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Island since 2006. Dr. Slitt’s graduate 

and postdoctoral training was heavily 

focused on liver biology and health, 

with a focus in the area of toxicology, 

and included research in nuclear 

receptors, biotransformation, and 

transporter expression. Her current 

research interests focus on how (1) 

expression of drug transporters affects 

chemical disposition and toxicity, (2) 

nutrition and intake of dietary 

antioxidants affects the expression of 

drug transporters, (3) liver disease (i.e., 

diabetes, cholestasis, and ethanol 

cirrhosis) affects transporter expression 

and chemical disposition, and (4) 

transporter expression affects 

cholesterol transport and susceptibility 

to gallstone formation. She has also 

recently investigated the effect of PFOS 

on caloric restriction in mice. Dr. Slitt 

is presently on the Editorial Board of 

BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 

Journal of Biochemical and Molecular 

Toxicology, and Toxicology Methods 

and Mechanism, and is an ad-hoc 

reviewer for numerous other journals. 

She is author or co-author of over 50 

peer-reviewed scientific publications, 

and was recently awarded the 

University of Rhode Island Early Career 

Faculty Research Excellence Award. 

14. Calvin C. Willhite, Ph.D., Risk 

Sciences International and McLaughlin 

Centre for Population Health Risk 

Assessment. 

i. Expertise: Toxicology 

(developmental/reproductive) and 

Human Health Risk Assessment. 

ii. Education: Dartmouth Medical 

School, Ph.D. in Pharmacology (1980). 

iii. Professional Experience: Dr. 

Willhite has more than 30 years of 

experience in the fields of toxicology 

and human health risk assessment. He 

is currently employed as a Contract 

Toxicologist for Risk Sciences 

International and McLaughlin Centre for 

Population Health Risk Assessment at 

the University of Ottawa, where he 

performs chemical-specific human 

health risk assessments for Health 

Canada and European Union REACH. 

Prior to his present employment, Dr. 

Willhite also conducted chemical 

specific risk assessment as a 

Toxicologist for the National Sanitation 

Foundation (2005–2012) and for the 

State of California (1985–2011). He 

received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology 

from the Dartmouth Medical School in 

1980. Dr. Willhite has more than 100 

publications in basic and applied 

toxicology and human health risk 

assessment. He has experience with 

many types of compounds including 

chemicals in occupational, submarine 

and ambient air; drugs in dermatology; 

endocrine-active drugs and 

environmental chemicals; inorganic 

elements; and dietary supplements. His 

editorial responsibilities include serving 

on the Editorial Board and/or as 

Reviewer of many peer reviewed 

toxicology journals. He is currently 

serving on the Editorial Board of 

Toxicology and Applied Toxicology, 

Journal of Toxicology, Journal of 

Toxicology and Environmental Health 

Part A, and the International Journal of 

Toxicology. He has been a member of 

the National Academy of Sciences 

Committee on Toxicology, EPA National 

Advisory Committee, American 

Conference of Industrial Hygienists, 

International Agency for Research on 

Cancer, Society of Toxicology, and 

National Institutes of Health advisory 

committees. 

15. Raymond G. York, Ph.D., DABT, 

Fellow-ATS, RG York and Associates, 

LLC. 

i. Expertise: Toxicology 

(developmental/reproductive and 

neurotoxicology). 

ii. Education: University of 

Cincinnati, Ph.D. in Toxicology (1982). 

iii. Professional Experience: Dr. York 

is a board-certified Toxicologist and 

operates his own consulting company, 

RG York and Associates, LCC. Dr. York 

received his Ph.D. in Toxicology at the 

University of Cincinnati Medical Center 

in 1982 and completed a two-year 

postdoctoral fellowship at the 

Children’s Hospital Research 

Foundation in Cincinnati in the area of 

developmental toxicology. He has 

previously served as Senior Scientific 

Director at WIL Research Laboratories 

(2008–2011), Associate Director of 

Research/Program Manager at Charles 

River Laboratories (1995–2008), and 

Director of Reproductive Toxicology 

and Neurotoxicology at International 

Research and Development Corporation 

(now MPI Research) (1989–1995). Dr. 

York was board-certified as a Diplomate 

of the American Board of Toxicology in 

1986 and served four years on its Board 

of Directors. His work focus is in the 

field of toxicology, particularly 

reproductive and developmental 

toxicology. Dr. York has served as a 

study director on over 700 safety 

evaluation studies, published over 100 

manuscripts, review articles, book 

chapters and abstracts, and has been an 

invited speaker at international 

conferences. He is currently on the EPA 

Science Advisory Board for 

trimethylbenzene. Dr. York has also 

been a member of the Society of 

Toxicology (SOT) since 1985 and the 

American College of Toxicology since 

1998. He is currently President of the 

Reproductive and Developmental 

Toxicology Specialty Section of SOT. In 

addition, Dr. York has been a member 

of the Teratology Society since 1984, 

and served as the President for both the 

Midwest Teratology Association (1989) 

and the Middle Atlantic Reproduction 

and Teratology Association (2004). He 

has served as a reviewer for Toxicology 

and Applied Pharmacology and 

International Journal of Toxicology and 

as a member of the Editorial Board of 

Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. 

Dated: April 22, 2014. 

Nancy K. Stoner, 

Acting Assistant Administer, Office of Water. 

[FR Doc. 2014–09888 Filed 4–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9910–27–OA] 

Notification of a Request for 

Nominations of Experts for a Science 

Advisory Board Panel on EconomyWide Modeling 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public 

nominations of scientific experts to form 

an SAB panel to provide advice through 

the chartered SAB on the appropriate 

role of economy-wide modeling of the 

costs and benefits of air regulations in 

informing the regulatory process. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by May 21, 2014 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2073 

or via email at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

SAB can be found at the EPA SAB Web 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 

4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee that provides independent 

scientific and technical peer review, 

advice, consultation, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory 

Committee, the SAB conducts business 

in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. 

The SAB will comply with the 

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provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

On February 5, 2014, the EPA’s 

National Center for Environmental 

Economics (NCEE) and the Office of Air 

and Radiation (OAR) announced (79 FR 

6899—6900) that they had developed a 

draft ‘‘analytic blueprint’’ of materials 

on the technical merits and challenges 

of using economy-wide models to 

evaluate the social costs, benefits and 

economic impacts associated with 

EPA’s air regulations. These materials, 

along with draft charge questions for the 

SAB and public comments can be found 

in the docket at http://

www.regulations.gov under the docket 

identification, EPA–HQ–OA–2014– 

0129. 

The EPA has requested that the SAB 

provide review of the EPA’s modeling 

and ability to measure full regulatory 

impacts and to make recommendations 

on the use of economy-wide modeling 

frameworks to characterize the social 

costs, benefits, and economic impacts of 

air regulations with the aim of 

improving benefit-cost and economic 

impact analyses used to inform 

decision-making at the agency. As a first 

step, the EPA has asked the SAB to 

provide feedback on its draft charge 

questions and analytic blueprint 

following the 60-day public comment 

period referenced in EPA–HQ–OA– 

2014–0129. 

With today’s Notice, the Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office is soliciting 

nominations for an expert panel to 

provide advice to EPA through the 

chartered SAB on its draft analytical 

blueprint and any subsequent materials 

developed on economy-wide modeling. 

To conduct this review, the SAB Staff 

Office is forming an expert panel under 

the auspices of the Chartered SAB. 

Technical Contact for EPA’s Draft 

Report: For information concerning 

EPA’s draft charge questions and draft 

analytic blueprint on economy-wide 

modeling, please contact Dr. Ann 

Wolverton, National Center for 

Environmental Economics at 

wolverton.ann@epa.gov or 202–566– 

2278. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office requests nominations of 

environmental economists and other 

scientists with expertise in the 

following areas: Cost-benefit analysis; 

computable general equilibrium (CGE) 

modeling with experience in 

representing environmental and/or 

energy policy; the use of detailed sector 

models and linking CGE models to 

detailed sector models; non-CGE 

(macro) models for capturing general 

equilibrium effects of environmental 

policy; dynamic stochastic modeling in 

CGE and/or macro model contexts; 

representation of health improvements 

and other types of benefits in a CGE or 

non-CGE framework (e.g. use of statedependent utility functions); transition 

dynamics in a general equilibrium 

framework (e.g., in labor or capital 

markets; spatial sorting models); 

interface of macro- and micro-economic 

modeling; quantifying and monetizing 

spatially differentiated mortality/

morbidity/non-health welfare, and nonuse effects of air quality; and the 

representation of non-use or 

environmental preferences in the utility 

function. The SAB Staff Office seeks 

labor economists with a macroeconomic 

or general equilibrium perspective who 

have expertise in the short-and long-run 

implications of regulatory decisions for 

household labor market decisions (e.g., 

labor-leisure trade-offs); and expertise in 

the labor market implications of 

productivity improvements due to better 

health. The SAB Staff Office is also 

seeking expertise on risk and 

uncertainty to formally characterize 

uncertainty in CGE and non-CGE 

models including representation of the 

effects of uncertainty on behavior of 

economic agents. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above for possible service on 

this expert panel. Self-nominations are 

allowed as well. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred over hard copy) following the 

instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to 

Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc 

Committees Being Formed,’’ provided 

on the SAB Web site. The instructions 

can be accessed through the 

‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link on the 

blue navigational bar at the SAB Web 

site http://www.epa.gov/sab. To receive 

full consideration, nominations should 

include all of the information requested 

below. 

EPA’s SAB Staff Office requests 

contact information about the person 

making the nomination; contact 

information about the nominee; the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s 

resume or curriculum vitae; sources of 

recent grant and/or contract support; 

and a biographical sketch of the 

nominee indicating current position, 

educational background, research 

activities, and recent service on other 

national advisory committees or 

national professional organizations. 

Persons having questions about the 

nomination procedures, or who are 

unable to submit nominations through 

the SAB Web site, should contact Dr. 

Holly Stallworth, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than May 21, 2014. EPA values and 

welcomes diversity. In an effort to 

obtain nominations of diverse 

candidates, EPA encourages 

nominations of women and men of all 

racial and ethnic groups. 

The EPA SAB Staff Office will 

acknowledge receipt of nominations. 

The names and biosketches of qualified 

nominees identified by respondents to 

this Federal Register notice, and 

additional experts identified by the SAB 

Staff, will be posted in a List of 

Candidates on the SAB Web site at 

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

comments on this List of Candidates 

will be accepted for 21 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 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 

forming this expert panel, the SAB Staff 

Office will consider public comments 

on the 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; (e) 

skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; 

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

diversity of expertise and viewpoints. 

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 a person’s public 

responsibilities (which include 

membership on an EPA federal advisory 

committee) and private interests and 

activities, or the appearance of a lack of 

impartiality, as defined by federal 

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regulation. The form may be viewed and 

downloaded from the following URL 

address http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/

sabproduct.nsf/Web/

ethics?OpenDocument. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects subcommittees 

and reviews 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: April 24, 2014. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–09902 Filed 4–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0254; FRL–9909–68] 

Amendment of a Pesticide 

Experimental Use Permit; Notice of 

Receipt of Application; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

receipt of an application from Robert I. 

Rose, Ph.D., on behalf of James Mains, 

Ph.D., Mosquito Mate, Inc., requesting 

to amend 89668–EUP–1 experimental 

use permit (EUP) to allow the applicant 

to add release and monitoring sites in 

California for Aedes albopictus male 

mosquitoes with Wolbachia pipientis 

ZAP strain bacteria and to extend the 

permit for the currently approved sites. 

The Agency has determined that the 

amendment request for the permit may 

be of regional and national significance. 

Therefore, because of the potential 

significance, and pursuant to the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby 

providing notice of receipt and is 

seeking comments on this application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 30, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number and the EUP File Symbol of 

interest as shown in the body of this 

document, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD), 

(7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–7090; email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who conduct or sponsor research on 

pesticides, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticide(s) 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under section 5 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can 

allow manufacturers to field test 

pesticides under development. 

Manufacturers are required to obtain an 

EUP before testing new pesticides or 

new uses of pesticides if they conduct 

experimental field tests on 10 acres or 

more of land or one acre or more of 

water. Following the review of the 

application and any comments and data 

received in response to this solicitation, 

EPA will decide whether to issue or 

deny the amended EUP request, and if 

issued, the conditions under which it is 

to be conducted. Any issuance of an 

amended EUP will be announced in the 

Federal Register. 

Therefore, pursuant to 40 CFR 

172.11(a), the Agency has determined 

that the following amended EUP 

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