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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8770–4] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of Public Meetings of the 

Science Advisory Board Radiation 

Advisory Committee Augmented for 

the Review of EPA’s Radiogenic 

Cancer Risk Assessment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two 

public meetings of the SAB Radiation 

Advisory Committee (RAC) augmented 

with additional experts to review the 

draft EPA document entitled ‘‘EPA 

Radiogenic Cancer Risk Models and 

Projections for the U.S. Population,’’ 

December 2008. 

DATES: The SAB Radiation Advisory 

Committee (RAC), augmented for the 

review of EPA’s radiogenic cancer risk 

assessment, will hold a public 

teleconference on Friday, February 27, 

2009 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern 

Time) and a public face-to-face meeting 

on Monday, March 23 through 

Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 

commencing at 9 a.m. (Eastern Time). 

The final agendas for these public 

meetings will be posted on the SAB’s 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

meeting of February 27, 2009 will take 

place via telephone only. The March 

23–25, 2009 meeting will take place in 

the Washington, DC area. The final 

meeting location will be posted on the 

SAB Web site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain the call-in number and access 

code for the public teleconference 

meeting, or further information 

concerning the face-to-face public 

meeting may contact Dr. K. Jack 

Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), by mail at the EPA SAB 

Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at 

(202) 343–9984; by fax at (202) 233– 

0643; or by e-mail at 

kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov. 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), Public 

Law 92–463, the SAB Staff Office 

hereby gives notice of one public 

teleconference meeting and one face-toface public meeting of the SAB 

Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) 

augmented for review of EPA’s 

radiogenic cancer risk assessment. The 

SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice, consultation, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

augmented RAC will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB procedural policies. 

The SAB Radiation Advisory 

Committee (RAC) augmented for review 

of EPA’s radiogenic cancer risk 

assessment will provide advice to EPA 

on a topic of long-term interest to the 

Agency. 

In 1994, the EPA published a report, 

entitled ‘‘Estimating Radiogenic Cancer 

Risks,’’ which lays out the EPA’s 

methodology for quantitatively 

estimating radiogenic cancer risks 

(http://epa.gov/radiation/docs/

assessment/402-r-93-076.pdf). That 

document revised the methodology for 

EPA’s estimation of cancer risks due to 

low-Linear-Energy-Transfer (LET) 

radiation exposures developed in light 

of information on the Japanese atomic 

bomb survivors. In 1999, a follow-on 

report made minor adjustments to the 

previous estimates and presented a 

partial analysis of the uncertainties in 

the numerical estimates (http://epa.gov/ 

radiation/docs/assessment/402-r-99- 

003.pdf). Also in 1999 the Agency 

published Federal Guidance Report 13 

(http://epa.gov/radiation/docs/federal/

402-r-99-001.pdf) which utilized the 

previously published cancer risk models 

in conjunction with International 

Commission on Radiological Protection 

(ICRP) dosimetric models and the 

U.S.A. usage patterns, to obtain cancer 

risk estimates for over 800 

radionuclides, and for several exposure 

pathways. These were later updated at 

http://www.epa.gov/radiation/federal/

techdocs.html#cd_supplement. Prior to 

their publications, these three 

documents were first reviewed by the 

EPA’s SAB. 

In 2006, the National Research 

Council of the U.S. National Academy 

of Sciences (NAS/NRC) released 

‘‘Health Risks from Exposure to Low 

Levels of Ionizing Radiation BEIR VII 

Phase 2,’’ which primarily addresses 

cancer and genetic risks from low doses 

of low-LET radiation available at 

http://newton.nap.edu/catalog/

11340.html#toc. 

In August, 2006 EPA prepared the 

draft ‘‘White Paper: Modifying EPA 

Radiation Risk Models Based on BEIR 

VII’’ available at http://epa.gov/

radiation/docs/assessment/whitepaper8106.pdf, where the Agency 

proposed changes to the EPA’s 

methodology for estimating radiogenic 

cancers, based on the contents of BEIR 

VII and some ancillary information. The 

Agency expected to adopt the models 

and methodology recommended in BEIR 

VII, but believed that certain 

modifications and expansions were 

desirable or necessary for the EPA’s 

purposes. EPA’s Office of Radiation and 

Indoor Air (ORIA) requested the SAB to 

review the Agency’s draft White Paper 

and provide advice regarding the 

proposed approach to dose-response 

assessment of radionuclides. The EPA 

SAB/RAC prepared an advisory entitled 

‘‘Advisory on Agency Draft White Paper 

entitled Modifying EPA Radiation Risk 

Models Based on BEIR VII’’ (EPA–SAB– 

08–006) dated January 31, 2008 (see 

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

nsf/FD9963E56C66E4FF852573E200

493359/$File/EPA-SAB-08-006-

unsigned.pdf). 

The EPA’s Office of Radiation and 

Indoor Air (ORIA) has asked the SAB to 

review a draft document entitled ‘‘EPA 

Radiogenic Cancer Risk Models and 

Projections for the U.S. Population,’’ 

dated December 2008. The document 

under preparation utilizes the advice 

contained in the NAS/NRC BEIR VII, 

Phase 2 report, as well as the SAB’s 

recently completed advisory (EPA– 

SAB–08–006) described above. The 

specific charge questions will be 

provided with the completed draft 

document and will ask for comments 

from the SAB’s augmented RAC on 

application of the overall approach to 

cancer risk estimates for radionuclides. 

The document to be reviewed will 

include the uncertainty estimates 

(which were a separate analysis in the 

1999 document review by the SAB/ 

RAC), as well as for specific 

applications of risk assessment 

calculations for many radionuclides. It 

is anticipated that there will likely be 

questions pertaining to the specific 

calculations of uncertainty and 

subsequent risk to the life tables, the 

lifetime attributable risk, and risks for 

special populations, as well as 

alternative models for calculating 

radiogenic cancer risk for specific 

applications and projections for the U.S. 

population. 

Purpose of the Teleconference and 

Meeting: The purpose of the February 

27, 2009 teleconference is to discuss 

EPA’s charge to the augmented RAC and 

the agenda for the face-to-face meeting 

in March. The purpose of the March 23– 

25, 2009 meeting is to discuss responses 

to the charge questions and begin to 

draft the response. 


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Availability of Meeting Materials: A 

roster and biosketches of the augmented 

RAC, the meeting agenda, the charge to 

the SAB for review, and other 

supplemental material will be posted on 

the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.

gov/sab prior to the teleconference and 

meeting. 

The draft document, ‘‘EPA Radiogenic 

Cancer Risk Models and Projections for 

the U.S. Population,’’ December 2008 is 

available at http://epa.gov/radiation/ 

assessment/pubs.html. 

Technical Contact: For questions and 

information concerning the EPA’s draft 

document to be reviewed, please contact 

Dr. Mary E. Clark of the U.S. EPA, ORIA 

by telephone at (202) 343–9348, fax at 

(202) 243–2395, or e-mail at 

clark.marye@epa.gov. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for the SAB’s augmented 

RAC to consider during the review 

process. Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes per 

speaker with no more than a total of 

fifteen minutes for all speakers. For 

face-to-face meetings, in general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public face-to-face 

meeting will be limited to five minutes 

per speaker with no more than a total 

of one hour for all speakers. Interested 

parties who wish to be placed on the 

public speaker list should contact the 

DFO, contact information provided 

above, in writing via e-mail seven days 

prior to the teleconference meeting date. 

For the February 27, 2009 

teleconference meeting, the deadline is 

Friday, February 20, 2009. For the 

March 23, 24, and 25, 2009 meeting, the 

deadline is Monday, March 16, 2009. 

Written Statements: Written statements 

should be received in the SAB Staff 

Office seven days prior to the 

teleconference meeting, so that the 

information may be made available to 

the SAB’s augmented RAC for their 

consideration. For the Friday, February 

27, 2009 teleconference meeting, the 

deadline is Friday, February 20; for the 

March 23, 24, and 25, 2009 meeting the 

deadline is Monday, March 16, 2009. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO in the following formats: one 

hard copy with original signature, and 

one electronic copy via e-mail to 

kooyoomjian.jack@epa.gov (acceptable 

file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 

WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, 

or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 

98/2000/XP format). Submitters are 

asked to provide versions of each 

document submitted with and without 

signatures, because the SAB Staff Office 

does not publish documents with 

signatures on its Web sites. 

Meeting Accommodations: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact the DFO, contact information 

provided above. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact the DFO, preferably at least 10 

days prior to the meeting, to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: January 28, 2009. 

Patricia Thomas, 

Acting Deputy Director, EPA Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notices 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, February 3, 

2009, at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Compliance matters pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437g. 

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437g, 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C. 

Matters concerning participation in 

civil actions or proceedings or 

arbitration. 

Internal personnel rules and 

procedures or matters affecting a 

particular employee. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Mary W. Dove, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–2089 Filed 2–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of a Meeting 

Agency Holding the Meeting: Federal 

Maritime Commission. 

Federal Register Citation of Previous 

Announcement: 74 FR 4746. 

Previously Announced Time and Date 

of the Meeting: January 28, 2009–11:00 

a.m. 

Change: The Meeting for January 28, 

2009 is canceled. 

For Further Information Contact: 

Karen V. Gregory, Secretary, (202) 523– 

5725. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–2038 Filed 2–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The applications also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than February 27, 

2009. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Ivan Hurwitz, Bank Applications 

Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, 

New York 10045–0001: 

1. Deutsche Bank Aktiechesellschaft, 

Frankfurt, Am Main, Germany, 

Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation, and 

Taunus Corporation, both of New York, 

New York, to acquire 100 percent of the 

voting shares of Deutsche Bank Trust 

Company, National Association, New 

York, New York. 


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