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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9949–04–OA] 

Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences of the Science 

Advisory Board; Environmental 

Economics Advisory Committee 

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 Environmental 

Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) 

to review its draft report regarding the 

EPA’s proposed methodology for 

updating its mortality risk valuation 

estimates for policy analysis. 

DATES: The SAB Environmental 

Economics Advisory Committee will 

conduct public teleconferences on 

August 4 and August 5, 2016. Each of 

the teleconferences will begin at 1:00 

p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern 

Time). 

ADDRESSES: The teleconferences will be 

conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the public 

teleconferences may contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone at (202) 564–2155 or via 

email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

SAB can be found 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 Environmental Economics 

Advisory Committee will hold two 

public teleconferences to discuss its 

draft report on the EPA’s methodology 

for updating its mortality risk valuation 

estimates for policy analysis. The 

committee will provide advice to the 

Administrator through the chartered 

SAB. 

The EPA’s Office of Policy requested 

advice on proposed improvements to 

the Agency’s methodology for 

estimating benefits associated with 

reduced risk of mortality. This 

methodology takes into account the 

amounts that individuals are willing to 

pay for reductions in mortality risk. The 

resulting values are combined into an 

estimate known as the value of 

statistical life (VSL) which is used in 

regulatory benefit-cost analysis. The 

EPA also requested that the SAB review 

options for accounting for changes in 

the VSL over time as real income grows, 

known as income elasticity of 

willingness to pay. The EPA submitted 

the following documents to the SAB for 

review: (1) Valuing Mortality Risk for 

Policy: A Meta-analytic Approach, a 

white paper prepared by the EPA Office 

of Policy to describe the Agency’s 

interpretation and application of SAB 

recommendations received in July 2011 

regarding updates to the EPA’s estimates 

of mortality risk valuation; (2) The 

Effect of Income on the Value of 

Mortality and Morbidity Risk 

Reductions, a report prepared for the 

EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation on 

options for updating the Agency’s 

recommended estimate for the income 

elasticity of the value of statistical life; 

and (3) Recommended Income Elasticity 

and Income Growth Estimates: 

Technical Memorandum, an EPA 

memorandum providing supplementary 

information to the report. The SAB 

Environmental Economics Advisory 

Committee met on March 7–8, 2016, to 

receive agency briefings, hear public 

comments, and deliberate on responses 

to the EPA charge questions (81 FR 

4296–4297). The committee also held 

teleconferences on June 16 and June 17, 

2016 to discuss its draft report with 

responses to the charge questions (81 FR 

30535–30536). The purpose of the 

teleconferences described in this notice 

is to continue the discussion of the 

committee’s draft report. The two 

committee teleconferences will be 

conducted as one complete meeting 

beginning on August 4, 2016 and 

continuing on August 5, 2016, if needed 

to complete agenda items. Additional 

information about this SAB advisory 

activity can be found at the following 

URL: http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sab

product.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/

Valuing%20fatal%20risk%20for%20

policy?OpenDocument. 

Technical Contacts: Any technical 

questions concerning the EPA 

documents reviewed by the SAB should 

be directed to Dr. Nathalie Simon in the 

EPA’s National Center for 

Environmental Economics, by telephone 

at (202) 566–2347 or by email at 

simon.nathalie@epa.gov. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Prior to the meeting, the teleconference 

agenda, draft committee report, and 

other materials will be available on the 

SAB Web site at 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. 

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 

technical information. Members of the 

public wishing to provide comment 

should contact the DFO directly. Oral 

Statements: In general, individuals or 

groups requesting an oral presentation 

at the teleconference will be limited to 

three minutes. Interested parties 

wishing to provide comments should 

contact Dr. Armitage, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by July 28, 

2016, to be placed on the list of public 

speakers for the meeting. Written 

Statements: Written statements will be 

accepted throughout the advisory 

process; however, for timely 

consideration by committee members, 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO (preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by July 28, 

2016. It is the SAB Staff Office general 

policy to post written comments on the 

Web page for advisory meetings. 

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. 


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Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Armitage 

at the contact information provided 

above. To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Dr. Armitage 

preferably at least ten days prior to the 

meeting to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: July 5, 2016. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2016–16710 Filed 7–13–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0338; FRL–9948–03] 

Alpha-chlorohydrin and Hydrogen 

Cyanamide Registration Review 

Interim Decisions; Notice of 

Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s interim registration 

review decisions for the pesticides 

alpha-chlorohydrin (case 4120) and 

hydrogen cyanamide (case 7005). 

Registration review is EPA’s periodic 

review of pesticide registrations to 

ensure that each pesticide continues to 

satisfy the statutory standard for 

registration, that is, that the pesticide 

can perform its intended function 

without causing unreasonable adverse 

effects on human health or the 

environment. Through this program, 

EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s 

registration is based on current 

scientific and other knowledge, 

including its effects on human health 

and the environment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For pesticide specific information, 

contact: The Chemical Review Manager 

for the pesticide of interest identified in 

the table in Unit II., Pesticide ReEvaluation Division (7508P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

For general information on the 

registration review program, contact: 

Richard Dumas, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–8015; email address: 

dumas.richard@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, farm 

worker, and agricultural advocates; the 

chemical industry; pesticide users; and 

members of the public interested in the 

sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. 

Since others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

Chemical Review Manager for the 

pesticide of interest identified in the 

table in Unit II. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0338 is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The 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, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. What action is the agency taking? 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58(c), this 

notice announces the availability of 

EPA’s interim registration review 

decisions for the pesticides shown in 

the following table. 

TABLE—INTERIM REGISTRATION REVIEW DECISIONS

Registration review case name and No. Pesticide docket ID No. Chemical review manager, telephone number, email address 

Alpha-chlorohydrin, Case 4120 ................ EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0726 .... Matthew Manupella, (703) 347–0411, manupella.matthew@epa.gov. 

Hydrogen cyanamide, Case 7005 ........... EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–1014 .... Dana L. Friedman, (703) 347–8827, friedman.dana@epa.gov. 

Alpha-chlorohydrin. The registration 

review docket for alpha-chlorohydrin 

opened in December 2015. For alphachlorohydrin, the Agency expedited the 

registration review and opened the 

docket with the proposed interim 

decision and supporting documents. 

The only registered use for alphachlorohydrin is as a tamper-proof bait 

station/bait application delivery system 

for elimination of Norway rats. Alphachlorohydrin is approved for use in and 

around commercial/industrial facilities 

and sanitary sewers. The label prohibits 

the use of the product in any facility 

where children may be present, and no 

outdoor uses are permitted. Exposure to 

pollinators is unlikely because alphachlorohydrin is deployed in a bait 

station. Therefore, pollinator data will 

not be required, nor will exposure to 

pollinators be assessed. The Agency has 

made the following interim decision: (1) 

No additional data are required at this 

time; (2) no changes to the affected 

registrations or their labeling are needed 

at this time; and (3) EPA does not expect 

alpha-chlorohydrin to have direct or 

indirect adverse effects to non-listed, 

and listed species or to adversely 

modify any designated critical habitat 

for such species, and is making a ‘‘no 

effect’’ determination under the 

Endangered Species Act for all listed 

species and designated critical habitat 

for such species. At this time, EPA is 

making no human health or 

environmental safety findings 

associated with the Endocrine Disruptor 

Screening Program (EDSP) screening of 

alpha-chlorohydrin. EPA’s registration 

review decision for alpha-chlorohydrin 

will depend upon the result of an EDSP 

Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA) section 408(p) determination. 

Hydrogen cyanamide. Hydrogen 

cyanamide is a plant growth regulator 

used to promote uniform bud break in 

orchard fruit trees and vines; there are 

no residential uses. It is the only 

registered plant growth regulator 

available to induce uniform bud break 

in United States fruit production, and 

there are significant economic benefits 

associated with its use in areas where 

the critical number of chilling hours 

needed for bud break do not occur or are 


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