Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 199 / Monday, October 17, 2005 / Notices 60337 

Request for Nominations 

The SAB is soliciting nominations of 

nationally recognized scientists and 

engineers to serve on the STAA Panel 

for a term of three years. The Panel will 

consider nominations in the areas of: 

Control systems and technology; 

monitoring and measurement methods 

(all media); health effects and human 

risk assessment; ecological effects and 

ecological risk assessment; ecosystem 

restoration; chemical fate, transport and 

exposure assessment; risk management; 

integrated risk assessment; social 

sciences; and environmental futures. 

These areas are described in more detail 

at the web site identified above. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations 

Any interested person or organization 

may nominate individuals qualified in 

the areas of expertise described above to 

serve on the SAB STAA Review Panel. 

Nominations should be submitted in 

electronic format through the SAB 

Nomination Form which can be 

accessed through a link on the blue 

navigational bar on the SAB Web site at: 

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

paneltopics.html. To be considered, all 

nominations must include the 

information requested on that form. 

Anyone who is unable to submit 

nominations using the electronic form 

or questions concerning any aspect of 

the nomination process may contact the 

DFO, as indicated above in this notice. 

Nominations should be submitted no 

later than November 7, 2005. Any 

questions concerning either this process 

or any other aspects of this notice 

should be directed to the DFO. The 

process for forming a SAB panel is 

described in the Overview of the Panel 

Formation Process at the Environmental 

Protection Agency, Science Advisory 

Board (EPA–SAB–EC–COM–02–010), 

which may be accessed on the SAB Web 

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

ec02010.pdf. 

Nominees identified by respondents 

to this Federal Register notice (termed 

the ‘‘Widecast’’) will be evaluated on 

the basis of scientific expertise and 

experience in the aforementioned 

descriptions, as well as prior national 

committee experience. Appropriately 

profiled candidates will be identified 

and placed on a ‘‘Short List’’ for further 

consideration. The ‘‘Short List’’ will be 

posted on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab and will include the 

nominee’s name and biosketch. Public 

comments on the ‘‘Short List’’ will be 

accepted during a public comment 

period. The public will be requested to 

provide information, analysis or other 

documentation on nominees that the 

SAB Staff Office should consider in 

evaluating candidates for the Panel. 

The STAA panelists will be selected 

from the ‘‘Short List.’’ For the SAB, a 

balanced panel is characterized by 

inclusion of 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 expertise and 

experience to adequately address the 

charge. Public responses to the ‘‘Short 

List’’ candidates will be considered in 

the selection of the panel, along with 

information provided by candidates and 

information gathered by SAB Staff 

independently on the background of 

each candidate (e.g., financial disclosure 

information and computer searches to 

evaluate a nominee’s prior involvement 

with the topic under review). Specific 

criteria to be used in evaluation of an 

individual Panel member include: (a) 

Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) absence of financial 

conflicts of interest; (c) scientific 

credibility and impartiality; (d) 

availability and willingness to serve; 

and (e) ability to work constructively 

and effectively in committees. 

Potential panelists will be required to 

complete and submit the ‘‘Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Form for Special 

Government Employees Serving on 

Federal Advisory Committees at the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’’

(EPA Form 3110–48). This confidential 

form allows Government officials to 

determine whether there is a statutory 

conflict between that person’s public 

responsibilities (which includes 

membership on an EPA Federal 

advisory committee) and private 

interests and activities, or the 

appearance of a lack of impartiality, as 

defined by Federal regulation. The form 

may be viewed and downloaded from 

the following URL address: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ 

epaform3110–48.pdf. 

Dated: October 7, 2005. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Associate Director for Science, EPA Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office. 

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Notice of Meeting of the EPA’s 

Children’s Health Protection Advisory 

Committee (CHPAC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby 

given that the next meeting of the 

Children’s Health Protection Advisory 

Committee (CHPAC) will be held 

October 25 and 26, 2005 at the Hotel 

Washington, Washington, DC. The 

CHPAC was created to advise the 

Environmental Protection Agency on 

science, regulations, and other issues 

relating to children’s environmental 

health. 

DATES: The Science and Regulatory 

Work Groups will meet Monday October 

24, 2005. Plenary sessions will take 

place Tuesday October 25 and 

Wednesday October 26, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Hotel Washington, 515 15th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Joanne Rodman, Office of 

Children’s Health Protection, USEPA, 

MC 1107A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564–

2188, rodman.joanne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meetings of the CHPAC are open to the 

public. The Science and Regulatory 

Work Groups will meet Monday October 

24, 2005 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The plenary 

CHPAC will meet on Tuesday October 

25, 2005 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with a 

public comment period at 5 p.m., and 

on Wednesday October 26, 2005 from 9 

a.m. to 11:45 a.m. 

The plenary session will open with 

introductions and a review of the 

agenda and objectives for the meeting. 

Agenda items include an update on 

EPA’s Hurricane Katrina and Rita 

activities, and a discussion of EPA’s 

implementation of the supplemental 

cancer guidelines. Other potential 

agenda items include a presentation on 

community based perspectives on 

children’s environmental health. 

60338 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 199 / Monday, October 17, 2005 / Notices 

Dated: October 11, 2005. 

Joanne K. Rodman, 

Designated Federal Official. 

Children’s Health Protection Advisory 

Committee; Hotel Washington, 515 15th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004–1099; 

July 12–14, 2005; Draft Agenda 

Monday October 24, 2005 

Task Group Meetings 

Wednesday, October 25, 2005 

8:45 Welcome, Introductions, Review 

Meeting Agenda 

9 Highlights of Recent OCHP Activities 

9:45 Presentation and Discussion: 

Community Based Perspectives on 

Children’s Environmental Health 

10:15 Update: VCCEP Evaluation 

10:30 Break 

10:45 Science Workgroup Status Report 

11:15 Human Subjects Comment Letter 

12:30 Lunch 

1:30 Presentation TBA 

3 Public Comment 

3:15 Break 

3:30 Regulatory Workgroup Status Report 

4 Discussion: Regulatory Workgroup 

Comment Letters 

6 Adjourn 

Thursday, October 26, 2005 

9 Discussion of Day One 

9:15 Presentation: Implementation of the 

Supplemental Cancer Guidelines 

10:15 Discuss and Agree on 

Recommendations 

12:15 Wrap Up/Next Steps 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of an Upcoming Science 

Advisory Board Meeting 

(Teleconference) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference meeting of the 

chartered SAB to discuss a draft SAB 

report. 

DATES: November 7, 2005, 1–3 p.m. 

(Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

via telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain the call-in number and access 

code to participate in the telephone 

conference or who wish to obtain 

further information regarding this 

teleconference meeting may contact Mr. 

Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; or via 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 343–9982 

or via e-mail at miller.tom@epa.gov. 

General information about the SAB, as 

well as any updates concerning the 

meeting announced in this notice, may 

be found on the SAB Web site at: 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this SAB telephone 

conference meeting is to conduct a final 

public review and discussion of the 

draft SAB report Review of EPA’s Draft 

Framework for Inorganic Metals Risk 

Assessment. The focus of the meeting is 

to consider whether: (i) The original 

charge questions to the SAB review 

panel have been adequately addressed 

in the draft report, (ii) the draft report 

is clear and logical; and (iii) the 

conclusions drawn, or 

recommendations made in the draft 

report, are supported by the body of the 

report. 

Background: Background on the EPA 

metals Risk Assessment was provided in 

a Federal Register Notice published on 

July 29, 2004 (69 FR 45314–45315). EPA 

has been undertaking an effort to 

develop cross-Agency guidance for 

assessing the human health and 

ecological hazards and risks of metals 

and metal compounds. EPA developed 

the draft guidance document entitled, 

‘‘Framework for Inorganic Metals Risk 

Assessment,’’ to supplement previous 

EPA guidance for use in site-specific 

risk assessments, criteria derivation, and 

other similar Agency activities related to 

metals. The guidance is organized 

around the risk assessment paradigm. 

The document provides a conceptual 

model that highlights areas where 

consideration of metal-specific 

information is necessary and 

advantageous when conducting risk 

assessments. It outlines 

recommendations for conducting risk 

assessment for metals and metal 

compounds based on the unique 

attributes of these compounds. The 

guidance document also discusses 

metal-specific issues related to 

environmental chemistry, exposure, 

bioaccumulation and bioavailability, 

ecological effects, and human health 

effects. In addition, the guidance 

discusses research underway, planned, 

and needed to reduce uncertainty in 

metals risk assessment. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: A 

roster of participating SAB members 

and the meeting agenda will be posted 

on the SAB Web site prior to the 

meeting. The draft report that is the 

subject of this meeting is available on 

the SAB Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Procedures for Providing Public 

Comment: The SAB Staff Office accepts 

written public comments of any length, 

and accommodates oral public 

comments whenever possible. The SAB 

Staff Office expects that public 

statements presented at SAB meetings 

will not be repetitive of previously 

submitted oral or written statements. 

Oral Comments: In general, each 

individual or group requesting an oral 

presentation at a teleconference meeting 

will usually be limited to no more than 

three minutes per speaker and no more 

than fifteen minutes total for all 

speakers. Interested parties should 

contact the DFO noted above in writing 

via e-mail at least one week prior to the 

meeting in order to be placed on the 

public speaker list for the meeting. 

Speakers should provide an electronic 

copy of their comments to the DFO for 

distribution to interested parties and 

participants in the meeting. Written 

Comments: Although written comments 

are accepted until the date of the 

meeting (unless otherwise stated), 

written comments should be received in 

the SAB Staff Office at least one week 

prior to the meeting date so that the 

comments may be made available to the 

committee for their consideration. 

Comments should be supplied to the 

DFO at the address/contact information 

above in the following formats: one hard 

copy with original signature, and one 

electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable 

file format: Adobe Acrobat, 

WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files 

(in IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP 

format). 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. Thomas 

O. Miller at (202) 343–9982 or 

miller.tom@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Mr. Miller, preferably at least 10 

days prior to the meeting, to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: October 7, 2005. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Associate Director for Science, EPA Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office. 

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