Environmental Protection Agency January 17, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites public nominations of scientific experts to be considered as peer reviewers for the external review of the draft research report entitled, ``Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming.'' The draft research report was prepared by the National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL), within the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), and by EPA Region 8. EPA released the draft report for public comment on December 14, 2011 (see Federal Register Vol. 76, No. 240 at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12- 14/pdf/FR-2011-12-14.pdf). This draft report is not final as described in EPA's Information Quality Guidelines, and it does not represent and should not be construed to represent final Agency policy or views. Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an EPA contractor for external peer review, will organize and conduct the external peer review. Nominees must have expertise in the areas described under ``Expertise Sought'' below, be free of any conflict of interest, and be available to participate in a one- to two-day peer review meeting that will take place in March or April, 2012 (exact date to be determined based on reviewer availability). ERG will consider and screen all nominated candidates against the selection criteria described under ``Reviewer Selection'' below. A second Federal Register notice will be published about one month prior to the external peer review meeting to provide the meeting date, location, and registration information. Additional details about the peer review process can be found at: https:// cfpub.epa.gov/si/sipublicpragenda.cfm. The public comment period for ``Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming'' began December 14, 2011, and ends January 27, 2012. Peer reviewers will be provided with all public comments for their consideration as they review the research report.