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EPA’s Proposed Modeling Approaches
for a Health-Based Benchmark for
Lead in Drinking Water—Final List of
Peer Reviewers, Final Charge
Questions and Notice of the Public
Peer Review Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final peer reviewer
selection and public peer review
meeting.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
the final peer reviewers assembled by
Eastern Research Group, Inc., (ERG) for
the external peer review of EPA’s
‘‘Proposed Modeling Approaches for a
Health-Based Benchmark for Lead in
Drinking Water’’ (lead modeling report).
DATES: The public peer review meeting
will be held on:
1. June 27, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
eastern standard time; and
2. June 28, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
eastern standard time.
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The registration deadline to attend the
meeting in-person or via teleconference,
and to request to make a brief oral
statement at the meeting, is June 22,
2017. See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for instructions of
how to register.
ADDRESSES: The public peer review
meeting will be held at the St. Gregory
Hotel, located at 2033 M Street NW.,
Washington, DC. The phone number for
the teleconference line will be provided
to registered observers prior to the
meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding logistics or
registration for the external peer review
meeting should be directed to ERG, 110
Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421;
by email peerreview@erg.com (subject
line: Lead in Drinking Water Peer
Review); or by phone: (781) 674–7362
(ask for Laurie Waite).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Registration Instructions
To attend the peer review meeting as
an observer, either in-person or via
teleconference, register no later than
June 22, 2017. You may register (1)
online at https://projects.erg.com/
conferences/peerreview/register-leaddrinkwater.htm; (2) by sending an email
to peerreview@erg.com (subject line:
Lead in Drinking Water Peer Review
Meeting) and include your name, title
and affiliation, full address, email and
phone number, or (3) by phone at (781)
674–7362 (ask for Laurie Waite). Please
indicate which day(s) you plan to attend
the meeting and whether you plan to
attend the meeting via teleconference or
in-person. Space is limited and
registrations will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. There will be a
limited amount of time for oral
statements from the public at the
beginning of the peer review meeting on
the first day. If you wish to make an oral
statement during the meeting, you must
notify ERG of your request to speak by
registering no later than June 22, 2017.
ERG will accept requests to make oral
statements on a first-come, first-served
basis, and may limit the amount of time
for each speaker as well as the number
of speakers due to time constraints. ERG
will notify speakers of specific time
limits for their oral statements prior to
the meeting.
II. Information on the Draft Lead
Modeling Report and Peer Review
Charge Questions
EPA announced the release of the
draft lead modeling report and draft
peer review charge questions for
purposes of public comment on January
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19, 2017, in the Federal Register (82 FR
6546). The original 45-day public
comment period ended on March 6,
2017, but the public comment period
was extended 30 days to April 5, 2017,
due to stakeholders’ request. EPA will
consider peer reviewer and public
comments when finalizing the draft lead
modeling report. EPA also obtained
public comment on the draft peer
review charge questions. The final
charge questions, the draft lead
modeling report and public comments
submitted during the public comment
period may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov. (Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0686).
III. Final List of Peer Reviewers
Consistent with guidelines for the
peer review of highly influential
scientific assessments, EPA tasked ERG,
a contractor, to assemble a panel of
experts to evaluate the draft lead
modeling report. ERG received 14
nominations in response to EPA’s
January 19, 2017, Federal Register
notice (82 FR 6546) requesting
nominations and identified over 40
additional potential candidates through
its own search process. From this set, a
total of 26 experts responded to ERG to
indicate their interest in and
qualifications for this review. After
evaluating these 26 individuals against
the selection criteria described in the
Federal Register notice, ERG identified
an interim list of 13 qualified
candidates. EPA solicited public
comments on the interim list on March
20, 2017, in the Federal Register (82 FR
14361). ERG considered the public
comments received and consulted with
EPA’s Science Integrity Official.
Considering all these inputs, ERG
selected 8 final peer reviewers who,
collectively, best meet EPA’s selection
criteria, provide expertise spanning the
multiple subject matter areas covered by
the draft lead modeling report, and to
the extent feasible, best provide a
balance of perspectives. The final 8
selected peer reviewers are provided as
follows.
Name of Peer Reviewer, Degree, Place of
Employment
1. Panos Georgopoulos, Ph.D., Rutgers
University
2. Philip Goodrum, Ph.D., Integral
Consulting, Inc.
3. Ian von Lindern, Ph.D., TerraGraphics
International
4. Anne Loccisano, Ph.D., Exponent,
Inc.
5. Marc A. Nascarella, Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Department of Public
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6. Michele Prevost, Ph.D.,
Polytechnique Montreal
7. P. Barry Ryan, Ph.D., Emory
University
8. Kathleen Vork, Ph.D., California
Office of Environment Health
Hazard Assessment
EPA requests that no individual or
organization in any way contact the peer
reviewers regarding the subject of the
peer review meeting, send them written
materials regarding the subject of the
meeting, or make any offers or requests
to any of them that appear to be linked
to their participation in the peer review.
ERG will direct the reviewers to report
any such contacts directly to ERG, and
take appropriate action in consultation
with EPA to ensure the independence
and impartiality of the peer review.
IV. Information About the Peer Review
Meeting
EPA has charged the peer reviewers
with evaluating and preparing written
comments on the draft lead modeling
report. Specifically, reviewers will work
individually to provide general
comments, their overall impressions of
the draft lead modeling report, and
responses to the charge questions.
Reviewers will also consider the
appropriateness of the quality, accuracy,
and relevance of the data in the lead
modeling report. Prior to the meeting,
ERG will provide the peer
reviewers with a summary of the
public comments (along with the full
text of all comments) on the draft lead
modeling report and peer review charge
questions that were submitted to EPA’s
public docket (Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OW–2016–0686) during the public
comment period.
Dated: May 8, 2017.
Michael H. Shapiro,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of
Water.
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EPA's Proposed Modeling Approaches for a Health-Based Benchmark
for Lead in Drinking Water--Final List of Peer Reviewers, Final Charge
Questions and Notice of the Public Peer Review Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final peer reviewer selection and public peer review
meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
the final peer reviewers assembled by Eastern Research Group, Inc.,
(ERG) for the external peer review of EPA's ``Proposed Modeling
Approaches for a Health-Based Benchmark for Lead in Drinking Water''
(lead modeling report).
DATES: The public peer review meeting will be held on:
1. June 27, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., eastern standard time; and
2. June 28, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., eastern standard time.
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The registration deadline to attend the meeting in-person or via
teleconference, and to request to make a brief oral statement at the
meeting, is June 22, 2017. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
for instructions of how to register.
ADDRESSES: The public peer review meeting will be held at the St.
Gregory Hotel, located at 2033 M Street NW., Washington, DC. The phone
number for the teleconference line will be provided to registered
observers prior to the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding logistics or
registration for the external peer review meeting should be directed to
ERG, 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421; by email
peerreview@erg.com (subject line: Lead in Drinking Water Peer Review);
or by phone: (781) 674-7362 (ask for Laurie Waite).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Registration Instructions
To attend the peer review meeting as an observer, either in-person
or via teleconference, register no later than June 22, 2017. You may
register (1) online at https://projects.erg.com/conferences/peerreview/register-lead-drinkwater.htm; (2) by sending an email to
peerreview@erg.com (subject line: Lead in Drinking Water Peer Review
Meeting) and include your name, title and affiliation, full address,
email and phone number, or (3) by phone at (781) 674-7362 (ask for
Laurie Waite). Please indicate which day(s) you plan to attend the
meeting and whether you plan to attend the meeting via teleconference
or in-person. Space is limited and registrations will be accepted on a
first-come, first-served basis. There will be a limited amount of time
for oral statements from the public at the beginning of the peer review
meeting on the first day. If you wish to make an oral statement during
the meeting, you must notify ERG of your request to speak by
registering no later than June 22, 2017. ERG will accept requests to
make oral statements on a first-come, first-served basis, and may limit
the amount of time for each speaker as well as the number of speakers
due to time constraints. ERG will notify speakers of specific time
limits for their oral statements prior to the meeting.
II. Information on the Draft Lead Modeling Report and Peer Review
Charge Questions
EPA announced the release of the draft lead modeling report and
draft peer review charge questions for purposes of public comment on
January 19, 2017, in the Federal Register (82 FR 6546). The original
45-day public comment period ended on March 6, 2017, but the public
comment period was extended 30 days to April 5, 2017, due to
stakeholders' request. EPA will consider peer reviewer and public
comments when finalizing the draft lead modeling report. EPA also
obtained public comment on the draft peer review charge questions. The
final charge questions, the draft lead modeling report and public
comments submitted during the public comment period may be viewed at
https://www.regulations.gov. (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0686).
III. Final List of Peer Reviewers
Consistent with guidelines for the peer review of highly
influential scientific assessments, EPA tasked ERG, a contractor, to
assemble a panel of experts to evaluate the draft lead modeling report.
ERG received 14 nominations in response to EPA's January 19, 2017,
Federal Register notice (82 FR 6546) requesting nominations and
identified over 40 additional potential candidates through its own
search process. From this set, a total of 26 experts responded to ERG
to indicate their interest in and qualifications for this review. After
evaluating these 26 individuals against the selection criteria
described in the Federal Register notice, ERG identified an interim
list of 13 qualified candidates. EPA solicited public comments on the
interim list on March 20, 2017, in the Federal Register (82 FR 14361).
ERG considered the public comments received and consulted with EPA's
Science Integrity Official. Considering all these inputs, ERG selected
8 final peer reviewers who, collectively, best meet EPA's selection
criteria, provide expertise spanning the multiple subject matter areas
covered by the draft lead modeling report, and to the extent feasible,
best provide a balance of perspectives. The final 8 selected peer
reviewers are provided as follows.
Name of Peer Reviewer, Degree, Place of Employment
1. Panos Georgopoulos, Ph.D., Rutgers University
2. Philip Goodrum, Ph.D., Integral Consulting, Inc.
3. Ian von Lindern, Ph.D., TerraGraphics International
4. Anne Loccisano, Ph.D., Exponent, Inc.
5. Marc A. Nascarella, Ph.D., Massachusetts Department of Public Health
6. Mich[egrave]le Pr[eacute]vost, Ph.D., Polytechnique Montreal
7. P. Barry Ryan, Ph.D., Emory University
8. Kathleen Vork, Ph.D., California Office of Environment Health Hazard
Assessment
EPA requests that no individual or organization in any way contact
the peer reviewers regarding the subject of the peer review meeting,
send them written materials regarding the subject of the meeting, or
make any offers or requests to any of them that appear to be linked to
their participation in the peer review. ERG will direct the reviewers
to report any such contacts directly to ERG, and take appropriate
action in consultation with EPA to ensure the independence and
impartiality of the peer review.
IV. Information About the Peer Review Meeting
EPA has charged the peer reviewers with evaluating and preparing
written comments on the draft lead modeling report. Specifically,
reviewers will work individually to provide general comments, their
overall impressions of the draft lead modeling report, and responses to
the charge questions. Reviewers will also consider the appropriateness
of the quality, accuracy, and relevance of the data in the lead
modeling report. Prior to the meeting, ERG will provide the peer
reviewers with a summary of the public comments (along with the
full text of all comments) on the draft lead modeling report and peer
review charge questions that were submitted to EPA's public docket
(Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0686) during the public comment period.
Dated: May 8, 2017.
Michael H. Shapiro,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
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