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scales from local watershed to 

landscape to continental; static and 

dynamic ecosystem response models; 

integrated assessment models; 

identification of bioindicators useful for 

tracking ecosystem change; and 

methods and approaches for estimating 

damage to ecosystems. 

(k) Resource Valuation. Expertise in 

ecological resource and other welfare 

effects valuation and/or economic 

benefits assessment approaches and 

models. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals to add expertise to the 

CASAC PM Review Panel in the areas 

of expertise described above. 

Nominations should be submitted in 

electronic format through the SAB Web 

site at the following URL: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab; or directly via the 

Form for Nominating Individuals to 

Panels of the EPA Science Advisory 

Board link found at URL: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/panels/ 

paneltopics.html. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting nominations 

carefully. To be considered, 

nominations should include all of the 

information required on the associated 

forms. Anyone unable to submit 

nominations using the electronic form 

and who has any questions concerning 

the nomination process may contact Mr. 

Fred Butterfield, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than March 29, 2007. 

For nominees to be considered, please 

include: Contact information; a 

curriculum vitae; a biosketch of no more 

than two paragraphs (containing 

information on the nominee’s current 

position, educational background, areas 

of expertise and research activities, 

service on other advisory committees 

and professional societies; the 

candidate’s special expertise related to 

the panel being formed; and sources of 

recent grant and/or contract support). 

The EPA SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of nominations. 

The names and biosketchs of qualified 

nominees identified by respondents to 

the Federal Register notice and 

additional experts identified by the SAB 

Staff will be posted on the SAB Web site 

at: http://www.epa.gov/sab. Public 

comments on this ‘‘Short List’’ of 

candidates will be accepted for 21 

calendar 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 subcommittee or 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 

establishing the final CASAC PM 

Review Panel, the SAB Staff Office will 

consider public comments on the ‘‘Short 

List’’ of candidates, information 

provided by the candidates themselves, 

and background information 

independently gathered by the SAB 

Staff Office. Specific 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 lack of impartiality; and 

(e) skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; 

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

diversity of, and balance among, 

scientific expertise, viewpoints, etc. 

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 that person’s public 

responsibilities (which includes 

membership on an EPA Federal 

advisory committee) and private 

interests and activities, or the 

appearance of a lack of impartiality, as 

defined by Federal regulation. The form 

may be viewed and downloaded from 

the following URL address: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110- 

48.pdf. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects 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: March 2, 2007. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–4168 Filed 3–7–07; 8:45 am] 

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[FRL–8284–4] 

Notice of a Second Workshop on the 

Development of Regulations for 

Aircraft Public Water Systems 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is holding a second 

workshop on the development of 

regulations for aircraft public water 

systems. This workshop will provide 

information about recent activities and 

an overview of approaches for the 

proposed Aircraft Drinking Water Rule. 

This is the second workshop in a series 

designed to gain perspectives from 

representatives from industry, 

government, public interest groups, and 

the general public. 

DATES: The workshop will be held from 

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern time (ET), on 

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 and from 9 

a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, Thursday, March 29, 

2007, with one and a half hour lunch 

breaks each day. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 

in Ballroom A. The hotel is located 

adjacent to the Crystal City Metro 

Station on the blue and yellow lines. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information about this 

workshop or to pre-register, please 

contact Kathryn Aegis, RESOLVE, 1255 

23rd St., NW., Washington, DC 20037, 

telephone number 202–965–6393, or email at kaegis@resolv.org. For technical 

inquiries regarding the development of 

an aircraft drinking water rule, contact 

Rick Naylor at (202) 564–3847, or by email: naylor.richard@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There is 

no charge for attending this workshop as 

an observer, but seats are limited, so 

register as soon as possible. We suggest 

attendees book their hotel room as soon 

as possible because the workshop is 

being held during a peak time of the 

tourist season for Washington, DC. 

Special Accommodations 

Any person needing special 

accommodations at this meeting, 

including wheelchair access, should 

contact Kathryn Aegis at the phone 

number or e-mail address listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. Requests for 

special accommodations should be 

made at least five business days in 

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Dated: February 23, 2007. 

Cynthia C. Dougherty, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. E7–4174 Filed 3–7–07; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Availability of the Framework 

for Metals Risk Assessment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the availability of the final ‘‘Framework 

for Metals Risk Assessment’’ (EPA 120/ 

R–07/001, March 2007). The purpose of 

the Framework is to present key guiding 

principles based on the unique 

attributes of metals (as differentiated 

from organic and organometallic 

compounds) and to describe how these 

metals-specific attributes and principles 

may then be applied in the context of 

existing EPA risk assessment guidance 

and practices. This Framework 

document is not a prescriptive guide on 

how any particular type of assessment 

should be conducted within an EPA 

program or regional office. Rather, it 

outlines key metal principles and 

describes how they should be 

considered in conducting human health 

and ecological risk assessments to 

advance our understanding of metals 

impact and foster consistency across 

EPA programs and regions. As a result 

the Framework is a science-based 

document that describes basic 

principles that address the special 

attributes and behaviors of metals and 

metal compounds to be considered 

when assessing their human health and 

ecological risks. EPA’s Risk Assessment 

Forum oversaw the development of this 

document, which included input from 

stakeholders and experts throughout the 

Agency, obtained through several expert 

workshops, followed by peer review by 

the EPA Science Advisory Board. 

The Framework sets out a variety of 

principles that are general, fundamental 

properties of metals, which should be 

addressed and incorporated into all 

inorganic metals risk assessments. The 

five overarching principles are 

summarized as follows: (1) Metals are 

naturally occurring constituents in the 

environment and vary in concentrations 

across geographic regions; (2) All 

environmental media have naturally 

occurring mixtures of metals, and 

metals are often introduced into the 

environment as mixtures; (3) Some 

metals are essential for maintaining 

proper health of humans, animals, 

plants and microorganisms; (4) Metals, 

as chemical elements, and unlike 

organic chemicals, are neither created 

nor destroyed by biological or chemical 

processes, although, these processes can 

transform metals from one species to 

another (valence states) and can convert 

them between inorganic and organic 

forms; and (5) The absorption, 

distribution, transformation and 

excretion of a metal within an organism 

depends on the metal, the form of the 

metal or metal compound, and the 

organism’s ability to regulate and/or 

store the metal. 

ADDRESSES: The final document is 

available electronically through the EPA 

Office of the Science Advisor’s Web site 

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

metalsframework. A limited number of 

paper copies will be available from 

EPA’s National Service Center for 

Environmental Publications (NSCEP), 

P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242; 

telephone 1–800–490–9198 or 513–489–

8190; facsimile 301–604–3408; e-mail 

NSCEP@bps-lmit.com. Please provide 

your name and mailing addresses and 

the title and EPA number (as given 

above) of the requested publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Randall S. Wentsel, Risk Assessment 

Forum Technical Writing Panel Cochair, Mail Code 8101–R, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–3214; fax number: 

(202) 564–2070, E-mail: 

wentsel.randy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

December 2002 EPA’s Science Policy 

Council tasked an Agency workgroup, 

under the oversight of the Risk 

Assessment Forum, with developing a 

plan for ensuring the consistent 

application of scientific principles to 

metals risk assessment. A step-wise plan 

was developed beginning with the 

Metals Action Plan (MAP), which 

included brief descriptions of the 

Agency’s current activities on metals, 

identified critical scientific issues, and 

recommended the scope of the metals 

framework. The MAP was reviewed by 

EPA’s Science Advisory Board. Then, 

EPA commissioned individual scientists 

to develop issue papers on important 

topics in metals risk assessment, 

including environmental chemistry, 

exposure, human health effects, 

ecological effects, and bioavailability 

and bioaccumulation. The Framework 

was developed based, in part, on these 

issues papers and reviewed by the 

Agency-wide workgroup. Additional 

workshops and peer review activities 

were conducted at multiple intervals 

during the development of the 

Framework, and the Agency consulted 

with other federal agencies at key points 

during its development. Finally, the 

Framework underwent external peer 

review by EPA’s Science Advisory 

Board. 

Dated: March 1, 2007. 

George M. Gray, 

EPA Science Advisor. 

[FR Doc. E7–4035 Filed 3–7–07; 8:45 am] 

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[Docket# EPA–RO4–SFUND–2007–0169; 

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Jernigan Trucking Dump Site, Seffner, 

Hillsborough County, FL; Notice of 

Settlement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of settlement. 

SUMMARY: Under section 122(h)(1) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency has 

entered into a settlement for 

reimbursement of past response costs 

concerning the Jernigan Trucking Dump 

Site located in Seffner, Hillsborough 

County, Florida. 

DATES: The Agency will consider public 

comments on the settlement until April 

9, 2007. The Agency will consider all 

comments received and may modify or 

withdraw its consent to the settlement 

if comments received disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate that the 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the settlement are 

available from Ms. Paula V. Batchelor. 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–RO4–SFUND–2007–

0169 or Site name Jernigan Trucking 

Dump Superfund Site by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Batchelor.Paula@gov. 

• Fax: 404/562–8842/Attn: Paula V. 

Batchelor 

• Mail: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. 

EPA Region 4, WMD–SEIMB, 61 Forsyth 

Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. ‘‘In 

addition, please mail a copy of your 

comments on the information collection 


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