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13045, entitled ‘‘Protection of Children 

from Environmental Health Risks and 

Safety Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, April 23, 

1997) and Executive Order 13211 

entitled ‘‘Actions Concerning 

Regulations That Significantly Affect 

Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use’’ (66 

FR 28355, May 22, 2001). In addition, 

this action also does not require any 

special considerations under Executive 

Order 12898 entitled ‘‘Federal Actions 

to Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations’’ (59 FR 7629, February 16, 

1994). 

F. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

This action does not involve any 

technical standards that would require 

Agency consideration of voluntary 

consensus standards pursuant to section 

12(d) of the National Technology 

Transfer and Advancement Act (15 

U.S.C. 272 note). 

VI. Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq. does not apply 

because this action is not a rule as that 

term is defined in 5 U.S.C. 804(3). 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Business and industry, Chemicals, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: March 12, 2014. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06050 Filed 3–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2014–0189; FRL–9908–30– 

ORD] 

Human Studies Review Board; 

Notification of a Public Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Office of the Science 

Advisor announces a public meeting of 

the Human Studies Review Board to 

advise the Agency on the EPA ethical 

and scientific reviews of research with 

human subjects. 

DATES: This public meeting will be held 

on April 8–9, 2014, from approximately 

9:30 p.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. 

Eastern Time. Comments may be 

submitted on or before noon (Eastern 

Time) on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. 

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 written 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2014–0189, 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 http:// 

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

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2014– 

0189. 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 at telephone 

number (202) 564–2468; fax: (202) 564– 

2070; email address: 

downing.jim@epa.gov; 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: Seating at the meeting 

will be on a first-come basis. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact the persons listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

ten business days prior to the meeting 

using the information under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

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. 

Webcast: This meeting may be 

webcast. Please refer to the HSRB Web 

site, http://www.epa.gov/hsrb/ for 

information on how to access the 

webcast. Please note that the webcast is 

a supplementary public process 

provided only for convenience. If 

difficulties arise resulting in webcasting 

outages, the meeting will continue as 

planned. 

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 


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experts on community engagement. 

Since many 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 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/DC, Public 

Reading Room. 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 (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 the last 

week of March 2014. In addition, the 

Agency may provide additional 

background documents as the materials 

become available. You may obtain 

electronic copies of these documents, 

and certain other related documents that 

might be 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 CONTACT. 

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 this meeting 

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– 

2014–0189 in the subject line on the 

first page of your request. 

1. Oral comments. Requests to present 

oral comments will be accepted up to 

Tuesday, April 1, 2014. 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 at the meeting. 

Each individual or group wishing to 

make brief oral comments to the HSRB 

is strongly advised to submit their 

request (preferably via email) to Jim 

Downing, under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT no later than 

noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, April 1, 

2014, 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. 

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 focused on the ethical and 

scientific issues of the topics being 

considered by the Board, we do not 

intend 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 meeting. 

For the Board to have the best 

opportunity to review and consider your 

comments as it deliberates on its report, 

you should submit your comments at 

least five business days prior to the 

beginning of this meeting. If you submit 

comments after this date, those 

comments will be provided to the Board 

members, but you should recognize that 

the HSRB members may not have 

adequate time to consider those 

comments prior to making a decision. 

Thus, if you plan to submit written 

comments, the agency strongly 

encourages you to submit such 

comments no later than noon, Eastern 

Time, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. 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. At its 

meeting on April 8–9, 2014, EPA’s 

Human Studies Review Board will 

consider ethical and scientific issues 

surrounding the following topics: 

a. AEATF–II Protocol: A Study for 

Measurement of Potential Dermal and 

Inhalation Exposure During Manual 

Pouring of Two Solid Formulations 

Containing an Antimicrobial 

b. AEATF–II Protocol: A Study for 

Measurement of Potential Dermal and 

Inhalation Exposure During 

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an Antimicrobial Pesticide Product 

Using a Brush and Roller for Indoor 

Surface Painting 

c. AEATF Protocol: Determination of 

Removal Efficiency of 1,2- 

Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one (BIT) from 

Hand Surfaces Using an Isopropyl 

Alcohol/Water Wipe and Wash 

Procedure 

d. Laboratory Evaluation of Bite 

Protection from Repellent 

Impregnated Clothing for the United 

States Military 

e. Background presentation on the 

Repellency Awareness Graphic and 

possible implications for the HSRB 

f. Report from the HSRB Work Group of 

the Return of Individual Research 

Results 

2. Meeting minutes and reports. 

Minutes of the meeting, 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 Board’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: March 10, 2014. 

Glenn Paulson, 

Science Advisor. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05908 Filed 3–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9908–32–OSWER] 

FY2014 Supplemental Funding for 

Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund 

(RLF) Grantees 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of the availability of 

funds. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency’s (EPA) Office of Brownfields 

and Land Revitalization (OBLR) plans to 

make available approximately $6 

million to provide supplemental funds 

to Revolving Loan Fund capitalization 

grants previously awarded 

competitively under section 104(k)(3) of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA). Brownfields Cleanup 

Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF) pilots 

awarded under section 104(d)(1) of 

CERCLA that have not transitioned to 

section 104(k)(3) grants are not eligible 

to apply for these funds. EPA will 

consider awarding supplemental 

funding only to RLF grantees who have 

demonstrated an ability to deliver 

programmatic results by making at least 

one loan or subgrant. The award of these 

funds is based on the criteria described 

at CERCLA 104(k)(4)(A)(ii). 

The Agency is now accepting requests 

for supplemental funding from RLF 

grantees. Requests for funding must be 

submitted to the appropriate EPA 

Regional Brownfields Coordinator 

(listed below) by April 18, 2014. 

Funding requests for hazardous 

substances and/or petroleum funding 

will be accepted. Specific information 

on submitting a request for RLF 

supplemental funding is described 

below and additional information may 

be obtained by contacting the EPA 

Regional Brownfields Coordinator. 

DATES: This action is effective March 19, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: A request for supplemental 

funding must be in the form of a letter 

addressed to the appropriate Regional 

Brownfields Coordinator (see listing 

below) with a copy to Megan Quinn, 

Quinn.Megan@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Quinn, U.S. EPA, (202) 566–2773 

or the appropriate Brownfields Regional 

Coordinator. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Small Business Liability Relief 

and Brownfields Revitalization Act 

added section 104(k) to CERCLA to 

authorize federal financial assistance for 

brownfields revitalization, including 

grants for assessment, cleanup and job 

training. Section 104(k) includes a 

provision for EPA to, among other 

things, award grants to eligible entities 

to capitalize Revolving Loan Funds and 

to provide loans and subgrants for 

brownfields cleanup. Section 

104(k)(4)(A)(ii) authorizes EPA to make 

additional grant funds available to RLF 

grantees for any year after the year for 

which the initial grant is made 

(noncompetitive RLF supplemental 

funding) taking into consideration: 

(I) the number of sites and number of 

communities that are addressed by the 

revolving loan fund; 

(II) the demand for funding by eligible 

entities that have not previously 

received a grant under this subsection; 

(III) the demonstrated ability of the 

eligible entity to use the revolving loan 

fund to enhance remediation and 

provide funds on a continuing basis; 

and 

(IV) such other similar factors as the 

[Agency] considers appropriate to carry 

out this subsection. 

Eligibility 

In order to be considered for 

supplemental funding, grantees must 

demonstrate that they have expended 

existing funds and that they have a clear 

plan for quickly expending requested 

additional funds. Grantees must 

demonstrate that they have made at 

least one loan or subgrant prior to 

applying for this supplemental funding 

and have significantly depleted existing 

available funds. For FY2014, EPA 

defines ‘‘significantly depleted funds’’ 

as any grant where $400,000 or less 

remains uncommitted. Additionally, the 

RLF recipient must have demonstrated 

a need for supplemental funding based 

on, among other factors, the number of 

sites that will be addressed; 

demonstrated the ability to make loans 

and subgrants for cleanups that can be 

started and completed expeditiously 

(i.e., ‘‘shovel-ready’’ projects) and will 

lead to redevelopment; demonstrated 

the existence of additional leveraged 

funds to complete the project in a timely 

manner and move quickly from cleanup 

to redevelopment, including the use of 

tax incentives such as new market tax 

credits, direct funding or other 

resources to advance the project to 

completion; demonstrated the ability to 

administer and revolve the 

capitalization funding in the RLF grant; 

demonstrated an ability to use the RLF 

grant to address funding gaps for 

cleanup; and demonstrated that they 

have provided a community benefit 

from past and potential loan(s) and/or 

subgrant(s). Special consideration may 

be given to those communities affected 

by plant closures or other economic 

disruptions. Special consideration may 

also be given to those grantees that can 

demonstrate projects that have a clear 

prospect of aiding the in-sourcing of 

manufacturing capacity and keeping 

and/or adding jobs, or otherwise 

creating jobs, in the affected area. EPA 

encourages innovative approaches to 

maximizing revolving and leveraging 

with other funds, including use of 

grants funds as a loan loss guarantee, 

combining with other government or 

private sector lending resources. 

Applicants for supplemental funding 

must contact the appropriate Regional 

Brownfields Coordinator below to 

obtain information on the format for 

supplemental funding applications for 

their region. When requesting 

supplemental funding, applicants must 

specify whether they are seeking 

funding for sites contaminated by 

hazardous substances or petroleum. 


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