[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 115 (Friday, June 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27703-27704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12466]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9963-24-OA]


Notification of a Public Teleconference and Public Meeting of the 
Science Advisory Board Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented 
for the Review of EPA's Draft Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE) and 
tert-Butyl Alcohol (tert-butanol; tBA) Assessments

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 and a public 
face-to-face meeting of the SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee 
augmented for the review of two EPA draft assessments: Toxicological 
Review for Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE) (External Review Draft, 
dated May 2017); and Toxicological Review of tert-Butyl Alcohol (tert-
butanol or tBA) (External Review Draft, dated May 2017) (CAAC augmented 
for ETBE/tBA Panel). A public teleconference will be held to learn 
about the development of the two EPA draft assessments and to discuss 
draft charge questions. A face-to-face meeting will be held to conduct 
a peer review of these assessments.

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Tuesday, July 11, 
2017, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). The public face-to-face 
meeting will be held from Tuesday, August 15, 2017 through Thursday, 
August 17, 2017, from approximately 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., (Eastern Time) 
daily.

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be held by telephone only. 
The public face-to-face meeting will be held at the Residence Inn 
Arlington Capital View, 2850 S. Potomac Ave., Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning this meeting notice may contact Dr. 
Shaunta Hill-Hammond, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via phone at 
(202) 564-3343, or email at [email protected]. General 
information about the SAB, as well as updates concerning the meeting 
announced in this notice, may be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
    Technical Contact for EPA's Draft Reports: For information 
concerning the EPA draft assessments, please contact James Avery, phone 
(703) 347-8668 or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA), 
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and 
technical advice to the Administrator on the scientific and technical 
basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 
Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is 
hereby given that the SAB CAAC augmented for ETBE and tBA panel will 
hold a public teleconference and a public face-to-face meeting. The 
purpose of the teleconference is to learn about the development of the 
two EPA draft assessments on ETBE and tBA, and to discuss the draft 
charge questions. The purpose of the face-to-face meeting is to conduct 
a peer review of these two assessments.
    In response to EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) 
request that the SAB conduct a peer review of two EPA draft 
assessments: (1) Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether 
(ETBE) and (2) Toxicological Review for tert-Butyl Alcohol (tert-
butanol or tBA), the EPA SAB Staff Office augmented the SAB CAAC with 
subject matter experts, to provide advice to the Administrator through 
the chartered SAB regarding

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these assessments. The SAB and the CAAC augmented for ETBE and tBA 
panel will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB 
Staff Office procedural policies.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Prior to the meeting(s), the 
review documents, meeting agendas and other supporting materials (if 
applicable) will be accessible on the meeting page corresponding to 
each chemical assessment on the SAB Web site (http://www.epa.gov/sab).
    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 the EPA. 
Members of the public can submit relevant comments pertaining to the 
EPA's charge, meeting materials, or the group providing advice. Input 
from the public to the SAB will have the most impact if it provides 
specific scientific or technical information or analysis for the SAB to 
consider or if it relates to the clarity or accuracy of the technical 
information. Members of the public wishing to provide comment should 
follow the instructions below to submit comments.
    Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting to 
make an oral presentation will be limited to three minutes during a 
public teleconference and five minutes during a face-to-face meeting. 
Interested parties wishing to provide comments should contact Dr. Hill-
Hammond (preferably via email), at the contact information noted above 
by June 30, 2017, to be placed on the list of public speakers for the 
teleconference and by August 8, 2017, to be placed on the list of 
public speakers for the face-to-face meeting.
    Written Statements: Written statements will be accepted throughout 
the advisory process; however, for timely consideration by SAB members, 
statements should be supplied to the DFO (preferably via email) at the 
contact information noted above by June 30, 2017, for the 
teleconference meeting and by August 8, 2017, for the face-to-face 
meeting. 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 Dr. Hill-Hammond at the 
phone number or email address noted above, preferably at least ten days 
prior to the meeting, to give the EPA as much time as possible to 
process your request.

    Dated: May 22, 2017.
Khanna Johnston,
Acting Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2017-12466 Filed 6-15-17; 8:45 am]
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