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consumer product use; and residential 

characteristics. Recommended values 

are for the general population and also 

for various segments of the population 

who may have characteristics different 

from the general population. An 

external peer-review workshop is 

expected to be scheduled at a later date 

and announced in the Federal Register. 

The public comment period and the 

external peer-review workshop are 

separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the document. EPA intends 

to forward the public comments that are 

submitted in accordance with this 

notice to the external peer-review panel 

prior to the meeting for their 

consideration. When finalizing the draft 

document, EPA intends to consider any 

public comments that EPA receives in 

accordance with this notice. 

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. 

The draft document and EPA’s peerreview charge are available via the 

Internet on the NCEA home page under 

the Recent Additions and the Data and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. 

DATES: The 60-day public comment 

period begins October 7, 2009, and ends 

December 7, 2009. Technical comments 

should be in writing and must be 

received by EPA by December 7, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The external review draft 

‘‘Exposure Factors Handbook: 2009 

Update’’ is available primarily via the 

Internet on the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and the 

Data and Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

CDs are available from NCEA’s 

Information Management Team, NCEA; 

telephone: 703–347–8561; facsimile: 

703–347–8691. If you are requesting a 

CD, please provide your name, your 

mailing address, and the document title, 

‘‘Exposure Factors Handbook: 2009 

Update.’’ 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

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 technical information, contact 

Jacqueline Moya, NCEA; telephone: 

703–347–8539; facsimile: 703–347– 

8694; or e-mail: 

moya.jacqueline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2009– 

0613 by one of the following methods: 

• http://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, Room 3334 EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center’s 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 by mail or 

hand delivery, please submit 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–2009– 

0613. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless a 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

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 http:// 

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

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the http://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 materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Peter Preuss, 

Director, National Center for Environmental 

Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E9–24189 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0759; FRL–8794–7] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: There will be an 

informational meeting of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA 


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SAP) to present the approach to reevaluate atrazine. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

November 3, 2009 from approximately 9 

a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Comments. The Agency encourages 

that written comments be submitted by 

October 23, 2009 and requests for oral 

comments be submitted by October 27, 

2009. However, written comments and 

requests to make oral comments may be 

submitted until the date of the meeting, 

but anyone submitting written 

comments after October 23, 2009 should 

contact the Designated Federal Official 

(DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. For additional 

instructions, see Unit I.C. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Special accommodations. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, and to 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Conference Center, Lobby Level, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. 

Comments. Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0759, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility ’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions. Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009– 

0759. If your comments contain any 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected, please contact 

the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT to obtain special 

instructions before submitting your 

comments. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available on-line at http:// 

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 regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website 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 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 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, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

Requests to present oral comments, 

and requests for special 

accommodations. Submit requests for 

special seating accommodations, or 

requests to present oral comments to the 

DFO listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph E. Bailey, DFO, Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy (7201M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–2045; fax number: (202) 564– 

8382; e-mail address: 

bailey.joseph@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to persons who are or may be 

required to conduct testing of chemical 

substances under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 

FIFRA, and the Food Quality Protection 

Act of 1996 (FQPA). Since other entities 

may also 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 DFO 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

When submitting comments, 

remember to: 

1. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

2. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

3. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

4. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

5. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

6. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

7. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

8. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

C. How May I Participate in this 

Meeting? 

You may participate in this meeting 

by following the instructions in this 

unit. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

it is imperative that you identify docket 

ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0759 in 

the subject line on the first page of your 

request. 


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1. Written comments. The Agency 

encourages that written comments be 

submitted, using the instructions in 

ADDRESSES, no later than October 23, 

2009, to provide FIFRA SAP the time 

necessary to consider and review the 

written comments. Written comments 

are accepted until the date of the 

meeting, but anyone submitting written 

comments after October 23, 2009 should 

contact the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Anyone 

submitting written comments at the 

meeting should bring 30 copies for 

distribution to FIFRA SAP. 

2. Oral comments. The Agency 

encourages that each individual or 

group wishing to make brief oral 

comments to FIFRA SAP submit their 

request to the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later 

than October 27, 2009, in order to be 

included on the meeting agenda. 

Requests to present oral comments will 

be accepted until the date of the meeting 

and, to the extent that time permits, the 

Chair of FIFRA SAP may permit the 

presentation of oral comments at the 

meeting by interested persons who have 

not previously requested time. The 

request should identify the name of the 

individual making the presentation, the 

organization (if any) the individual will 

represent, and any requirements for 

audiovisual equipment (e.g., overhead 

projector, 35 mm projector, chalkboard). 

Oral comments before FIFRA SAP are 

limited to approximately 5 minutes 

unless prior arrangements have been 

made. In addition, each speaker should 

bring 30 copies of his or her comments 

and presentation slides for distribution 

to the FIFRA SAP at the meeting. 

3. Seating at the meeting. Seating at 

the meeting will be open and on a firstcome basis. 

II. Background 

A. Purpose of FIFRA SAP 

FIFRA SAP serves as the primary 

scientific peer review mechanism of 

EPA’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides 

and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) and is 

structured to provide scientific advice, 

information and recommendations to 

the EPA Administrator on pesticides 

and pesticide-related issues as to the 

impact of regulatory actions on health 

and the environment. FIFRA SAP is a 

Federal advisory committee established 

in 1975 under FIFRA that operates in 

accordance with requirements of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. FIFRA 

SAP is composed of a permanent panel 

consisting of seven members who are 

appointed by the EPA Administrator 

from nominees provided by the National 

Institutes of Health and the National 

Science Foundation. FIFRA, as 

amended by FQPA, established a 

Science Review Board consisting of at 

least 60 scientists who are available to 

the SAP on an ad hoc basis to assist in 

reviews conducted by the SAP. As a 

peer review mechanism, FIFRA SAP 

provides comments, evaluations and 

recommendations to improve the 

effectiveness and quality of analyses 

made by Agency scientists. Members of 

FIFRA SAP are scientists who have 

sufficient professional qualifications, 

including training and experience, to 

provide expert advice and 

recommendation to the Agency. 

B. Public Meeting 

Atrazine is currently one of the most 

widely used agricultural pesticides in 

the United States, with approximately 

70 million pounds of active ingredient 

applied domestically per year. First 

registered for use in December 1958, its 

primary uses are on corn and sugarcane, 

and to a lesser extent, on residential 

lawns in the Southeast. Consistent with 

the requirements of FIFRA and FFDCA, 

EPA and its predecessor agencies have 

required extensive evaluation of the 

potential adverse effects of atrazine over 

the years. Based on these extensive 

evaluations, most recently in 2003, EPA 

had determined that atrazine can be 

used with a reasonable certainty of no 

harm to human health if the product is 

used according to the label. 

Nonetheless, concerns have been raised 

recently about the health impacts of 

atrazine. Since 2003, there have been 

many studies of its ability to cause 

health effects. In order to evaluate this 

new science, EPA is launching a year 

long, comprehensive scientific reevaluation of the potential human 

health impacts of atrazine by using 

information about atrazine’s mode of 

action and by carefully considering the 

potential for cancer and non-cancer 

effects based on the available data from 

laboratory animal and human 

epidemiology studies. 

The Agency relies on transparency 

and sound science, including 

independent scientific peer review, to 

inform its regulatory decisions. The 

Agency’s 2003 evaluation of atrazine 

provided a detailed evaluation of the 

mode of action and human health 

effects of atrazine. Through a series of 

SAP meetings, EPA’s evaluation of the 

new scientific evidence available since 

that time will be described in the 

context of how it is similar to or differs 

from that available for the last atrazine 

assessment, and how this new evidence 

does or does not affect the Agency’s 

human health risk assessment of 

atrazine. 

In the kick-off meeting to be held on 

November 3, 2009, the Panel members 

and public will be informed about 

EPA’s plans for three subsequent SAP 

meetings to be held in February, April 

and September, 2010. 

In February 2010 the Agency will 

present its proposed approach for 

incorporating epidemiology and human 

incident data in the risk assessment. It 

will also present its evaluations of the 

human epidemiology studies which use 

an ecological design that have been 

published since the last atrazine 

assessment. The SAP will be asked to 

comment on the soundness of the 

scientific approach. 

At the April 2010 meeting, EPA will 

present its evaluation of non-cancer 

effects based on an evaluation of studies 

used in past assessments, as well as 

those that have been published since 

then. The Agency will also present new 

data on alternative modes of action not 

considered in the 2003 evaluation as 

well as EPA’s plans for sampling 

frequency and monitoring of community 

water systems. The SAP will be asked 

to comment about the soundness of the 

scientific approach. 

In September 2010, EPA will discuss 

its evaluation of cancer effects, based on 

an evaluation of studies used in past 

assessments, as well as those that have 

been published since then, including 

new findings from the Agricultural 

Health Study anticipated in 2010. EPA 

will also present any changes to its 

plans for monitoring community water 

systems based on its analysis and the 

SAP’s guidance from the April meeting. 

Further, any new scientific 

developments related to the Agency’s 

evaluation of non-cancer effects or 

setting the FQPA safety factor which 

may have become available since the 

April meeting will also be presented. 

The SAP will be asked to comment 

about the soundness of the scientific 

approach. 

At the end of this year-long effort, the 

Agency will determine if the current 

risk assessment for atrazine should be 

revised and whether or not the Agency’s 

current regulatory position and 

community water system monitoring 

requirements should be changed. 

C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting 

Minutes 

EPA’s background paper, related 

supporting materials, FIFRA SAP panel 

members, and the meeting agenda will 

be available by mid-October for the 

November 3, 2009 meeting. In addition, 

the Agency may provide additional 

background documents as the materials 

become available. You may obtain 

electronic copies of these documents, 


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and certain other related documents that 

might be available electronically, at 

http://www.regulations.gov and the 

FIFRA SAP homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap. 

FIFRA SAP will prepare meeting 

minutes summarizing its 

recommendations to the Agency 

approximately 90 days after the 

meeting. The meeting minutes will be 

posted on the FIFRA SAP website or 

may be obtained from the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Frank Sanders, 

Director, Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–24229 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0683; FRL–8794–3] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Change to Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register of September 16, 2009, 

concerning a 4–day consultation 

meeting of the FIFRA Scientific 

Advisory Panel to consider and review 

a set of scientific issues related to the 

assessment of hazard and exposure 

associated with nanosilver and other 

nanometal pesticide products. This 

document is being issued to revise the 

times for the meetings. 

DATES: The consultation meeting will be 

held Tuesday, November 3, 2009 from 

approximately 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; and 

Wednesday thru Friday, November 4 - 6, 

2009 from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. (eastern time). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph E. Bailey, Designated Federal 

Official, Office of Science Coordination 

and Policy (7201M), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (202) 564– 

2045; e-mail address: 

bailey.joseph@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

The Agency included in the original 

notice a list of those who may be 

potentially affected by this action. If you 

have questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2008–0683. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either in 

the electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. 

II. What Does this Notice Do? 

The notice changes the time for a 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel 

meeting to consider and review a set of 

scientific issues related to the 

assessment of hazard and exposure 

associated with nanosilver and other 

nanometal pesticide products. The 

meeting announcement was published 

in the Federal Register of September 16, 

2009. The meeting was originally 

scheduled for November 3, 2009 

through November 6, 2009 and was to 

begin at 8:30 a.m. The time for the 

November 3, 2009 meeting has been 

changed from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. to 1:30 

p.m. to 5 p.m. (eastern time). All of the 

other information concerning the 

November 3, as well as the November 4 

– 6, 2009 meeting remains the same. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Frank Sanders, 

Director, Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–24195 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8966–2] 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Interagency Steering Committee on 

Radiation Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) will host a meeting of the 

Interagency Steering Committee on 

Radiation Standards (ISCORS) on 

October 15, 2009, in Washington, DC. 

The purpose of ISCORS is to foster early 

resolution and coordination of 

regulatory issues associated with 

radiation standards. Agencies 

represented as members of ISCORS 

include the following: EPA; Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission; Department of 

Energy; Department of Defense; 

Department of Transportation; 

Department of Homeland Security; 

Department of Labor’s Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration; and 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services. ISCORS meeting observer 

agencies include the Office of Science 

and Technology Policy, Office of 

Management and Budget, Defense 

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, as well 

as representatives from both the States 

of Illinois and Pennsylvania. ISCORS 

maintains several objectives: (1) 

Facilitate a consensus on allowable 

levels of radiation risk to the public and 

workers; (2) promote consistent and 

scientifically sound risk assessment and 

risk management approaches in setting 

and implementing standards for 

occupational and public protection from 

ionizing radiation; (3) promote 

completeness and coherence of Federal 

standards for radiation protection; and 

(4) identify interagency radiation 

protection issues and coordinate their 

resolution. ISCORS meetings include 

presentations by the chairs of the 

subcommittees and discussions of 

current radiation protection issues. 

Committee meetings normally involve 

pre-decisional intra-governmental 

discussions and, as such, are normally 

not open for observation by members of 

the public or media. One of the four 

ISCORS meetings each year is open to 

all interested members of the public. 

There will be time on the agenda for 

members of the public to provide 

comments. Summaries of previous 

ISCORS meetings are available at the 

ISCORS Web site, http://www.iscors.org. 

The final agenda for the October 2009 

meeting will be posted on the Web site 

shortly before the meeting. 


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