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• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0688. 

• Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566– 

0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2009–0688. 

• Mail: Send comments by mail to: 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

Computational Toxicology 

Subcommittee Meetings—Fall 2009 

Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0688. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0688. Note: 

this is not a mailing address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009– 

0688. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

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personal information provided, unless 

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comment, EPA recommends that you 

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Docket Center homepage at http:// 

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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 

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available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Board of Scientific Counselors, 

Computational Toxicology 

Subcommittee Meetings—Fall 2009 

Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 

B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. 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 ORD Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Officer via mail at: 

Lorelei Kowalski, Mail Code 8104–R, 

Office of Science Policy, Office of 

Research and Development, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice 

mail at: (202) 564–3408; via fax at: (202) 

565–2911; or via email at: 

kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information 

Any member of the public interested 

in receiving a draft BOSC agenda or 

making a presentation at the meeting 

may contact Lorelei Kowalski, the 

Designated Federal Officer, via any of 

the contact methods listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above. In general, each individual 

making an oral presentation will be 

limited to a total of three minutes. 

Proposed agenda item for the meeting 

includes, but is not limited to: 

discussion of the subcommittee’s draft 

letter report on ORD’s National Center 

for Computational Toxicology (NCCT). 

The meeting is open to the public. The 

subcommittee roster and charge can be 

accessed at: http://www.epa.gov/osp/ 

bosc/subcomm-ctox.htm. The meeting is 

open to the public. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Lorelei Kowalski at (202) 564– 

3408 or kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov. To 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact Lorelei Kowalski, 

preferably at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: September 23, 2009. 

Fred Hauchman, 

Director, Office of Science Policy. 

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National and Governmental Advisory 

Committees to the U.S. Representative 

to the Commission for Environmental 

Cooperation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 

EPA gives notice of a meeting of the 

National Advisory Committee (NAC) 

and Governmental Advisory Committee 

(GAC) to the U.S. Representative to the 

North American Commission for 

Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The 

National and Governmental Advisory 

Committees advise the EPA 

Administrator in her capacity as the 

U.S. Representative to the CEC Council. 

The Committees are authorized under 

Articles 17 and 18 of the North 

American Agreement on Environmental 

Cooperation (NAAEC), North American 

Free Trade Agreement Implementation 

Act, Public Law 103–182, and as 

directed by Executive Order 12915, 

entitled ‘‘Federal Implementation of the 

North American Agreement on 

Environmental Cooperation.’’ The NAC 

is composed of 12 members 

representing academia, environmental 

non-governmental organizations, and 

private industry. The GAC consists of 12 

members representing State, local, and 

Tribal governments. The Committees are 

responsible for providing advice to the 

U.S. Representative on a wide range of 

strategic, scientific, technological, 

regulatory, and economic issues related 

to implementation and further 

elaboration of the NAAEC. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

provide advice on the CEC’s 2010 Draft 

Operational Plan, the CEC’s new 

Strategic Plan, and learn about regional 

trans-boundary environmental issues. 

The meeting will also include a public 

comment session. A copy of the agenda 

will be posted at http://www.epa.gov/ 

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DATES: The National and Governmental 

Advisory Committees will hold an open 

meeting on Wednesday, October 14, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and 

Thursday, October 15, from 8:30 a.m. 

until 1:15 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held, 

tentatively, at either of these hotels: (1) 

Stowe Mountain Center, 5781 Mountain 

Road, Stowe, Vermont 05672. 

Telephone: 802–253–3558; or, (2) The 

Essex, 70 Essex Way, Essex Junction, VT 

05452. Telephone: 802–878–1100. The 

meeting is open to the public, with 

limited seating on a first-come, firstserved basis. The exact location will be 

posted, at http://www.epa.gov/ocem/ 

nacgac-page.htm, prior to the meeting. 

However, interested parties should 

contact Oscar Carrillo (see below). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal 

Officer, carrillo.oscar@epa.gov, 202– 

564–0347, U.S. EPA, Office of 

Cooperative Environmental 

Management (1601–M), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make oral comments or provide 

written comments to the Committees 

should be sent to Oscar Carrillo, 

Designated Federal Officer, at the 

contact information above. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Oscar 

Carrillo at 202–564–0347 or 

carrillo.oscar@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Oscar Carrillo, preferably at 

least 10 days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: September 25, 2009. 

Cynthia Jones-Jackson, 

Acting Designated Federal Officer. 

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Methodology for Deriving Ambient 

Water Quality Criteria for the 

Protection of Human Health; Technical 

Support Document, Volume 3: 

Development of Site-Specific 

Bioaccumulation Factors 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of final 

document. 

SUMMARY: In 2000, EPA announced the 

availability of final revisions to the 

Methodology for Deriving Ambient 

Water Quality Criteria for the Protection 

of Human Health (2000) (hereafter 

‘‘2000 Human Health Methodology’’) 

published pursuant to section 304(a) (1) 

of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Along 

with the 2000 Human Health 

Methodology, EPA committed to 

publishing several technical support 

documents to provide additional detail 

to the Methodology document, 

including two documents that describe 

the development of bioaccumulation 

factors for use in ambient water quality 

criteria calculations. In 2003, EPA 

announced the release of the Technical 

Support Document Volume 2: 

Development of National 

Bioaccumulation Factors (hereafter 

‘‘National BAF TSD’’). Today, the 

Agency is releasing the Technical 

Support Document, Volume 3: 

Development of Site-Specific 

Bioaccumulation Factors (hereafter 

‘‘Site-Specific BAF TSD’’) that 

accompanies the Methodology and the 

National BAF TSD. EPA accepted 

scientific views on the draft document 

in two separate Federal Register 

Notices. The National BAF TSD 

contains technical details on how EPA 

develops national bioaccumulation 

factors for use in deriving national 

recommended ambient water quality 

criteria for protecting human health. 

The Site-Specific BAF TSD contains 

technical details on how States and 

Tribes may develop site-specific 

bioaccumulation factors for use in 

deriving site-specific ambient water 

quality criteria for protecting human 

health. The goal in deriving site-specific 

BAFs is to determine the most accurate 

estimates of bioaccumulation feasible 

for each site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heidi L. Bethel, Health and Ecological 

Criteria Division (4304T), U.S. EPA, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; (202) 566–2054; 

bethel.heidi@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Where can I find additional 

information on this document? 

EPA solicited scientific views on the 

draft document in two separate Federal 

Register Notices (73 FR 36866 and 73 

FR 46624). Scientific views were 

accepted at http://www.regulations.gov 

at Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2008– 

0494. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Office of Water Docket/EPA/DC, 

1301 Constitution Ave, NW., EPA West, 

Room 3334, Washington DC. This 

Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

until 4:30 p.m., EDT, Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Office of 

Water is (202) 566–2426. 

Scientific views received by EPA and 

a document indicating EPA’s response 

to scientific views can also be found at 

the docket locations listed above. A 

range of scientific views were received 

on the document. Views received did 

result in some minor changes to the 

document including some changes to 

table and figure captions; an example 

calculation correction and clarification 

of chemical types for which the 

document applies. A comprehensive list 

of changes to the document can be 

found in the response document. Other 

comments were addressed in the 

comment document, but did not result 

in changes to the document. 

A. Does This Action Apply to Me? 

The intended audience for the SiteSpecific BAF TSD includes State and 

Tribal water quality staff scientists or 

risk assessors (‘‘investigators’’) who are 

responsible for deriving State or Tribal 

water quality standards, stakeholders 

interested in developing site-specific 

BAFs, and other users interested in sitespecific bioaccumulation issues for 

other applications. 

II. What Are Water Quality Criteria? 

Water quality criteria are scientifically 

derived numeric and/or narrative values 

that protect applicable designated uses, 

e.g., aquatic life or human health, from 

the deleterious effects of pollutants in 

ambient water. Section 304(a)(1) of the 

Clean Water Act requires EPA to 

develop and publish and, from time to 

time, revise water quality criteria to 

accurately reflect the latest scientific 

knowledge. Water quality criteria 

developed under section 304(a) are 

based solely on data and scientific 

judgments on the relationship between 

pollutant concentrations and 

environmental and human health 

effects. Section 304(a) criteria do not 

reflect consideration of economic 

impacts or the technological feasibility 

of meeting the chemical concentrations 

in ambient water. Section 304(a) criteria 

provide guidance to States and 

authorized Tribes in adopting water 

quality standards that ultimately 

provide a basis for controlling 

discharges or releases of pollutants. The 

criteria also provide guidance to EPA 

when promulgating Federal regulations 


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