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teleconference may contact Mr. Thomas 

Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; via 

telephone/voice mail (202) 564–4885; 

fax (202) 565–2098; or email at 

carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the SAB Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 

amended, 5 U.S.C., App., notice is 

hereby given that the SAB CAAC–TMB 

Panel will hold a public teleconference 

to reach consensus on its draft report on 

the IRIS Toxicological Review of 

Trimethylbenzenes (August 2013 

Revised External Review Draft) and 

enhancements the agency is 

implementing to the IRIS program. 

The SAB was established pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent 

scientific and technical advice to the 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a federal advisory committee 

chartered under FACA. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

The SAB CAAC–TMB Panel held a 

public meeting on June 17–19, 2014. 

The purpose of that meeting was to 

receive a briefing on the EPA’s 

enhancements to the IRIS Program and 

to develop responses to the peer review 

charge on the agency’s draft IRIS 

Toxicological Review of 

Trimethylbenzenes (August 2013 

Revised External Review Draft). The 

SAB CAAC TMB Panel held 

teleconferences on November 5 and 7, 

2014, to discuss and revise its draft 

report. The purpose of this public 

teleconference is for the Panel to reach 

consensus on a draft report entitled 

Science Advisory Board Review of the 

IRIS Draft (12/22/2014) Toxicological 

Review of Trimethylbenzenes. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Additional background on this SAB 

activity, the teleconference agenda, draft 

panel report, and other materials for the 

teleconferences will be posted on the 

SAB Web site at http://

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

fedrgstr_activites/IRIS%20

Trimethylbenzenes?OpenDocument. 

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 the EPA. 

Members of the public can submit 

relevant comments pertaining to the 

group conducting this SAB activity or 

the meeting materials. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it consists of comments that 

provide specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for the SAB to 

consider. Members of the public 

wishing to provide comment should 

contact the Mr. Thomas Carpenter at the 

contact information provided above. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes per 

speaker. To be placed on the list of 

registered speakers for the January 29, 

2015, teleconference, interested parties 

should notify Mr. Thomas Carpenter, 

DFO, by email no later than January 21, 

2015. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements to be provided to the panel 

for the teleconference should be 

provided to the DFO, preferably via 

email, by January 29, 2015. 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 Mr. 

Carpenter at the phone number or email 

address noted above, preferably at least 

ten days prior to the teleconference, to 

give the EPA as much time as possible 

to process your request. 

Dated: December 18, 2014. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30604 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9921–06–Region 3] 

Tentative Approval and Solicitation of 

Request for a Public Hearing for Public 

Water System Supervision Program 

Revision for the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval and 

solicitation of requests for a public 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in 

accordance with the provision of 

Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water 

Act, as amended, and the requirements 

governing the National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation, 40 CFR part 142, that 

the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is 

revising its approved Public Water 

System Supervision Program. The 

Commonwealth has adopted the Lead 

and Copper Rule Short Term Revisions 

which will provide for better public 

health protection by reducing potential 

reproductive and developmental health 

risks from lead. The Commonwealth 

also revised its regulations for issuing 

variances and exemptions. The 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has determined that these revisions are 

no less stringent than the corresponding 

Federal regulations. EPA is taking action 

to tentatively approve these program 

revisions. All interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments on 

this determination and may request a 

public hearing. 

DATES: Comments or a request for a 

public hearing must be submitted by 

January 29, 2015. This determination 

shall become effective on January 29, 

2015 if no timely and appropriate 

request for a hearing is received and the 

Regional Administrator does not elect 

on his own to hold a hearing, and if no 

comments are received which cause 

EPA to modify its tentative approval. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or a request for 

a public hearing must be submitted to 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029. 

Comments may also be submitted 

electronically to Moran.Kelly@epa.gov. 

All documents relating to this 

determination are available for 

inspection between the hours of 8:00 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, at the following offices: 

• Drinking Water Branch (3WP21), 

Water Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

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Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029. 

• Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection, 11th Floor 

Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 

Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Moran at the Philadelphia address 

given above, telephone (215) 814–2331, 

fax (215) 814–2302, or email 

Moran.Kelly@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All 

interested parties are invited to submit 

written comments on this determination 

and may request a public hearing. All 

comments will be considered; if 

necessary, EPA will issue a response. 

Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a 

hearing may be denied by the Regional 

Administrator. However, if a substantial 

request for a public hearing is made by 

January 29, 2015, a public hearing will 

be held. A request for public hearing 

shall include the following: (1) The 

name, address, and telephone number of 

the individual, organization, or other 

entity requesting a hearing; (2) a brief 

statement of the requesting person’s 

interest in the Regional Administrator’s 

determination and of information that 

the requesting person intends to submit 

at such a hearing; and (3) the signature 

of the individual making the request; or, 

if the request is made on behalf of an 

organization or other entity, the 

signature of a responsible official of the 

organization or other entity. 

Dated: December 3, 2014. 

Shawn M. Garvin, 

Regional Administrator, EPA, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30601 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9920–84–OA] 

Notification of a Joint Public 

Teleconference of the Chartered 

Science Advisory Board and the Board 

of Scientific Counselors and a Public 

Teleconference of the Chartered 

Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces two public 

teleconferences: (1) A joint 

teleconference of the Chartered SAB and 

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) 

to discuss a draft report providing 

advice on implementation of Office of 

Research and Development’s (ORD’s) 

strategic directions for research; and (2) 

a teleconference of the Chartered SAB to 

discuss information provided in the 

agency’s Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 

regulatory agenda and to review draft 

SAB reports on the EPA’s draft webbased Report on the Environment and 

the EPA’s draft Environmental Justice 

Technical Guidance. 

DATES: The public teleconference for the 

Chartered SAB and the BOSC will be 

held on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, from 

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) 

and the public teleconference for the 

Chartered SAB will be held on Friday, 

January 23, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 

p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

teleconferences may contact Dr. Angela 

Nugent, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2218 

or at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General 

information about the SAB as well as 

any updates concerning the 

teleconferences announced in this 

notice may 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 

(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The BOSC was 

established by the EPA to provide 

advice, information, and 

recommendations regarding the ORD 

research program. The SAB and BOSC 

are federal advisory committees 

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: (1) The 

Chartered SAB and Chartered BOSC 

will hold a joint teleconference to 

discuss a draft report on future 

directions for ORD’s research programs 

and (2) the Chartered SAB will hold a 

public teleconference for two purposes. 

The first purpose is to discuss 

information provided in the agency’s 

Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 regulatory 

agenda, specifically planned actions and 

their supporting science. The second 

purpose is to review two draft SAB 

reports (on the EPA’s draft web-based 

Report on the Environment and the 

EPA’s draft Environmental Justice 

Technical Guidance). The SAB and 

BOSC will comply with the provisions 

of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

Joint SAB–BOSC teleconference on 

future directions for ORD’s research 

programs. On January 13, 2015, the 

Chartered SAB and Chartered BOSC 

will discuss a draft report entitled 

Strategic Research Planning for 2016– 

2019: A Joint Report (11/20/14 Draft) of 

the SAB and ORD BOSC. The draft 

report was developed as a result of 

deliberations at a joint SAB–BOSC 

meeting on July 24–25, 2014. 

Information about this advisory activity 

can be found on the Web at http://

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

fedrgstr_activites/ORD%20Strat%20

Dir%202016-2019?OpenDocument. 

Chartered SAB teleconference to 

discuss EPA planned actions and review 

two draft SAB reports. On January 23, 

2015, the chartered SAB will hold a 

teleconference for two purposes. The 

first purpose is to discuss information 

provided in the agency’s Fall 2013 and 

Spring 2014 regulatory agenda, 

specifically planned actions and their 

supporting science. The Chartered SAB 

will conclude discussions begun at an 

SAB public teleconference on June 11, 

2014 (79 FR 27604–27605) regarding the 

Fall 2013 Unified (Regulatory) Agenda 

and Regulatory Plan. Information about 

this advisory activity can be found on 

the Web at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/

SAB%20Fall%202013%20Agenda%20

Disc?OpenDocument. The Chartered 

SAB will also discuss recommendations 

regarding the Spring 2014 Unified 

(Regulatory) Agenda and Regulatory 

Plan. Information about this advisory 

activity can be found on the Web at 

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

nsf/fedrgstr_activites/SAB%20

Spring%202014%20Agenda%20Disc?

OpenDocument. 

The second purpose of the call on 

January 23, 2015, is for the SAB to 

review two draft SAB reports. Quality 

review is a key function of the chartered 

SAB. Draft reports prepared by SAB 

committees, panels, or work groups 

must be reviewed and approved by the 

chartered SAB before transmittal to the 

EPA Administrator. Consistent with 

FACA, the chartered SAB makes a 

determination in a public meeting about 

each draft report and determines 

whether the report is ready to be 

transmitted to the EPA Administrator. 

The first Chartered SAB review will 

focus on a draft report on the scientific 

and technical merit of the EPA’s draft 

Web-based Report on the Environment 

with particular attention to its adoption 

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