[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75812-75813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24304]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0504; FRL-8011-9]
Notice of Availability of the Nanotechnology White Paper External
Review Draft
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is submitting the
Nanotechnology White Paper External Review Draft for independent
external peer review, which will be conducted in the February
timeframe. Public comments will be accepted prior to the meeting of the
external peer review panel. All comments received by January 31, 2006
will be shared with the external peer review panel for their
consideration. Comments received beyond that time will be considered by
EPA. The public release of this draft document is solely for the
purpose of seeking public comment and peer review. This draft white
paper does not represent and should not be construed to represent any
EPA policy, viewpoint, or determination. Members of the public may
obtain the draft white paper from http://www.regulations.gov; or http://www.epa.gov/osa/nanotech.htm; or from Dr. Kathryn Gallagher via the
contact information below.
The Nanotechnology White Paper External Review Draft identifies
data gaps that need to be filled and recommends research for both
environmental applications and implications of nanotechnology that
would inform the appropriate regulatory safeguards for nanotechnology.
The draft white paper describes the technology and provides a
discussion of potential environmental benefits of nanotechnology. Risk
management issues and the Agency's statutory mandates are outlined,
following an extensive discussion of risk assessment issues. The draft
white paper concludes with recommendations on next steps for addressing
science policy issues and research needs. Supplemental information is
provided in a number of appendices.
Following the expert review, EPA will issue a final white paper on
nanotechnology in early 2006. To obtain additional information, visit:
http://www.epa.gov/osa/nanotech.htm.
DATES: All comments received by January 31, 2006 will be shared with
the external peer review panel for their consideration. Comments
received beyond that time will be considered by EPA.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
ORD-2005-0504, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected].
Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T,
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1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA
West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0504. Deliveries are only
accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2005-0504. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://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 http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA, without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 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, 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 EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, 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.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://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 http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket, EPA/
DC, EPA West, Room B102, 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: Dr. Kathryn Gallagher, Office of the
Science Advisor, Mail Code 8105-R, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:
(202) 564-1398; fax number: (202) 564-2070, E-mail:
[email protected].
Dated: December 16, 2005.
William H. Farland,
Acting Chair, Science Policy Council.
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