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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: June 2, 2010. 

Judith A. Enck, 

Regional Administrator, Region 2. 

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2010–0395] 

Draft EPA’s Reanalysis of Key Issues 

Related to Dioxin Toxicity and 

Response to NAS Comments (EPA/ 

600/R–10/038A) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Listening Session. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a listening 

session to be held on July 9, 2010, 

during the public comment period for 

the external review draft document 

entitled ‘‘EPA’s Reanalysis of Key Issues 

Related to Dioxin Toxicity and 

Response to NAS Comments’’ (EPA/600/ 

R–10/038A). The EPA’s draft document 

and peer review charge are available via 

the Internet on the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment’s (NCEA) 

home page under the Recent Additions 

and Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. This draft document 

responds to the key recommendations 

and comments included in the National 

Academy of Sciences (NAS) 2006 

report. In addition, it includes new 

analyses on potential human effects that 

may result from exposure to 2,3,7,8- 

tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). 

The release of the draft document for 

public comment was announced in a 

May 21, 2010, Federal Register Notice 

(75 FR 28610). EPA also announced that 

it intends to forward all public 

comments submitted before July 7, 

2010, in response to the May 21, 2010, 

Notice, to the EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) peer review panel for its 

consideration and provided instructions 

for submitting comments. 

The draft document is also being 

provided to the SAB, a body established 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, for independent external peer 

review. The SAB is convening an expert 

panel composed of scientists 

knowledgeable about technical issues 

related to dioxins and risk assessment. 

The SAB is holding a public 

teleconference on June 24, 2010, and a 

public panel meeting on July 13–15, 

2010. The SAB peer review meetings 

were announced by the SAB staff office 

in a separate May 24, 2010, Federal 

Register Notice (75 FR 28805). Members 

of the public who wish to ensure that 

their technical comments are provided 

to the SAB expert panel before each 

meeting should also e-mail their 

comments separately to Thomas 

Armitage, the SAB Designated Federal 

Officer at armitage.thomas@epa.gov, 

following the procedures in the May 24, 

2010, Federal Register Notice 

announcing the SAB public meetings. 

The public comment period and SAB 

external peer review are independent 

processes that provide separate 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the draft report. 

The purpose of the listening session is 

to allow all interested parties to present 

scientific and technical comments on 

draft IRIS health assessments to EPA 

and other interested parties during the 

public comment period and before the 

external peer review meeting. EPA 

welcomes the scientific and technical 

comments that will be provided to the 

Agency by the listening session 

participants. All comments submitted 

according to the detailed instructions 

provided in the May 21, 2010, Federal 

Register Notice under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION will be considered by the 

Agency as it revises the draft assessment 

in response to the independent external 

peer review and public comments. All 

presentations will become part of the 

official public record. 

DATES: The listening session on the draft 

IRIS health assessment for dioxin will 

be held on July 9, 2010, beginning at 9 

a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern 

Daylight Time. If you would like to 

make a presentation at the listening 

session, you should register by July 2, 

2010, indicate that you wish to make 

oral comments at the session, and 

indicate the length of your presentation. 

When you register, please indicate if 

you will need audio-visual equipment 

(e.g., laptop computer and slide 

projector). In general, each presentation 

should be no more than 30 minutes. If, 

however, there are more requests for 

presentations than the allotted time 

allows, then the time limit for each 

presentation will be adjusted. A copy of 

the agenda for the listening session will 

be available at the meeting. If no 

speakers have registered by July 2, 2010, 

the listening session will be cancelled 

and EPA will notify those registered of 

the cancellation. 

The public comment period for 

review of this draft assessment was 

announced previously in the Federal 

Register (75 FR 28610) on May 21, 1010. 

As stated in that Federal Register 

Notice, the public comment period 

began on May 21, 2010, and ends 

August 19, 2010. Any technical 

comments submitted during the public 

comment period should be in writing 

and must be received by EPA by August 

19, 2010, according to the procedures 

outlined in the May 21, 2010, Federal 

Register Notice. Only those public 

comments submitted by July 7, 2010, or 

e-mailed separately to Thomas 

Armitage, the SAB Designated Federal 

Officer at armitage.thomas@epa.gov, 

following the procedures in the May 24, 

2010, Federal Register Notice 

announcing the SAB public meetings, 

will be provided to the independent 

peer-review panel prior to the peerreview meeting. However, all comments 

received during the public comment 

period will be provided to the SAB peer 

review committee and will also inform 

the Agency’s revision of the draft 

assessment. 

ADDRESSES: The listening session on the 

draft dioxin assessment will be held at 

the EPA offices at Two Potomac Yard 

South Building, 4th Floor, S–4370–80, 

2733 South Crystal Drive, Arlington, 

Virginia 22202. To attend the listening 

session, register by July 2, 2010. To 

present at the listening session, indicate 

in your registration that you want to 

make oral comments at the session and 

provide the length of your presentation. 

To register, send an e-mail to: 

IRISListeningSession@epa.gov (subject 

line: Dioxin Listening Session); call 

Christine Ross at 703–347–8592; or fax 

a registration request to 703–347–8689 

(please reference the ‘‘Dioxin Listening 

Session’’ and include your name, title, 

affiliation, full address and contact 

information). Please note that to gain 

entrance to this EPA building to attend 

the meeting, attendees must have photo 

identification with them and must 

register at the guard’s desk in the lobby. 

The guard will retain your photo 

identification and will provide you with 

a visitor’s badge. At the guard’s desk, 

attendees should give the name 

Christine Ross and the telephone 

number 703–347–8592 to the guard on 

duty. The guard will contact Ms. Ross 

who will meet you in the reception area 

to escort you to the meeting room. When 

you leave the building, please return 

your visitor’s badge to the guard and 

you will receive your photo 

identification. 

A teleconference line will also be 

available for registered attendees/ 

speakers. The teleconference number is 

866–299–3188, and the access code is 

926–378–7897, followed by the pound 

sign (#). The teleconference line will be 

activated at 8:45 a.m., and you will be 

asked to identify yourself and your 

affiliation at the beginning of the call. 


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Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: EPA 

welcomes public attendance at the 

‘‘Dioxin Listening Session’’ and will 

make every effort to accommodate 

persons with disabilities. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Christine Ross at 703–347–8592 

or IRISListeningSession@epa.gov. To 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact Ms. Ross, preferably at 

least 10 days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public listening 

sessions, please contact Christine Ross, 

IRIS Staff, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, (8601P), 

U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 

703–347–8592; facsimile: 703–347– 

8689; or e-mail: 

IRISListeningSession@epa.gov. For 

questions about the draft dioxin 

assessment, contact Glenn Rice, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment, A110, U.S. EPA, 26 West 

Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, 

OH 45268; telephone: 513–569–7813; 

facsimile: 513–487–2539 or e-mail: 

rice.glenn@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA’s IRIS 

is a human health assessment program 

that evaluates quantitative and 

qualitative risk information on effects 

that may result from exposure to 

chemical substances found in the 

environment. Through the IRIS 

Program, EPA provides the highest 

quality science-based human health 

assessments to support the Agency’s 

regulatory activities. The IRIS database 

contains information for more than 540 

chemical substances that can be used to 

support the first two steps (hazard 

identification and dose-response 

evaluation) of the risk assessment 

process. When supported by available 

data, IRIS provides oral reference doses 

(RfDs) and inhalation reference 

concentrations (RfCs) for chronic 

noncancer health effects and cancer 

assessments. Combined with specific 

exposure information, government and 

private entities use IRIS to help 

characterize public health risks of 

chemical substances in a site-specific 

situation and thereby support risk 

management decisions designed to 

protect public health. 

Dated: June 8, 2010. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of Closed Meetings of the 

Science Advisory Board’s Scientific 

and Technological Achievement 

Awards Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA), Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces a meeting and teleconference 

of the SAB’s Scientific and 

Technological Achievement Awards 

(STAA) Committee to develop draft 

recommendations regarding the 

recipients of the Agency’s 2010 

Scientific and Technological 

Achievement Awards for consideration 

by the SAB. The meetings will be closed 

to the public. 

DATES: The meeting dates are Monday 

and Tuesday, June 28 and 29, 2010, 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, 

June 30, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m .e.t. 

The teleconference date is Tuesday, July 

27, 2010, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. e.t. 

ADDRESSES: The closed meeting will be 

held at the Park Hyatt Washington 

Hotel, 1201 24th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037. The closed 

teleconference will be conducted by 

phone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information regarding this 

announcement may contact Mr. Edward 

Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer, by 

telephone: (202) 343–9946 or e-mail at 

hanlon.edward@epa.gov. The SAB 

Mailing address is: U.S. EPA Science 

Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. General information about 

the SAB concerning the meeting and 

teleconference announced in this notice 

may be found on the SAB Web site at 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary: Pursuant to section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. app.2, and section 

(c)(6) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), EPA 

has determined that the meeting and 

teleconference will be closed to the 

public. The purpose of the meeting and 

teleconference is for the Committee to 

discuss recommendations for the SAB 

regarding the recipients of the Agency’s 

2010 Scientific and Technological 

Achievement Awards. These awards are 

established to honor and recognize EPA 

employees who have made outstanding 

contributions in the advancement of 

science and technology through their 

research and development activities, as 

exhibited in publication of their results 

in peer reviewed journals. I have 

determined that the SAB meeting and 

teleconference will be closed to the 

public because it is concerned with 

selecting employees deserving of 

awards. In making these 

recommendations, the Agency requires 

full and frank advice from the EPA 

Science Advisory Board. This advice 

will involve professional judgments on 

the relative merits of various employees 

and their respective work. Such 

personnel matters involve the 

discussion of information that is of a 

personal nature and the disclosure of 

which would be a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy and, 

therefore, are protected from disclosure 

by section (c)(6) of the Government in 

the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 

Minutes of the meeting and 

teleconference will be kept and certified 

by the Chair. 

Dated: June 7, 2010. 

Lisa P. Jackson, 

Administrator. 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board Exposure and 

Human Health Committee (EHHC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public meeting of the SAB Exposure and 

Human Health Committee (EHHC) on 

July 1–2, 2010 to receive briefings on 

risk assessment activities from several 

EPA programs. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on July 1, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

(Eastern Daylight Time) and on July 2, 


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