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The Child-Specific Exposure Factors 

Handbook provides a summary of 

statistical data on various exposure 

factors used in assessing children’s 

exposures. This Handbook serves as a 

resource for exposure assessors for 

calculating children’s exposures. These 

factors include: drinking water 

consumption, soil ingestion and 

mouthing behavior, inhalation rates, 

dermal factors including skin surface 

area and soil adherence factors, 

consumption of retail and home-grown 

foods, breast milk intake, and activity 

pattern data. An interim final version of 

this handbook was published in 2002. 

The updated version provides analysis 

of exposure factors data using the age 

groups for children as recommended in 

the EPA document entitled, ‘‘Guidance 

on Selecting Age Groups for Monitoring 

and Assessing Childhood Exposures to 

Environmental Contaminants’’ (EPA/ 

630/P–03/003F) (Available on line at 

http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=146583). 

As previously stated in 71 FR 59107, 

EPA is releasing the draft ‘‘ChildSpecific Exposure Factors Handbook’’

solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. This document has not been 

formally disseminated by EPA. It does 

not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. EPA will 

consider any public comments 

submitted in accordance with this 

notice when revising the document. 

DATES: The 30-day public comment 

period begins January 22, 2007, and 

ends February 21, 2007. Technical 

comments should be in writing and 

must be received by EPA by February 

21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The draft, ‘‘Child-Specific 

Exposure Factors Handbook,’’ is 

available primarily via the Internet on 

the National Center for Environmental 

Assessment’s home page under the 

Recent Additions and the Data and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

paper copies are available from the 

Technical Information Staff, NCEA–W; 

telephone: 202–564–3261; facsimile: 

202–565–0050. If you are requesting a 

paper copy, please provide your name, 

your mailing address, and the document 

title, ‘‘Child-Specific Exposure Factors 

Handbook’’ (EPA/600/R–06/096A). 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by mail, by 

facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. 

Please follow the detailed instructions 

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact 

Jacqueline Moya, NCEA; telephone: 

202–564–3245; facsimile: 202–565–

0079; or e-mail: 

moya.jacqueline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How To Submit Technical Comments to 

the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–

0812 by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1753. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

If you provide comments by mail or 

hand delivery, please submit one 

unbound original with pages numbered 

consecutively, and three copies of the 

comments. For attachments, provide an 

index, number pages consecutively with 

the comments, and submit an unbound 

original and three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD–2006–

0812. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless a 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 www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The 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 

e-mail comment directly to EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov, 

your e-mail 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: January 12, 2007. 

George Alapas, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E7–827 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8271–3] 

Draft Guidance for Munitions and 

Explosives of Concern Hazard 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

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ACTION: Notice of availability for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the Draft Guidance for 

Munitions and Explosive of Concern 

Hazard Assessment (Guidance) for 

public comment. The Guidance was 

jointly developed by the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), Department of 

Defense, Department of the Interior, and 

Association of State and Territorial 

Solid Waste Management Officials. The 

Guidance is available to support a 

recommended method for evaluating 

explosive safety hazards at military 

munitions response sites. It also 

presents approaches to support the 

evaluation of the effects of removal and 

remedial actions under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Restoration, Compensation, and 

Liability Act (CERCLA) regarding 

explosive hazards at munitions response 

sites. EPA is providing the public an 

opportunity to review and comment on 

the draft Guidance. The Guidance, 

comment form, and related materials 

can be found on EPA’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/ 

hazard_assess_wrkgrp.htm. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

March 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

EPA using the comment form and 

instructions on our Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/ 

hazard_assess_wrkgrp.htm . 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information on the draft 

Munitions and Explosives of Concern 

Hazard Assessment, please contact 

Kevin Oates at oates.kevin@epa.gov, or 

334–270–3427, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 5106P, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Once the 

draft Guidance is finalized, paper copies 

will be available from the National 

Service Center for Environmental 

Publications (NSCEP), EPA’s 

publications distribution warehouse. 

You may request copies from NSCEP by 

calling 1–800–490–9198; writing to U.S. 

EPA/NSCEP, Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 

45242–0419; or faxing your request to 

NSCEP at 513–489–8695. 

Background 

In May 2004, EPA convened a 

technical working group (TWG) with 

personnel from the Department of 

Defense, the Department of the Interior, 

the Association of State and Territorial 

Solid Waste Management Officials, and 

the Tribal Association for Solid Waste 

and Emergency Response. The TWG 

was tasked with developing a 

recommended methodology to evaluate 

explosive safety hazards at munitions 

response sites. When finalized the 

methodology developed by the TWG 

and the work group organizations will 

be available to evaluate baseline 

explosive hazards at munitions response 

sites, and to evaluate the effects of 

removal or remedial actions under 

CERCLA, including changes to land use 

and land use activities. As part of this 

effort, the TWG developed additional 

information that can be found on the 

EPA Web site listed above. 

EPA is requesting public comment on 

the draft Guidance. An electronic 

comment form is posted on the same 

link as the draft Guidance. To be 

considered, all comments must be 

provided on this comment form and 

submitted to the email address provided 

on the form. 

After considering the comments, EPA, 

the Department of Defense, and the 

Department of the Interior will make 

available a final Munitions and 

Explosives of Concern Hazard 

Assessment document issued as joint 

guidance. 

Dated: January 11, 2007. 

Gail A. Cooper, 

Acting Director, Federal Facilities Restoration 

& Reuse Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–835 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, January 25, 

2007, at 10 a.m 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC (Ninth Floor). 

STATUS: This Meeting Will Be Open to 

the Public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Correction and 

Approval of Minutes. 

Advisory Opinion 2006–35: Kolbe for 

Congress, by William H. Kelley, 

Treasurer. 

Advisory Opinion 2006–37: Barry J. 

Kissin and Kissin for Congress. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer, 

Telephone: (202) 694–1220. 

Mary W. Dove, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–269 Filed 1–18–07; 3:48 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request; Correction 

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc. 

E7–246) published on pages 1325 

through 1331 of the issue for Thursday, 

January 11, 2007. 

Under the Federal Reserve System 

heading, the entry for Proposed Agency 

Information Collection Activities; 

Comment Request, is revised to read as 

follows: 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System 

SUMMARY: Background 

On June 15, 1984, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

delegated to the Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System (Board) its 

approval authority under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to 

approve of and assign OMB control 

numbers to collection of information 

requests and requirements conducted or 

sponsored by the Board under 

conditions set forth in 5 CFR 1320 

Appendix A.1. Board–approved 

collections of information are 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. Copies of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, 

supporting statements and approved 

collection of information instruments 

are placed into OMB’s public docket 

files. The Federal Reserve may not 

conduct or sponsor, and the respondent 

is not required to respond to, an 

information collection that has been 

extended, revised, or implemented on or 

after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 

a currently valid OMB control number. 

Request for comment on information 

collection proposals 

The following information 

collections, which are being handled 

under this delegated authority, have 

received initial Board approval and are 

hereby published for comment. At the 

end of the comment period, the 

proposed information collections, along 

with an analysis of comments and 

recommendations received, will be 

submitted to the Board for final 

approval under OMB delegated 

authority. Comments are invited on the 

following: 

a. Whether the proposed collections 

of information are necessary for the 

proper performance of the Federal 

Reserve’s functions; including whether 

the information has practical utility; 

b. The accuracy of the Federal 

Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collections, 


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