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C. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments? 

To submit comments, or access the 

public docket, please follow the detailed 

instructions as provided in ADDRESSES

and Unit I.B of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION of the October 31, 2007 

Federal Register document. If you have 

questions, consult the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

II. What Action is EPA Taking? 

This document extends the public 

comment period established in the 

Federal Register of October 31, 2007, 72 

FR 61638 (FRL–8152–6). In that 

document, EPA announced the 

availability of and sought comment on 

the draft Pesticide Registration Notice 

(PR Notice) entitled ‘‘Label Statements 

Regarding Third-Party Endorsements & 

Cause Marketing Claims.’’ In response to 

requests from multiple entities, EPA is 

hereby extending the comment period, 

which was set to end on December 31, 

2007, to March 27, 2008. 

III. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

This action is taken as provided in 

Section 21(c) of the Federal, Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodencticide Act, which 

reads: 

In addition to any other authority relating 

to public hearings and solicitation of views, 

in connection with the suspension or 

cancellation of a pesticide product 

registration or any other actions authorized 

under this subchapter, the Administrator 

may, at the Administrator’s discretion, solicit 

the views of all interested persons, either 

orally or in writing, and seek such advice 

from scientists, farmers, farm organizations, 

and other qualified persons as the 

Administrator deems proper. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests, Administrative practice and 

procedure, Agricultural commodities. 

Dated: December 19, 2007. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8511–8; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–

2007–1141] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Acrylamide: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment 

Period. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing a 

public comment period to review the 

final draft document titled, 

‘‘Toxicological Review of Acrylamide: 

In Support of Summary Information on 

the Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–07/009), related to 

the human health assessment for 

acrylamide. The document was 

prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development. 

EPA is releasing this draft document 

solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. This document has not been 

formally disseminated by EPA. It does 

not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. EPA will 

consider any public comments 

submitted in accordance with this 

notice when revising the document. 

DATES: The 60-day public comment 

period begins on December 28, 2007 and 

ends February 26, 2008. Technical 

comments should be in writing and 

must be received by EPA by February 

26, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Draft 

Toxicological Review of Acrylamide: In 

Support of Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–07/009) is available 

primarily via the Internet on NCEA’s 

home page under the Recent Additions 

menu at www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited 

number of paper copies are available by 

contacting the IRIS Hotline at (202) 566–

1676, (202) 566–1749 (facsimile), or 

hotline.iris@epa.gov. If you are 

requesting a paper copy, please provide 

your name, mailing address, the 

document title, and the EPA number of 

the requested publication. 

Technical comments may be 

submitted electronically via 

www.regulations.gov, by mail, by 

facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. 

Please follow the detailed instructions 

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For general information about the IRIS 

assessment process, terms, and existing 

values go to NCEA’s home page via the 

Internet and click on ‘‘IRIS’’ in the 

Quick Finder section at www.epa.gov/ 

ncea (or go to http://www.epa.gov/ 

iriswebp/iris/index.html ). For 

information on the status and estimated 

completion dates of the Toxicological 

Review of Acrylamide go to the IRIS 

home page and click on ‘‘IRIS Track’’ in 

the left hand column (or go to: http:// 

cfpub.epa.gov/iristrac/index.cfm). 

If you have questions or need 

information regarding communications 

and outreach, contact Linda Tuxen, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment; telephone: 703–347–8609; 

facsimile: 703–347–8699; e-mail: 

tuxen.linda@epa.gov. 

For technical and scientific questions 

concerning the draft Toxicological 

Review of Acrylamide, contact the 

Chemical Manager, Robert DeWoskin, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment; telephone: 919–541–1089; 

facsimile: 919–541–0248; e-mail: 

dewoskin.rob@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Document 

Acrylamide is a monomer used 

primarily in the production of 

polyacrylamide polymers. 

Polyacrylamides are used as a flocculent 

in water purification, oil recovery, and 

soil stabilization; and in the 

manufacturing of a wide range of 

products as a coating, matrix, additive, 

or stabilizer. Human exposure to 

acrylamide occurs primarily in the 

workplace from dermal contact and 

inhalation of dust and vapor during 

processing or use. The public may be 

exposed to acrylamide through 

emissions from production facilities, 

use in consumer products, 

contaminated drinking water, and 

cigarette smoke. In early 2002, Swedish 

scientists reported high concentrations 

of acrylamide in certain fried, baked, 

and deep-fried foods. Subsequent 

research demonstrated that acrylamide 

forms ‘‘de novo’’ (i.e., newly formed, not 

present as an environmental 

contaminant) during high temperature 

cooking of carbohydrate-rich foods that 

contain asparagine and in a few other 

food processes. Considerable research is 

on-going to assess the level of and the 

potential risk from exposure to 

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acrylamide in food (additional 

information is available on the U.S. 

FDA’s Internet site for acrylamide: 

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/lrd/ 

pestadd.html#acrylamide). 

This public review draft of 

‘‘Toxicological Review of Acrylamide’’

is an update and reassessment of the 

human health effects that may result 

from exposure to acrylamide. The 

acrylamide oral and inhalation reference 

values and carcinogenicity classification 

have been revised based upon new data 

and changes in guidance that have 

occurred since the previous assessment 

in 1988. 

IRIS is a database of human health 

effects that may result from exposure to 

various chemical substances found in 

the environment. The database 

(available on the Internet at http:// 

www.epa.gov/iris) contains qualitative 

and quantitative health effects 

information for more than 540 chemical 

substances that may be used to support 

the first two steps (hazard identification 

and dose response evaluation) of the 

risk assessment process. When 

supported by available data, the 

database provides oral reference doses 

(RfDs) and inhalation reference 

concentrations (RfCs) for health effects, 

and oral slope factors and inhalation 

unit risks for carcinogenic effects. 

Combined with specific exposure 

information, government and private 

entities use IRIS to help characterize 

public health risks of chemical 

substances in a site-specific situation 

and thereby support risk management 

decisions designed to protect public 

health. 

II. How to Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–

1141 by one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1753. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T). 

U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

If you provide comments in writing, 

please submit one unbound original 

with pages numbered consecutively, 

and three copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–

1141. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD-ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials can be 

accessed either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy 

from the OEI Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Docket Center. 

Dated: December 18, 2007. 

Rebecca M. Clark, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E7–25282 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Notice of Open Special Meeting of the 

Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory 

Committee (SAAC) of the ExportImport Bank of the United States 

(Export-Import Bank) 

SUMMARY: The Sub-Saharan Africa 

Advisory Committee was established by 

(Pub. L.) 105–121, November 26, 1997, 

to advise the Board of Directors on the 

development and implementation of 

policies and programs designed to 

support the expansion of the Bank’s 

financial commitments in Sub-Saharan 

Africa under the loan, guarantee and 

insurance programs of the Bank. 

Further, the committee shall make 

recommendations on how the Bank can 

facilitate greater support by U.S. 

commercial banks for trade with SubSaharan Africa. 

TIME AND PLACE: January 16, at 9:30 a.m. 

to 12 p.m. The meeting will be held at 

the Export-Import Bank in Room 1143, 

811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20571. 

Agenda: Introduction of SAAC 

members, ethics training, report to 

congress, 2007 SAAC recommendations 

update, bank operating issues and 

processes, business development update 

and ‘‘Attracting the interest of new U.S. 

companies to the African market’’. 

Public Participation: The meeting will 

be open to public participation, and the 

last 10 minutes will be set aside for oral 

questions or comments. Members of the 

public may also file written statement(s) 

before or after the meeting. If any person 

wishes auxiliary aids (such as a sign 

language interpreter) or other special 

accommodations please contact, prior to 

January 16, 2008, Barbara Ransom, 

Room 1241, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20571, Voice: (202) 

565–3525 or TDD (202) 565–3377. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact Barbara 

Ransom, Room 1241, 811 Vermont 

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