Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0920-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Board of Scientific Counselors, Human Health Risk Assessment Subcommittee Meeting--November 14-16, 2007
Posted Date: 2007-10-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 29, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 208)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8488-3; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0920]

 
Board of Scientific Counselors, Human Health Risk Assessment 
Subcommittee Meeting--November 14-16, 2007

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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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 a meeting of the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Human Health Risk Assessment Subcommittee.

DATES: The face-to-face meeting will be held on November 14-16, 2007. 
The meeting will begin on November 14, 2007 (8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.); 
continue on November 15, 2007 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.); and conclude on 
November 16, 2007 (8:30 a.m. until 12 noon). All times noted are 
eastern time. The meeting may adjourn early if all business is 
finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral 
presentations at the meeting will be accepted up to 2 business days 
before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Residence Inn by Marriott, 
Bethesda Downtown, 7335 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. The 
hotel is located across the street from the Bethesda red line Metro 
stop. 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 17\th\ 
Street, NW., 4\th\ 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 the 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 meeting include, but are not limited 
to: how the human health risk assessment program is helping to 
accomplish the mission of the U.S. EPA; and overviews and poster 
sessions relevant to the Human Health Risk Assessment Program's long-
term goals: Goal 1; Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) and other 
priority health assessments; Goal 2; State of the Science, risk 
assessment models, methods and guidance; and Goal 3; Integrated Science 
Assessments, previously known as Air Quality Criteria Documents. The 
meeting is open to the public. The subcommittee roster and charge can 
be accessed at: http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/subcomm-hhra.htm.

    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 
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meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: October 18, 2007.
Jeff Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Science Policy.
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