[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36075-36076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14402]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public 
Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board Acrylamide Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 
public teleconference of the SAB Acrylamide Review Panel to finalize 
its draft report on its review of EPA's draft ``Toxicological Review of 
Acrylamide''.

DATES: A public teleconference of the SAB Acrylamide Review Panel will 
be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) on July 16, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will take place via telephone 
only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain the call-in number and access code to participate in the 
teleconference may contact Dr. Sue Shallal, EPA Science Advisory Board 
Staff (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-9977 
or via e-mail at [email protected].

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 to 
finalize their draft report.
    Background: EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has 
requested that the SAB peer review the Agency's draft Integrated Risk 
Information System (IRIS) assessment entitled ``Toxicological Review of 
Acrylamide.'' Background on this SAB review, including the process for 
forming this review panel was provided in a Federal Register Notice 
published on March 29, 2007 (Volume 72 FR 60; 14804-14805). The SAB 
Panel met on March 11-12, 2008 to review the IRIS document [see Federal 
Register Notice dated February

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1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 22, Pages 6181-6182)]. The purpose of this 
upcoming teleconference is for the SAB Panel to discuss and finalize 
its draft report. Additional information about this advisory activity 
can be found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. A meeting 
agenda and the draft SAB review report will be posted at the above 
noted SAB Web site prior to the meeting.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The meeting agendas and other 
materials including the SAB panel's draft report will be available on 
the SAB Web site at (http://www.epa.gov/sab) in advance of the meeting. 
For technical questions and information concerning the EPA's IRIS 
assessment, 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 SAB 
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. To be 
placed on the public speaker list, interested parties should contact 
Dr. Sue Shallal, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail), by July 9, 
2008. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the 
SAB Staff Office by July 9, 2008, so that the information may be made 
available to the SAB for their consideration prior to the 
teleconference. 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: June 18, 2008.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
 [FR Doc. E8-14402 Filed 6-24-08; 8:45 am]
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