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workshop and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with disabilities. 

Please submit your request for 

accommodation of a disability at least 

10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

For information on access or services 

for individuals with disabilities at the 

listening session, please contact 

Christine Ross at 703–347–8592 or 

ross.christine@epa.gov. 

For information on access or services 

for individuals with disabilities at the 

peer review workshop, please contact 

Versar, Inc., 6850 Versar Center, 

Springfield, VA 22151; telephone: (703) 

750–3000; facsimile: (703) 642–6954; or 

e-mail: ssarraino@versar.com (subject 

line: 1,4-Dioxane Workshop). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public listening 

session, please contact Christine Ross, 

IRIS Staff, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA), 

(8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: 703–347–8592; facsimile: 

703–347–8689; or e-mail: 

ross.christine@epa.gov. 

For information on the peer review 

workshop, contact Versar, Inc. 6850 

Versar Center, Springfield, VA 22151; 

telephone: (703) 750–3000; facsimile: 

(703) 642–6954; or e-mail: 

ssarraino@versar.com (subject line: 1,4- 

Dioxane Workshop). 

If you have questions about the draft 

document, contact Eva D. McLanahan, 

Hazardous Pollutant Assessment Group 

(HPAG) Staff, NCEA, U.S. EPA, 109 

T.W. Alexander Drive, B243–01, 

Durham, NC 27711; telephone: 919– 

541–1396; facsimile: 919–541–0245; or 

e-mail: mclanahan.eva@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Summary of Information About the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS) 

IRIS is a database that contains 

potential adverse human health effects 

information that may result from 

chronic (or lifetime) exposure to specific 

chemical substances found in the 

environment. The database (available on 

the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/iris) 

contains qualitative and quantitative 

health effects information for more than 

540 chemical substances that may be 

used to support the first two steps 

(hazard identification and doseresponse evaluation) of a risk 

assessment process. When supported by 

available data, the database provides 

oral reference doses (RfDs) and 

inhalation reference concentrations 

(RfCs) for chronic health effects, and 

oral slope factors and inhalation unit 

risks for carcinogenic effects. Combined 

with the specific exposure information, 

government and private entities can use 

IRIS data to help characterize public 

health risks of chemical substances in a 

site-specific situation and thereby 

support risk management decisions 

designed to protect public health. 

II. Listening Session Information 

The purpose of the listening session is 

to allow all interested parties to present 

scientific and technical comments on 

draft IRIS health assessments to EPA 

and other interested parties during the 

public comment period and prior to the 

external peer review workshop. EPA 

welcomes the scientific and technical 

comments that will be provided to the 

Agency by the listening session 

participants. The comments will be 

considered by the Agency as it revises 

the draft assessment in response to the 

independent external peer review and 

public comments. All presentations will 

become part of the official and public 

record. 

III. Workshop Information 

Members of the public may attend the 

workshop as observers, and there will 

be a limited time for oral comments 

from the public. Pre-registration is 

strongly recommended as space is 

limited, and registrations will be 

accepted on a first-come, first-served 

basis. The deadline for pre-registration 

is August 10, 2009. If space allows, 

registrations will continue to be 

accepted after this date, including onsite registrations. Time will be set aside 

to hear comments from observers, and 

individuals will be limited to a 

maximum of five minutes. Please let 

Versar, Inc. know if you wish to make 

comments during the workshop by 

registering as detailed in this FR notice 

and indicating your intent to make oral 

comments. 

Dated: May 29, 2009. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Director, National Center for Environmental 

Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E9–13478 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8914–6] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of an Upcoming Meeting of 

the Science Advisory Board 

Committee on EPA’s Report on the 

Environment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces a public meeting of the SAB 

Advisory Committee on EPA’s Report 

on the Environment. The Committee 

will conduct a consultation on proposed 

approaches to developing future 

versions of EPA’s Report on the 

Environment. 

DATES: The meeting dates are Tuesday, 

June 30, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

(Eastern Time) and Wednesday, July 1, 

2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. (Eastern 

Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the SAB Conference Center, 1025 F 

Street, NW., Room 3705, Washington, 

DC 20004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information about this 

meeting must contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO). Dr. Armitage may be contacted at 

the EPA Science Advisory Board 

(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; or via 

telephone/voice mail (202) 343–9995; 

fax (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at: 

armitage.thomas@epa.gov. Any inquiry 

regarding future development of EPA’s 

Report on the Environment should be 

directed to Dr. Denice Shaw of EPA’s 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment at shaw.denice@epa.gov or 

(703) 347–8628. General information 

about the EPA 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: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby 

given that the SAB Advisory Committee 

on EPA’s Report on the Environment 

will hold a public meeting to provide 

consultative comment on proposed 

approaches to developing future 

versions of EPA’s Report on the 

Environment (ROE). The SAB was 

established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide 

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independent scientific and technical 

advice to the Administrator on the 

technical basis for Agency positions and 

regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. 

The SAB will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

Background: In May 2008, EPA 

published its Report on the 

Environment (hereinafter referred to as 

ROE 2008). This report is available on 

the EPA Office of Research and 

Development Web site at http:// 

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=190806. In the 

ROE 2008, EPA presented 

environmental and human health 

indicator information to represent the 

status of and trends in the condition of 

the Nation’s environment. EPA intends 

to use the ROE to: (1) Inform strategic 

planning, priority setting, and decision 

making across the Agency, and (2) 

provide information to enable the public 

to assess whether EPA is succeeding in 

its overall mission to protect human 

health and the environment. Individual 

chapters in the ROE 2008 provide 

information on the condition of air, 

water, and land environments. Two 

other chapters focus on human health 

and ecological condition. 

The SAB reviewed previous drafts of 

the ROE dated 2003 and 2007. 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–05–004 and EPA– 

SAB–08–007). Many SAB comments 

were incorporated into the ROE 2008, 

and EPA expects to modify future 

editions of the ROE based on the longterm recommendations provided by the 

SAB in its review of the draft ROE 2007. 

EPA also intends to more directly align 

information in future editions of the 

ROE with the goals and objectives in the 

Agency’s Strategic Plan. Therefore, 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development has requested that the 

SAB provide additional advice over the 

next few years on how to: (1) Address 

previous SAB recommendations to 

improve future editions of the ROE, and 

(2) make the ROE more useful to the 

Agency in informing planning and 

decision making and providing 

information to the public. To provide 

this additional advice, the SAB Staff 

Office formed the ad hoc SAB Advisory 

Committee on EPA’s Report on the 

Environment. The purpose of the 

upcoming meeting of this Committee is 

to provide consultative advice on a 

white paper that addresses restructuring 

the ROE in response to previous SAB 

comments and recommendations. 

Background information on the process 

of forming the SAB Advisory Committee 

on EPA’s Report on the Environment 

was provided in a Federal Register 

Notice published on July 23, 2008 (73 

FR 42801–42802). The roster and 

biosketches of Committee members are 

posted on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: An 

EPA discussion paper along with the 

meeting agenda, charge to the SAB 

Committee, and other meeting material 

will be posted on the SAB Web site at 

https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of 

the meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information on the topic of this advisory 

activity, and/or the group conducting 

the activity, for the SAB to consider 

during the advisory process. Oral 

Statements: In general, individuals or 

groups requesting an oral presentation 

at a public meeting will be limited to 

five minutes per speaker, with no more 

than a total of one hour for all speakers. 

Interested parties should contact Dr. 

Armitage, DFO, in writing (preferably 

via e-mail) at the contact information 

noted above by June 23, 2009 to be 

placed on a list of public speakers for 

the meeting. Written Statements: 

Written statements should be received 

in the SAB Staff Office by June 23, 2009 

so that the information may be made 

available to the SAB Committee 

members for their consideration. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO in the following formats: 

One hard copy with original signature, 

and one electronic copy via e-mail 

(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat 

PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM– 

PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Submitters are requested to provide two 

versions of each document submitted 

with and without signatures, because 

the SAB Staff Office does not publish 

documents with signatures on its Web 

sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Armitage 

at the phone number or e-mail address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the meeting to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: June 2, 2009. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–13477 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8915–3] 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 

EPA gives notice of a meeting of the 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee (FRRCC). The purpose of the 

FRRCC is to provide advice to the 

Administrator of EPA on environmental 

issues and programs that impact, or are 

of concern to, farms, ranches, and rural 

communities. The FRRCC is a part of 

EPA’s efforts to expand cooperative 

working relationships with the 

agriculture industry and others who are 

interested in agricultural issues to 

achieve greater progress in 

environmental protection. 

The purpose of this teleconference is 

for the FRRCC to discuss and approve 

its draft advice letters pertaining to 

livestock and poultry to the EPA, and 

other issues that are of concern to farms, 

ranches, and rural communities. A copy 

of the meeting agenda will be posted at 

http://www.epa.gov/ocem/frrcc. 

DATES: FRRCC will hold a public 

teleconference on Monday, July 13, 

2009, from 1 p.m.–3 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the U.S. EPA East Building, 1201 

Constitution Ave, NW., Room 1132, 

Washington, DC 20004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia Kaiser, Designated Federal 

Officer, kaiser.alicia@epa.gov, 202–564– 

7273, U.S. EPA, Office of the 

Administrator (1101A), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, or Christopher 

Ashcraft, Junior Designated Federal 

Officer, ashcraft.christopher@epa.gov, 

202–564–2432, U.S. EPA, Office of the 

Administrator (1601M), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make oral comments or to provide 

written comments to the FRRCC should 

be sent to Alicia Kaiser, Designated 

Federal Officer, at the contact 

information above by Monday, July 6, 

2009. The public is welcome to attend 

all portions of the meeting, but seating 

is limited and is allocated on a firstcome, first-serve basis. Members of the 

public wishing to gain access to the 

teleconference must contact Alicia