Notice2024-06758
Request for Nominations of Candidates for the Science Advisory Board Integrated Risk Information System Chloroform Review Panel
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Published
March 29, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public nominations of scientific experts to form a Panel to review the draft EPA document titled, Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Toxicological Review of Chloroform (inhalation). The draft IRIS cancer and non-cancer assessment includes a hazard identification analysis, which summarizes the available evidence on health effects that may be associated with environmental or occupational exposure, and dose-response analysis that characterizes the quantitative relationship between chloroform inhalation exposure and each credible health hazard.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22143-22144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06758]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-11833-01-OA]
Request for Nominations of Candidates for the Science Advisory
Board Integrated Risk Information System Chloroform Review Panel
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public nominations of scientific
experts to form a Panel to review the draft EPA document titled,
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Toxicological Review of
Chloroform (inhalation). The draft IRIS cancer and non-cancer
assessment includes a hazard identification analysis, which summarizes
the available evidence on health effects that may be associated with
environmental or occupational exposure, and dose-response analysis that
characterizes the quantitative relationship between chloroform
inhalation exposure and each credible health hazard.
DATES: Nominations should be submitted by April 19, 2024 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 Dr. Suhair Shallal, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board Staff Office by telephone/voice mail (202) 564-
2057, or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9dac1c8c5c5c8c587dadcc1c8c0dbe9ccd9c887cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5869d9499999499db86809d949c87b5908594db929a83">[email protected]</span></a>. General information
concerning the EPA SAB can be found at the EPA SAB website at <a href="https://sab.epa.gov">https://sab.epa.gov</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. 10) and related
regulations. The SAB Staff Office is forming an expert panel, the IRIS
Chloroform Review Panel, under the auspices of the Chartered SAB. The
IRIS Chloroform Review Panel will provide advice through the chartered
SAB. The SAB and the IRIS Chloroform Review Panel will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
The IRIS Chloroform Review Panel will conduct the review of the
draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Chloroform prepared by the EPA IRIS
Program. The IRIS Program is located within EPA's Center for Public
Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA) in the Office of Research
and Development (ORD). The draft IRIS cancer and non-cancer assessment
includes a hazard identification analysis, which summarizes the
available evidence on health effects that may be associated with
environmental or occupational exposure, and dose-response analysis that
characterizes the quantitative relationship between chloroform
inhalation exposure and each credible health hazard. The SAB IRIS
Chloroform Review Panel will consider whether the conclusions found in
the EPA's draft IRIS assessment are clearly presented and
scientifically supported. The Panel will also be asked to provide
recommendations on how the assessment may be strengthened.
Request for Nominations: The SAB Staff Office is seeking
nominations of nationally and internationally recognized scientists
with demonstrated expertise in the following disciplines: toxicology,
specifically inhalation toxicology/dosimetry, hepatic and nephrological
toxicology; epidemiology; systematic review; biostatistics; uncertainty
analysis; physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling;
carcinogenesis; risk assessment; dose response analysis.
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 Panel.
Individuals may self-nominate. Nominations should be submitted in
electronic format (preferred) using the online nomination form on the
SAB website at <a href="https://sab.epa.gov">https://sab.epa.gov</a> (see the ``Public Input on
Membership'' list under ``Committees, Panels, and Membership''
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
<a href="https://sab.epa.gov">https://sab.epa.gov</a>). To be considered, nominations should include the
information requested below. EPA values and welcomes diversity. All
qualified candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of sex, race,
disability, or ethnicity. Nominations should be submitted in time to
arrive no later than April 19, 2024.
The following information should be provided on the nomination
form: contact information for the person making the nomination; contact
information for the nominee; and the disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee. Nominees will be contacted by the SAB Staff
Office and will be asked to provide a recent curriculum vitae and a
narrative biographical summary that includes 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 at the contact information noted above.
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 <a href="https://sab.epa.gov">https://sab.epa.gov</a>.
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
when 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
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adequately address the charge. 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.
Candidates may be asked to submit 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 is required for Special
Government Employees (SGEs) and allows EPA to determine whether there
is a statutory conflict between a person's public responsibilities
(which includes 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 through the ``Ethics Requirements for Advisors'' link on
the SAB website at <a href="https://sab.epa.gov">https://sab.epa.gov</a>. This form should not be
submitted as part of a nomination.
V. Khanna Johnston,
Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-06758 Filed 3-28-24; 8:45 am]
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