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Dated: September 23, 2013. 

Anita L. Davis, 

Chief, Superfund Enforcement & Information 

Management Branch, Superfund Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01585 Filed 1–27–14; 8:45 am] 

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Request for Nominations of Experts To 

Augment the Science Advisory Board 

Chemical Assessment Advisory 

Committee for the Review of the EPA’s 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Benzo[a]pyrene 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public 

nominations of scientific experts to 

augment the SAB Chemical Assessment 

Advisory Committee (CAAC) for the 

review of the EPA’s draft Toxicological 

Review of Benzo[a]pyrene in Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS). 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by February 18, 2014 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

the Designated Federal Officer for the 

review, as identified below. Nominators 

unable to submit nominations 

electronically as described below may 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

for assistance. General information 

concerning the EPA SAB can be found 

at the EPA SAB Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 

4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee that provides independent 

scientific and technical peer review, 

advice and recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory 

Committee, the SAB conducts business 

in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. 

The SAB Chemical Assessment 

Advisory Committee (CAAC) is a 

subcommittee of the SAB that provides 

advice through the chartered SAB 

regarding assessments of environmental 

chemicals available on EPA’s Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS). The 

SAB and the CAAC, augmented with 

additional experts, will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

The National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in 

the EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) develops 

toxicological reviews/assessments for 

various chemicals for IRIS. NCEA has 

developed a draft IRIS assessment for 

benzo[a]pyrene and has asked the SAB 

to peer review the draft document. The 

SAB Staff Office is seeking experts to 

augment the SAB CAAC for this peer 

review. 

Benzo[a]pyrene is a five-ring 

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that is 

relatively insoluble in water and has 

low volatility. It is ubiquitous in the 

environment primarily as a result of 

incomplete combustion emissions. 

Natural sources of benzo[a]pyrene 

include forest fires and volcanoes, and 

anthropogenic sources include stoves/

furnaces burning fossil fuels (especially 

wood and coal), motor vehicle exhaust, 

and various industrial combustion 

processes. Major sources of 

occupational exposure involve 

production of aluminum, coke, graphite 

and silicon carbide, as well as coal tar 

distillation. Major sources of nonoccupational exposure involve tobacco 

products and diet (e.g., barbequed or 

charred meats). 

NCEA’s draft Toxicological Review of 

Benzo[a]pyrene (August 2013) is an 

update to a 1987 IRIS assessment for 

benzo[a]pyrene. The draft assessment 

and proposed charge questions may be 

found at the following URL: http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

fedrgstr_activites/

IRIS%20BaP?OpenDocument. The 1987 

benzo[a]pyrene assessment currently 

posted to the IRIS database includes an 

oral cancer risk estimate (oral slope 

factor) and a cancer descriptor. For the 

reassessment, NCEA evaluated 

epidemiological data, experimental 

animal data, and other relevant data 

from studies of noncancer and cancer 

effects of benzo[a]pyrene. The 2013 

draft assessment contains a qualitative 

characterization of the hazards for 

benzo[a]pyrene, including a cancer 

descriptor of the chemical’s human 

carcinogenic potential, cancer risk 

estimates for oral, inhalation and dermal 

exposure, and noncancer toxicity values 

for chronic oral (reference dose) and 

inhalation (reference concentration) 

exposure. This assessment includes the 

IRIS Program’s first dermal slope factor. 

The dermal analysis was included in 

consideration of EPA’s need to estimate 

the potential for skin cancer from 

dermal exposure, especially in children 

exposed to contaminated soil. [Note: 

NCEA posted the 2013 draft assessment 

and draft charge questions on the IRIS 

Web site (http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/

iris_drafts/

recordisplay.cfm?deid=66193) on 

August 21, 2013, which initiated a 

public comment period that ended on 

November 21, 2013. 

Additionally, on December 12–13, 

2013, NCEA held a public meeting to 

obtain stakeholder and public feedback 

on the draft charge and the draft 

benzo[a]pyrene toxicological 

assessment. As a result of the comments 

received during the public comment 

period and the discussions at the 

December meeting, the August 2013 

draft versions of these documents may 

be revised prior to their submission to 

the SAB CAAC panel for peer review.] 

Technical Contact for EPA’s Draft 

Assessment: For information concerning 

the EPA draft assessment, please contact 

Dr. Samantha Jones, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, Office of 

Research and Development, U.S. EPA, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail 

Code 8601P, Washington, DC 20460, 

phone (703) 347–8580 or via email at 

jones.samantha@epa.gov. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists with demonstrated 

expertise and research to augment the 

CAAC for the peer review of the 

benzo[a]pyrene toxicological review. 

The SAB Staff Office seeks experts in 

one or more of the following areas, with 

a particular focus on benzo[a]pyrene: 

epidemiology with expertise in PAHs 

and benzo[a]pyrene; developmental 

toxicity and neurotoxicity; reproductive 

toxicity (both male and female); 

immunotoxicity; genotoxicity; cancer 

biology; dermal toxicity and 

carcinogenicity, including toxicokinetic 

considerations (e.g., dose metrics, 

extrapolation from animals to humans); 

and quantitative risk assessment, 

including dose-response modeling 

expertise. Questions regarding this 

review should be directed to Stephanie 

Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/ 

voice mail at (202) 564–2067, by fax at 

(202) 565–2098, or via email at 

sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above for possible service on 

the augmented CAAC panel identified 

in this notice. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred over hard copy) following the 

instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to 

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Committees Being Formed,’’ provided 

on the SAB Web site (see the 

‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link on the 

blue navigational bar at http://

www.epa.gov/sab). To receive full 

consideration, nominations should 

include all of the information requested 

below. EPA’s SAB Staff Office requests 

contact information about the person 

making the nomination; contact 

information about the nominee; the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s 

resume or curriculum vitae; sources of 

recent grant and/or contract support; 

and a biographical sketch of the 

nominee indicating current position, 

educational background, research 

activities, and recent service on other 

national advisory committees or 

national professional organizations. 

Persons having questions about the 

nomination procedures, or who are 

unable to submit nominations through 

the SAB Web site, should contact Ms. 

Sanzone as noted above. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than February 18, 2014. EPA 

values and welcomes diversity. In an 

effort to obtain nominations of diverse 

candidates, EPA encourages 

nominations of women and men of all 

racial and ethnic groups. 

The EPA SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of nominations. 

The names and biosketches of qualified 

nominees identified by respondents to 

this Federal Register notice, and 

additional experts identified by the SAB 

Staff, will be posted in a List of 

Candidates for the CAAC 

benzo[a]pyrene review panel on the 

SAB Web site at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

fedrgstr_activites/

IRIS%20BaP?OpenDocument. Public 

comments on the List of Candidates will 

be accepted for 21 days. The public will 

be requested to provide relevant 

information or other documentation on 

nominees that the SAB Staff Office 

should consider in evaluating 

candidates. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office a 

balanced review panel includes 

candidates who possess the necessary 

domains of knowledge, the relevant 

scientific perspectives (which, among 

other factors, can be influenced by work 

history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

forming this expert panel, the SAB Staff 

Office will consider public comments 

on the List of Candidates, information 

provided by the candidates themselves, 

and background information 

independently gathered by the SAB 

Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used 

for panel membership include: (a) 

Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) availability and willingness 

to serve; (c) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an 

appearance of a loss of impartiality; (e) 

skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; 

and, (f) for the panel as a whole, 

diversity of expertise and scientific 

points of view. 

The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of 

an absence of financial conflicts of 

interest will include a review of the 

‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Form for Special Government 

Employees Serving on Federal Advisory 

Committees at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’’ (EPA Form 3110– 

48). This confidential form allows 

government officials to determine 

whether there is a statutory conflict 

between a person’s public 

responsibilities (which include 

membership on an EPA federal advisory 

committee) and private interests and 

activities, or the appearance of a loss of 

impartiality, as defined by federal 

regulation. The form may be viewed and 

downloaded from the following URL 

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

sabproduct.nsf/Web/

ethics?OpenDocument. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects members for 

subcommittees and review panels is 

described in the following document: 

Overview of the Panel Formation 

Process at the Environmental Protection 

Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA– 

SAB–EC–02–010), which is posted on 

the SAB Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ec02010.pdf. 

Dated: January 16, 2014. 

Christopher Zarba, 

Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office. 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection—Extension Without Change: 

Elementary-Secondary Staff Information 

Report (EEO–5). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission (EEOC or Commission) 

announces that it intends to submit to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request for a three-year 

extension without change of the 

Elementary-Secondary Staff Information 

Report (EEO–5). 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before March 

31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

Bernadette Wilson, Acting Executive 

Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 

131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 

20507. As a convenience to 

commenters, the Executive Secretariat 

will accept comments totaling six or 

fewer pages by facsimile (‘‘FAX’’) 

machine. This limitation is necessary to 

assure access to the equipment. The 

telephone number of the fax receiver is 

(202) 663–4114. (This is not a toll-free 

number). Receipt of FAX transmittals 

will not be acknowledged, except that 

the sender may request confirmation of 

receipt by calling the Executive 

Secretariat staff at (202) 663–4070 

(voice) or (202) 663–4074 (TTD). (These 

are not toll-free telephone numbers.) 

Instead of sending written comments to 

EEOC, you may submit comments and 

attachments electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. All comments received 

through this portal will be posted 

without change, including any personal 

information you provide. Copies of 

comments submitted by the public to 

EEOC directly or through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal will be available for 

review, by advance appointment only, 

at the Commission’s library between the 

hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. or can be 

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

To schedule an appointment to inspect 

the comments at EEOC’s library, contact 

the library staff at (202) 663–4630 

(voice) or (202) 663–4641 (TTY). (These 

are not toll-free numbers.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 

Research and Surveys Division, 131 M 

Street NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, 

DC 20507; (202) 663–4949 (voice) or 

(202) 663–7063 (TTY). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

and OMB regulations 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits 

public comment to enable it to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

Commission’s functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 


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