[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6181-6182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1869]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8524-1]


EPA Science Advisory Board; Notification of a Public 
Teleconference and Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Acrylamide 
Review Panel

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 Acrylamide Review Panel (ARP) to review the Agency's draft 
assessment, ``IRIS Toxicological Review of Acrylamide''.

DATES: The SAB will hold the public teleconference on February 20, 
2008. The teleconference will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 
(Eastern Time). A face-to-face meeting will be held on March 10, 2008 
and March 11, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) and will 
continue on March 12, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern Time).
    Location: The February 20, 2008 telephone conference will be 
conducted by phone only. The March 10-12, 2008 face-to-face meeting 
will be held in the Washington DC metropolitan area. The actual venue 
will be announced on the SAB Web site at: 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: 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. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the EPA 
SAB Acrylamide Review Panel will hold a public teleconference and face-
to-face meeting to review EPA's draft IRIS assessment.
    Background: EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) had 
requested that the SAB peer review the Agency's draft assessment, 
``Toxicological Review of Acrylamide.'' Background on this SAB review 
and the process for formation of this review panel was

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provided in a Federal Register Notice published on March 29, 2007 (72 
FR 60 14804-14805). The purpose of this upcoming teleconference is for 
the SAB Review Panel to discuss EPA's charge questions and plan for the 
face-to-face meeting. The Panel will then discuss and deliberate on the 
charge questions at the face-to-face meeting.
    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=187729), please contact Dr. Rob Dewoskin, at 
(919) 541-1089, or [email protected].
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the 
Acrylamide Review Panel to consider throughout the advisory process. 
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 
February 13, 2008 for the teleconference and by March 3, 2008 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 February 13, 2008, so that the information may be made 
available to the SAB for their consideration prior to the 
teleconference or by March 3, 2008 for their consideration prior to the 
face-to-face meeting. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO 
via e-mail to [email protected] (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 January 28, 2008.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
 [FR Doc. E8-1869 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]
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