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appropriations from the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act 

(ARRA), which nearly doubled burden 

in some years. Inflation will offset some 

of the decrease achieved by removing 

ARRA burden from this ICR. 

Date: September 17, 2015. 

Peter Grevatt, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2015–24198 Filed 9–23–15; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0588; FRL–9934–66– 

ORD] 

Human Studies Review Board; 

Notification of a Public Meetings 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Office of the Science 

Advisor announces two separate public 

meetings of the Human Studies Review 

Board to advise the Agency on the 

ethical and scientific reviews of EPA 

research with human subjects. 

DATES: A public virtual meeting will be 

held on October 19–20, 2015, from 1:00 

p.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time each day. A separate 

teleconference meeting is planned for 

Monday, December 7, 2015, from 1:00 

p.m. to approximately 2:30 p.m. for the 

HSRB to finalize its Final Report of the 

October 19–20, 2015 meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Both of these meetings will 

be conducted entirely on the Internet 

using Adobe Connect. Registration is 

required to attend this meeting. Please 

visit the HSRB Web site: http://

www.epa.gov/hsrb to register. 

Comments: Submit your written 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0588, by one of 

the following methods: 

Internet: http://www.regulations.gov: 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

Mail: The EPA Docket Center EPA/

DC, ORD Docket, Mail code: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA WJC West, at 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. The hours of operation are 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

federal holidays. Please call (202) 566– 

1744 or email the ORD Docket at 

ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. 

Updates to Public Reading Room access 

are available on the Web site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/epahome/

dockets.htm. 

Instructions: The Agency’s policy is 

that all comments received will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

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

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information or other 

information the disclosure of which is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through http://

www.regulations.gov or email. 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 email comment directly 

to the EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

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, the EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

electronic storage media you submit. If 

the EPA cannot read your comment due 

to technical difficulties and cannot 

contact you for clarification, the 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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

receive further information should 

contact Jim Downing on telephone 

number (202) 564–2468; fax number: 

(202) 564–2070; email address: 

downing.jim@epa.gov; or mailing 

address Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of the Science Advisor, 

Mail code 8105R, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

General information concerning the EPA 

HSRB can be found on the EPA Web site 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Meeting access: Access to these 

Internet meetings are open to all by 

following the information provided 

above. 

Procedures for providing public 

input: Interested members of the public 

may submit relevant written or oral 

comments for the HSRB to consider 

during the advisory process. Additional 

information concerning submission of 

relevant written or oral comments is 

provided in Section I, ‘‘Public Meeting’’ 

under subsection D. ‘‘How May I 

Participate in this Meeting?’’ of this 

notice. 

I. Public Meeting 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This Notice may, however, 

be of particular interest to persons who 

conduct or assess human studies, 

especially studies on substances 

regulated by the EPA, or to persons who 

are, or may be required to conduct 

testing of chemical substances under the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act. This notice might 

also be of special interest to participants 

of studies involving human subjects, or 

representatives of study participants or 

experts on community engagement. The 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may have 

interest in human subjects research. If 

you have any questions regarding this 

notice, consult Jim Downing listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I access electronic copies of 

this document and other related 

information? 

In addition to using regulations.gov, 

you may access this Federal Register 

document electronically through the 

EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

Docket: All 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 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be 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 ORD Docket, EPA Docket Center, in 

the Public Reading Room. The Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA WJC West, at 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. The hours of operation are 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

federal holidays. Please call (202) 566– 

1744 or email the ORD Docket at 

ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. 


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Updates to Public Reading Room access 

are available on the Web site (http://

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

The Agency’s position paper(s), charge/ 

questions to the HSRB, and the meeting 

agenda will be available by early 

October 2015. In addition, the Agency 

may provide additional background 

documents as the materials become 

available. You may obtain electronic 

copies of these documents, and other 

related documents that are available 

electronically, from the regulations.gov 

Web site and the EPA HSRB Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/hsrb/. For 

questions on document availability, or if 

you do not have access to the Internet, 

consult Jim Downing listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION. 

C. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for the EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data that you used to 

support your views. 

4. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

5. To ensure proper receipt by the 

EPA, be sure to identify the Docket ID 

number assigned to this action in the 

subject line on the first page of your 

response. You may also provide the 

name, date, and Federal Register 

citation. 

D. How may I participate in this 

meeting? 

You may participate in these meetings 

by following the instructions in this 

section. To ensure proper receipt by the 

EPA, it is imperative that you identify 

Docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2015–0588 in the subject line on the 

first page of your request. 

1. Oral comments. Requests to present 

oral comments during either conference 

call will be accepted up to Noon Eastern 

Time on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 

for the October 19–20 meeting and up 

to Noon Eastern Time on Wednesday, 

December 2, 2015, for the December 7, 

2015 conference call. To the extent that 

time permits, interested persons who 

have not pre-registered may be 

permitted by the Chair of the HSRB to 

present oral comments during either 

call. Individuals or groups wishing to 

make brief oral comments to the HSRB 

on October 19 or 20, 2015, are strongly 

advised to submit their request 

(preferably via email) to Jim Downing, 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT no later than noon, Eastern 

Time, Wednesday, October 14, 2015, in 

order to be included on the meeting 

agenda and to provide sufficient time 

for the HSRB Chair and HSRB 

Designated Federal Official to review 

the meeting agenda to provide an 

appropriate public comment period. 

Individuals or groups wishing to make 

brief oral comments to the HSRB during 

the December 7, 2015 teleconference 

should submit their request by Noon 

Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 

2, 2015. The request should identify the 

name of the individual making the 

presentation and the organization (if 

any) the individual will represent. Oral 

comments before the HSRB are 

generally limited to five minutes per 

individual or organization. Please note 

that this includes all individuals 

appearing either as part of, or on behalf 

of, an organization. While it is our 

intent to hear a full range of oral 

comments on the science and ethics 

issues under discussion, it is not our 

intent to permit organizations to expand 

the time limitations by having 

numerous individuals sign up 

separately to speak on their behalf. If 

additional time is available, further 

public comments may be possible. 

2. Written comments. Submit your 

written comments prior to the meetings. 

For the Board to have the best 

opportunity to review and consider your 

comments as it deliberates, you should 

submit your comments by Noon Eastern 

Time on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 

for the October 19–20 meeting, and by 

noon Eastern Time on Wednesday, 

December 2, 2015, for the December 7, 

2015 teleconference. If you submit 

comments after these dates, those 

comments will be provided to the HSRB 

members, but you should recognize that 

the HSRB members may not have 

adequate time to consider your 

comments prior to their discussion. You 

should submit your comments using the 

instructions in Section I., under 

subsection C., ‘‘What Should I Consider 

as I Prepare My Comments for the 

EPA?’’ In addition, the agency also 

requests that persons submitting 

comments directly to the docket also 

provide a copy of their comments to Jim 

Downing listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. There is no limit 

on the length of written comments for 

consideration by the HSRB. 

E. Background 

The HSRB is a Federal advisory 

committee operating in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 5 

U.S.C. App.2 § 9. The HSRB provides 

advice, information, and 

recommendations to the EPA on issues 

related to scientific and ethical aspects 

of human subjects research. The major 

objectives of the HSRB are to provide 

advice and recommendations on: (1) 

Research proposals and protocols; (2) 

reports of completed research with 

human subjects; and (3) how to 

strengthen EPA’s programs for 

protection of human subjects of 

research. The HSRB reports to the EPA 

Administrator through the Agency’s 

Science Advisor. 

1. Topics for discussion. On Monday, 

October 19, 2015, EPA’s Human Studies 

Review Board will consider scientific 

and ethical issues surrounding: A 

completed study from the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture Describing 

Laboratory Evaluation of Bite Protection 

from Repellent-Impregnated Clothing 

for the United States Military. At the 

continuation of the October meeting on 

Tuesday, October 20, 2015, EPA’s 

Human Studies Review Board will 

consider scientific and ethical issues 

surrounding: Protocol for Testing of S.C. 

Johnson Personal Tick Repellent 

Products to Support Use of EPA 

Repellency Awareness Graphic. 

2. Then on Monday, December 7, 

2015 the HSRB will finalize its Final 

Report for the October 19–20, 2015 

meeting. 

2. Meeting minutes and reports. 

Minutes of these meetings, summarizing 

the matters discussed and 

recommendations, if any, made by the 

advisory committee regarding such 

matters, will be released within 90 

calendar days of the meeting. Such 

minutes will be available at http://

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ and http://

www.regulations.gov. In addition, 

information regarding the HSRB’s final 

meeting report, will be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ or from 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: September 17, 2015. 

Thomas A. Burke, 

EPA Science Advisor. 

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ORD] 

Board of Scientific Counselors 

Homeland Security Subcommittee; 

Notification of Public Teleconference 

Meeting and Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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