81 FR 14849 - Request for Nominations of Experts To Augment the Science Advisory Board Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee for the Review of the EPA's Draft Toxicological Review of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 14849-14850] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-06203] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9943-95-OA] Request for Nominations of Experts To Augment the Science Advisory Board Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee for the Review of the EPA's Draft Toxicological Review of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5- triazine (RDX) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public nominations of scientific experts to augment the SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC) for the review of the EPA's draft Toxicological Review of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) in Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). DATES: Nominations should be submitted by April 8, 2016 per the instructions below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing further information regarding this Notice and Request for Nominations may contact the Designated Federal Officer for the review, as identified below. Nominators unable to submit nominations electronically as described below may contact the Designated Federal Officer for assistance. General information concerning the EPA SAB can be found at the EPA SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory Committee that provides independent scientific and technical peer review, advice and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts business in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. The SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC) is a subcommittee of the SAB that provides advice through the chartered SAB regarding assessments of environmental chemicals available on EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). The SAB and the CAAC, augmented with additional experts, will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. The National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in the EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) develops toxicological reviews/assessments for various chemicals for IRIS. NCEA is developing a draft IRIS assessment for Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) and has asked the SAB to peer review the draft document. The SAB Staff Office is seeking experts to augment the SAB CAAC for this peer review. This draft will be a reassessment of RDX. NCEA's draft Toxicological Review of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) currently posted to the IRIS database includes an oral reference dose (RfD) (posted in 1988), and a cancer descriptor and oral cancer slope factor (posted in 1990). Epidemiological data, experimental animal data, and other relevant data from studies of the noncancer and cancer effects of RDX are being evaluated in this reassessment. The reassessment is expected to include an updated RfD and oral cancer assessment. Technical Contact for EPA's draft assessment: For information concerning the EPA draft assessment, please contact Dr. Samantha Jones, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail Code 8601P, Washington, DC 20460, phone (703) 347-8580 or via email at [email protected]. Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists with demonstrated expertise and research to augment the CAAC for the peer review of the RDX toxicological review. The SAB Staff Office seeks experts in one or more of the following areas, with a particular focus on RDX: Neurotoxicity; kidney/urogenital expertise [preferably with some experience with the prostate]; reproductive/developmental toxicity; general toxicology; carcinogenicity; physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling including toxicokinetic considerations; and quantitative risk assessment expertise specifically related to dose-response modeling of animal data. Questions regarding this review should be directed to Dr. Suhair Shallal, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564-2057, or via email at [email protected]. Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Any interested person or organization may nominate qualified individuals in the areas of expertise described above for possible service on the augmented CAAC panel identified in this notice. Nominations should be submitted in electronic format (preferred over hard copy) using the online nomination form under the ``Nomination of Experts'' category at the bottom of the SAB home page at http://www.epa.gov/sab. To receive full consideration, nominations should include all of the information requested below. EPA's SAB Staff Office requests contact information about the person making the nomination; contact information about the nominee; the disciplinary and specific areas of expertise of the nominee; the nominee's resume or curriculum vitae; sources of recent grant and/or contract support; and a biographical sketch of the nominee indicating current position, educational background, research activities, and recent service on other national advisory committees or national professional organizations. Persons having questions about the nomination procedures, or who are unable to submit nominations through the SAB Web site, should contact Dr. Shallal as noted above. Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than April 8, 2016. EPA values and welcomes diversity. In an effort to obtain nominations of diverse candidates, EPA encourages nominations of women and men of all racial and ethnic groups. The EPA SAB Staff Office will acknowledge receipt of nominations. The names and biosketches of qualified nominees identified by respondents to this Federal Register notice, and additional experts identified by the SAB Staff, will be posted in a List of Candidates for the CAAC RDX panel on the SAB Web site at http:// [[Page 14850]] www.epa.gov/sab (see links under ``Public Input on Membership'' at the bottom of the SAB home page). Public comments on the List of Candidates will be accepted for 21 days. The public will be requested to provide relevant information or other documentation on nominees that the SAB Staff Office should consider in evaluating candidates. For the EPA SAB Staff Office a balanced review panel includes candidates who possess the necessary domains of knowledge, the relevant scientific perspectives (which, among other factors, can be influenced by work history and affiliation), and the collective breadth of experience to adequately address the charge. In forming this expert panel, the SAB Staff Office will consider public comments on the List of Candidates, information provided by the candidates themselves, and background information independently gathered by the SAB Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used for panel membership include: (a) Scientific and/or technical expertise, knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b) availability and willingness to serve; (c) absence of financial conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an appearance of a loss of impartiality; (e) skills working in committees, subcommittees and advisory panels; and, (f) for the panel as a whole, diversity of expertise and scientific points of view. The SAB Staff Office's evaluation of an absence of financial conflicts of interest will include a review of the ``Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency'' (EPA Form 3110-48). This confidential form allows government officials to determine whether there is a statutory conflict between a person's public responsibilities (which include membership on an EPA federal advisory committee) and private interests and activities, or the appearance of a loss of impartiality, as defined by federal regulation. The form may be viewed and downloaded from the following URL address: http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/Web/ethics?OpenDocument. The approved policy under which the EPA SAB Office selects members for subcommittees and review panels is described in the following document: Overview of the Panel Formation Process at the Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA-SAB-EC-02-010), which is posted on the SAB Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ sabproduct.nsf/WebFiles/OverviewPanelForm/$File/ec02010.pdf. Dated: March 14, 2016. Thomas H. Brennan, Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. 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published in the Federal Register, in Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. the following areas, with a particular
text or Adobe Portable Document 4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory focus on RDX: Neurotoxicity; kidney/
Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must Committee that provides independent urogenital expertise [preferably with
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is scientific and technical peer review, some experience with the prostate];
available free at the site. You may also advice and recommendations to the EPA reproductive/developmental toxicity;
access documents of the Department Administrator on the technical basis for general toxicology; carcinogenicity;
published in the Federal Register by EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory physiologically-based pharmacokinetic
using the article search feature at: Committee, the SAB conducts business (PBPK) modeling including
www.federalregister.gov. in accordance with the Federal toxicokinetic considerations; and
Specifically, through the advanced Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 quantitative risk assessment expertise
search feature at this site, you can limit U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. specifically related to dose-response
your search to documents published by The SAB Chemical Assessment modeling of animal data. Questions
the Department. Advisory Committee (CAAC) is a regarding this review should be directed
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c.
subcommittee of the SAB that provides to Dr. Suhair Shallal, Designated
advice through the chartered SAB Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office,
Lynn B. Mahaffie, regarding assessments of environmental by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, chemicals available on EPA’s Integrated 2057, or via email at shallal.suhair@
Policy and Innovation, delegated the duties Risk Information System (IRIS). The epa.gov.
of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary SAB and the CAAC, augmented with Process and Deadline for Submitting
Education. additional experts, will comply with the Nominations: Any interested person or
[FR Doc. 2016–06169 Filed 3–17–16; 8:45 am] provisions of FACA and all appropriate organization may nominate qualified
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P SAB Staff Office procedural policies. individuals in the areas of expertise
The National Center for described above for possible service on
Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in the augmented CAAC panel identified
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION the EPA’s Office of Research and in this notice.
AGENCY Development (ORD) develops Nominations should be submitted in
toxicological reviews/assessments for electronic format (preferred over hard
[FRL–9943–95–OA] various chemicals for IRIS. NCEA is copy) using the online nomination form
developing a draft IRIS assessment for under the ‘‘Nomination of Experts’’
Request for Nominations of Experts To
Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine category at the bottom of the SAB home
Augment the Science Advisory Board
(RDX) and has asked the SAB to peer page at http://www.epa.gov/sab. To
Chemical Assessment Advisory
review the draft document. The SAB receive full consideration, nominations
Committee for the Review of the EPA’s
Staff Office is seeking experts to should include all of the information
Draft Toxicological Review of
augment the SAB CAAC for this peer requested below.
Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine EPA’s SAB Staff Office requests
review.
(RDX) This draft will be a reassessment of contact information about the person
AGENCY: Environmental Protection RDX. NCEA’s draft Toxicological making the nomination; contact
Agency (EPA). Review of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro- information about the nominee; the
1,3,5-triazine (RDX) currently posted to disciplinary and specific areas of
ACTION: Notice.
the IRIS database includes an oral expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection reference dose (RfD) (posted in 1988), resume or curriculum vitae; sources of
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board and a cancer descriptor and oral cancer recent grant and/or contract support;
(SAB) Staff Office requests public slope factor (posted in 1990). and a biographical sketch of the
nominations of scientific experts to Epidemiological data, experimental nominee indicating current position,
augment the SAB Chemical Assessment animal data, and other relevant data educational background, research
Advisory Committee (CAAC) for the from studies of the noncancer and activities, and recent service on other
review of the EPA’s draft Toxicological cancer effects of RDX are being national advisory committees or
Review of Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro- evaluated in this reassessment. The national professional organizations.
1,3,5-triazine (RDX) in Support of reassessment is expected to include an Persons having questions about the
Summary Information on the Integrated updated RfD and oral cancer nomination procedures, or who are
Risk Information System (IRIS). assessment. unable to submit nominations through
Technical Contact for EPA’s draft the SAB Web site, should contact Dr.
DATES: Nominations should be
assessment: For information concerning Shallal as noted above. Nominations
submitted by April 8, 2016 per the
the EPA draft assessment, please contact should be submitted in time to arrive no
instructions below.
Dr. Samantha Jones, National Center for later than April 8, 2016. EPA values and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any Environmental Assessment, Office of welcomes diversity. In an effort to
member of the public wishing further Research and Development, U.S. EPA, obtain nominations of diverse
information regarding this Notice and 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail candidates, EPA encourages
Request for Nominations may contact Code 8601P, Washington, DC 20460, nominations of women and men of all
the Designated Federal Officer for the phone (703) 347–8580 or via email at racial and ethnic groups.
review, as identified below. Nominators jones.samantha@epa.gov. The EPA SAB Staff Office will
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unable to submit nominations Request for Nominations: The SAB acknowledge receipt of nominations.
electronically as described below may Staff Office is seeking nominations of The names and biosketches of qualified
contact the Designated Federal Officer nationally and internationally nominees identified by respondents to
for assistance. General information recognized scientists with demonstrated this Federal Register notice, and
concerning the EPA SAB can be found expertise and research to augment the additional experts identified by the SAB
at the EPA SAB Web site at http:// CAAC for the peer review of the RDX Staff, will be posted in a List of
www.epa.gov/sab. toxicological review. The SAB Staff Candidates for the CAAC RDX panel on
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Office seeks experts in one or more of the SAB Web site at http://
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