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all environmental effects related to these 

actions have been analyzed. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of the law, no person is required to 

respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with, a collection of information subject 

to the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, unless that collection 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The use of the referred to APD 

application form has been approved by 

OMB under the Control Number 1910– 

5136, expiration date September 30, 

2011. 

Dated: October 1, 2008. 

Timothy J. Meeks, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–24430 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2008–0463; FRL–8730–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; RCRA Expanded Public 

Participation (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 

1688.06, OMB Control No. 2050–0149 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before November 14, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2008–0463, to (1) EPA, either 

online using http://www.regulations.gov 

(our preferred method), or by e-mail to 

rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 

RCRA Docket (28221T), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB, by 

mail to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Norma Abdul-Malik, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 703–308–8753; fax 

number: 703–308–8617; e-mail address: 

abdul-malik.norma@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On June 10, 2008 (73 FR 32703), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–RCRA–2008–0463, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket in the 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/ 

DC 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 Reading Room 

is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the RCRA Docket is (202) 

566–0270. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: RCRA Expanded Public 

Participation (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1688.06, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0149. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on October 31, 2008. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. 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. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s 

regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: Section 7004(b) of RCRA 

gives EPA broad authority to provide 

for, encourage, and assist public 

participation in the development, 

revision, implementation, and 

enforcement of any regulation, 

guideline, information, or program 

under RCRA. In addition, the statute 

specifies certain public notices (i.e., 

radio, newspaper, and a letter to 

relevant agencies) that EPA must 

provide before issuing any RCRA 

permit. The statute also establishes a 

process by which the public can dispute 

a permit and request a public hearing to 

discuss it. 

EPA promulgated requirements for 

providing additional opportunities for 

the public to be involved in the RCRA 

permitting process at 40 CFR 124.31 

through 124.33 and at 40 CFR 270.62 

and 270.66. EPA believes that these 

regulations encourage people to become 

involved in the permitting process and 

increase understanding of hazardous 

waste facilities. 

In summary, the expanded public 

participation regulations require: 

• A permit applicant to provide 

notice of and hold an informal meeting 

with the public before submitting a Part 

B application, and to submit a summary 

of the meeting to the agency (§ 124.31); 

• The Agency to issue a public notice 

when it receives an application 

(§ 124.32); 

• Certain facilities (as decided by the 

Agency Director on a case-by-case basis) 

to set up and maintain an information 

repository (§ 124.33); and 

• The Agency to issue a public notice 

of an upcoming trial burn at a permitted 

hazardous waste combustion facility 

(§§ 270.62(b)(6) and 270.66(d)(3)), or at 

a hazardous waste combustion facility 

operating under interim status 

(§§ 270.62(d) and 270.66(g)). 

Burden Statement: The annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 91 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 


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by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Businesses and other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

33. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

3,005. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$180,288, which includes $176,791 for 

annualized labor costs and $3,497 for 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated burden 

hours currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

Dated: October 9, 2008. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–24598 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8728–7] 

EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office: Request for Nominations of 

Candidates for a Panel To Provide 

Advice on EPA’s Dioxin Reassessment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) 

Science Advisory Board (SAB or the 

Board) Staff Office is soliciting 

nominations of nationally recognized 

scientists for consideration of 

membership on an SAB Panel to 

provide advice on EPA’s reassessment 

of the health risks from dioxin and 

related compounds. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by November 5, 2008 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations please contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff, at armitage.thomas@epa.gov or 

(202) 343–9995. General information 

concerning the SAB can be found on the 

SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

sab. Any inquiry regarding EPA’s dioxin 

reassessment activity should be directed 

to Dr. Peter W. Preuss, Director, EPA 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment at preuss.peter@epa.gov or 

(703) 347–8600. In addition, updated 

communication materials have been 

developed that provide further 

information on dioxin and EPA’s dioxin 

reassessment activity. These materials 

are available on EPA’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/ncea under 

Headlines and also at http:// 

www.cfsan.fda.gov/lrd/dioxinqa.html. 

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, consultation, 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. C) and related regulations. 

Generally, SAB meetings are announced 

in the Federal Register, conducted in 

public view, and provide opportunities 

for public input during deliberations. 

Additional information about the SAB 

and its committees can be obtained on 

the SAB Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

In 1991, EPA announced that it would 

conduct a scientific reassessment of the 

potential health risks of exposure to 

dioxin and related compounds. The 

SAB provided independent peer review 

and advice on EPA’s dioxin 

reassessment. The SAB first reviewed 

the draft dioxin reassessment in 1995 

and the document was revised to 

address SAB comments. In 2000, the 

SAB reviewed the integrated summary, 

risk characterization, and other 

information on toxic equivalency of 

dioxin-like compounds. Reports of the 

findings and recommendations of these 

SAB reviews are available on the SAB 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab (see 

reports EPA–SAB–EC–95–021 and EPA– 

SAB–EC–01–006). 

In 2003, EPA produced an external 

review draft of the multi-year 

comprehensive reassessment of dioxin 

exposure and human health effects 

(http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=87843). This 

dioxin reassessment document, titled 

Exposure and Human Health 

Reassessment of 2,3,7,8- 

Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) 

and Related Compounds, consisted of 

three parts: (1) A scientific review of 

information relating to sources and 

exposures to TCDD and other dioxins in 

the environment; (2) detailed reviews of 

scientific information on the health 

effects of TCDD, other dioxins, and 

dioxin-like compounds; and (3) an 

integrated summary and risk 

characterization for TCDD and related 

compounds. 

In 2004, EPA asked the National 

Research Council of the National 

Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review 

the 2003 dioxin reassessment document. 

The NAS was charged with reviewing 

‘‘EPA’s modeling assumptions 

(including those associated with doseresponse curve and points-of-departure 

dose ranges and associated likelihood 

estimates identified for human health 

outcomes); EPA’s quantitative 

uncertainty analysis; and EPA’s 

selection of studies as a basis for its 

assessments and gaps in scientific 

knowledge.’’ The NAS was also charged 

with addressing two points of 

controversy: (1) The scientific evidence 

for classifying dioxin as a human 

carcinogen, and (2) the validity of the 

nonthreshold low-dose linear doseresponse model and the cancer slope 

factor calculated through the use of this 

model. In addition, EPA asked the NAS 

to comment on the usefulness of toxic 

equivalency factors (TEFs) and 

uncertainties associated with their use 

in risk assessment, as well as the 

uncertainty associated with EPA’s 

approach to analysis of food sampling 

and human dietary intake data, taking 

into consideration the Institute of 

Medicine’s report Dioxin and Dioxinlike Compounds in the Food Supply: 

Strategies to Decrease Exposure. In 

2006, the NAS published its review 

titled Health Risks from Dioxin and 

Related Compounds: Evaluation of the 

EPA Reassessment. The NAS identified 

three areas that required substantial 

improvement to support a scientifically 

robust risk characterization. These three 

areas were: (1) Justification of 

approaches to dose-response modeling 

for cancer and non-cancer endpoints, (2) 

transparency and clarity in selection of 

key data sets for analysis, and (3) 

transparency, thoroughness, and clarity 

in quantitative uncertainty analysis. The 

NAS provided EPA with 

recommendations to address their key 

concerns. The full NAS report, 

including recommendations, is available 


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