[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8856-8857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2409]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8034-4]


Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection 
Advisory Committee (CHPAC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the next meeting of 
the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be 
held February 28, March 1, and March 2, 2006 at the Hotel Washington, 
Washington, DC. The CHPAC was created to advise the Environmental 
Protection Agency on science, regulations, and other issues relating to 
children's environmental health.

DATES: The Emerging Chemicals of Concern, Voluntary Children's Chemical 
Evaluation Program (VCCEP), and National Ambient Air Quality for 
Particulate Matter task groups will meet Tuesday February 28, 2006. 
Plenary sessions will take place Wednesday, March 1, 2006 and Thursday, 
March 2, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Hotel Washington, 515 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Joanne Rodman, Office of 
Children's Health Protection, USEPA, MC 1107A, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-2188, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings of the CHPAC are open to the 
public. The Science and Regulatory Work Groups will meet Tuesday, 
February 28, 2006 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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The plenary CHPAC will meet on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 9 a.m. to 5:45 
p.m., with a public comment period at 5:30 p.m., and on Thursday, March 
2, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
    The plenary session will open with introductions and a review of 
the agenda and objectives for the meeting. Agenda items include a 
presentation on the EPA's Human Subjects Final Rule, discussions of 
comments on (1) EPA's actions relating to perchlorate; (2) evaluation 
of EPA's Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program; and (3) 
EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter. 
Agenda attached.

    Dated: February 14, 2006.
Joanne K. Rodman,
Designated Federal Official.

Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee, Hotel Washington, 515 
15th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004-1099, February 28-March 2, 2006

Draft Agenda

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Task Group Meetings
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for 
Particulate Matter
8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Emerging Chemicals of Concern
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program 
(VCCEP)

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

9 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, Review Meeting Agenda
9:15 a.m. Panel: Adding Insights and Perspectives from Public Health 
Nursing and Tribes
9:30 a.m. Highlights of Recent OCHP Activities
10 a.m. Human Subjects Final Rule
10:45 a.m. Break
11 a.m. Emerging Chemicals of Concern Task Group Update and Comment 
Letter
12:30 p.m. Lunch
2 p.m. VCCEP Task Group Update and Discussion
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. NAAQS for Particulate Matter Task Group Update and Comment 
Letter
4:45 p.m. Presentation and Update: NAS Panel on Toxicity Testing
5:30 p.m. Public Comment
5:45 p.m. Adjourn

Thursday, March 2, 2006

8:30 a.m. Discussion of Day One
8:40 a.m. Presentation on National Environmental Education Advisory 
Council
9:15 a.m. Discuss and Agree on Perchlorate Recommendations
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. NAAQS for Particulate Recommendations
11:30 a.m. VCCEP Recommendations
12:15 p.m. Wrap up/Next Steps
12:30 p.m. Adjourn

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