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Federal Register: November 10, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 217)

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public

Meeting of the SAB Lead Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the SAB Lead Review Panel to peer review two draft

EPA documents entitled Approach for Developing Lead Dust Hazard

Standards for Residences and Approach for Developing Lead Dust Hazard

Standards for Public and Commercial Buildings.

DATES: There will be a public meeting held on December 6, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time) and December 7, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The face-to-face meeting on December 6-7, 2010 will be held at the Madison Hotel, 1177 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005; telephone (202) 862-1600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to obtain information concerning the public meeting may contact Mr. Aaron

Yeow, 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/voice mail at (202) 564-2050 or at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning the meeting announced in this notice, may be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is hereby given that the SAB Lead

Review Panel will hold a public face-to-face meeting to peer review two draft EPA documents entitled Approach for Developing Lead Dust Hazard

Standards for Residences and Approach for Developing Lead Dust Hazard

Standards for Public and Commercial Buildings. The SAB was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under FACA. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies.

Background: Human exposure to lead may cause a variety of adverse health effects, particularly in children. EPA's Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) regulates toxic substances, such as lead, through the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). In 2001, EPA established standards for lead-based paint hazards, which include lead in residential dust. OPPT is considering possible revision of the residential lead-based paint dust hazard standards and the development of lead-based paint dust hazard standards for public and commercial buildings. As part of this effort, OPPT has developed two draft documents, Approach for Developing Lead Dust Standards for Residences and Approach for Developing Lead Dust Standards for Public and

Commercial Buildings. OPPT sought consultative advice from the SAB Lead

Review Panel on early drafts of the documents on July 6-7, 2010

Federal Register Notice dated June 3, 2010 (75 FR 31433-31434)

. EPA has considered the advice provided by individual members of the SAB

Lead Review Panel in revising the two documents that will be peer reviewed by the SAB Lead Review Panel on December 6-7, 2010. For this peer review, EPA has requested that the SAB panel provide recommendations on: The technical approaches for developing the hazard standards, empirical blood lead modeling, analysis of variability and uncertainty, and biokinetic blood lead modeling.

Availability of Meeting Materials: Agendas and materials in support of this meeting will be placed on the EPA Web site at http:// www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the meeting. For technical questions and information concerning EPA's documents please contact Dr. Jennifer Seed at (202) 564-7634, or seed.jennifer@epa.gov.

Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices.

Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an

EPA program office.

Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA. Members of the public can submit comments for a federal advisory committee to consider as it develops advice for EPA. They should send their comments directly to the Designated Federal Officer for the relevant advisory committee.

Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public face-to-face meeting will be limited to five minutes, with no more than a total of one hour for all speakers. Each person making an oral statement should consider providing written comments as well as their oral statement so that the points presented orally can be expanded upon in writing. Interested parties should contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail) at the contact information noted above by November 29, 2010 for the face-to- face meeting, to be placed on the list of public speakers. Written

Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the DFO via e-mail at the contact information noted above by November 29, 2010 for the face-to-face meeting so that the information may be made available to the Panel members for their consideration. Written statements should be supplied in one of the following electronic formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF,

MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. Submitters are requested to provide versions of signed documents, submitted with and without signatures, because the SAB Staff

Office does not publish documents with signatures on its Web sites.

Accessibility: For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Aaron Yeow at (202) 564-2050 or yeow.aaron@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten days prior to each meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

Dated: November 4, 2010.

Anthony F. Maciorowski,

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office.

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