[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66328-66329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19170]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Teleconference and Meeting of the Science Advisory Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference and meeting 
of the Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Review Panel to review the Agency's draft 
assessment, ``Evaluation of the Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide''.

DATES: The SAB will hold the public teleconference on December 8, 2006. 
The teleconference will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 4 p.m. (Eastern 
Time). A face-to-face meeting will be held on January 18, 2007 from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) and will continue on January 19, 2007 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time).
    Location: Telephone conference will be conducted by phone only. The 
venue for the January 18-19, 2007 face-to-face meeting will be 
announced on the SAB Web site (http://www.epa.gov/sab).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to 
obtain general information concerning this public teleconference or 
meeting should contact Dr. Sue Shallal, Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
via telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-9977; fax: (202) 233-0643; or e-
mail at: [email protected]. General information concerning the EPA 
Science Advisory Board can be found on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the EPA SAB will 
hold a public teleconference to review a draft EPA assessment. The SAB 
was established by 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 the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 
5 U.S.C., App. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all 
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
    Background: EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has 
requested that the Science Advisory Board (SAB) review this draft 
entitled ``Evaluation of the Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide''. EPA 
last published a health assessment of the potential carcinogenicity of 
ethylene oxide (EtO) in 1985 (U.S. EPA, 1985). EPA has now completed a 
review of the more recent database on the carcinogenicity of EtO, 
pertinent data from the 1985 assessment, and several reviews and 
assessments issued by other organizations. This draft assessment 
focuses on lifetime cancer risk from inhalation exposure. In response 
to EPA's request, the SAB Staff Office formed a SAB Review Panel for 
EtO. Background information on the formation of the SAB EtO Review 
Panel can be found in the Federal Register Vol. 71, Number 40, page 
10500-10501. This panel will provide advice and recommendations to EPA 
through the Chartered SAB and comply with the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and all appropriate SAB procedural 
policies. The SAB Ethylene Oxide Review Panel is being asked to comment 
on the scientific soundness of this carcinogenicity assessment. The 
purpose of the public teleconference is to receive a briefing on the 
assessment and to clarify the charge to the panel. During the face-to-
face meeting, the panel will review the assessment.
    Availability of Materials: The draft agendas and other materials 
will be posted on the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab prior to 
each meeting. For questions and information concerning the Agency's 
draft assessment (http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=157664 ), please contact Dr. Henry Kahn, at (202) 
564-3269, or [email protected].
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB to 
consider during the public teleconference and/or meeting. Oral 
Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral 
presentation at a public SAB teleconference will be limited to three 
minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of one-half hour for all 
speakers. At the face-to-face meeting, presentations will be limited to 
five minutes, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. 
To be placed on the public speaker list, interested parties should 
contact Dr. Sue Shallal, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail), by 
December 1, 2006 for the teleconference and by January 8, 2007 for the 
face-to-face meeting, at the contact information noted above. Written 
Statements: Written statements should be received in the SAB Staff 
Office by December 1, 2006, so that the information may be made 
available to the SAB for their consideration prior to this 
teleconference or by January 8, 2007 for their consideration prior to 
the face-to-face meeting. 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, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 
IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Sue Shallal at (202) 
343-9977 or [email protected]. To request accommodation of a 
disability, please contact Dr. Shallal preferably at least ten days 
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.

    Dated: November 8, 2006.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Associate Director for Science, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 
Office.
[FR Doc. E6-19170 Filed 11-13-06; 8:45 am]
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