Secretary's Science Advisory Board About the Board In August 2017, Governor Roy Cooper expanded the scope of the Secretary's Science Advisory Board on Toxic Air Pollutants. Under the board's new charter, the scope of its work has expanded to a broader focus on the impact of new and emerging chemicals. The board will help the state departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services by examining new and emerging chemicals and providing guidance on how to manage the compounds to better protect public health and the environment. The new charter increases the membership of the board from eight to 16 members. All members of the board are appointed by the DEQ and DHHS secretaries. Members come from academic institutions and the public and private sectors. Among its duties, the board will help DEQ and DHHS by reviewing and evaluating contaminants released to the environment; acting as consultants on DEQ’s determinations to regulate releases of contaminants; and assisting the agencies in identifying contaminants of emerging concern and helping determine whether the contaminants should be studied further. Experts on the panel will also help evaluate the human health impacts of exposure to hazardous contaminants and give input to DHHS as the agency establishes health goals for emerging contaminants. Tom Augspurger, Ph.D., a supervisory fish and wildlife biologist/environmental contaminants specialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Raleigh, and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences Toxicology Program at N.C. State University, assumed the role of chair effective Nov. 27, 2018. Dr. Augspurger will continue his work with the federal agency and NCSU while serving in a private capacity as board chairman. The board provides technical assistance and advice on ways North Carolina can better address issues related to chemicals in the environment, including hexavalent chromium and new and emerging contaminants such as GenX. Science Advisory Board Members Science Advisory Board Charter Future Meeting Schedule Date and Time Location Agenda Register to Speak *You do not have to register if you are just listening to the meeting.* Monday, Dec. 5 TBA -- -- *Dates subject to change Meeting Materials and Recordings October 3, 2022 Agenda Meeting Recording Other Materials Fish and Water Status Update presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen Consent Order Toxicity Studies - Status Update presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen The GenX Exposure Study Update presentation - Dr. Jane Hoppin Evaluation of literature PFOA & PFOS Bioaccumulation Factors for use in Surface Water Standards Development presentation - Christopher Ventaloro August 1, 2022 Agenda Meeting Minutes Meeting Recording on YouTube Other Materials Status of Chemours Consent Order Toxicity Studies presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen NC DEQ and the EPA PFAS Values presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen Summer 2022 Water and Fish Collection Event presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen June 6, 2022 Agenda Meeting Recording on YouTube Meeting Minutes Other Materials NCDEQ Priority PFAS List presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen NCDEQ PFAS Assessment Methods Exploration presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen April 4, 2022 Meeting Agenda Meeting Recording Meeting Minutes Other Materials DHHS Fish Consumption Advisories Presentation - Kennedy Holt DWM PFAS Signatures in Water Presentation - Dr. Amy Delinsky DEQ Reference Dose Scoping Presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen February 7, 2022 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes Meeting Recording Other Materials Public Health Role in Guidance for Private Wells Overview of NC Groundwater and Surface Water Quality Standards Drinking Water Standards and Development of Regulations December 6, 2021 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes Meeting recording Other materials DEQ Roadmap Framework Presentation DEQ PFOA and PFOS Update October 4, 2021 Meeting Meeting Agenda Minutes PowerPoint Meeting Recording August 2, 2021 Meeting Agenda Meeting Recording Other Meeting Materials PFAS Presentation *Revised* PFAS Presentation PFAS Data Table (Excel) (PDF) Chemicals Priority Presentation DEQ / DHHS Presentations – DHHS Presentation DAQ Presentation DWM Presentation DWR Presentation June 7, 2021 Meeting Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes - June 7 Meeting Recording Other Meeting Materials Draft PFAS Table Presentation Materials April 5, 2021 Meeting Meeting Agenda Meeting Recording Meeting Minutes Other Meeting Materials: Dr. Baird PFAS Presentation https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP4372 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020321590 February 1, 2021 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes Meeting Recording Proposed Final Draft - Memorandum on Hexavalent Chromium Past Meetings December 7, 2020 Meeting December 7. 2020 Agenda Meeting Recording Meeting Minutes Hexavalent Chromium Proposed Final Draft PFAS Presentations DWR PFAS Presentation Michigan's PFAS MCL Process - MPART Science Advisory Workgroup PFAS Occurrence in North Carolina - Professor Knappe DWM PFAS Presentation DAQ PFAS Presentation October 5, 2020 Meeting October 5 Meeting Agenda SAB Audio Recording Meeting Minutes August 31, 2020 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording PFAS Research Updates: Blake et al. 2020 Conley et al. 2019 February 24, 2020 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording - Part 1 SAB Audio Recording - Part 2 PFAS Research Updates Draft Summary Statement on PFOA and PFOS Summary Statement on PFOA and PFOS Hexavalent Chromium Updates Draft Memorandum to Secretaries on Hexavalent Chromium ToxStrategies Letter to NC SSAB December 2, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording PFAS Research Updates PFOA Induced Health Effects - Dr. Sue Fenton PFAS and Placental Toxicity - Dr. Rebecca Fry Immunotoxicological findings of PFAS: A focus on PFOA and PFOS - Dr. Jamie DeWitt October 7, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording PFOA and PFOS 2L Groundwater standard Request for Review and Comment on 15A NCAC 02L .0202 Groundwater Quality Standard for PFOA and PFOS Groundwater Standard Summary Document by the Division of Water Resources Subchapter 2L - Groundwater Classification and Standards EPA Drinking Water Health Advisory for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) EPA Drinking Water Health Advisory for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) Division of Water Resources Standard Operating Procedure for Reviewing Groundwater Standards Established Pursuant to 15A NCAC 02L .0200 Draft PFOS - PFOA total updated EPA values ITRC PFAS Factsheet Tables (Jan. 2019) UCMR4 UCMR4 Results Methyl Bromide Update Update on Methyl Bromide Rule-Making (Mike Abraczinskas) Hexavalent Chromium (Tom Augspurger, PhD) Presentation June 3, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording MBIP - Methyl Bromide Comments OPP draft documents EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0269-0031 EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0269-0032 EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0269-0029 EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0269-0030 April 1, 2019 April 1, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording Methyl Bromide Acceptable Ambient Level comment summary table Methyl Bromide Acceptable Ambient Level combined public comments Methyl Bromide AAL public comments_SELC attachements 1986 NCAS Air Toxics Panel Recommendations Human Risk Assessment for Methyl Bromide by Dr. Vincent J. Piccirillo, DABT Methyl Bromide Proposed Ambient Air Level Recommendation by Ecolab Inc. Matching Exposure and Toxicity Averaging Times in Risk Assessment by Exponent External GenX and Hexavalent Chromium Review Updates presented by DEQ staff ToxStrategies, Inc. Hexavalent Chromium RfD presentation Feb. 4, 2019 February 4, 2019 SAB Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording Methyl Bromide AAL Report 012819 Methyl Bromide States AAL Survey SAB Approval TCE Vapor Intrusion Action Levels Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording Dr. Tom Augspurger new SAB Chairman Methyl Bromide AAL Report Addendum TCE Action Level public comments-part 1 TCE Action Level public comments-American Chemistry Council EPA Draft GenX RfD Update-DHHS USEPA Fact Sheet-GenX and PFBS Draft RfD USEPA GenX RfD Public Comment Draft USEPA PFBS RfD Public Comment Draft Oct. 22, 2018 Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording DEQ TCE Indoor Air Action Level Report Note: Following distribution and review at the Oct. 22 meeting, this report was made available for public comment through Nov. 21, 2018. GenX Report - Final, Oct. 30, 2018 GenX Report Public Comments GenX Report Public Comments Summary SELC GenX Report comments Shea GenX Report comments Methyl Bromide AAL Recommendation report Methyl Bromide AAL slides TCE Vapor Intrusion presentation_USEPA Region 4 TCE toxicity summary 2/15/2018_USEPA Region 4 Sept. 24, 2018 Meeting cancelled due to Hurricane Florence. Aug. 29, 2018: Draft GenX Report Update UPDATED Draft SAB Report: Review of the North Carolina Drinking Water Provisional Health Goal for GenX Appendix B: NC DHHS BMD Report May 2018 Appendix C: NC DHHS BMD Supplemental Report June 2018 Aug. 20, 2018 Agenda August 20 Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording SAB Report: Review of the North Carolina Drinking Water Provisional Health Goal for GenX Note: This is the version of the report that was distributed and reviewed during the Aug. 20 meeting. Changes proposed during the meeting are being incorporated into the document. Once that work is complete, the revised report will be posted to the website. Reference documents: NC DHHS BMD Report May 2018, NC DHHS BMD Supplemental Report June 2018 AWWA Cr6 Primer Duke Energy Basins & Groundwater Duke Energy Letter to SAB June 2018 Duke Energy Statement on Duke University Study Duke Energy Private Well Testing Update Nov. 2016 Duke University News Release Oct. 2016 Haley Aldrich Report Study of Cr (VI) and V Standards April 2016 California's Public Health Goal for Hexavalent Chromium Hexavalent Chromium: Development of a Guidance Value Protective of Cancer June 18, 2018 Meeting Agenda Minutes SAB Audio Recording Man-made Lake Preliminary PFAS Study TCE Short-Term Inhalation Action Levels TCE Vapor Intrusion Draft Guidance for Sensitive Populations GenX BMD Model Report Derivation of Oral Cancer Slope Factor for Hexavalent Chromium CEQ Cancer-Based RfD for Hexavalent Chromium EPA Update on Development of GenX Toxicity Values April 30, 2018 Meeting Meeting Agenda March 19 Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording Total Chromium Presentation Hexavalent Chromium Presentation March 19, 2018 Meeting Meeting Agenda Jan. 29 Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording Report: PPARα‑dependent rodent liver tumor response Report: Human relevance of rodent liver tumors PFAS Study from PLOS Biology Shea Letter to SAB DeWitt-Belcher Letter to SAB GenX Benchmark Dose Presentation Drinking Water Standards Presentation Water Quality Standards Presentation GenX Toxicity Study Summary Tables for Benchmark Dose Modeling Jan. 29, 2018 Meeting Meeting Agenda Dec. 4, 2017 Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording DHHS: GenX Health Studies and Advisories Overview of Precautionary Principle Issues Related to Deriving Water Quality Standards Chemours Health Studies View WebEx Recording Dec. 4, 2017 Meeting Meeting Agenda SAB Audio Recording Gen X Health Studies and Advisories Powerpoint Science Advisory Board Meeting PowerPoint DHHS Drinking Water Advisory Decision Matrix Oct. 23, 2017 Meeting Meeting Summary SAB Audio Recording
Secretary's Science Advisory Board About the Board In August 2017, Governor Roy Cooper expanded the scope of the Secretary's Science Advisory Board on Toxic Air Pollutants. Under the board's new charter, the scope of its work has expanded to a broader focus on the impact of new and emerging chemicals. The board will help the state departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services by examining new and emerging chemicals and providing guidance on how to manage the compounds to better protect public health and the environment. The new charter increases the membership of the board from eight to 16 members. All members of the board are appointed by the DEQ and DHHS secretaries. Members come from academic institutions and the public and private sectors. Among its duties, the board will help DEQ and DHHS by reviewing and evaluating contaminants released to the environment; acting as consultants on DEQ’s determinations to regulate releases of contaminants; and assisting the agencies in identifying contaminants of emerging concern and helping determine whether the contaminants should be studied further. Experts on the panel will also help evaluate the human health impacts of exposure to hazardous contaminants and give input to DHHS as the agency establishes health goals for emerging contaminants. Tom Augspurger, Ph.D., a supervisory fish and wildlife biologist/environmental contaminants specialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Raleigh, and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences Toxicology Program at N.C. State University, assumed the role of chair effective Nov. 27, 2018. Dr. Augspurger will continue his work with the federal agency and NCSU while serving in a private capacity as board chairman. The board provides technical assistance and advice on ways North Carolina can better address issues related to chemicals in the environment, including hexavalent chromium and new and emerging contaminants such as GenX. Science Advisory Board Members Science Advisory Board Charter Future Meeting Schedule Date and Time Location Agenda Register to Speak *You do not have to register if you are just listening to the meeting.* Monday, Dec. 5 TBA -- -- *Dates subject to change Meeting Materials and Recordings October 3, 2022 Agenda Meeting Recording Other Materials Fish and Water Status Update presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen Consent Order Toxicity Studies - Status Update presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen The GenX Exposure Study Update presentation - Dr. Jane Hoppin Evaluation of literature PFOA & PFOS Bioaccumulation Factors for use in Surface Water Standards Development presentation - Christopher Ventaloro August 1, 2022 Agenda Meeting Minutes Meeting Recording on YouTube Other Materials Status of Chemours Consent Order Toxicity Studies presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen NC DEQ and the EPA PFAS Values presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen Summer 2022 Water and Fish Collection Event presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen June 6, 2022 Agenda Meeting Recording on YouTube Meeting Minutes Other Materials NCDEQ Priority PFAS List presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen NCDEQ PFAS Assessment Methods Exploration presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen April 4, 2022 Meeting Agenda Meeting Recording Meeting Minutes Other Materials DHHS Fish Consumption Advisories Presentation - Kennedy Holt DWM PFAS Signatures in Water Presentation - Dr. Amy Delinsky DEQ Reference Dose Scoping Presentation - Dr. Frannie Nilsen February 7, 2022 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes Meeting Recording Other Materials Public Health Role in Guidance for Private Wells Overview of NC Groundwater and Surface Water Quality Standards Drinking Water Standards and Development of Regulations December 6, 2021 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes Meeting recording Other materials DEQ Roadmap Framework Presentation DEQ PFOA and PFOS Update October 4, 2021 Meeting Meeting Agenda Minutes PowerPoint Meeting Recording August 2, 2021 Meeting Agenda Meeting Recording Other Meeting Materials PFAS Presentation *Revised* PFAS Presentation PFAS Data Table (Excel) (PDF) Chemicals Priority Presentation DEQ / DHHS Presentations – DHHS Presentation DAQ Presentation DWM Presentation DWR Presentation June 7, 2021 Meeting Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes - June 7 Meeting Recording Other Meeting Materials Draft PFAS Table Presentation Materials April 5, 2021 Meeting Meeting Agenda Meeting Recording Meeting Minutes Other Meeting Materials: Dr. Baird PFAS Presentation https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP4372 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020321590 February 1, 2021 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes Meeting Recording Proposed Final Draft - Memorandum on Hexavalent Chromium Past Meetings December 7, 2020 Meeting December 7. 2020 Agenda Meeting Recording Meeting Minutes Hexavalent Chromium Proposed Final Draft PFAS Presentations DWR PFAS Presentation Michigan's PFAS MCL Process - MPART Science Advisory Workgroup PFAS Occurrence in North Carolina - Professor Knappe DWM PFAS Presentation DAQ PFAS Presentation October 5, 2020 Meeting October 5 Meeting Agenda SAB Audio Recording Meeting Minutes August 31, 2020 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording PFAS Research Updates: Blake et al. 2020 Conley et al. 2019 February 24, 2020 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording - Part 1 SAB Audio Recording - Part 2 PFAS Research Updates Draft Summary Statement on PFOA and PFOS Summary Statement on PFOA and PFOS Hexavalent Chromium Updates Draft Memorandum to Secretaries on Hexavalent Chromium ToxStrategies Letter to NC SSAB December 2, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording PFAS Research Updates PFOA Induced Health Effects - Dr. Sue Fenton PFAS and Placental Toxicity - Dr. Rebecca Fry Immunotoxicological findings of PFAS: A focus on PFOA and PFOS - Dr. Jamie DeWitt October 7, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording PFOA and PFOS 2L Groundwater standard Request for Review and Comment on 15A NCAC 02L .0202 Groundwater Quality Standard for PFOA and PFOS Groundwater Standard Summary Document by the Division of Water Resources Subchapter 2L - Groundwater Classification and Standards EPA Drinking Water Health Advisory for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) EPA Drinking Water Health Advisory for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) Division of Water Resources Standard Operating Procedure for Reviewing Groundwater Standards Established Pursuant to 15A NCAC 02L .0200 Draft PFOS - PFOA total updated EPA values ITRC PFAS Factsheet Tables (Jan. 2019) UCMR4 UCMR4 Results Methyl Bromide Update Update on Methyl Bromide Rule-Making (Mike Abraczinskas) Hexavalent Chromium (Tom Augspurger, PhD) Presentation June 3, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording MBIP - Methyl Bromide Comments OPP draft documents EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0269-0031 EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0269-0032 EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0269-0029 EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0269-0030 April 1, 2019 April 1, 2019 Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording Methyl Bromide Acceptable Ambient Level comment summary table Methyl Bromide Acceptable Ambient Level combined public comments Methyl Bromide AAL public comments_SELC attachements 1986 NCAS Air Toxics Panel Recommendations Human Risk Assessment for Methyl Bromide by Dr. Vincent J. Piccirillo, DABT Methyl Bromide Proposed Ambient Air Level Recommendation by Ecolab Inc. Matching Exposure and Toxicity Averaging Times in Risk Assessment by Exponent External GenX and Hexavalent Chromium Review Updates presented by DEQ staff ToxStrategies, Inc. Hexavalent Chromium RfD presentation Feb. 4, 2019 February 4, 2019 SAB Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording Methyl Bromide AAL Report 012819 Methyl Bromide States AAL Survey SAB Approval TCE Vapor Intrusion Action Levels Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording Dr. Tom Augspurger new SAB Chairman Methyl Bromide AAL Report Addendum TCE Action Level public comments-part 1 TCE Action Level public comments-American Chemistry Council EPA Draft GenX RfD Update-DHHS USEPA Fact Sheet-GenX and PFBS Draft RfD USEPA GenX RfD Public Comment Draft USEPA PFBS RfD Public Comment Draft Oct. 22, 2018 Agenda Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording DEQ TCE Indoor Air Action Level Report Note: Following distribution and review at the Oct. 22 meeting, this report was made available for public comment through Nov. 21, 2018. GenX Report - Final, Oct. 30, 2018 GenX Report Public Comments GenX Report Public Comments Summary SELC GenX Report comments Shea GenX Report comments Methyl Bromide AAL Recommendation report Methyl Bromide AAL slides TCE Vapor Intrusion presentation_USEPA Region 4 TCE toxicity summary 2/15/2018_USEPA Region 4 Sept. 24, 2018 Meeting cancelled due to Hurricane Florence. Aug. 29, 2018: Draft GenX Report Update UPDATED Draft SAB Report: Review of the North Carolina Drinking Water Provisional Health Goal for GenX Appendix B: NC DHHS BMD Report May 2018 Appendix C: NC DHHS BMD Supplemental Report June 2018 Aug. 20, 2018 Agenda August 20 Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording SAB Report: Review of the North Carolina Drinking Water Provisional Health Goal for GenX Note: This is the version of the report that was distributed and reviewed during the Aug. 20 meeting. Changes proposed during the meeting are being incorporated into the document. Once that work is complete, the revised report will be posted to the website. Reference documents: NC DHHS BMD Report May 2018, NC DHHS BMD Supplemental Report June 2018 AWWA Cr6 Primer Duke Energy Basins & Groundwater Duke Energy Letter to SAB June 2018 Duke Energy Statement on Duke University Study Duke Energy Private Well Testing Update Nov. 2016 Duke University News Release Oct. 2016 Haley Aldrich Report Study of Cr (VI) and V Standards April 2016 California's Public Health Goal for Hexavalent Chromium Hexavalent Chromium: Development of a Guidance Value Protective of Cancer June 18, 2018 Meeting Agenda Minutes SAB Audio Recording Man-made Lake Preliminary PFAS Study TCE Short-Term Inhalation Action Levels TCE Vapor Intrusion Draft Guidance for Sensitive Populations GenX BMD Model Report Derivation of Oral Cancer Slope Factor for Hexavalent Chromium CEQ Cancer-Based RfD for Hexavalent Chromium EPA Update on Development of GenX Toxicity Values April 30, 2018 Meeting Meeting Agenda March 19 Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording Total Chromium Presentation Hexavalent Chromium Presentation March 19, 2018 Meeting Meeting Agenda Jan. 29 Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording Report: PPARα‑dependent rodent liver tumor response Report: Human relevance of rodent liver tumors PFAS Study from PLOS Biology Shea Letter to SAB DeWitt-Belcher Letter to SAB GenX Benchmark Dose Presentation Drinking Water Standards Presentation Water Quality Standards Presentation GenX Toxicity Study Summary Tables for Benchmark Dose Modeling Jan. 29, 2018 Meeting Meeting Agenda Dec. 4, 2017 Meeting Minutes SAB Audio Recording DHHS: GenX Health Studies and Advisories Overview of Precautionary Principle Issues Related to Deriving Water Quality Standards Chemours Health Studies View WebEx Recording Dec. 4, 2017 Meeting Meeting Agenda SAB Audio Recording Gen X Health Studies and Advisories Powerpoint Science Advisory Board Meeting PowerPoint DHHS Drinking Water Advisory Decision Matrix Oct. 23, 2017 Meeting Meeting Summary SAB Audio Recording
