the meeting. Such minutes will be available at https://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ and https://www.regulations.gov. In addition, 
information regarding the Board's final meeting report, will be found 
at https://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ or from the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: February 20, 2015.
Thomas A. Burke,
Science Advisor.
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