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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101006-101007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29242]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765; FRL-12456-01-ORD]

EPA Database Calibrated Assessment Product (DCAP) Panel Under the 
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)--January 2025

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a public 
meeting. The EPA has selected technical experts to serve as Special 
Government Employees (SGEs) on a review panel under the authority of 
the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), a Federal advisory committee 
to the Office of Research and Development (ORD). Selected experts will 
review ORD's draft documents detailing the development and 
implementation of the Database Calibrated Assessment Product (DCAP). 
The DCAP is a proposed new ORD human health assessment product that is 
intended to be applied to substances with existing, publicly accessible 
in vivo repeat-dose toxicity studies, but lacking expert-derived human 
health assessments from authoritative sources. DCAP is a methods-based 
approach to develop oral, non-cancer human health assessments that 
inform timely decisions by EPA and external stakeholders using a 
scalable and transparent process.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2025, from 9 
a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday, January 17, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. 
All times noted are Eastern Time and approximate. The meeting may 
adjourn early if all business is finished. Attendees should register by 
Saturday, January 11, 2025, at https://us-epa-ord-dcap-panel-meeting.eventbrite.com. Attendees have the option to attend the meeting 
in-person or virtually and should indicate the type of attendance upon 
registration. Requests for making oral presentations at the meeting 
will be accepted through noon Eastern Time on Monday, January 6, 2025, 
and individuals making an oral presentation will be limited to a total 
of three minutes. Comments may be submitted through noon Eastern Time 
on Monday, January 6, 2025.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the EPA's Research Triangle Park 
Main Campus Facility, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, 
North Carolina 27711. Submit your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2015-0765 by one of the following methods:
    www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: Send comments by electronic mail (email) to: 
[email protected], Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee Docket, Mail Code: 2822T, 1301 
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004, Attention Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0765.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to: EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, William Jefferson Clinton West Building, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-ORD-2015-0765. Note: This is not a mailing address. Deliveries are 
only accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Instructions: The EPA's policy is that all comments received will 
be included in the public docket without change and may be made 
available online at 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 www.regulations.gov 
or email. The www.regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' 
system, which means the EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 
send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through 
www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured 
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket 
and made available on the internet. If you submit an electronic 
comment, the 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 the EPA cannot read your comment due to technical 
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the 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. For additional information about the EPA's public 
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer (DFO), 
Tom Tracy, via phone/voicemail at: (919) 541-4334; or via email at: 
[email protected].
    Meeting access: This meeting will be open to the public; attendees 
should register online at https://us-epa-ord-dcap-panel-meeting.eventbrite.com and indicate whether their attendance will be 
in-person or virtual. The full agenda and meeting materials will be 
available prior to the start of the meeting at the BOSC website: 
https://www.epa.gov/bosc. For questions on document availability, or if 
you do not have access to the internet, consult with the DFO, Tom 
Tracy, listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For security purposes, all in-person 
attendees must provide their names to the DFO by registering online at 
https://us-epa-ord-dcap-panel-meeting.eventbrite.com by January 11, 
2025, and must go through a metal detector, sign in with the security 
desk, and show REAL ID Act-compliant government-issued photo 
identification to enter the building. Attendees are encouraged to 
arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the meeting to allow 
enough time for security screening. Proposed agenda items for the 
meeting include but are not limited to the following: Review of charge 
questions, overview of the report describing the process to develop the 
Database Calibrated Assessment Product, overview of the proposed 
implementation of the new human health assessment product, and 
subcommittee deliberations.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Tom Tracy at (919) 541-4334 or [email protected]. To 
request accommodation of a disability, please contact Tom Tracy, 
preferably at least ten days prior to the meeting, to give the

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EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

Kathleen Deener,
Director, Office of Science Advisor, Policy, and Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2024-29242 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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