[Federal Register: October 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 205)]
[Notices]
[Page 60361-60362]
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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<PHONE_NUMBER>. 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<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    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<PHONE_NUMBER> or e-
mail the ORD Docket at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>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

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<PHONE_NUMBER> or e-
mail the ORD Docket at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>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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