69340 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 219 / Tuesday, November 15, 2005 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7996–6] 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff 

Office; Notification of Multiple 

Upcoming Teleconferences of the 

Science Advisory Board Ecological 

Processes and Effects Committee, 

Arsenic Review Panel, and the Second 

Generation Model Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces 

three upcoming public teleconferences 

of the: 

(1) SAB Ecological Processes and 

Effects Committee to prepare for a 

review of the EPA Region 6 Geographic 

Information System Screening Tool; 

(2) The SAB Arsenic Review Panel to 

discuss and reach consensus its draft 

report Advisory on EPA’s Assessments 

of Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and 

Inorganic Arsenic; and 

(3) The SAB Second Generation 

Model Advisory Panel to discuss 

potential revisions to its interim draft 

comments on the model. 

DATES: The dates for the three 

teleconferences are: 

(1) Ecological Processes and Effects 

Committee on November 30, 2005, from 

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. eastern time; 

(2) SAB Arsenic Review Panel on 

December 5, 2005 from 2 to 4:30 p.m 

Eastern time; and 

(3) The SAB Second Generation 

Model Advisory Panel on December 9, 

2005 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain the teleconference call-in 

numbers and access codes to participate 

in the teleconferences may contact the 

following individuals. 

(1) For the SAB Ecological Processes 

and Effects teleconference, contact Dr. 

Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) by telephone at (202) 343–

9995; fax at (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at 

armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

(2) For the SAB Arsenic Review Panel 

teleconference, contact Mr. Thomas O. 

Miller, DFO by telephone at (202) 343–

9982 or e-mail at miller.tom@epa.gov. 

(3) For the SAB Second Generation 

Model Advisory Panel teleconference 

contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, DFO, by 

telephone at (202) 343–9867 or e-mail at 

stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General 

information about the SAB, as well as 

any updates concerning the 

teleconferences announced in this 

notice, may be found on the SAB Web 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Backround information for each 

teleconference is provided separately 

below: 

(1) The SAB Ecological Processes and 

Effects Committee—EPA Region 6 has 

requested that the SAB conduct a 

review of the Geographic Information 

System Screening Tool (GISST). The 

GISST is an environmental assessment 

tool developed for considering single 

media and cumulative impacts for 

complex decisions, such as those under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). The GISST uses geographic 

information system coverages and 

environmental and socioeconomic data 

to provide screening level assessments 

of the potential environmental 

vulnerabilities of project locations or the 

impacts of specified activities. Decision 

criteria used in GISST score available 

data on a scale of one to five, with 

higher scores representing higher 

potential environmental vulnerability or 

concern. GISST may be used by 

decision-makers to help prioritize 

project locations and alternatives 

actions. EPA Region 6 is seeking 

comment from the SAB on the validity 

of the GISST methodology, the 

defensibility of the GISST results, and 

the usefulness of the GISST, particularly 

within the NEPA process. EPA Region 6 

is also interested in making the GISST 

more user-friendly, and is seeking 

comments on further enhancements to 

the GISST. In a Federal Register Notice 

published on September 22, 2005 (70 FR 

55620–55621), the SAB Staff Office 

announced that it was augmenting the 

expertise on the SAB Ecological 

Processes and Effects Committee to form 

the Geographic Information System 

Screening Tool Review Panel. The SAB 

Staff Office also announced that a 

meeting of the Panel would be held on 

December 7–8, 2005 to review the 

GISST. The GISST Review Panel will 

meet with EPA Region 6 representatives 

by teleconference on November 30, 2005 

to discuss the charge and agenda for the 

upcoming review meeting. 

(2) The SAB Arsenic Review Panel—

The purpose of this teleconference is to 

discuss and reach consensus on the 

draft Advisory on EPA’s Assessments of 

Carcinogenic Effects of Organic and 

Inorganic Arsenic: An Advisory Report 

of the U.S. EPA Science Advisory 

Board. Background on this issue was 

provided in two Federal Register 

Notices published on February 23, 2005 

(70 FR 8803–8804) and July 26, 2005 (70 

FR 43144–43145). Human exposure to 

arsenic compounds can occur through 

various environmental media by their 

use as pesticides (e.g., dessicants/ 

defoliants, wood preservatives) or from 

industrial wastes. EPA regulates 

environmental exposures to arsenic 

compounds pursuant to requirements of 

several laws (e.g., the Safe Drinking 

Water Act; the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and the 

Food Quality Protection Act). EPA 

asked the SAB to provide advice on 

scientific issues underlying the 

Agency’s assessments of the 

carcinogenic potential of arsenic 

compounds. In response to EPA’s 

request, the SAB Staff Office formed an 

Ad Hoc Panel to review relevant 

background data and to consider the 

underlying scientific questions. As a 

result the Panel drafted an advisory 

report to the EPA Administrator to 

respond to the EPA charge. That draft 

report will be the focus of the December 

5, 2005 telephone conference meeting of 

the Panel. 

(3) The SAB Second Generation 

Model Advisory Panel was discussed in 

an earlier Notice published on July 9, 

2004 (69 FR 41474–41475). Subsequent 

Notices published on November 18, 

2004 (69 FR 67579–67580), January 6, 

2005 (70 FR 1245–1246) and March 2, 

2005 (70 FR 10089–10090) provided 

notices of a December 2, 2004 

teleconference, a February 4, 2005 faceto-face meeting, and April 1 and May 6, 

2005 teleconferences respectively. 

Additional background material on the 

Second Generation Model may be found 

at: http://www.epa.gov/air/sgmsab.html. The upcoming teleconference 

to be held on December 9 will provide 

panelists an opportunity to discuss 

potential revisions to their Interim Draft 

Comments posted at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/sgm_07–21–

05_interim_draft.pdf. For technical 

information on the Second Generation 

Model contact Michael Shelby, EPA 

Office of Atmospheric Programs, by 

telephone at (202) 343–9440 or e-mail 

shelby.michael@epa.gov. 

Availability of Meeting Materials 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 

notice is hereby given that the SAB will 

hold the three public teleconferences on 

the dates and times provided above. 

Rosters of the Subcommittee and Panel 

members, their biosketches, the 

teleconference agendas, and the charges 

to the Subcommittee and Panels will be 

posted on the SAB Web site http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab prior to the 

teleconference. Additional materials for 

each teleconference are described 

below. 

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(1) The EPA Region 6 GIS Screening 

Tool (GISST) User’s Manual is available 

at the following URL address: http:// 

www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6en/xp/ 

enxp2a3.htm. 

(2) The draft report that is the subject 

of the SAB Arsenic Review panel 

meeting is available on the SAB Web 

site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab. EPA’s 

Toxicological Review of Inorganic 

Arsenic and related background 

information on inorganic arsenic may be 

found at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

waterscience/sab/. The technical contact 

for the above information on inorganic 

arsenic is Dr. Elizabeth Doyle, (202) 

566–0056, of the Office of Water. EPA’s 

assessment for organic arsenic, entitled 

Science Issue Paper: Cancer Mode of 

Action of Cacodylic Acid 

(Dimethylarsinic Acid, DMAV and 

Recommendations for Dose Response 

Extrapolation and other related 

background information on organic 

arsenic may be found at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/ 

cacodylic_acid/. The technical contact 

for the above information on organic 

arsenic is Dr. Anna Lowit, (703) 308–

4135, of the Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

(3) Additional background material on 

the Second Generation Model may be 

found at: http://www.epa.gov/air/sgmsab.html. The upcoming teleconference 

to be held on December 9 will provide 

panelists an opportunity to discuss 

potential revisions to their Interim Draft 

Comments posted at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/sgm_07–21–

05_interim_draft.pdf. 

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 repeat 

previously submitted oral or written 

statements. Oral Comments: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a teleconference meeting 

will usually be limited to three minutes 

per speaker with no more than a total 

of fifteen minutes for all speakers. 

Interested parties should contact the 

appropriate DFO at the contact 

information provided above in writing 

via e-mail at least 10 days prior to the 

scheduled teleconference to be placed 

on the public speaker list for the 

teleconference. Speakers should provide 

an electronic copy of their comments to 

the DFO for distribution to interested 

parties and participants in the meeting. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

should be received in the SAB Staff 

Office at least seven days before 

scheduled teleconference so that the 

comments may be made available to the 

Panel for their consideration. Comments 

should be supplied to the appropriate 

DFO at the address and contact 

information provided 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). 

Meeting Accommodations 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation to access the 

teleconference should contact the 

appropriate DFO at the phone number 

or e-mail address noted above at least 

five business days prior to the meeting 

so that appropriate arrangements can be 

made. 

Dated: November 8, 2005. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Associate Director for Science, EPA Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 05–22613 Filed 11–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Notice of Change in Subject Matter of 

Agency Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of 

subsection (e)(2) of the ‘‘Government in 

the Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(2)), 

notice is hereby given that at its open 

meeting held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 

November 8, 2005, the Corporation’s 

Board of Directors determined, on 

motion of Vice Chairman Martin J. 

Gruenberg, seconded by Director 

Thomas J. Curry (Appointive), 

concurred in by Director John C. Dugan 

(Director, Comptroller of the Currency), 

and Director John M. Reich (Director, 

Office of Thrift Supervision), that 

Corporation business required the 

addition to the agenda for consideration 

at the meeting, on less than seven days’

notice to the public, of a personnel 

matter. 

The Board further determined, by the 

same majority vote, that no earlier 

notice of the change in the subject 

matter of the meeting was practicable. 

Dated: November 8, 2005. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–6260 Filed 11–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Notice of Agency Meeting 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that 

at 11:10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 8, 

2005, the Board of Directors of the 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

met in closed session to consider 

matters relating to the Corporation’s 

corporate and supervisory activities. 

In calling the meeting, the Board 

determined, on motion of Director 

Thomas J. Curry (Appointive), seconded 

by Director John C. Dugan (Director, 

Comptroller of the Currency), concurred 

in by Director John M. Reich (Director, 

Office of Thrift Supervision), Vice 

Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg, and 

Chairman Donald E. Powell, that 

Corporation business required its 

consideration of the matters on less than 

seven days’ notice to the public; that no 

earlier notice of the meeting was 

practicable; that the public interest did 

not require consideration of the matters 

in a meeting open to public observation; 

and that the matters could be 

considered in a closed meeting by 

authority of subsections (c)(2), (c)(6), 

(c)(8), and (c)(9)(A)(ii) of the 

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (c)(6), (c)(8), and 

(c)(9)(A)(ii)). 

The meeting was held in the Board 

Room of the FDIC Building located at 

550—17th Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

Dated: November 8, 2005. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–6261 Filed 11–14–05; 8:45 am] 

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Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank 

holding company. The factors that are 

considered in acting on the notices are 

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the office of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their