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Revision to FR Notice Published 

04/15/2011: Correction to the Review 

Period from 05/08/2011 to 05/16/2011. 

EIS No. 20110119, Final EIS, USFS, CA, 

Kings River Experimental Watershed 

Forest Health and Research Project, 

Implementation, Sierra National 

Forest, High Sierra Ranger District, 

Fresno County, CA, Review Period 

Ends: 05/16/2011, Contact: Judi Tapia 

559–297–0706 Ext. 4938. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 

04/15/2011: Correction to the Review 

Period from 05/09/2011 to 05/16/2011. 

Dated: May 3, 2011. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2011–11118 Filed 5–5–11; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0399; FRL– 

8872–8] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: There will be a 4-day meeting 

of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory 

Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and 

review a set of scientific issues related 

to the Re-Evaluation of Human Health 

Effects of Atrazine: Review of NonCancer Effects, Drinking Water 

Monitoring Frequency, and Cancer 

Epidemiology. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 

26–29, 2011, from approximately 8:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Comments. The Agency encourages 

that written comments be submitted by 

July 12, 2011 and requests for oral 

comments be submitted by July 19, 

2011. However, written comments and 

requests to make oral comments may be 

submitted until the date of the meeting, 

but anyone submitting written 

comments after July 12, 2011 should 

contact the Designated Federal Official 

(DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. For additional 

instructions, see Unit I.C. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Nominations. Nominations of 

candidates to serve as ad hoc members 

of FIFRA SAP for this meeting should 

be provided on or before May 20, 2011. 

Webcast. This meeting may be 

webcast. Please refer to the FIFRA SAP’s 

Web site, http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/ 

SAP for information on how to access 

the webcast. Please note that the 

webcast is a supplementary public 

process provided only for convenience. 

If difficulties arise resulting in 

webcasting outages, the meeting will 

continue as planned. 

Special accommodations. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, and to 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Conference Center, Lobby Level, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. 

Comments. Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0399, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility ’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011– 

0399. If your comments contain any 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected, please contact 

the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT to obtain special 

instructions before submitting your 

comments. 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 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 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 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 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

Nominations, requests to present oral 

comments, and requests for special 

accommodations. Submit nominations 

to serve as ad hoc members of FIFRA 

SAP, requests for special seating 

accommodations, or requests to present 

oral comments to the DFO listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Bailey, DFO, Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy (7201M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–2045; fax number: (202) 564– 

8382; e-mail address: 

bailey.joseph@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to persons who are or may be 

required to conduct testing of chemical 

substances under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 

FIFRA, and the Food Quality Protection 

Act of 1996 (FQPA). Since other entities 

may also be interested, the Agency has 

not attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the DFO 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

When submitting comments, 

remember to: 

1. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

2. 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. 

3. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

4. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

5. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

6. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

7. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

8. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

C. How may I participate in this 

meeting? 

You may participate in this meeting 

by following the instructions in this 

unit. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

it is imperative that you identify docket 

ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0399 in 

the subject line on the first page of your 

request. 

1. Written comments. The Agency 

encourages that written comments be 

submitted, using the instructions in 

ADDRESSES, no later than July 12, 2011, 

to provide FIFRA SAP the time 

necessary to consider and review the 

written comments. Written comments 

are accepted until the date of the 

meeting, but anyone submitting written 

comments after July 12, 2011should 

contact the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Anyone 

submitting written comments at the 

meeting should bring 30 copies for 

distribution to the FIFRA SAP. 

2. Oral comments. The Agency 

encourages that each individual or 

group wishing to make brief oral 

comments to the FIFRA SAP submit 

their request to the DFO listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no 

later than July 19, 2011, in order to be 

included on the meeting agenda. 

Requests to present oral comments will 

be accepted until the date of the meeting 

and, to the extent that time permits, the 

Chair of FIFRA SAP may permit the 

presentation of oral comments at the 

meeting by interested persons who have 

not previously requested time. The 

request should identify the name of the 

individual making the presentation, the 

organization (if any) the individual will 

represent, and any requirements for 

audiovisual equipment (e.g., overhead 

projector, 35 mm projector, chalkboard). 

Oral comments before FIFRA SAP are 

limited to approximately 5 minutes 

unless prior arrangements have been 

made. In addition, each speaker should 

bring 30 copies of his or her comments 

and presentation slides for distribution 

to the FIFRA SAP at the meeting. 

3. Seating at the meeting. Seating at 

the meeting will be open and on a firstcome basis. 

4. Request for nominations to serve as 

ad hoc members of FIFRA SAP for this 

meeting. As part of a broader process for 

developing a pool of candidates for each 

meeting, FIFRA SAP staff routinely 

solicits the stakeholder community for 

nominations of prospective candidates 

for service as ad hoc members of FIFRA 

SAP. Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals to be considered as 

prospective candidates for a specific 

meeting. Individuals nominated for this 

meeting should have expertise in one or 

more of the following areas: Risk 

assessment, environmental 

epidemiology, exposure assessment 

(particularly pesticide applicators), 

mammary gland development, mode of 

action analysis (particularly those with 

MOA framework experience), 

frameworks to evaluate human 

relevance, prostate development, 

pharmacokinetics, physiologicallybased pharmacokinetic modeling, 

neuroendocrinology, hormone-mediated 

health effects, HPA axis (corticosterone), 

reproductive/developmental biology 

and environmental sampling and 

statistical modeling. Nominees should 

be scientists who have sufficient 

professional qualifications, including 

training and experience, to be capable of 

providing expert comments on the 

scientific issues for this meeting. 

Nominees should be identified by name, 

occupation, position, address, and 

telephone number. Nominations should 

be provided to the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or 

before May 20, 2011. The Agency will 

consider all nominations of prospective 

candidates for this meeting that are 

received on or before this date. 

However, final selection of ad hoc 

members for this meeting is a 

discretionary function of the Agency. 

The selection of scientists to serve on 

FIFRA SAP is based on the function of 

the panel and the expertise needed to 

address the Agency’s charge to the 

panel. No interested scientists shall be 

ineligible to serve by reason of their 

membership on any other advisory 

committee to a Federal department or 

agency or their employment by a 

Federal department or agency except the 

EPA. Other factors considered during 

the selection process include 

availability of the potential panel 

member to fully participate in the 

panel’s reviews, absence of any conflicts 

of interest or appearance of lack of 

impartiality, independence with respect 

to the matters under review, and lack of 

bias. Although financial conflicts of 

interest, the appearance of lack of 

impartiality, lack of independence, and 

bias may result in disqualification, the 

absence of such concerns does not 

assure that a candidate will be selected 

to serve on FIFRA SAP. Numerous 

qualified candidates are identified for 

each panel. Therefore, selection 

decisions involve carefully weighing a 

number of factors including the 

candidates’ areas of expertise and 

professional qualifications and 

achieving an overall balance of different 

scientific perspectives on the panel. In 

order to have the collective breadth of 

experience needed to address the 

Agency’s charge for this meeting, the 

Agency anticipates selecting 

approximately 15 ad hoc scientists. 

FIFRA SAP members are subject to 

the provisions of 5 CFR part 2634, 

Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, 

as supplemented by the EPA in 5 CFR 

part 6401. In anticipation of this 

requirement, prospective candidates for 

service on the FIFRA SAP will be asked 

to submit confidential financial 

information which shall fully disclose, 

among other financial interests, the 

candidate’s employment, stocks and 

bonds, and where applicable, sources of 

research support. The EPA will evaluate 

the candidate’s financial disclosure 


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form to assess whether there are 

financial conflicts of interest, 

appearance of a lack of impartiality or 

any prior involvement with the 

development of the documents under 

consideration (including previous 

scientific peer review) before the 

candidate is considered further for 

service on FIFRA SAP. Those who are 

selected from the pool of prospective 

candidates will be asked to attend the 

public meetings and to participate in the 

discussion of key issues and 

assumptions at these meetings. In 

addition, they will be asked to review 

and to help finalize the meeting 

minutes. The list of FIFRA SAP 

members participating at this meeting 

will be posted on the FIFRA SAP Web 

site at http://epa.gov/scipoly/sap or may 

be obtained from the OPP Regulatory 

Public Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

II. Background 

A. Purpose of FIFRA SAP 

FIFRA SAP serves as the primary 

scientific peer review mechanism of 

EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and is 

structured to provide scientific advice, 

information and recommendations to 

the EPA Administrator on pesticides 

and pesticide-related issues as to the 

impact of regulatory actions on health 

and the environment. FIFRA SAP is a 

Federal advisory committee established 

in 1975 under FIFRA that operates in 

accordance with requirements of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. FIFRA 

SAP is composed of a permanent panel 

consisting of seven members who are 

appointed by the EPA Administrator 

from nominees provided by the National 

Institutes of Health and the National 

Science Foundation. FIFRA, as 

amended by FQPA, established a 

Science Review Board consisting of at 

least 60 scientists who are available to 

the SAP on an ad hoc basis to assist in 

reviews conducted by the SAP. As a 

peer review mechanism, FIFRA SAP 

provides comments, evaluations and 

recommendations to improve the 

effectiveness and quality of analyses 

made by Agency scientists. Members of 

FIFRA SAP are scientists who have 

sufficient professional qualifications, 

including training and experience, to 

provide expert advice and 

recommendation to the Agency. 

B. Public Meeting 

EPA is undertaking a re-evaluation of 

the human health effects of atrazine. 

The human health re-evaluation has 

involved three SAP meetings in 2010 

and one in 2011. The first meeting was 

held in February 2010 during which the 

Agency presented its preliminary 

reviews of several atrazine 

epidemiology studies on birth outcomes 

and described a project plan to evaluate 

atrazine epidemiology data from the 

Agricultural Health Study (http:// 

aghealth.nci.nih.gov/). The second 

meeting in April 2010 SAP meeting 

focused on: 

1. A preliminary review of 

experimental toxicology studies from 

laboratory mammals and in vitro studies 

and recent advancements in 

understanding atrazine’s mode of action 

along with; 

2. Statistical and modeling 

approaches for evaluating monitoring 

frequency in community water systems 

(CWS). The September 2010 meeting 

built on the scientific analysis and SAP 

feedback from the April meeting. 

Specifically, the Agency presented 

scientific analyses on an empirical 

approach for estimating internal 

dosimetry, and calculation of 

benchmark dose estimates for purposes 

of deriving points of departure. In 

addition, EPA presented a general 

strategy for designing a monitoring 

study to characterize drinking water 

exposures and discussed different 

methods for analyzing and interpreting 

monitoring data collected at different 

sampling frequencies. The September 

2010 meeting also provided proposals 

for updating the critical durations of 

exposure based on the new science, and 

a preliminary evaluation of potential 

susceptibility of the young. In addition, 

the September 2010 meeting included 

evaluation of non-cancer epidemiology 

studies, a weight of the evidence 

evaluation of the non-cancer 

epidemiology studies with experimental 

laboratory studies, and a proposal to use 

the non-cancer epidemiology studies 

qualitatively in evaluating the human 

relevance of experimental toxicology 

findings. 

The July 2011 SAP meeting will build 

on the scientific analyses and SAP 

feedback from the previous three SAP 

meetings by proposing a conceptual 

framework for the evaluation of atrazine 

human health non-cancer effects. This 

proposed conceptual framework will 

integrate information on mode of action 

and adverse outcome pathways, 

potentially susceptible lifestages/ 

subpopulations, drinking water 

exposure, internal dosimetry, and water 

monitoring sampling uncertainty. The 

Agency will solicit comment on the 

overall integrative approach proposed 

for atrazine along with technical 

considerations for each scientific 

component. To illustrate the conceptual 

framework, a case study will be 

provided that demonstrates an approach 

for estimating non-cancer risk to 

atrazine based on an internal dose 

metric for temporally, spatially, and 

demographically explicit information. 

The Agency will use feedback received 

from the SAP at the July 2011 meeting 

as it completes the scientific analysis for 

determining whether or not adjustments 

may be necessary in the sampling 

frequency of CWS monitoring. The 

evaluation of non-cancer effects will 

include studies available up through 

April 29, 2010. 

In the 2003 Interim Reregistration 

Eligibility Decision (IRED) for atrazine, 

the Agency noted that it would convene 

another SAP meeting concerning 

atrazine and its possible association 

with carcinogenic effects, particularly as 

new information from the National 

Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Agricultural 

Health Study (AHS) is made available. 

The Agency believes it is appropriate at 

this time to re-evaluate the cancer 

epidemiology literature on atrazine in a 

SAP meeting; EPA notes that the 

evidence of atrazine carcinogenicity 

based upon experimental animal data 

were evaluated by the SAP in April 

2010. As such, at the July 2011 meeting, 

the Agency will provide a preliminary 

review of cancer epidemiology studies 

and a draft weight of the evidence 

(WOE) analysis on cancer that integrates 

mode of action, experimental toxicology 

information, and epidemiology. This 

draft WOE analysis will follow the Draft 

Framework for Incorporating 

Epidemiologic and Human Incident 

Data in Health Risk Assessment, which 

was reviewed by the SAP in February 

2010. The Agency will include 

epidemiological studies on the cancer 

effects of atrazine available up through 

April 29, 2010. The Agricultural Health 

Study is anticipated to be published in 

spring 2011 and will be part of this 

review given that this study is 

considered to be a pivotal line of 

evidence. 

At the February 2010 SAP, the 

Agency presented a proposed plan for a 

collaborative project with investigators 

from the AHS to evaluate approaches for 

estimating exposure to pesticide 

applicators. At the July 2011 meeting, 

the Agency will discuss the status of the 

collaborative project (which includes a 

case study involving atrazine) and 

solicit comment from the Panel on the 

overall direction of the project and the 

methods development aspects of this 

effort. This project is part of a larger 

effort by OPP to improve the 

incorporation of epidemiology in 

human health risk assessment. The 

feedback from the SAP may not be used 

for atrazine risk assessment per se but 


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will inform EPA’s continued efforts to 

improve risk assessment approaches 

and methodologies. 

C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting 

Minutes 

EPA’s background paper, related 

supporting materials, charge/questions 

to FIFRA SAP, FIFRA SAP composition 

(i.e., members and ad hoc members for 

this meeting), and the meeting agenda 

will be available by late June. In 

addition, the Agency may provide 

additional background documents as the 

materials become available. You may 

obtain electronic copies of these 

documents, and certain other related 

documents that might be available 

electronically, at http:// 

www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA 

SAP homepage at http://www.epa.gov/ 

scipoly/sap. 

FIFRA SAP will prepare meeting 

minutes summarizing its 

recommendations to the Agency 

approximately 90 days after the 

meeting. The meeting minutes will be 

posted on the FIFRA SAP Web site or 

may be obtained from the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: April 27, 2011. 

Frank Sanders, 

Director, Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9302–7] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of the chartered 

SAB on June 6, 2011 to conduct a 

quality review of a draft SAB report 

entitled ‘‘SAB Review of EPA’s 

Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to 

Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS 

Comments.’’ 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on June 6, 2011, from 12 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information concerning the 

public teleconference may contact Ms. 

Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board via e-mail at 

sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov, telephone/ 

voice mail (202) 564–2067, or fax (202) 

565–2098. General information 

concerning the EPA Science Advisory 

Board can be found on the EPA Web site 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 

2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, 

notice is hereby given that the SAB will 

hold a public teleconference to conduct 

a quality review of a draft report entitled 

‘‘SAB Review of EPA’s Reanalysis of Key 

Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and 

Response to NAS Comments.’’ The SAB 

will comply with the provisions of 

FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

Background: The SAB was asked to 

review and provide advice to EPA on a 

draft report, entitled ‘‘EPA’s Reanalysis 

of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity 

and Response to NAS Comments.’’ To 

conduct this review, the SAB Staff 

Office requested public nominations of 

experts (73 FR 61114) and formed the 

ad hoc SAB Dioxin Review Panel. The 

Panel held face-to-face public meetings 

on July 13–15, 2010 (75 FR 28805) and 

October 27–29, 2010 (75 FR 57779), and 

follow-up public teleconference 

meetings on March 1 and March 2, 2011 

(76 FR 6784) to review EPA’s draft 

document. The SAB will conduct a 

quality review of the Panel’s draft 

report, ‘‘SAB Review of EPA’s 

Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to 

Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS 

Comments.’’ Background information 

about this SAB advisory activity can be 

found on the SAB Web site at http:// 

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/ 

fedrgstr_activites/ 

Dioxin%20Reasst%20-%202008- 

2011?OpenDocument. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agenda and other materials in support of 

the teleconference will be placed on the 

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

in advance of the teleconference. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Members of the public 

can submit comments for a federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

SAB panels to consider or if it relates to 

the clarity or accuracy of the technical 

information. Members of the public 

wishing to provide comment should 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

directly. Oral Statements: Individuals or 

groups requesting an oral presentation 

will be limited to five minutes. Those 

interested in being placed on the public 

speakers list for the June 6, 2011, 

teleconference should contact Ms. 

Sanzone at the contact information 

provided above no later than May 27, 

2011. Written Statements: Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO via e-mail at the contact 

information noted above by May 27, 

2011, for the teleconference so that the 

information may be made available to 

the Panel members for their 

consideration. Written statements 

should be supplied in one of the 

following electronic formats: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM– 

PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. It is 

the SAB Staff Office general policy to 

post written comments on the Web page 

for the advisory meeting or 

teleconference. Submitters are requested 

to provide an unsigned version of each 

document because the SAB Staff Office 

does not publish documents with 

signatures on its Web sites. Members of 

the public should be aware that their 

personal contact information, if 

included in any written comments, may 

be posted to the SAB Web site. 

Copyrighted material will not be posted 

without explicit permission of the 

copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Ms. Sanzone 

at (202) 564–2067 or 

sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 


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