[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62436-62437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24744]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9917-99-OA]


Notification of Two Public Teleconferences of the Science 
Advisory Board; Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented for 
the Review of EPA's Draft Trimethylbenzenes Assessment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two public teleconferences of the 
SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented for the Review of 
the Draft Trimethylbenzenes Assessment (CAAC-TMB Panel) to discuss its 
draft report concerning EPA's draft Integrated Risk Information System 
(IRIS) Toxicological Review of Trimethylbenzenes (August 2013 Revised 
External Review Draft).

DATES: The public teleconferences will be held on Wednesday November 5, 
2014 and Friday November 7, 2014. The teleconferences will be held from 
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on both days.
    Location: The teleconferences will be conducted by telephone only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning the teleconferences may contact Mr. 
Thomas Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science 
Advisory Board (1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail 
(202) 564-4885; fax (202) 565-2098; or email at 
[email protected]. General information concerning the SAB can be 
found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 
as amended, 5 U.S.C., App., notice is hereby given that the SAB CAAC 
TMB Panel will hold public teleconferences to discuss its draft report 
regarding the draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Trimethylbenzenes 
(August 2013 Revised External Review Draft) and enhancements the agency 
is implementing to the IRIS program. The EPA SAB Staff Office augmented 
the SAB CAAC with subject matter experts to provide advice through the 
chartered SAB regarding this IRIS assessment.
    The SAB was established pursuant to 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 FACA. The SAB will comply 
with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 
procedural policies.
    The SAB CAAC TMB Panel held a public meeting on June 17-June 19, 
2014. The purpose of that meeting was to receive a briefing on the 
EPA's enhancements to the IRIS Program and develop responses to the 
peer review charge on the agency's draft IRIS Toxicological Review of 
Trimethylbenzenes (August 2013 Revised External Review Draft). The 
purpose of these public teleconferences is for the Panel to discuss its 
draft report peer reviewing the agency's draft toxicological review. 
The two public teleconferences will be conducted as one complete 
meeting, beginning on November 5, 2014 and continuing on November 7, 
2014.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Additional background on this 
SAB activity, the teleconference agenda, draft report, and other 
materials for the teleconferences will be posted on the SAB Web site at 
http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/IRIS%20Trimethylbenzenes?OpenDocument.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for 
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a 
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices. 
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory 
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an 
EPA program office. Federal advisory committees and panels, including 
scientific advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA. 
Members of the public can submit relevant comments pertaining to the 
group conducting this SAB activity or meeting

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materials. Input from the public to the SAB will have the most impact 
if it consists of comments that provide specific scientific or 
technical information or analysis for the SAB to consider. Members of 
the public wishing to provide comment should contact the Designated 
Federal Officer for the relevant advisory committee directly.
    Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an 
oral presentation at a public teleconference will be limited to three 
minutes per speaker. To be placed on the public speaker list for the 
November 5, 2014 teleconferences, interested parties should notify Mr. 
Thomas Carpenter, DFO, by email no later than October 28, 2012.
    Written Statements: Written statements for these teleconferences 
should be received in the SAB Staff Office by the same deadlines given 
above for requesting oral comments. Written statements should be 
supplied to the DFO via email (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat 
PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format). It is the SAB Staff Office general policy 
to post written comments on the Web page for the advisory meeting or 
teleconference. Submitters are requested to provide an unsigned version 
of each document because the SAB Staff Office does not publish 
documents with signatures on its Web sites. Members of the public 
should be aware that their personal contact information, if included in 
any written comments, may be posted to the SAB Web site. Copyrighted 
material will not be posted without explicit permission of the 
copyright holder.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Carpenter at the 
phone number or email address noted above, preferably at least ten days 
prior to the teleconferences, to give the EPA as much time as possible 
to process your request.

    Dated: October 7, 2014.
 Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-24744 Filed 10-16-14; 8:45 am]
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