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Public Policy and Oxford Economics, on
behalf of DOE (2015 LNG Export
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Consulting on behalf of DOE (2018 LNG
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• Addendum to Environmental
Review Documents Concerning Exports
of Natural Gas From the United States,
79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014); 5 and
• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas
Perspective on Exporting Liquefied
Natural Gas from the United States, 79
FR 32260 (June 4, 2014).6
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2 The 2014 EIA LNG Export Study, published on
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3 The 2015 LNG Export Study, dated Oct. 29,
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files/2015/12/f27/20151113_macro_impact_of_lng_
exports_0.pdf.
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Export%20Study%202018.pdf. DOE is currently
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AGENCY
[FRL–9985–71–OA]
Request for Nominations for a Science
Advisory Board Panel To Review the
EPA’s Draft All-Ages Lead Model
(AALM) Software and Model
Documents
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office requests public
nominations of scientific experts to form
a Panel to review EPA’s Draft All-Ages
Lead Model (AALM) software and
model documents. The AALM is a tool
for rapidly evaluating the impact of
possible sources of lead on blood and
other tissue levels in humans from birth
to 90 years of age. The AALM predicts
lead concentration in body tissues and
organs for a hypothetical individual,
based on a simulated lifetime of lead
exposure.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted by November 23, 2018 per the
instructions below.
SUMMARY:
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Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this notice and
request for nominations may contact
Ms. Iris Goodman, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory
Board Staff Office (1400R), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 564–
2164 or at goodman.iris@epa.gov.
General information concerning the
EPA SAB can be found at the EPA SAB
website 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 AALM Review Panel will
provide advice through the chartered
SAB on scientific and technical issues
related to the current version of the
AALM model. The SAB and this Panel
will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
The U.S. EPA’s Office of Research and
Development (ORD) in collaboration
with Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention (OCSPP)
developed the AALM to provide a tool
for rapidly evaluating the impact of
possible sources of lead on blood and
other tissue levels in humans from birth
to 90 years of age. The AALM predicts
lead concentration in body tissues and
organs for a hypothetical individual,
based on a simulated lifetime of lead
exposure.
The AALM is an outgrowth of the
Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic
(IEUBK) Model for Lead in Children.
The IEUBK model was designed to
assess changes in blood lead of children
over periods of no less than a month.
The AALM was developed to cover
childhood and adult lead exposures and
allows users to assess the effects of
intermittent lead exposures of a day or
more as well as stable exposure
conditions.
EPA’s ORD and OCSPP coordinated
efforts to advance lead biokinetic
modeling and produced the current
version of the AALM software and
documentation. The SAB Staff Office is
forming an expert panel under the
auspices of the Chartered SAB, the SAB
AALM Review Panel, to evaluate the
new version of the AALM.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Technical Contact for EPA’s draft
report: For information concerning
EPA’s AALM software, and model
documents, please contact Dr. James
Brown by email at brown.james@
epa.gov or phone at 919–541–0765.
Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is seeking nominations of
nationally and internationally
recognized scientists with demonstrated
expertise in one or more of the
following areas: (1) Physiologically
Based Pharmacokinetic modeling,
particularly with regard to lead, (2)
physiological processes related to lead
distribution, mechanisms of transport,
accumulation, concentrations at the
organ/tissue level, residence times (or
other measures of potential impact), and
elimination of absorbed lead, (3)
processes of the human uptake and/or
absorption of ingested lead, (4) lead
exposure pathway assessment, and/or
(5) environmental or occupational lead
exposure analyses.
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 SAB AALM Review Panel identified
in this notice. Nominations should be
submitted in electronic format
(preferred) following the instructions for
‘‘Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels
and Ad Hoc Committees Being
Formed,’’ provided on the SAB website
(see the ‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link
under ‘‘Current Activities’’ at https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
To receive full consideration, 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 website, should contact the
DFO, Iris Goodman, as indicated above
in this notice. Nominations should be
submitted in time to arrive no later than
November 23, 2018. EPA values and
welcomes diversity. All qualified
candidates are encouraged to apply
regardless of sex, race, disability, or
ethnicity.
The EPA SAB Staff Office will
acknowledge receipt of nominations.
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The names and biosketches of qualified
nominees identified by respondents to
this Federal Register notice, and
additional experts identified by the SAB
Staff Office, will be posted in a List of
Candidates for the panel on the SAB
website at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
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. In
forming the expert panel, the SAB Staff
Office will consider public comments
on the Lists 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 Environmental Protection
Agency Special Government
Employees’’ (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?Open
Document.
Dated: October 9, 2018.
Khanna Johnston,
Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9985-71-OA]
Request for Nominations for a Science Advisory Board Panel To
Review the EPA's Draft All-Ages Lead Model (AALM) Software and Model
Documents
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public nominations of scientific
experts to form a Panel to review EPA's Draft All-Ages Lead Model
(AALM) software and model documents. The AALM is a tool for rapidly
evaluating the impact of possible sources of lead on blood and other
tissue levels in humans from birth to 90 years of age. The AALM
predicts lead concentration in body tissues and organs for a
hypothetical individual, based on a simulated lifetime of lead
exposure.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted by November 23, 2018 per the
instructions below.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding this notice and request for nominations
may contact Ms. Iris Goodman, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460;
by telephone at (202) 564-2164 or at [email protected].
General information concerning the EPA SAB can be found at the EPA
SAB website 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
AALM Review Panel will provide advice through the chartered SAB on
scientific and technical issues related to the current version of the
AALM model. The SAB and this Panel will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
The U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) in
collaboration with Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
(OCSPP) developed the AALM to provide a tool for rapidly evaluating the
impact of possible sources of lead on blood and other tissue levels in
humans from birth to 90 years of age. The AALM predicts lead
concentration in body tissues and organs for a hypothetical individual,
based on a simulated lifetime of lead exposure.
The AALM is an outgrowth of the Integrated Exposure Uptake
Biokinetic (IEUBK) Model for Lead in Children. The IEUBK model was
designed to assess changes in blood lead of children over periods of no
less than a month. The AALM was developed to cover childhood and adult
lead exposures and allows users to assess the effects of intermittent
lead exposures of a day or more as well as stable exposure conditions.
EPA's ORD and OCSPP coordinated efforts to advance lead biokinetic
modeling and produced the current version of the AALM software and
documentation. The SAB Staff Office is forming an expert panel under
the auspices of the Chartered SAB, the SAB AALM Review Panel, to
evaluate the new version of the AALM.
Technical Contact for EPA's draft report: For information
concerning EPA's AALM software, and model documents, please contact Dr.
James Brown by email at [email protected] or phone at 919-541-0765.
Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking
nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists
with demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas: (1)
Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic modeling, particularly with
regard to lead, (2) physiological processes related to lead
distribution, mechanisms of transport, accumulation, concentrations at
the organ/tissue level, residence times (or other measures of potential
impact), and elimination of absorbed lead, (3) processes of the human
uptake and/or absorption of ingested lead, (4) lead exposure pathway
assessment, and/or (5) environmental or occupational lead exposure
analyses.
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 SAB AALM
Review Panel identified in this notice. Nominations should be submitted
in electronic format (preferred) following the instructions for
``Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc Committees Being
Formed,'' provided on the SAB website (see the ``Nomination of
Experts'' link under ``Current Activities'' at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
To receive full consideration, 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 website, should
contact the DFO, Iris Goodman, as indicated above in this notice.
Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
November 23, 2018. EPA values and welcomes diversity. All qualified
candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of sex, race, disability,
or ethnicity.
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 Office, will be posted in a List of
Candidates for the panel on the SAB website at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
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. In forming the expert panel, the SAB Staff Office will
consider public comments on the Lists 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 Environmental Protection Agency Special
Government Employees'' (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.
Dated: October 9, 2018.
Khanna Johnston,
Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-23904 Filed 10-31-18; 8:45 am]
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