[Federal Register: February 8, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 26)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office; Notification of Public
Teleconferences of the Arsenic Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces
two public teleconferences of the SAB Arsenic Review Panel to continue
discussions of its draft report, Advisory on EPA's Assessments of
Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and Inorganic Arsenic.
DATES: The dates for the teleconference meetings are February 23, 2006
and February 28, 2006, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., eastern time on each
day.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the teleconference call-in number and access code to participate
in the teleconferences may contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), by telephone at (202) 343-9982 or e-mail at
miller.tom@epa.gov. General information about the SAB, as well as any
updates concerning the teleconference announced in this notice, may be
found on the SAB Web Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Human exposure to arsenic compounds may occur through various
environmental media by their use as pesticides (e.g., dessicants/
defoliants, wood preservatives) or from industrial wastes. EPA
regulates environmental exposure to arsenic compounds pursuant to
requirements of several laws (e.g., the Safe Drinking Water Act; the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and the Food
Quality Protection Act). EPA requested its Science Advisory Board (SAB)
to provide advice on scientific issues underlying the Agency's
assessments of the carcinogenic potential of arsenic compounds.
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463,
notice is hereby given that the SAB Arsenic Review Panel will hold
public teleconferences on the dates and times provided above. The
purpose of these teleconference meetings is to allow the SAB Panel to
continue the discussion of the Panel's draft report, Advisory on EPA's
Assessments of Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and Inorganic Arsenic.
This draft report was previously discussed at the telephone conference
meeting held on January 24, 2006 (see 70 FR 76451-76452). Background on
this advisory activity has been provided in Federal Register notices
published on February 23, 2005 (70 FR 8803-8804) and July 26, 2005 (70
FR 43144-43145).
Availability of Meeting Materials
A roster of the Panel members, the teleconference agenda, the
charge to the Panel may be found on the SAB Web Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/arsenic_review_panel.htm.
The draft SAB report
which is the subject of discussion may be found at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/arsenic_12-27-2005_dft_for_jan-24-2006.pdf
.
EPA's Toxicological Review of Inorganic Arsenic and related
background information on inorganic arsenic may be found at: http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/sab.
The technical contact for the above
information on inorganic arsenic is Dr. Elizabeth Doyle, (202) 566-
0056, of the Office of Water. EPA's assessment for organic arsenic,
Science Issue Paper: Cancer Mode of Action of Cacodylic Acid
(Dimethylarsinic Acid, DMAV and Recommendations for Dose Response
Extrapolation and other related background information on organic
arsenic may be found at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/cacodylic_acid.
The technical contact for the above information on
organic arsenic is Dr. Anna Lowit, (703) 308-4135, of the Office of
Pesticide Programs.
Procedures for Providing Public Input
Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or
oral information for the SAB Panel to consider during the advisory
process. Written and oral statements should not repeat information
previously submitted to the Panel at its previous meetings.
Written Statements: Written statements should be submitted at least
five days prior to the scheduled
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conference calls so that the information may be made available to the
Panel for their consideration. Written statements should be supplied to
the DFO in the following formats: one hard copy with original
signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format:
Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows
98/2000/XP format).
Oral Statements: The SAB Panel had previously received oral
statements from interested members of the public on the SAB draft
advisory report during the January 24, 2006 telephone conference
meeting. Because of time limitations, oral statements will be scheduled
only for the February 28, 2006 meeting. In general, individuals or
groups requesting an oral presentation at a public teleconference will
be limited to three minutes per speaker with no more than a total of
fifteen minutes for all speakers. Interested individuals or groups
should contact the DFO, in writing via e-mail by February 26, 2006, to
be placed on the public speaker list for the teleconference.
Meeting Accommodations
For information on access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact the DFO, contact information provided
above. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the
DFO, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as
much time as possible to process the request.
Dated: February 2, 2006.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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