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Dated: October 9, 2014. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Acting Director, Office of Information 

Collection. 

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Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences of the Science 

Advisory Board Chemical Assessment 

Advisory Committee Augmented for 

the Review of EPA’s Draft Ammonia 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

Ammonia Assessment (CAAC-Ammonia 

Panel) to discuss its draft report 

concerning EPA’s draft Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) Toxicological 

Review of Ammonia (August 2013 

Revised External Review Draft). 

DATES: The public teleconferences will 

be held on Wednesday December 17, 

2014 and Friday December 19, 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 Dr. Suhair 

Shallal, 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) 564–2057; 

fax (202) 565–2098; or email at 

shallal.suhair@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the SAB Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

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 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. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the SAB CAAC Ammonia Panel 

will hold public teleconferences to 

discuss its draft report regarding the 

draft IRIS Toxicological Review of 

Ammonia (August 2013 Revised 

External Review Draft) and responses to 

questions about 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 CAAC Ammonia Panel held 

a public meeting on July 14–16, 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 Ammonia 

(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 December 17, 2014 and if 

necessary, will continue on December 

19, 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%20Ammonia?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 

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 December 17, 2014 

teleconference, interested parties should 

notify Dr. Suhair Shallal, DFO, by email 

no later than December 10, 2014. 

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 Dr. Shallal 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: November 6, 2014. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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Notice of Meeting of the EPA’s 

Children’s Health Protection Advisory 

Committee (CHPAC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 


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Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby 

given that the next meeting of the 

Children’s Health Protection Advisory 

Committee (CHPAC) will be held 

December 2 and 3, 2014 at Marriott 

Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20408). The CHPAC 

was created to advise the Environmental 

Protection Agency on science, 

regulations, and other issues relating to 

children’s environmental health. 

DATES: The CHPAC will meet December 

2 and 3, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: 755 12th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20408. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martha Berger, Office of Children’s 

Health Protection, USEPA, MC 1107A, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564–2191 

or berger.martha@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meetings of the CHPAC are open to the 

public. The CHPAC will meet on 

December 2 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

and December 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m. The Agenda will include 

discussions regarding the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for lead, 

the EPA/FDA Fish Advisory, and other 

EPA actions that affect children’s 

health. A complete and final agenda 

will be posted at epa.gov/children. 

Access and Accommodations: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Martha Berger at 202–564–2191 

or berger.martha@epa.gov. 

Dated: November 4, 2014. 

Martha Berger, 

Designated Federal Official. 

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Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board, Lake Erie 

Phosphorus Objectives Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting 

of the Lake Erie Phosphorus Objectives 

Review Panel. The SAB will conduct a 

consultation to develop advice on the 

ensemble modeling approach EPA is 

using to develop preliminary bi-national 

phosphorous objectives, loading targets 

and allocations for the nearshore and 

offshore waters for Lake Erie. The 

meeting will be held in Chicago, 

Illinois. 

DATES: The Meeting will be held on 

December 10, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m. (Central Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public face-to-face 

meeting will be held at the Ralph H. 

Metcalfe Federal Building, Lake 

Michigan Room (12th floor), 77 West 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 

60603. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning this public 

meeting may contact Mr. Thomas 

Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO) for the Lake Erie Phosphorus 

Review Panel, by telephone or at (202) 

564–4885 or via email at 

carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA SAB 

can be found at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 

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. The SAB and 

its panels comply with the provisions of 

FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. Pursuant to 

FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby 

given that the SAB Lake Erie 

Phosphorus Objectives Review Panel 

will hold a public face-to-face meeting. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

conduct a consultation. In a 

consultation, panels develop advice on 

technical questions to the agency on 

projects that are in the early stages 

before EPA begins substantive work on 

the project. The SAB Panel will provide 

advice through the chartered SAB on 

the ensemble modeling approach the 

EPA is using to develop preliminary binational phosphorous objectives, 

loading targets and allocations for the 

nearshore and offshore waters to 

achieve the Lake Ecosystem Objectives 

for Lake Erie. 

Background: EPA Region 5 is coleading a binational workgroup to 

develop and implement the Nutrients 

Annex (‘‘Annex 4’’) of the 2012 Great 

Lakes Water Quality Agreement 

(GLWQA) in accordance with Article 

3(b)(i) of the GLWQA. Under Annex 4, 

the United States and Canada are 

charged with establishing binational 

Substance Objectives for phosphorus 

concentrations, loading targets and 

allocations for the nearshore and 

offshore waters of Lake Erie by February 

2016. The general approach is to use an 

ensemble of Lake Erie ecosystem models 

to compute appropriate load-response 

relationships for eutrophication 

response indicators of concern. EPA 

Region 5 requested an SAB consultation 

(i.e., early advice) on the 

appropriateness of modeling approaches 

to meet the GLWQA Lake Ecosystem 

Objectives. EPA also requested a 

subsequent review of the modeled 

phosphorus targets and loads to obtain 

advice on (1) whether the process used 

to develop targets was appropriate to 

meet the Lake Ecosystem Objectives as 

defined in the GLWQA and (2) whether 

the modeled results reflect the best 

available information on the 

phosphorous sources and trophic status 

of Lake Erie. The SAB Staff Office 

anticipates that the Lake Erie 

Phosphorus Objectives Review Panel 

will conduct the subsequent review in 

2015. 

For technical information concerning 

this effort under the GLWQA Annex 4 

please contact Ms. Santina Wortman, 

Water Division, US EPA Region 5, 77 

West Jackson Boulevard (WW–16J), 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, phone (312) 

353–8319. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Prior to the meeting, the review 

documents, agenda and other materials 

will be accessible through the calendar 

link on the blue navigation bar at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab/. Materials may 

also be accessed at the following SAB 

Web page http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstractivites/ 

GLWQA?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 the EPA. 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information on the topic 

of this advisory activity, and/or the 

group conducting the activity, for the 

SAB to consider during the advisory 

process. Input from the public to the 

SAB will have the most impact if it 

provides specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for SAB 

committees and panels to consider or if 

it relates to the clarity or accuracy of the 


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