[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30680-30681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11301]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7208-1]


Draft Procedure for the Joint Solicitation Of Research Proposals 
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and 
Development and the American Chemistry Council's Long-Range Research 
Initiative; Solicitation of Public Input into the Development of a 
Joint Request for Applications on ``Novel Approaches for Analysis of 
Human Exposure Data;'' Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research 
and Development (ORD) and the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) Long-
Range Research Initiative (LRI) are interested in issuing joint 
solicitations for research proposals. A draft document has been 
developed that sets

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forth a public process that brings together government and industry to 
engage the best scientists in the research community to assist in 
improving the quantity and quality of data for use in human health and 
ecological risk assessment. Recent discussions have led ORD and ACC to 
agree to pursue, as a first area of collaboration, a joint request for 
applications (RFA) in the area of ``Novel Approaches for Analysis of 
Human Exposure Data.'' The purpose of this meeting is to: (1) Present 
the draft procedures for the public process of issuing joint RFAs, (2) 
solicit comment on the proposal, and (3) solicit specific input (e.g., 
suggested research areas) into the development of a joint RFA on novel 
approaches for analysis of human exposure data.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2002 beginning at 
1 PM and adjourning at 4 PM. Times noted are Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Hemisphere B Room on the 
Concourse Level of the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft procedure for the joint 
solicitation of research proposals by the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency's Office of Research and Development and the American Chemistry 
Council's Long-Range Initiative and the agenda for the meeting may be 
obtained electronically through: (1) The EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa, (2) the ACC website: http://www.americanchemistry.com, (3) the LRI website: http://www.uslri.org, 
and (4) the below listed point of contact.
    The meeting is open to the public. Registration before the meeting 
is requested. Any member of the public wishing to make a presentation 
at the meeting should also request to do so beforehand. Presentations 
should be limited to 10 minutes. Written comments on the draft process 
for collaboration and for consideration toward the development of the 
RFA on novel approaches for analysis of human exposure data will be 
accepted until June 12, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests to register for the meeting 
and to provide oral and/or written public comment should be sent to 
Michaela Hancock, The Scientific Consulting Group, Inc., 656 Quince 
Orchard Road, Suite 210, Gaithersburg, MD 20878-1409; Telephone: 301-
670-4990; x41; Fax: 301-670-3815; E-mail: [email protected]

    Dated: April 30, 2002.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Research.
[FR Doc. 02-11301 Filed 5-6-02; 8:45 am]
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