81 FR 75821 - Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee Meeting-November 2016

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 211 (November 1, 2016)

Page Range		75821-75822
FR Document		2016-26371

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 211 (Tuesday, November 1, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 1, 2016)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0635; FRL-9954-79-ORD]


Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for 
Sustainability Subcommittee Meeting--November 2016

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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and 
Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, from 
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday, November 17, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 
6:00 p.m., and will continue on Friday, November 18, 2016, from 8:30 
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All times noted are Eastern Time. Attendees must 
register by November 10, 2016, online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epa-bosc-chemical-safety-for-sustainability-subcommittee-tickets-28454076910. Requests for the draft agenda or for presenting written or 
oral statements at the meeting will be accepted up to November 14, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the EPA's Main Campus Facility, 
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711.

INSTRUCTIONS: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
ORD-2015-0635, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: Send comments by electronic mail (email) to: 
[email protected], Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0635.
     Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0635.
     Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee 
Docket, Mail Code: 2822T, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20004, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0635.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to: EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, William Jefferson Clinton West Building, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0635. Note: This is not a mailing address. Deliveries 
are only accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0635. The 
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change and may be made available online at 
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 www.regulations.gov or email. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means the EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless 
you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email 
comment directly to the EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, 
your email 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, the 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 the 
EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot 
contact you for clarification, the 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 the EPA's public docket visit the EPA 
Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
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 www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee 
Docket, EPA/DC, William Jefferson Clinton West Building, 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 
mail at: Megan Fleming, Mail Code 8104R, Office of Science Policy, 
Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/
voice mail at: (202) 564-6604; or via email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    General Information: The meeting is open to the public. Any member 
of the public interested in attending the meeting must register by 
November 10, 2016, online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epa-bosc-chemical-safety-for-sustainability-subcommittee-tickets-28454076910. 
Any member of the public interested in receiving a draft agenda, 
attending the meeting, or presenting written or oral statements at the 
meeting should contact Megan Fleming via any of the contact methods 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
    For security purposes, all attendees must go through a metal 
detector, sign in with the security desk, and show government-issued 
photo identification to enter the building. Attendees are encouraged to 
arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the meeting to allow 
sufficient time for security screening. Proposed agenda items for the 
meeting include, but are not limited to, the following: Overview of 
materials provided to the subcommittee; Overview of ORD's Chemical 
Safety for Sustainability Research Program; A short update from ORD's 
Human Health Risk Assessment Research Program; Poster session; and 
Subcommittee discussion.
    Written Statements: Written statements for the public meeting 
should be received by Megan Fleming via email at the contact 
information listed above by November 14, 2016. Written statements 
should be supplied in one of the following electronic

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formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS Power Point, or Rich Text 
format.
    Oral Statements: In general, each individual making an oral 
statement at the public meeting will be limited to a total of three 
minutes. Each person making an oral statement should also consider 
providing written comments so that the points presented orally can be 
expanded upon in writing. Interested parties should contact Megan 
Fleming in writing (preferably via email) at the contact information 
noted above by November 14, 2016, to be placed on the list of public 
speakers for the BOSC meeting.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Megan Fleming at (202) 564-6604 or 
[email protected]. To request accommodation of a disability, please 
contact Megan Fleming, preferably at least ten days prior to the 
meeting, to give the EPA as much time as possible to process your 
request.

    Dated: October 25, 2016.
Fred S. Hauchman,
Director, Office of Science Policy.
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Dated: October 19, 2016. Washington, DC 20004, Attention either electronically in
Mark Hague, Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015– www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
Regional Administrator, Region 7. 0635. the Board of Scientific Counselors
[FR Doc. 2016–26372 Filed 10–31–16; 8:45 am] • Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver (BOSC) Chemical Safety for
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ Sustainability Subcommittee Docket,
DC), Room 3334, William Jefferson EPA/DC, William Jefferson Clinton West
Clinton West Building, 1301 Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public
AGENCY DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
ORD–2015–0635. Note: This is not a 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0635; FRL–9954–79– mailing address. Deliveries are only excluding legal holidays. The telephone
ORD] accepted during the docket’s normal number for the Public Reading Room is
hours of operation, and special (202) 566–1744, and the telephone
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)
arrangements should be made for number for the ORD Docket is (202)
Chemical Safety for Sustainability
deliveries of boxed information. 566–1752.
Subcommittee Meeting—November Direct your comments to Docket ID
2016 No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0635. The FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
EPA’s policy is that all comments Designated Federal Officer via mail at:
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
received will be included in the public Megan Fleming, Mail Code 8104R,
Agency (EPA).
docket without change and may be Office of Science Policy, Office of
ACTION: Notice of meeting. Research and Development, U.S.
made available online at
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal www.regulations.gov, including any Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law personal information provided, unless Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
92–463, the U.S. Environmental the comment includes information DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at:
Protection Agency, Office of Research claimed to be Confidential Business (202) 564–6604; or via email at:
and Development (ORD), gives notice of Information (CBI) or other information fleming.megan@epa.gov.
a meeting of the Board of Scientific whose disclosure is restricted by statute. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Do not submit information that you General Information: The meeting is
Sustainability Subcommittee. consider to be CBI or otherwise open to the public. Any member of the
DATES: The meeting will be held on protected through www.regulations.gov public interested in attending the
Wednesday, November 16, 2016, from or email. The www.regulations.gov Web meeting must register by November 10,
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday, site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 2016, online at: https://
November 17, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to which means the EPA will not know www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epa-bosc-
6:00 p.m., and will continue on Friday, your identity or contact information chemical-safety-for-sustainability-
November 18, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to unless you provide it in the body of subcommittee-tickets-28454076910.
3:30 p.m. All times noted are Eastern your comment. If you send an email Any member of the public interested in
Time. Attendees must register by comment directly to the EPA without receiving a draft agenda, attending the
November 10, 2016, online at: https:// going through www.regulations.gov, meeting, or presenting written or oral
www.eventbrite.com/e/us-epa-bosc- your email address will be statements at the meeting should
automatically captured and included as contact Megan Fleming via any of the
chemical-safety-for-sustainability-
part of the comment that is placed in the contact methods listed in the FOR
subcommittee-tickets-28454076910.
public docket and made available on the FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
Requests for the draft agenda or for
Internet. If you submit an electronic above.
presenting written or oral statements at
comment, the EPA recommends that
the meeting will be accepted up to For security purposes, all attendees
you include your name and other
November 14, 2016. must go through a metal detector, sign
contact information in the body of your
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at comment and with any disk or CD–ROM in with the security desk, and show
the EPA’s Main Campus Facility, 109 you submit. If the EPA cannot read your government-issued photo identification
T.W. Alexander Drive, Research comment due to technical difficulties to enter the building. Attendees are
Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711. and cannot contact you for clarification, encouraged to arrive at least 15 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS: Submit your comments, the EPA may not be able to consider prior to the start of the meeting to allow
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– your comment. Electronic files should sufficient time for security screening.
ORD–2015–0635, by one of the avoid the use of special characters, any Proposed agenda items for the meeting
following methods: form of encryption, and be free of any include, but are not limited to, the
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the defects or viruses. For additional following: Overview of materials
on-line instructions for submitting information about the EPA’s public provided to the subcommittee;
comments. docket visit the EPA Docket Center Overview of ORD’s Chemical Safety for
• Email: Send comments by homepage at http://www.epa.gov/ Sustainability Research Program; A
electronic mail (email) to: ORD.Docket@ dockets/. short update from ORD’s Human Health
epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– Docket: All documents in the docket Risk Assessment Research Program;
HQ–ORD–2015–0635. are listed in the www.regulations.gov Poster session; and Subcommittee
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• Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566– index. Although listed in the index, discussion.
0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– some information is not publicly Written Statements: Written
HQ–ORD–2015–0635. available, e.g., CBI or other information statements for the public meeting
• Mail: Send comments by mail to: whose disclosure is restricted by statute. should be received by Megan Fleming
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Certain other material, such as via email at the contact information
Chemical Safety for Sustainability copyrighted material, will be publicly listed above by November 14, 2016.
Subcommittee Docket, Mail Code: available only in hard copy. Publicly Written statements should be supplied
2822T, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., available docket materials are available in one of the following electronic

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formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at being finalized and transmitted to the
MS Power Point, or Rich Text format. the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, EPA Administrator. These reviews are
Oral Statements: In general, each 801 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA conducted in a public meeting as
individual making an oral statement at 22203. required by FACA.
the public meeting will be limited to a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any Background on the current advisory
total of three minutes. Each person member of the public who wants further activity, Valuing Mortality Risk
making an oral statement should also information concerning the meeting Reductions for Policy: Proposed
consider providing written comments so may contact Mr. Thomas Carpenter, Updates to Valuation and Income
that the points presented orally can be Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Elasticity Estimates can be found on the
expanded upon in writing. Interested Science Advisory Board (1400R), U.S. SAB Web site at http://
parties should contact Megan Fleming Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/
in writing (preferably via email) at the Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, fedrgstr_activites/Valuing%20fatal%20
contact information noted above by DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail risk%20for%20policy?OpenDocument.
November 14, 2016, to be placed on the (202) 564–4885, or email at
list of public speakers for the BOSC (2) Discussion of Information on the
carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. General Agency’s Semiannual Regulatory
meeting. information concerning the SAB can be
Information on Services for Agenda
found on the EPA Web site at http://
Individuals with Disabilities: For www.epa.gov/sab. As part of the EPA’s effort to routinely
information on access or services for inform the SAB about proposed and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
individuals with disabilities, please planned agency actions that have a
Background: The SAB was
contact Megan Fleming at (202) 564– scientific or technical basis, the agency
established pursuant to the
6604 or fleming.megan@epa.gov. To provided notice to the SAB that the
Environmental Research, Development,
request accommodation of a disability, Office of Management and Budget
and Demonstration Authorization Act
please contact Megan Fleming, published the ‘‘Unified (Regulatory)
(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365,
preferably at least ten days prior to the Agenda’’ on the Web on May 18, 2016
to provide independent scientific and
meeting, to give the EPA as much time available at http://www.reginfo.gov/
technical advice to the Administrator on
as possible to process your request. public/do/eAgendaMain.
the scientific and technical basis for
Dated: October 25, 2016. Agency positions and regulations. The The SAB convened a Work Group to
Fred S. Hauchman, SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee review information provided in the
Director, Office of Science Policy. chartered under the Federal Advisory agency’s Spring 2016 regulatory agenda
[FR Doc. 2016–26371 Filed 10–31–16; 8:45 am] Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. regarding EPA planned actions and their
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 2. The SAB will comply with the supporting science. The SAB will
provisions of FACA and all appropriate discuss recommendations and
SAB Staff Office procedural policies. information developed by the Work
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, Group regarding the adequacy of the
AGENCY notice is hereby given that the SAB will science supporting the planned actions.
hold a public meeting to discuss and Information about this advisory activity
[FRL–9954–73–OA] can be found on the Web at http://
deliberate on the topics below.
yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/
Notification of a Public Meeting of the (1) Quality Review of a Draft SAB fedrgstr_activites/SAB%20Fall%202015
Chartered Science Advisory Board Report on EPA’s Proposed Methodology %20Reg%20Agenda?OpenDocument.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection for Mortality Risk Valuation Estimates
for Policy Analysis (3) Discussion of Information About
Agency (EPA).
Shipboard Treatment Efficacy in the
ACTION: Notice. The EPA’s Office of Policy requested SAB Report, Efficacy of Ballast Water
advice on proposed improvements to Treatment Systems: A Report by the
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection the Agency’s methodology for
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board Science Advisory Board
estimating benefits associated with
(SAB) Staff Office announces a public reduced risk of mortality. This The SAB will discuss
meeting of the chartered SAB to: (1) methodology takes into account the recommendations and information
Conduct a quality review of the draft amounts that individuals are willing to developed by a Work Group regarding
SAB review of the EPA’s proposed pay for reductions in mortality risk. The the conclusions about shipboard
methodology for mortality risk valuation resulting values are combined into an treatment efficacy in the SAB report,
estimates for policy analysis; (2) discuss estimate known as the value of Efficacy of Ballast Water Treatment
information provided by the EPA on statistical life (VSL) which is used in Systems: A Report by the Science
planned actions in the Spring 2016 regulatory benefit-cost analysis. The Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–11–009).
semi-annual regulatory agenda and their EPA has also requested that the SAB The SAB convened a Work Group to
supporting science; (3) discuss review options for accounting for gather and review information on the
information about shipboard treatment changes in the VSL over time as real report’s underlying data and related
efficacy in the SAB report, Efficacy of income grows, known as income conclusions. The SAB is not seeking
Ballast Water Treatment Systems: A elasticity of willingness to pay. new data regarding ballast water
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Report by the Science Advisory Board, The chartered SAB will conduct a treatment system efficacy and will focus
and (4) receive briefings on future topics quality review of the committee’s draft its discussion on the data and
from the EPA. report before it is transmitted to the EPA information available for the report.
DATES: The public meeting will be held Administrator. The SAB quality review Information about this advisory activity
on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, process ensures that all draft reports can be found on the Web at http://
from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and developed by SAB panels, committees yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/
Thursday December 1, 2016, from 9:00 or workgroups are reviewed and fedrgstr_activites/Ballast%20Water%20
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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday, November 17, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and will continue on Friday, November 18, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All times noted are Eastern Time. Attendees must register by November 10, 2016, online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ us-epa-bosc-chemical-safety-for-sustainability-subcommittee-tickets- 28454076910. Requests for the draft agenda or for presenting written or oral statements at the meeting will be accepted up to November 14, 2016.
Contact		The Designated Federal Officer via mail at: Megan Fleming, Mail Code 8104R, Office of Science Policy, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/ voice mail at: (202) 564-6604; or via email at: [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 75821