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comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through 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, 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 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 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: March 26, 2007. 

David Bussard, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E7–5803 Filed 3–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8293–3] 

EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office; Request for Nominations of 

Experts for the Acrylamide Review 

Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Requesting the nomination of 

experts for the Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Acrylamide Review Panel. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by April 19, 2007, per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Dr. Suhair 

Shallal, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/ 

voice mail at (202) 343–9977; by fax at 

(202) 233–0643; or via e-mail at 

shallal.suhair@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA Science 

Advisory Board can be found on the 

EPA SAB Web Site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Acrylamide polymer is 

primarily used in waste water treatment, 

paper and pulp processing, and mineral 

processing. Other uses include as a 

water soluble polymer in crude oil 

production, as a cosmetic additive, for 

soil and sand stabilization, grouting 

agents for sewer line sealing and 

manhole sealing, and in electrophoresis 

gels used in research. Acrylamide has 

been detected in a wide range of baked 

and fried foods. The detection of 

acrylamide in food prompted intense 

international interest and on-going 

research to better characterize its hazard 

effects, and to modify cooking practices 

to minimize levels in processed foods. 

EPA’s National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, within the 

Office of Research and Development, 

has been updating the human health 

hazard and dose-response assessment 

for Acrylamide. EPA previously 

developed an oral reference dose (RfD) 

for non-cancer effects and a cancer oral 

slope factor for Acrylamide which are 

described in EPA’s Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) assessment 

(1988). An inhalation reference 

concentration (RfC) was added to IRIS 

in 1990. The current EPA draft 

assessment incorporates more recent 

studies and methods to derive an oral 

RfD and inhalation RfC for non-cancer 

effects, and an oral slope factor and 

inhalation unit risk for carcinogenic 

effects. ORD has requested that the 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) review 

its draft assessment entitled 

‘‘Toxicological Review of Acrylamide’’. 

The EPA Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice, consultation and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB Acrylamide Review Panel, 

conducting the review of the Agency’s 

draft assessment of acrylamide, will 

consist of members of the chartered 

SAB, SAB Committee members and 

additional external experts. This panel 

will comply with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) and all appropriate SAB 

procedural policies. Upon completion, 

the panel’s report will be submitted to 

the chartered SAB for final approval for 

transmittal to the EPA Administrator. 

The SAB Acrylamide Review Panel is 

being asked to comment on the 

scientific soundness of this draft 

assessment. 

Availability of the Review Materials: 

The EPA draft document to be reviewed 

by the SAB Panel will be made available 

by the Office of Research and 

Development. For questions and 

information concerning the review 

materials, please contact Dr. Rob 

Dewoskin, at (919) 541–1089, or 

dewoskin.rob@epa.gov. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations of 

nationally recognized experts with 

expertise in one or more of the 

following areas, especially with respect 

to the health effects of Acrylamide: 

neurotoxicology; epidemiology; 

toxicology, including reproductive/ 

developmental toxicology, genetic 

toxicology and mechanisms of action for 

carcinogenicity; metabolism; 

pharmacokinetics and modeling; doseresponse assessment; and exposure and 

risk assessment. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals for possible service on the 

Acrylamide 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 Dr. 

Suhair Shallal, DFO, as indicated above 

in this notice. Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

April 19, 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 

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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 Acrylamide 

Review Panel (ARP), 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. 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 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 21, 2007 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–5810 Filed 3–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007–0148; FRL–8120–8] 

Commodity-Grade Mercury: Notice of 

Stakeholder Panel Process, Notice of 

Public Meeting, and Solicitation of 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency, in conjunction with other 

Federal agencies and offices, is 

announcing a stakeholder panel process 

to provide approaches for management 

of non-Federal supplies of commoditygrade mercury. The need for 

management arises from concern that 

some mercury supplies may ultimately 

be released into the environment, 

resulting in human exposure with the 

potential to cause adverse health effects. 

A stakeholder panel will hold a series 

of meetings with the kickoff meeting in 

Washington, DC on May 8, 2007. EPA 

invites the public to submit written 

comments to the EPA on the issues the 

stakeholder panel will address. 

Stakeholder panel meetings will be 

open to the public and there will be 

opportunity for public comment at each 

meeting. Information on the public 

meetings will be available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/mercury/roadmap.htm. 

DATES: Meeting: The first meeting will 

be held on May 8, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m., in Washington, DC. Dates of 

future meetings will be announced on 

http://www.epa.gov/mercury/ 

roadmap.htm. 

Participation: Requests to participate 

in the meeting must be received on or 

before April 12, 2007. See also Unit IV. 

of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Special Accommodations: To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact the technical person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Comments: Comments must be 

received on or before September 30, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting: The first meeting 

will be held at Marriott Learning 

Complex, Ronald Reagan Building and 

International Trade Center, 1300 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW. (Federal 

Triangle), Washington, DC. 

Participation: Requests to participate 

in the meeting must be sent to the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. See also 

Unit IV. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

Comments: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007–0148, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 

Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007–0148. 

The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the DCO’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT–

2007–0148. 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 


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