[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6478-6479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1721]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8029-8]


Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office; Notification of Public 
Teleconferences of the Arsenic Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces 
two public teleconferences of the SAB Arsenic Review Panel to continue 
discussions of its draft report, Advisory on EPA's Assessments of 
Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and Inorganic Arsenic.

DATES: The dates for the teleconference meetings are February 23, 2006 
and February 28, 2006, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., eastern time on each 
day.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain the teleconference call-in number and access code to participate 
in the teleconferences may contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO), by telephone at (202) 343-9982 or e-mail at 
[email protected]. General information about the SAB, as well as any 
updates concerning the teleconference announced in this notice, may be 
found on the SAB Web Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Human exposure to arsenic compounds may occur through various 
environmental media by their use as pesticides (e.g., dessicants/
defoliants, wood preservatives) or from industrial wastes. EPA 
regulates environmental exposure to arsenic compounds pursuant to 
requirements of several laws (e.g., the Safe Drinking Water Act; the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and the Food 
Quality Protection Act). EPA requested its Science Advisory Board (SAB) 
to provide advice on scientific issues underlying the Agency's 
assessments of the carcinogenic potential of arsenic compounds.
    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the SAB Arsenic Review Panel will hold 
public teleconferences on the dates and times provided above. The 
purpose of these teleconference meetings is to allow the SAB Panel to 
continue the discussion of the Panel's draft report, Advisory on EPA's 
Assessments of Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and Inorganic Arsenic. 
This draft report was previously discussed at the telephone conference 
meeting held on January 24, 2006 (see 70 FR 76451-76452). Background on 
this advisory activity has been provided in Federal Register notices 
published on February 23, 2005 (70 FR 8803-8804) and July 26, 2005 (70 
FR 43144-43145).

Availability of Meeting Materials

    A roster of the Panel members, the teleconference agenda, the 
charge to the Panel may be found on the SAB Web Site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/arsenic_review_panel.htm. The draft SAB report 
which is the subject of discussion may be found at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/arsenic_12-27-2005_dft_for_jan-24-2006.pdf.
    EPA's Toxicological Review of Inorganic Arsenic and related 
background information on inorganic arsenic may be found at: http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/sab. The technical contact for the above 
information on inorganic arsenic is Dr. Elizabeth Doyle, (202) 566-
0056, of the Office of Water. EPA's assessment for organic arsenic, 
Science Issue Paper: Cancer Mode of Action of Cacodylic Acid 
(Dimethylarsinic Acid, DMAV and Recommendations for Dose Response 
Extrapolation and other related background information on organic 
arsenic may be found at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/cacodylic_acid. The technical contact for the above information on 
organic arsenic is Dr. Anna Lowit, (703) 308-4135, of the Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

Procedures for Providing Public Input

    Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or 
oral information for the SAB Panel to consider during the advisory 
process. Written and oral statements should not repeat information 
previously submitted to the Panel at its previous meetings.
    Written Statements: Written statements should be submitted at least 
five days prior to the scheduled

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conference calls so that the information may be made available to the 
Panel 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, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 
98/2000/XP format).
    Oral Statements: The SAB Panel had previously received oral 
statements from interested members of the public on the SAB draft 
advisory report during the January 24, 2006 telephone conference 
meeting. Because of time limitations, oral statements will be scheduled 
only for the February 28, 2006 meeting. 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 
fifteen minutes for all speakers. Interested individuals or groups 
should contact the DFO, in writing via e-mail by February 26, 2006, to 
be placed on the public speaker list for the teleconference.

Meeting Accommodations

    For information on access or services for individuals with 
disabilities, please contact the DFO, contact information provided 
above. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the 
DFO, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 
much time as possible to process the request.

    Dated: February 2, 2006.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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