[Federal Register: October 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 205)]
[Notices]
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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 Drinking Water Committee
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 Drinking Water Committee (DWC) to
finalize its draft advisory report on EPA's Microbial Risk Assessment
Protocol to Support Human Health Protection for Water-Based Media.
DATES: The SAB DWC will conduct a public teleconference on November 19,
2009. The teleconference will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 4 p.m.
(Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by telephone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain general information concerning the public teleconference may
contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone
at (202) 343-9878 or e-mail at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General information
concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the EPA Web
site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is hereby given that the SAB
Drinking Water Committee will hold a public teleconference to discuss
and finalize their draft advisory report on EPA's Microbial Risk
Assessment Protocol to Support Human Health Protection for Water-Based
Media. The SAB was established pursuant to 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 FACA. The SAB will comply
with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office
procedural policies.
Background: EPA's Office of Water conducts microbial risk
assessments as part of its responsibility for protecting human health
and the environment from contaminants in water. The Office of Water has
developed a draft document, Microbial Risk Assessment Protocol to
Support Human Health Risk Assessment for Water-Based Media to provide
guidance for performing these assessments. The Office of Water has
requested that the SAB provide advice on the draft protocol, including
recommendations on how to improve the overall approach, the
applicability of the protocol, the reasonableness of the protocol, the
clarity of the protocol, the completeness and robustness of the
protocol, and the ease of use of the protocol for conducting water-
based microbial risk assessments.
The SAB DWC met on September 21-22, 2009 to review the EPA document
[see Federal Register Notice dated August 18, 2009 (74 FR 41697-
41698)]. Materials from the September meeting are posted on the SAB Web
site at http:[sol][sol]yosemite.epa.gov/sab/SABPRODUCT.NSF/MeetingCal/
67921B908251CE9C8525760A004C1F87?OpenDocument. The purpose of this
upcoming teleconference is for the DWC to complete its draft report.
The draft Committee report will be submitted to the chartered SAB for
their consideration and approval. 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: Agendas and materials in support
of the teleconference will be placed on the SAB Web site at http://
www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the teleconference. For technical
questions and information concerning EPA's draft document, please
contact Dr. Stephen Schaub at (202) 566-1126, or
schaub.stephen@epa.gov.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB DWC
to consider during the advisory process. Oral Statements: 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 one hour for all speakers. Each person making an
oral statement should consider providing written comments as well as
their oral statement so that the points presented orally can be
expanded upon in writing. Interested parties should contact the DFO, in
writing (preferably via e-mail) at the contact information noted above,
by November 13, 2009 to be placed on the list of public speakers for
the meeting. Written Statements: Written statements should be received
in the SAB Staff Office by November 13, 2009 so that the information
may be made available to the Committee members 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 PDF, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Submitters are requested to provide versions of each document submitted
with and without signatures, because the SAB Staff Office does not
publish documents with signatures on its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Aaron Yeow at (202)
343-9878 or yeow.aaron@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten days prior
to the teleconference to give EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: October 20, 2009.
Anthony Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office.
[FR Doc. E9-25742 Filed 10-23-09; 8:45 am]
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