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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 8 ad hoc scientists. 

FIFRA SAP members are subject to 

the provisions of 5 CFR Part 2634— 

Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, 

Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of 

Divestiture, as supplemented by EPA in 

5 CFR part 6401. In anticipation of this 

requirement, prospective candidates for 

service on 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 

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://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap 

or may be obtained from the OPP 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 established 

a Science Review Board (SRB) 

consisting of at least 60 scientists who 

are available to FIFRA SAP on an ad hoc 

basis to assist in reviews conducted by 

FIFRA 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 

This FIFRA SAP meeting will review 

methods using computational 

toxicology and exposure tools (i.e., high 

throughput screening (HTS) assays, and 

computational models), and other data 

streams for integrated bioactivity and 

exposure based prioritization and 

screening of the universe of EDSP 

chemicals. Endocrine bioactivity of 

chemicals will be quantified using HTS 

in vitro estrogen, androgen, and thyroid 

receptor assays, along with other 

potential molecular targets, and 

compared with Tier 1 screening and 

other in vivo assay results obtained from 

published and publically available peerreviewed studies. While technical 

advances in high-throughput toxicity 

testing of chemicals were presented at a 

FIFRA SAP meeting in 2013, this SAP 

will review further advances in 

computational toxicology exposure 

science for prioritization and screening 

of the EDSP universe of chemicals. The 

ability of the agency to screen the 

thousands of environmental chemicals 

in the EDSP universe is substantially 

limited by the capacity of the current 

Tier 1 screening methods. Rapid 

screening of 1000s of chemicals using 

EPA’s ToxCast high throughput assays 

allows the agency to focus attention on 

chemicals with the greatest potential 

endocrine bioactivity. In addition, high 

throughput models of human and 

ecological exposure (e.g. ExpoCast) 

allows the agency to identify chemicals 

with the greatest potential for exposures 

that could result in bioactive 

concentrations. This shift in the EDSP 

framework allows focus to be placed on 

chemicals that pose the greatest 

likelihood of exposures leading to 

endocrine bioactivity in humans or 

wildlife. The FIFRA SAP will be 

requested to respond to charge 

questions regarding EPA’s proposed 

integrated bioactivity exposure based 

approach for ranking chemicals in the 

EDSP universe for further screening and 

testing. 

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 approximately 

October 27, 2014. 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 at http://

www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA 

SAP Web site 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 Docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests, Environmental Justice. 

Dated: September 2, 2014. 

David J. Dix, 

Director, Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy. 

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AGENCY 

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Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed consent decree, to address a 

lawsuit filed by WildEarth Guardians: 

WildEarth Guardians v. McCarthy, Civil 

Action No. 1:13–dv–02748–RBJ (D. Co.). 

On October 28, 2013, WildEarth 

Guardians filed a complaint alleging 

that the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) had failed to perform its 

nondiscretionary duties to make 

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submit required State Implementation 

Plans (SIPs) regarding the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) 

adopted by EPA for nitrogen dioxide 

(NO2) in January 2010. On January 24, 

2014, WildEarth Guardians filed an 

amended complaint adding two 

additional states to the list for which it 

claimed EPA had failed to perform this 

nondiscretionary duty. The complaint 

requested that the court order EPA to 

make such findings. Under the terms of 

the proposed consent decree, EPA 

would agree to make those findings by 

November 15, 2014. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by October 16, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2014–0644, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to oei.docket@

epa.gov; mailed to EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

or by hand delivery or courier to EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. Comments on 

a disk or CD–ROM should be formatted 

in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use 

of special characters and any form of 

encryption, and may be mailed to the 

mailing address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susmita Dubey, Air and Radiation Law 

Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–5577; fax number (202) 564–5603; 

email address: dubey.susmita@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The amended complaint alleges that 

EPA has failed to perform its 

nondiscretionary duty to make findings 

that the following states have failed to 

submit SIPs to meet the requirement in 

certain subsections of section 110(a)(2): 

Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, New 

Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South 

Dakota, Utah, Washington, and 

Wyoming. Under the terms of the 

proposed consent decree, EPA would 

agree to make findings by November 15, 

2014, for those states in this group 

which have not made submissions at 

that time. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who are 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn or 

withheld, the terms of the consent 

decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by EPA–HQ–OGC– 

2014–0644) contains a copy of the 

proposed consent decree. The official 

public docket is available for public 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

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, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available on the Internet 

(online) through the Web site 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: September 8, 2014. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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