[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3964-3965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01286]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9922-02-OA]


Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory 
Board Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented for the Ethylene 
Oxide Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the SAB 
Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC) Augmented for the 
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Review to discuss its draft report concerning 
EPA's Evaluation of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide 
(Revised External Review Draft--August 2014).

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Friday, February 20, 
2015 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by telephone only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning the teleconference may contact Mr. Aaron 
Yeow, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone at (202) 564-2050 
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 
Augmented CAAC for EtO will hold a public teleconference to discuss its 
draft report regarding EPA's Evaluation of the Inhalation 
Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide (Revised External Review Draft--
August 2014). The EPA SAB Staff Office augmented the SAB CAAC with 
subject matter experts to provide advice through the chartered SAB 
regarding this review.
    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 Augmented CAAC for EtO held a public meeting on November 
18-20, 2014 to peer review the EPA's Evaluation of the Inhalation 
Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide (Revised External Review Draft--
August 2014). The purpose of this public teleconference is for the 
Augmented CAAC for EtO to discuss its draft report peer reviewing the 
agency's draft document.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Additional background on this 
SAB activity, the teleconference agenda, draft report, and other 
materials for the teleconference will be posted on the SAB Web site at 
http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Eto%20Inhalation%20Carcinogenicity?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

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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 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 teleconference, interested parties should 
notify Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO, by email no later than February 13, 2015. 
Written Statements: Written statements for these teleconferences should 
be received in the SAB Staff Office by the same deadline 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. Yeow 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: January 14, 2015.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-01286 Filed 1-23-15; 8:45 am]
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