Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0403-0038
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Human Studies Review Board (HSRB); Notification of a Public Teleconference To Review Its Draft Report From the June 27-29, 2007 HSRB Meeting
Posted Date: 2007-10-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 205)]
[Notices]               
[Page 60361-60362]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0403; FRL-8486-1]

 
Human Studies Review Board (HSRB); Notification of a Public 
Teleconference To Review Its Draft Report From the June 27-29, 2007 
HSRB Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) announces a public 
teleconference meeting to discuss its draft report from the June 27-29, 
2007 HSRB meeting.

DATES: The teleconference will be held on November 13, 2007, from 1 to 
approximately 3 p.m. Eastern Time.
    Location: The meeting will take place via telephone only.
    Meeting Access: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact the Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO) at least 10 business days prior to the meeting using the 
information under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, so that appropriate 
arrangements can be made.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the 
public may submit relevant written or oral comments for the HSRB to 
consider during the advisory process. Additional information concerning 
submission of relevant written or oral comments is provided in Unit 
I.D. of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to 
obtain the call-in number and access code to participate in the 
telephone conference, request a current draft copy of the Board's 
report or who wish further information may contact Crystal Rodgers-
Jenkins, EPA, Office of the Science Advisor, (8105), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
or via telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-5275. General information 
concerning the HSRB can be found on the EPA HSRB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/
.

ADDRESSES: Submit your written comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0403, by one of the following methods:
    Internet: http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: ord.docket@epa.gov.
    Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is located in the EPA 
Headquarters Library, Room 3334 in the EPA West Building, located at 
1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The hours of operation 
are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, 
excluding Federal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for 
deliveries of boxed information. Please contact (202) 566-1744 or e-
mail the ORD Docket at ord.docket@epa.gov for special instructions.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0403. 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.

I. Public Meeting

A. Does This Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, 
however, be of interest to persons who conduct or assess human studies, 
especially studies on substances regulated by EPA, or to persons who 
are or may be required to conduct testing of chemical substances under 
the Federal Food, Drug, and

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Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may also be interested, 
the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that 
may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of This Document and Other 
Related Information?

    In addition to using regulations.gov, you may access this Federal 
Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the 
Federal Register listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://.

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 ORD Docket, EPA/

DC, Public Reading Room. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is located in 
the EPA Headquarters Library, Room 3334 in the EPA West Building, 
located at 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The hours of 
operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through 
Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Please contact (202) 566-1744 or e-
mail the ORD Docket at ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. Updates to 
the Public Reading Room access are available on the Web site (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm
).

    The June 27-29, 2007 draft HSRB meeting draft report is now 
available. You may obtain electronic copies of this document, and 
certain other related documents that might be available electronically 
at www.regulations.gov and the EPA HSRB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/.
 For questions on document availability or if you do not have 

access to the Internet, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

C. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your 
comments:
    1. Explain your views as clearly as possible.
    2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
    3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used 
that support your views.
    4. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.
    5. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket 
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page 
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal 
Register citation.

D. How May I Participate in This Meeting?

    You may participate in this meeting by following the instructions 
in this section. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative that 
you identify docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0403 in the subject line 
on the first page of your request.
    1. Oral comments. Requests to present oral comments will be 
accepted up to November 6, 2007. To the extent that time permits, 
interested persons who have not pre-registered may be permitted by the 
Chair of the HSRB to present oral comments at the meeting. Each 
individual or group wishing to make brief oral comments to the HSRB is 
strongly advised to submit their request (preferably via e-mail) to the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later than noon, 
Eastern Time, November 6, 2007, in order to be included on the meeting 
agenda and to provide sufficient time for the HSRB Chair and HSRB DFO 
to review the meeting agenda to provide an appropriate public comment 
period. The request should identify the name of the individual making 
the presentation and the organization (if any) the individual will 
represent. Oral comments before the HSRB are limited to 5 minutes per 
individual or organization. Please note that this includes all 
individuals appearing either as part of, or on behalf of an 
organization. While it is our intent to hear a full range of oral 
comments on the science and ethics issues under discussion, it is not 
our intent to permit organizations to expand these time limitations by 
having numerous individuals sign up separately to speak on their 
behalf. If additional time is available, there may be flexibility in 
time for public comments.
    2. Written comments. Although you may submit written comments at 
any time, for the HSRB to have the best opportunity to review and 
consider your comments as it deliberates on its report, you should 
submit your comments at least 5 business days prior to the beginning of 
this teleconference. If you submit comments after this date, those 
comments will be provided to the Board members, but you should 
recognize that the Board members may not have adequate time to consider 
those comments prior to making a decision. Thus, if you plan to submit 
written comments, the Agency strongly encourages you to submit such 
comments no later than noon, Eastern Time, November 6, 2007. You should 
submit your comments using the instructions in Unit 1.C. of this 
notice. In addition, the Agency also requests that person(s) submitting 
comments directly to the docket also provide a copy of their comments 
to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. There is no 
limit on the length of written comments for consideration by the HSRB.

E. Background

    The EPA Human Studies Review Board will be reviewing its draft 
report from the June 27-29, 2007 HSRB meeting. Background on the June 
27-29, 2007 HSRB meeting can be found at 72 FR 31323 (June 6, 2007) and 
at the EPA HSRB Web site http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. The Board may 

also discuss planning for future HSRB meetings.

    Dated: October 18, 2007.
Elizabeth Lee Hofmann,
Deputy Director, Office of the Science Advisor.
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