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Request for Nominations for the
Science Advisory Board Microbial and
Disinfection Byproducts (MDBP)
Revisions Review Panel
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 the draft analyses to
support EPA’s revisions of the Microbial
and Disinfection Byproducts (MDBP)
National Primary Drinking Water rules.
EPA is currently conducting analyses to
evaluate eight (i.e., chlorite,
Cryptosporidium, haloacetic acids,
heterotrophic bacteria, Giardia lamblia,
Legionella, total trihalomethanes, and
viruses) National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations (NPDWRs) for
SUMMARY:
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potential regulatory revisions with a
consideration of risk tradeoffs across
microbial control versus disinfection
byproduct formation. EPA is exploring
approaches to determine how public
water systems (PWSs) can achieve
enhanced precursor removal to reduce
disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation
in drinking water. EPA’s analysis
summarizes the current literature on
DBP precursor occurrence and
treatment, identifies technology based
on effectiveness and feasibility, and
determines the unit cost of technologies
for enhanced removal. EPA is also
preparing analyses to support a
numerical disinfectant residual
requirement within the drinking water
distribution system. This analysis will
include an inventory on vulnerable
PWSs, feasibility studies for
maintaining a numerical disinfectant
residual, and methods for assessing
effectiveness of a numerical residual in
controlling microbial growth in the
distribution system including for
opportunistic pathogens such as
Legionella. The SAB MDBP Revisions
Review Panel will consider whether the
conclusions found in the EPA’s analyses
are clearly presented and scientifically
supported. The Panel will also be asked
to provide recommendations on how the
analyses may be strengthened.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted by June 14, 2024 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
Carolyn Kilgore, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory
Board via telephone/voice mail (202)
564–0230, or email at kilgore.carolyn@
epa.gov. General information
concerning the EPA SAB can be found
at the EPA SAB website at https://
sab.epa.gov.
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 Staff Office is forming an
expert panel, the SAB MDBP Revisions
Review Panel, under the auspices of the
Chartered SAB. The SAB MDBP
Revisions Review Panel will provide
advice through the chartered SAB. The
SAB and the SAB MDBP Revisions
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Review Panel will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
The SAB MDBP Revisions Review Panel
will conduct a review of analyses on
two specific topics under consideration
for potential regulatory revisions. EPA is
exploring approaches to determine how
PWSs can achieve enhanced precursor
removal to reduce DBP formation in
drinking water. EPA’s analysis
summarizes the current literature on
DBP precursor occurrence and
treatment, identifies technology based
on effectiveness and feasibility, and
determines the unit cost of technologies
for enhanced removal. EPA is also
preparing analyses to support a
numerical disinfectant residual
requirement within the drinking water
distribution system.
This analysis will include an
inventory on vulnerable PWSs,
feasibility studies for maintaining a
numerical disinfectant residual, and
methods for assessing effectiveness of a
numerical residual in controlling
microbial growth in the distribution
system including for opportunistic
pathogens such as Legionella. The SAB
MDBP Revisions Review Panel will
consider whether the conclusions found
in the EPA’s draft analyses are clearly
presented and scientifically supported.
The Panel will also be asked to provide
recommendations on how the analyses
may be strengthened.
Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is seeking nominations of
nationally and internationally
recognized scientists with demonstrated
expertise in the following disciplines:
Environmental Engineering, specifically:
design, operation, and maintenance of
distribution systems used by public
drinking water systems (PWS);
Environmental Science; Drinking water
treatment; Disinfection byproduct
formation and control; Microbiology;
Public Health; Water quality; Water
reuse; Toxicology; Risk assessment;
Environmental economics;
Environmental health science.
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 Panel. Individuals may selfnominate. Nominations should be
submitted in electronic format
(preferred) using the online nomination
form on the SAB website at https://
sab.epa.gov (see the ‘‘Public Input on
Membership’’ list under ‘‘Committees,
Panels, and Membership’’). To be
considered, nominations should include
the information requested below. EPA
values and welcomes diversity. All
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qualified candidates are encouraged to
apply regardless of sex, race, disability,
or ethnicity.
Nominations should be submitted in
time to arrive no later than June 14,
2024. The following information should
be provided on the nomination form:
contact information for the person
making the nomination; contact
information for the nominee; and the
disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee. Nominees will
be contacted by the SAB Staff Office and
will be asked to provide a recent
curriculum vitae and a narrative
biographical summary that includes
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 at the contact
information noted above. 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://sab.epa.gov. 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 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,
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and, (f) for the panel as a whole,
diversity of expertise and scientific
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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 is required and 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 through the ‘‘Ethics
Requirements for Advisors’’ link on the
SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. This
form should not be submitted as part of
a nomination.
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 website at https://sab.epa.gov.
V. Khanna Johnston,
Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Request for Nominations for the Science Advisory Board Microbial
and Disinfection Byproducts (MDBP) Revisions Review Panel
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 the draft analyses to support EPA's
revisions of the Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts (MDBP) National
Primary Drinking Water rules. EPA is currently conducting analyses to
evaluate eight (i.e., chlorite, Cryptosporidium, haloacetic acids,
heterotrophic bacteria, Giardia lamblia, Legionella, total
trihalomethanes, and viruses) National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations (NPDWRs) for
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potential regulatory revisions with a consideration of risk tradeoffs
across microbial control versus disinfection byproduct formation. EPA
is exploring approaches to determine how public water systems (PWSs)
can achieve enhanced precursor removal to reduce disinfection byproduct
(DBP) formation in drinking water. EPA's analysis summarizes the
current literature on DBP precursor occurrence and treatment,
identifies technology based on effectiveness and feasibility, and
determines the unit cost of technologies for enhanced removal. EPA is
also preparing analyses to support a numerical disinfectant residual
requirement within the drinking water distribution system. This
analysis will include an inventory on vulnerable PWSs, feasibility
studies for maintaining a numerical disinfectant residual, and methods
for assessing effectiveness of a numerical residual in controlling
microbial growth in the distribution system including for opportunistic
pathogens such as Legionella. The SAB MDBP Revisions Review Panel will
consider whether the conclusions found in the EPA's analyses are
clearly presented and scientifically supported. The Panel will also be
asked to provide recommendations on how the analyses may be
strengthened.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted by June 14, 2024 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 Carolyn Kilgore, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board via telephone/voice mail (202) 564-0230, or
email at [email protected]. General information concerning the
EPA SAB can be found at the EPA SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov.
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
Staff Office is forming an expert panel, the SAB MDBP Revisions Review
Panel, under the auspices of the Chartered SAB. The SAB MDBP Revisions
Review Panel will provide advice through the chartered SAB. The SAB and
the SAB MDBP Revisions Review Panel will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. The SAB
MDBP Revisions Review Panel will conduct a review of analyses on two
specific topics under consideration for potential regulatory revisions.
EPA is exploring approaches to determine how PWSs can achieve enhanced
precursor removal to reduce DBP formation in drinking water. EPA's
analysis summarizes the current literature on DBP precursor occurrence
and treatment, identifies technology based on effectiveness and
feasibility, and determines the unit cost of technologies for enhanced
removal. EPA is also preparing analyses to support a numerical
disinfectant residual requirement within the drinking water
distribution system.
This analysis will include an inventory on vulnerable PWSs,
feasibility studies for maintaining a numerical disinfectant residual,
and methods for assessing effectiveness of a numerical residual in
controlling microbial growth in the distribution system including for
opportunistic pathogens such as Legionella. The SAB MDBP Revisions
Review Panel will consider whether the conclusions found in the EPA's
draft analyses are clearly presented and scientifically supported. The
Panel will also be asked to provide recommendations on how the analyses
may be strengthened.
Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking
nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists
with demonstrated expertise in the following disciplines: Environmental
Engineering, specifically: design, operation, and maintenance of
distribution systems used by public drinking water systems (PWS);
Environmental Science; Drinking water treatment; Disinfection byproduct
formation and control; Microbiology; Public Health; Water quality;
Water reuse; Toxicology; Risk assessment; Environmental economics;
Environmental health science.
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 Panel.
Individuals may self-nominate. Nominations should be submitted in
electronic format (preferred) using the online nomination form on the
SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov (see the ``Public Input on
Membership'' list under ``Committees, Panels, and Membership''). To be
considered, nominations should include the information requested below.
EPA values and welcomes diversity. All qualified candidates are
encouraged to apply regardless of sex, race, disability, or ethnicity.
Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than
June 14, 2024. The following information should be provided on the
nomination form: contact information for the person making the
nomination; contact information for the nominee; and the disciplinary
and specific areas of expertise of the nominee. Nominees will be
contacted by the SAB Staff Office and will be asked to provide a recent
curriculum vitae and a narrative biographical summary that includes
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 at the contact information
noted above. 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://sab.epa.gov.
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 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.
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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 is
required and 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
through the ``Ethics Requirements for Advisors'' link on the SAB
website at https://sab.epa.gov. This form should not be submitted as
part of a nomination.
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 website at https://sab.epa.gov.
V. Khanna Johnston,
Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-11418 Filed 5-23-24; 8:45 am]
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