[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 236 (Monday, December 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74486-74488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28983]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0629; FRL-8748-8]
Human Studies Review Board (HSRB); Notification of a Public
Teleconference To Review Its Draft Report From the October 21-22, 2008
HSRB Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The EPA Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) announces a public
teleconference meeting to discuss its draft HSRB report from the
October 21-22, 2008 HSRB meeting.
DATES: The teleconference will be held on December 18, 2008, from 2-5
p.m. (Eastern Time).
Location: The meeting will take place via telephone only.
Meeting Access: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Paul Lewis prior to the
meeting using the information under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, so
that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral comments for the HSRB to
consider during the advisory process. Additional information concerning
submission of relevant written or oral comments is provided in Unit
I.D. of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access code to participate in the
telephone conference, request a current draft copy of the Board's
report or who wish further information may contact Paul Lewis, EPA,
Office of the Science Advisor (8105), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; or via telephone/
voice mail at (202) 564-8381 or via e-mail at [email protected].
General information concerning the EPA HSRB can be on the EPA Web site
at http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/.
ADDRESSES: Submit your written comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0629, by one of the following methods: http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
E-mail: [email protected].
Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode:
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Public Reading Room,
Infoterra Room (Room Number 3334), EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-ORD-
2008-0629. Deliveries are only accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2008-0629. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
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www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA, without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses.
I. General Information
A. Does This Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general. This action may,
however, be of interest to persons who conduct or assess human studies
on substances regulated by EPA or to persons who are or may be required
to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may also be interested,
the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that
may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of This Document and Other
Related Information?
In addition to using regulations.gov, you may access this Federal
Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the
Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the index under
the docket number. Even though it will be listed by title in the index,
some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Copyright
material will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically in
http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket, EPA/DC,
Public Reading Room, Infoterra Room (Room Number 3334), 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the ORD Docket is (202) 566-
1752.
C. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as possible.
2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you use
that support your views.
4. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
5. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page
of your response. You may also provide the name, date and Federal
Register citation.
D. How May I Participate in This Meeting?
You may participate in this meeting by following the instructions
in this section. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative that
you identify docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0629 in the subject line
on the first page of your request.
1. Oral comments. To the extent that time permits, interested
persons who have not pre-registered may be permitted by the Chair of
the HSRB to present oral comments at the meeting. Each individual or
group wishing to make brief oral comments to the HSRB is strongly
advised to submit their request (preferably via e-mail) to Paul Lewis
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in order to be included on
the meeting agenda and to provide sufficient time for the HSRB Chair
and HSRB DFO to review the meeting agenda to provide an appropriate
public comment period. The request should identify the name of the
individual making the presentation and the organization (if any) the
individual will represent. Oral comments before the HSRB are limited to
5 minutes per individual or organization. Please note that this
includes all individuals appearing either as part of, or on behalf of
an organization. While it is our intent to hear a full range of oral
comments on the science and ethics issues under discussion, it is not
our intent to permit organizations to expand the time limitations by
having numerous individuals sign up separately to speak on their
behalf. If additional time is available, there may be flexibility in
time for public comments.
2. Written comments. Please submit your comments using the
instructions in Unit 1.C. of this notice. In addition, the Agency also
requests that person(s) submitting comments directly to the docket also
provide a copy of their comments to Paul Lewis listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. There is no limit on the length of written
comments for consideration by the HSRB.
E. Background
The EPA Human Studies Review Board will be reviewing and approving
its draft report from the October 21-22, 2008, HSRB meeting. The
October 2008 meeting reviewed six proposed protocols submitted by the
Agricultural Handlers' Exposure Task Force (AHETF) that would collect
data on the exposures received by handlers who apply liquid pesticides
using airblast equipment with open- or closed-cab vehicles. The AHETF
indicated that they were planning to conduct research associated with
these protocols during the 2009 growing season. In order to allow EPA
adequate time to consider the HSRB's advice and to work with the AHETF
to make any necessary revisions to the protocols prior to their
execution, the Agency asked the HSRB to provide a final report as soon
as possible. Thus, based on these expedited and time critical
circumstances, the Agency is announcing this teleconference with less
than 15 calendar days public notice.
Background on the October 21-22, 2008, HSRB meeting can be found at
Federal Register 73 180, 53422 (September 16, 2008) and at the HSRB Web
site http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. The October 21-22, 2008, meeting
draft report is now available. You may obtain electronic copies of this
document, and certain other related documents that might be available
electronically, from http://www.regulations.gov Web site and the HSRB
Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. For questions on
document availability or if you do not have access to the Internet,
consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. Finally, the
Board may also discuss planning for future HSRB meetings.
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Dated: December 2, 2008.
George Gray,
EPA Science Advisor.
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