83 FR 54923 - Request for Nominations for a Science Advisory Board Panel To Review the EPA's Draft All-Ages Lead Model (AALM) Software and Model Documents
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 212 (Thursday, November 1, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 54923-54924] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-23904] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9985-71-OA] Request for Nominations for a Science Advisory Board Panel To Review the EPA's Draft All-Ages Lead Model (AALM) Software and Model Documents 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 form a Panel to review EPA's Draft All-Ages Lead Model (AALM) software and model documents. The AALM is a tool for rapidly evaluating the impact of possible sources of lead on blood and other tissue levels in humans from birth to 90 years of age. The AALM predicts lead concentration in body tissues and organs for a hypothetical individual, based on a simulated lifetime of lead exposure. DATES: Nominations should be submitted by November 23, 2018 per the instructions below. [[Page 54924]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing further information regarding this notice and request for nominations may contact Ms. Iris Goodman, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 564-2164 or at [email protected]. General information concerning the EPA SAB can be found at the EPA SAB website 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 AALM Review Panel will provide advice through the chartered SAB on scientific and technical issues related to the current version of the AALM model. The SAB and this Panel will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. The U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) in collaboration with Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) developed the AALM to provide a tool for rapidly evaluating the impact of possible sources of lead on blood and other tissue levels in humans from birth to 90 years of age. The AALM predicts lead concentration in body tissues and organs for a hypothetical individual, based on a simulated lifetime of lead exposure. The AALM is an outgrowth of the Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic (IEUBK) Model for Lead in Children. The IEUBK model was designed to assess changes in blood lead of children over periods of no less than a month. The AALM was developed to cover childhood and adult lead exposures and allows users to assess the effects of intermittent lead exposures of a day or more as well as stable exposure conditions. EPA's ORD and OCSPP coordinated efforts to advance lead biokinetic modeling and produced the current version of the AALM software and documentation. The SAB Staff Office is forming an expert panel under the auspices of the Chartered SAB, the SAB AALM Review Panel, to evaluate the new version of the AALM. Technical Contact for EPA's draft report: For information concerning EPA's AALM software, and model documents, please contact Dr. James Brown by email at [email protected] or phone at 919-541-0765. Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists with demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas: (1) Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic modeling, particularly with regard to lead, (2) physiological processes related to lead distribution, mechanisms of transport, accumulation, concentrations at the organ/tissue level, residence times (or other measures of potential impact), and elimination of absorbed lead, (3) processes of the human uptake and/or absorption of ingested lead, (4) lead exposure pathway assessment, and/or (5) environmental or occupational lead exposure analyses. 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 SAB AALM Review Panel identified in this notice. Nominations should be submitted in electronic format (preferred) following the instructions for ``Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc Committees Being Formed,'' provided on the SAB website (see the ``Nomination of Experts'' link under ``Current Activities'' at http://www.epa.gov/sab. To receive full consideration, 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 website, should contact the DFO, Iris Goodman, as indicated above in this notice. Nominations should be submitted in time to arrive no later than November 23, 2018. EPA values and welcomes diversity. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of sex, race, disability, or ethnicity. 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 Office, will be posted in a List of Candidates for the panel on the SAB website at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 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. In forming the expert panel, the SAB Staff Office will consider public comments on the Lists 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 Environmental Protection Agency Special Government Employees'' (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. Dated: October 9, 2018. Khanna Johnston, Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. 2018-23904 Filed 10-31-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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studies examining the cumulative which to submit comments, protests, Opinion and Order may be issued based
impacts of exporting domestically motions to intervene, or notices of on the official record, including the
produced LNG: intervention. Because the public Supplement and responses filed by
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intervene in, protest, and comment on
Markets, conducted by the U.S. Energy The Supplement is available for
Driftwood LNG’s pending Application,
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request (2014 EIA LNG Export Study); 2 Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement
protests that do not bear directly on the
• The Macroeconomic Impact of docket room, Room 3E–042, 1000
Supplement—specifically, Driftwood
Increasing U.S. LNG Exports, conducted Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
LNG’s proposed decrease of its
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requested non-FTA export volume.
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Study); 3 and any filed protests, motions to intervene
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Exports, conducted by NERA Economic electronically by going to the following
party to the proceeding, although
Consulting on behalf of DOE (2018 LNG DOE/FE Web address: http://
protests and comments received from
Export Study).4 www.fe.doe.gov/programs/
persons who are not parties will be
Additionally, DOE will consider the gasregulation/index.html.
considered in determining the
following environmental documents: appropriate action to be taken on the Signed in Washington, DC, on October 26,
• Addendum to Environmental Application. All protests, comments, 2018.
Review Documents Concerning Exports motions to intervene, or notices of Amy Sweeney,
of Natural Gas From the United States, intervention must meet the Director, Division of Natural Gas Regulation.
79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014); 5 and requirements specified by the [FR Doc. 2018–23867 Filed 10–31–18; 8:45 am]
• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas regulations in 10 CFR part 590. BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Filings may be submitted using one of
Natural Gas from the United States, 79 the following methods: (1) Emailing the
FR 32260 (June 4, 2014).6 filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov, with FE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Parties that may oppose this Docket No. 16–144–LNG in the title AGENCY
Supplement should address these issues line; (2) mailing an original and three
[FRL–9985–71–OA]
and documents in their comments and/ paper copies of the filing to the Office
or protests, as well as other issues of Regulation, Analysis, and Request for Nominations for a Science
deemed relevant to the Supplement. Engagement at the address listed in Advisory Board Panel To Review the
The National Environmental Policy ADDRESSES; or (3) hand delivering an EPA’s Draft All-Ages Lead Model
Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., original and three paper copies of the (AALM) Software and Model
requires DOE to give appropriate filing to the Office of Regulation, Documents
consideration to the environmental Analysis, and Engagement at the
effects of its proposed decisions. No address listed in ADDRESSES. All filings AGENCY: Environmental Protection
final decision will be issued in this must include a reference to FE Docket Agency (EPA).
proceeding until DOE has met its No. 16–144–LNG. PLEASE NOTE: If ACTION: Notice.
environmental responsibilities. submitting a filing via email, please
include all related documents and SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
2 The 2014 EIA LNG Export Study, published on
original email correspondence. Please (SAB) Staff Office requests public
Oct. 29, 2014, is available at: https://www.eia.gov/
analysis/requests/fe/. do not include any active hyperlinks or nominations of scientific experts to form
3 The 2015 LNG Export Study, dated Oct. 29,
password protection in any of the a Panel to review EPA’s Draft All-Ages
2015, is available at: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/
documents or attachments related to the Lead Model (AALM) software and
files/2015/12/f27/20151113_macro_impact_of_lng_ model documents. The AALM is a tool
exports_0.pdf. filing. All electronic filings submitted to
4 The 2018 LNG Export Study, dated June 7, 2018, DOE must follow these guidelines to for rapidly evaluating the impact of
is available at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/ ensure that all documents are filed in a possible sources of lead on blood and
files/2018/06/f52/Macroeconomic%20LNG%20 timely manner. Any hardcopy filing other tissue levels in humans from birth
Export%20Study%202018.pdf. DOE is currently
submitted greater in length than 50 to 90 years of age. The AALM predicts
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evaluating public comments received on this Study lead concentration in body tissues and
(83 FR 27314). pages must also include, at the time of
5 The Addendum and related documents are the filing, a digital copy on disk of the organs for a hypothetical individual,
available at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/ entire submission. based on a simulated lifetime of lead
files/2014/08/f18/Addendum.pdf. A decisional record on the exposure.
6 The Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is
available at: http://energy.gov/fe/life-cycle-
Supplement will be developed through DATES: Nominations should be
greenhouse-gas-perspective-exporting-liquefied- responses to this notice by parties, submitted by November 23, 2018 per the
natural-gas-united-states. including the parties’ written comments instructions below.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any Technical Contact for EPA’s draft The names and biosketches of qualified
member of the public wishing further report: For information concerning nominees identified by respondents to
information regarding this notice and EPA’s AALM software, and model this Federal Register notice, and
request for nominations may contact documents, please contact Dr. James additional experts identified by the SAB
Ms. Iris Goodman, Designated Federal Brown by email at brown.james@ Staff Office, will be posted in a List of
Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory epa.gov or phone at 919–541–0765. Candidates for the panel on the SAB
Board Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Request for Nominations: The SAB website at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Staff Office is seeking nominations of Public comments on the List of
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, nationally and internationally Candidates will be accepted for 21 days.
DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 564– recognized scientists with demonstrated The public will be requested to provide
2164 or at goodman.iris@epa.gov. expertise in one or more of the relevant information or other
General information concerning the following areas: (1) Physiologically documentation on nominees that the
EPA SAB can be found at the EPA SAB Based Pharmacokinetic modeling, SAB Staff Office should consider in
website at http://www.epa.gov/sab. particularly with regard to lead, (2) evaluating candidates.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
physiological processes related to lead
distribution, mechanisms of transport, For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a
Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. balanced review panel includes
4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory accumulation, concentrations at the
organ/tissue level, residence times (or candidates who possess the necessary
Committee that provides independent domains of knowledge, the relevant
other measures of potential impact), and
scientific and technical peer review, scientific perspectives (which, among
elimination of absorbed lead, (3)
advice, and recommendations to the other factors, can be influenced by work
processes of the human uptake and/or
EPA Administrator on the technical history and affiliation), and the
absorption of ingested lead, (4) lead
basis for EPA actions. As a Federal collective breadth of experience. In
exposure pathway assessment, and/or
Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts forming the expert panel, the SAB Staff
(5) environmental or occupational lead
business in accordance with the Federal Office will consider public comments
exposure analyses.
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 Process and Deadline for Submitting on the Lists of Candidates, information
U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. Nominations: Any interested person or provided by the candidates themselves,
The SAB AALM Review Panel will organization may nominate qualified and background information
provide advice through the chartered individuals in the areas of expertise independently gathered by the SAB
SAB on scientific and technical issues described above for possible service on Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used
related to the current version of the the SAB AALM Review Panel identified for panel membership include: (a)
AALM model. The SAB and this Panel in this notice. Nominations should be Scientific and/or technical expertise,
will comply with the provisions of submitted in electronic format knowledge, and experience (primary
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff (preferred) following the instructions for factors); (b) availability and willingness
Office procedural policies. ‘‘Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels to serve; (c) absence of financial
The U.S. EPA’s Office of Research and and Ad Hoc Committees Being conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an
Development (ORD) in collaboration Formed,’’ provided on the SAB website appearance of a loss of impartiality; (e)
with Office of Chemical Safety and (see the ‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link skills working in committees,
Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) under ‘‘Current Activities’’ at http:// subcommittees and advisory panels; and
developed the AALM to provide a tool www.epa.gov/sab. (f) for the panel as a whole, diversity of
for rapidly evaluating the impact of To receive full consideration, EPA’s expertise and scientific points of view.
possible sources of lead on blood and SAB Staff Office requests contact
other tissue levels in humans from birth information about the person making The SAB Staff Office’s evaluation of
to 90 years of age. The AALM predicts the nomination; contact information an absence of financial conflicts of
lead concentration in body tissues and about the nominee; the disciplinary and interest will include a review of the
organs for a hypothetical individual, specific areas of expertise of the ‘‘Confidential Financial Disclosure
based on a simulated lifetime of lead nominee; the nominee’s resume or Form for Environmental Protection
exposure. curriculum vitae; sources of recent grant Agency Special Government
The AALM is an outgrowth of the and/or contract support; and a Employees’’ (EPA Form 3110–48). This
Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic biographical sketch of the nominee confidential form allows government
(IEUBK) Model for Lead in Children. indicating current position, educational officials to determine whether there is a
The IEUBK model was designed to background, research activities, and statutory conflict between a person’s
assess changes in blood lead of children recent service on other national public responsibilities (which include
over periods of no less than a month. advisory committees or national membership on an EPA federal advisory
The AALM was developed to cover professional organizations. committee) and private interests and
childhood and adult lead exposures and Persons having questions about the activities, or the appearance of a loss of
allows users to assess the effects of nomination procedures, or who are impartiality, as defined by federal
intermittent lead exposures of a day or unable to submit nominations through regulation. The form may be viewed and
more as well as stable exposure the SAB website, should contact the downloaded from the following URL
conditions. DFO, Iris Goodman, as indicated above address http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/
EPA’s ORD and OCSPP coordinated in this notice. Nominations should be sabproduct.nsf/Web/ethics?Open
efforts to advance lead biokinetic submitted in time to arrive no later than Document.
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modeling and produced the current November 23, 2018. EPA values and Dated: October 9, 2018.
version of the AALM software and welcomes diversity. All qualified
documentation. The SAB Staff Office is Khanna Johnston,
candidates are encouraged to apply
forming an expert panel under the regardless of sex, race, disability, or Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff
auspices of the Chartered SAB, the SAB ethnicity. Office.
AALM Review Panel, to evaluate the The EPA SAB Staff Office will [FR Doc. 2018–23904 Filed 10–31–18; 8:45 am]
new version of the AALM. acknowledge receipt of nominations. BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
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| Dates | Nominations should be submitted by November 23, 2018 per the instructions below. | |
| Contact | Any member of the public wishing further information regarding this notice and request for nominations may contact Ms. Iris Goodman, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at (202) 564-2164 or at [email protected] | |
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