Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0920-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Board of Scientific Counselors, Human Health Risk Assessment Subcommittee Meetings--Fall 2007
Posted Date: 2007-09-12T04:00Z

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8466-8; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0920]

 
Board of Scientific Counselors, Human Health Risk Assessment 
Subcommittee Meetings--Fall 2007

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and 
Development (ORD), gives notice of two meetings of the Board of 
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Human Health Risk Assessment Subcommittee.

DATES: The meetings (via teleconference) will be held on: (1) Tuesday, 
October 2, 2007, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and (2) Wednesday, October 
31, 2007, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All times noted are eastern time. 
The meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests 
for the draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the meetings 
will be accepted up to 1 business day before each meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the conference calls will be by 
teleconference only--a meeting room will not be used. Members of the 
public may obtain the call-in number and access code for the call from 
Joanna Foellmer, whose contact information is listed under the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Submit your 
comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0920, by one of 
the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 

submitting comments.
     E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0920.

     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0920.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Human Health Risk Assessment Subcommittee Meetings--Fall 
2007 Docket, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, 
DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0920.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to: EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-
0920. Note: This is not a mailing address. Such deliveries are only 
accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0920. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
http://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 http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 

The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, 

which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information 
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through http://www.regulations.gov, 

your e-mail 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, 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 EPA cannot read 
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, 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 EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific 

Counselors, Human Health Risk Assessment Subcommittee Meetings--Fall 
2007 Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, 
Washington, DC. The 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 Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone 
number for the ORD Docket is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer via 
express mail to: Joanna Foellmer, Charles Glover Building, 808 17th 
Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20006; via regular mail to: 
Joanna Foellmer, Mail Code 8601D, Office of Research and Development, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at: (202) 564-3208; via fax 
at: (202) 565-0061; or via e-mail at: foellmer.joanna@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Information

    Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft BOSC 
agenda or making a presentation at either meeting may contact Joanna 
Foellmer, the Designated Federal Officer, via any of the contact 
methods listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. In 
general, each individual making an oral presentation will be limited to 
a total of three minutes.
    Proposed agenda items for the meetings include, but are not limited 
to:
    October 2 Telecon: Objective of the program review; background on 
the U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development; charge questions; 
overview of the human health risk assessment program and multi-year 
plan; writing assignments; and planning for the second conference call 
and face-to-face meeting.
    October 31 Telecon: Overview of the human health risk assessment 
program's long-term goals; draft report outline; and preparation for 
the face-to-face meeting. The meetings are open to the public.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Joanna Foellmer on (202) 564-3208 or 
foellmer.joanna@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact Joanna Foellmer, preferably at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your 
request.

    Dated: September 5, 2007.
Eric Weber,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
[FR Doc. E7-17997 Filed 9-11-07; 8:45 am]

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