[Federal Register: June 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 123)]
[Notices]
[Page 36075-36076]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board Acrylamide Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference of the SAB Acrylamide Review Panel to finalize
its draft report on its review of EPA's draft ``Toxicological Review of
Acrylamide''.
DATES: A public teleconference of the SAB Acrylamide Review Panel will
be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) on July 16, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will take place via telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access code to participate in the
teleconference may contact Dr. Sue Shallal, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-9977
or via e-mail at shallal.suhair@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to
provide independent scientific and technical advice to the
Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and
regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App.
The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB
Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the EPA
SAB Acrylamide Review Panel will hold a public teleconference to
finalize their draft report.
Background: EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has
requested that the SAB peer review the Agency's draft Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS) assessment entitled ``Toxicological Review of
Acrylamide.'' Background on this SAB review, including the process for
forming this review panel was provided in a Federal Register Notice
published on March 29, 2007 (Volume 72 FR 60; 14804-14805). The SAB
Panel met on March 11-12, 2008 to review the IRIS document [see Federal
Register Notice dated February
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1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 22, Pages 6181-6182)]. The purpose of this
upcoming teleconference is for the SAB Panel to discuss and finalize
its draft report. Additional information about this advisory activity
can be found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. A meeting
agenda and the draft SAB review report will be posted at the above
noted SAB Web site prior to the meeting.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The meeting agendas and other
materials including the SAB panel's draft report will be available on
the SAB Web site at (http://www.epa.gov/sab) in advance of the meeting.
For technical questions and information concerning the EPA's IRIS
assessment, please contact Dr. Rob Dewoskin, at (919) 541-1089, or
dewoskin.rob@epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB
Panel to consider throughout the advisory process. Oral Statements: In
general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a
public SAB teleconference will be limited to three minutes per speaker,
with no more than a total of one-half hour for all speakers. To be
placed on the public speaker list, interested parties should contact
Dr. Sue Shallal, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail), by July 9,
2008. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the
SAB Staff Office by July 9, 2008, so that the information may be made
available to the SAB for their consideration prior to the
teleconference. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO via e-
mail to shallal.suhair@epa.gov (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat
PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Sue Shallal at (202)
343-9977 or shallal.suhair@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Dr. Shallal preferably at least ten days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: June 18, 2008.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E8-14402 Filed 6-24-08; 8:45 am]
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