Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-25479
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Chartered Science Advisory Board and the Science Advisory Board Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2020-05-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 103 (Thursday, May 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32035-32036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11376]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notification of a Public Meeting of the Chartered Science 
Advisory Board and the Science Advisory Board Chemical Assessment 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Chartered 
SAB and the SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee. The Chartered 
SAB and the SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee will meet to 
conduct consultations with the EPA on: Activities to re-examine and 
consolidate EPA's Human Toxicity Assessment Guidelines, and new 
approach methods and reducing the use of laboratory animals for chronic 
and carcinogenicity testing. In addition, the Chartered SAB will 
conduct quality reviews of two draft SAB reports: Science Advisory 
Board Report on its Technical Review of EPA's Computable General 
Equilibrium Model, and Science Advisory Board Review of the All Ages 
Lead Model External Review Draft 2.0.

DATES: The public meeting of the Chartered Science Advisory Board and 
SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee will be held on Tuesday, 
June 23, 2020, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and 
Wednesday, June 24, 2020, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be conducted remotely via webcast 
and telephone. Please refer to the SAB

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website at http://www.epa.gov/sab for information on how to access the 
meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants 
further information concerning the public meeting may contact Dr. 
Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), U.S. EPA Science 
Advisory Board, via telephone/voice mail (202) 564-2155, or email at 
armitage.thomas@epa.gov. General information concerning the SAB can be 
found on the EPA website at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA), 
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and 
technical advice to the Administrator on the scientific and technical 
basis for agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 
Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will comply with the provisions of 
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant 
to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the Chartered SAB 
and SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee will hold a public 
meeting to conduct two consultations with the EPA and conduct quality 
reviews of two draft SAB reports. The Chartered SAB and SAB Chemical 
Assessment Advisory Committee will conduct consultations with EPA on: 
(1) Activities to re-examine and consolidate EPA's Human Toxicity 
Assessment Guidelines, and (2) new approach methods and reducing the 
use of laboratory animals for chronic and carcinogenicity testing. The 
Chartered SAB will conduct quality reviews of: (1) The Science Advisory 
Board Report on its Technical Review of EPA's Computable General 
Equilibrium Model, and (2) the Science Advisory Board Review of the All 
Ages Lead Model External Review Draft 2.0.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Prior to the meeting, an agenda 
and other meeting materials will be placed on the SAB website at http://epa.gov/sab.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for 
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a 
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices. 
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory 
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an 
EPA program office.
    Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific 
advisory committees, provide independent advice to the EPA. Members of 
the public can submit relevant comments pertaining to the committee's 
charge or meeting materials. Input from the public to the SAB will have 
the most impact if it provides specific scientific or technical 
information or analysis for the SAB to consider or if it relates to the 
clarity or accuracy of the technical information. Members of the public 
wishing to provide comment should contact the DFO directly.
    Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an 
oral presentation at a public teleconference will be limited to three 
minutes. Persons interested in providing oral statements should contact 
Dr. Thomas Armitage, DFO, in writing via email) at the contact 
information noted above by June 16, 2020, to be placed on the list of 
registered speakers.
    Written Statements: Written statements will be accepted throughout 
the advisory process; however, for timely consideration by SAB members, 
statements should be received in the SAB Staff Office by June 16, 2020. 
Written statements should be supplied to the DFO at the contact 
information above via email with original signature. Submitters are 
requested to provide a signed and unsigned version of each document 
because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures 
on its websites. Members of the public should be aware that their 
personal contact information, if included in any written comments, may 
be posted to the SAB website. Copyrighted material will not be posted 
without explicit permission of the copyright holder.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Armitage at the phone 
number or email address noted above, preferably at least ten days prior 
to the meeting, to give the EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.

    Dated: May 21, 2020.
V Khanna Johnston,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2020-11376 Filed 5-27-20; 8:45 am]
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