[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30907-30908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12340]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2004-0084; FRL-7362-8]


Request for Nominations to the Proposed Endocrine Disruptor 
Methods Validation Advisory Committee (EDMVAC); Extension of Time

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of time; request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of April 26, 2004 (69 FR 22509) (FRL-
7352-9), EPA issued a notice inviting nominations of qualified 
candidates to consider for appointment to the proposed Endocrine 
Disruptor Methods Validation Advisory Committee (EDMVAC), which is 
replacing the Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation Subcommittee 
(EDMVS) under the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy 
and Technology (NACEPT). The purpose of the proposed EDMVAC will be to 
provide advice and recommendations to EPA on scientific and technical 
aspects of the Tier I screens and Tier II assays being considered for 
the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). The proposed 
Committee will evaluate relevant scientific issues, protocols, data and 
interpretations of the data for the assays during the validation 
process. The proposed EDMVAC will provide advice on the composition of 
the Tier I screening battery as well. The Agency is extending the 
request for nomination time period, due to a low number of submissions 
of nominations.

DATES: Nominations will now be accepted until 4 p.m. eastern time on 
June 18, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Nominations may be submitted electronically, by mail, or 
through hand delivery/courier. Follow the detailed instructions as 
provided in Unit III. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. To protect 
personal information from disclosure to the public do not submit 
nominations materials to the EDMVAC Docket or through any online 
electronic commenting system.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For general information contact: Colby Lintner, Regulatory 
Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division (7404M), Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].
    For technical information contact: Jane Smith, Designated Federal 
Official, Office of Science Coordination and Policy (7201M), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-8476, fax: (202) 564-
8283; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does This Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. You may be 
interested in the nomination of members to the committee set forth in 
this notice if you are a member of an environmental/public interest 
organization, a public health organization, an animal welfare 
organization, academia or Federal agencies, state, local, or tribal 
governments. You also may be interested in activities of EPA's EDSP if 
you produce, manufacture, use, consume, work with, or import pesticides 
or other chemicals. To determine whether you or your business may have 
an interest in this notice you should carefully examine section 408(p) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the 
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996 (Public Law 104-170), 21 
U.S.C. 346a(p) and amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 
(Public Law 104-182), 42 U.S.C. 300j-17. 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 this action, please contact the technical person 
listed underFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. How Can I Get Additional Information, Including Copies of This 
Document or Other Related Documents?

    1. Electronically. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet site under the ``Federal 
Register'' listings athttp://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    Information about the former Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation 
Subcommittee, the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program and related 
programs is available from http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/oscpendo/.
    EPA has established an official public docket for the proposed 
EDMVAC under docket identification (ID) number OPPT-2004-0084. The 
official public docket consists of the documents related to the 
activities of the committee and any public comments received. Although 
a part of the official docket, the public docket does not include 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. To protect personal information 
from disclosure to the public, do not submit nominations materials in 
response to this Notice to the docket or through any online electronic 
commenting system. Instead, follow the instructions listed under Unit 
III.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to access the index 
listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to access 
those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. 
Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you 
may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through 
the docket facility identified in Unit II.2. Once in the system, select 
``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket ID number.
    2. In person. The official public docket is the collection of 
materials that is available for public viewing at the EPA Docket 
Center, Rm. B102-Reading Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The EPA Docket 
Center Reading Room telephone number is (202) 566-1744 and the 
telephone number for the OPPT Docket, which is located in EPA Docket 
Center, is (202) 566-0272.

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    3. By mail. You may obtain copies of this document and other 
related documents from the technical contact person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

III. How Can I Nominate Potential Members to This Proposed Committee?

    You may nominate qualified persons for membership to this proposed 
Committee electronically, by mail, or in person/by courier. Nominations 
for membership should include a curriculum vitae of the nominee 
detailing his or her specific area of relevant expertise, as described 
in Unit I.D. of the April 26th notice, and a designation of the type of 
organization the candidate represents according to Unit II.C. of the 
April 26th notice.
    To protect personal information from disclosure to the public, do 
not submit nominations materials to the EDMVAC Docket or through any 
online electronic commenting system. Submit your nomination, marked 
``Attention EDMVAC nominations'' by one of these methods:
    1. Electronically: Submit e-mail nominations to[email protected].
    2. By mail: Environmental Protection Agency, Confidential Business 
Information (CBIC), Mail Code 7407M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
    3. By courier: Environmental Protection Agency, Attention: Jane 
Smith, EPA East Building, Room 4106M, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20004-3302, contact phone numbers: 202-564-8476 and 202-
564-1656. The room at which submissions are accepted is only open until 
4 p.m. If a courier service comes after that time the service will be 
turned away. Non-uniformed (bicycle, etc.) couriers will be met at the 
1201 Constitution Ave. entrance by EPA personnel. Uniformed couriers 
are admitted to deliver directly to the technical contact.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Endocrine disruptors, Endocrine Disruptor 
Screening Program, Endocrine Disrupor Methods Validation Subcommittee.


    Dated: May 24, 2004.
Joseph J. Merenda, Jr.,
Director, Office of Science Coordination and Policy.

[FR Doc. 04-12340 Filed 5-28-04; 8:45 am]
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