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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: March 14, 2022. 

Steven Neugeboren, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05936 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] 

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Request for Nominations for the 

Science Advisory Board Radionuclide 

Cancer Risk Coefficients Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office requests public 

nominations of scientific experts to form 

a Panel to review the draft EPA 

document titled Cancer Risk 

Coefficients for Environmental Exposure 

to Radionuclides (Federal Guidance 

Report No. 16). This draft document is 

an update to Federal Guidance Report 

No. 13, and provides new radionuclidespecific cancer risk coefficients for 

incidence and mortality associated with 

internal radionuclide exposure from 

ingestion and inhalation, and external 

exposure to radionuclides distributed in 

air, water, and soil. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by April 11, 2022 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. Diana Wong, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board Staff Office by telephone/voice 

mail (202) 564–2049, or email at 

wong.diana-m@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA SAB 

can be found at the EPA SAB website at 

https://sab.epa.gov. 

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, 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 Staff Office is forming an 

expert panel, the Radionuclide Cancer 

Risk Coefficients (RCRC) Review Panel, 

under the auspices of the Chartered 

SAB. The RCRC Review Panel will 

provide advice through the chartered 

SAB. The SAB and the RCRC Review 

Panel will comply with the provisions 

of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

The Radionuclide Cancer Risk 

Coefficients (RCRC) Review Panel will 

conduct the review of Cancer Risk 

Coefficients for Environmental Exposure 

to Radionuclides (Federal Guidance 

Report No. 16) prepared by the EPA’s 

Office of Radiation and Indoor Air. 

Federal Guidance Report No. 16 (FGR 

16) is part of a series designed to 

provide technical information for use in 

implementing radiation protection 

programs. FGR 16 provides 

radionuclide-specific cancer risk 

coefficients for incidence and mortality 

associated with internal radionuclide 

exposure from ingestion and inhalation, 

and external exposure to radionuclides 

distributed in air, water, and soil. 

Federal Guidance Report No. 13 

(1999) provided cancer risk coefficients 

for environmental exposures to 

approximately 835 radionuclides. FGR 

16 updates and expands the set of risk 

coefficients to 1,252 radionuclides. FGR 

16 includes updated dosimetric data, 

biokinetic models, nuclear decay data, 

usage rates, U.S. population statistics, 

and cancer models from EPA 

Radiogenic Cancer Risk Models and 

Projections for the U.S. Population 

(2011), known as the ‘‘Blue Book.’’ FGR 

16 is intended for audiences who need 

to estimate risks to the U.S. population 

from environmental exposures to 

radionuclides. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists, mathematicians, 

and engineers with demonstrated 

expertise and experience in the 

following disciplines: Radionuclide 

biokinetic modeling, radiation 

epidemiology, computational dosimetry, 

radiobiology, and statistics/biostatistics. 

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 

the SAB Panel. Individuals may selfnominate. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred) using the online nomination 

form on the SAB website at https://

sab.epa.gov (see the ‘‘Public Input on 

Membership’’ list under ‘‘Committees, 

Panels, and Membership’’). To be 

considered, nominations should include 

the information requested below. EPA 

values and welcomes diversity. All 

qualified candidates are encouraged to 

apply regardless of sex, race, disability 

or ethnicity. Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

April 11, 2022. 

The following information should be 

provided on the nomination form: 

Contact information for the person 

making the nomination; contact 

information for the nominee; and the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee. Nominees will 

be contacted by the SAB Staff Office and 

will be asked to provide a recent 

curriculum vitae and a narrative 

biographical summary that includes: 

Current position; educational 

background; research activities; sources 

of research funding for the last two 

years; 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 website, should contact the 

DFO at the contact information noted 

above. The names and biosketches of 

qualified nominees identified by 

respondents to this Federal Register 

notice, and additional experts identified 

by the SAB Staff Office, will be posted 

in a List of Candidates for the Panel on 

the SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. 

Public comments on the 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 the expert panel, the SAB Staff 

Office will consider public comments 

on the Lists 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 


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to serve; (c) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an 

appearance of a loss of impartiality; (e) 

skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels; and 

(f) for the panel as a whole, diversity of 

expertise and scientific points of view. 

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 Environmental Protection 

Agency Special Government 

Employees’’ (EPA Form 3110–48). This 

confidential form is required and 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 loss of 

impartiality, as defined by federal 

regulation. The form may be viewed and 

downloaded through the ‘‘Ethics 

Requirements for Advisors’’ link on the 

SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. This 

form should not be submitted as part of 

a nomination. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects members for 

subcommittees and review 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 website at https://sab.epa.gov. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05871 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2014–0549; FRL–9684– 

01–OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Application for Reimbursement to 

Local Governments for Emergency 

Response to Hazardous Substance 

Releases Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA) Section 123 (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Application for Reimbursement to Local 

Governments for Emergency Response 

to Hazardous Substance Releases Under 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) Section 123 (EPA ICR 

Number 1425.12, OMB Control Number 

2050–0077) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through May 31, 

2022. Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

November 5, 2021, during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

and a person is not required to respond 

to a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 20, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–SFUND–2014–0549, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

profanity, threats, information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI), or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Schlieger, Office of Emergency 

Management, Mail Code 5104A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 

3128; email address: Schlieger.brian@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that EPA will 

be collecting, are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at http://

www.regulations.gov. For further 

information about the EPA’s public 

docket, Docket Center services and the 

current status, please visit us online at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. The 

telephone number for the Docket Center 

is 202–566–1744. 

Abstract: The Agency requires 

applicants for reimbursement under this 

program authorized under Section 123 

of CERCLA to submit an application 

that demonstrates consistency with 

program eligibility requirements. This is 

necessary to ensure proper use of the 

Superfund. EPA reviews the 

information to ensure compliance with 

all statutory and program requirements. 

The applicants are local governments 

who have incurred expenses, above and 

beyond their budgets, for hazardous 

substance response. Submission of this 

information is voluntary and to the 

applicant’s benefit. 

Form Numbers: 9310–1. 

Respondents/affected entities: Local 

Governments that apply for 

reimbursement under this program. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary (CERCLA Section 123). 

Estimated number of respondents: 20 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Voluntary, on 

occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 170 hours 

(per year). 

Total estimated cost: $4,392, which 

includes no capital or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: The 

decrease in hours per application is a 

result of the form can be filled and 

submitted electronically. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05891 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] 

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[FRL–9623–01–OMS] 

National and Governmental Advisory 

Committees to the U.S. Representative 

to the Commission for Environmental 

Cooperation (CEC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) gives notice of 

a public meeting of the National 

Advisory Committee (NAC) and the 

Government Advisory Committee 


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