96-26445. Science Advisory Board; Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis; Open Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54196-54197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26445]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5636-9]


Science Advisory Board; Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance 
Analysis; Open Public Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on Clean Air 
Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or ``the Council,'' formerly known as the 
Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis Council, or CAACAC) of the Science 
Advisory Board (SAB) will conduct a two-day meeting on Thursday, 
November 7 and Friday, November 8, 1996. The meeting will commence at 
9:00 a.m. eastern time each day and will adjourn no later than 5:00 
p.m. each day. The meeting will take place in the Administrator's 
Conference Room, 1103WT in the West Tower at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Headquarters Building, 401 M Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20460. In this meeting, the Council intends to go to 
closure on the Retrospective Study Report to Congress, and to be 
introduced to the Prospective Study Report to Congress. It is 
anticipated that the Council will have briefings and discussions with 
Agency staff on additional staff papers and supporting documentation 
related to closure on the Retrospective Study and introductions to the 
methodology and approaches proposed for the Prospective Study.
    The Council last met on June 5 and 6, 1996 (See Federal Register, 
Vol. 61, No. 87, Friday, May 3, 1996, pp. 19932-19935) and reviewed the 
Agency's draft document Report to Congress entitled ``The Benefits and 
Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990: Report to Congress,'' dated 
May 3, 1996, as well as findings of two subcommittees, the Physical 
Effects Review Subcommittee (PERS), and the Clean Air Scientific 
Advisory Committee's (CASAC), Air Quality Models Subcommittee (AQMS).
    The Agency has asked the SAB to conduct the following activities in 
the proposed charge relating to this specific review:
    (a) Review the revised draft Report to Congress, entitled ``The 
Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990,'' USEPA, dated 
October, 1996, and
    (b) Discuss the topic of the prospective study on costs and 
benefits, which will be presented to the Council at the November 
meeting.
    The documents that are the subject of SAB reviews are normally 
available from the originating EPA office and are not available from 
the SAB Office. Public drafts of SAB reports are available to the 
Agency and the public from the SAB office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: (a) For copies of the Agency's draft Section 
812 CAA draft, Report to Congress, entitled ``The Benefits and Costs of 
the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990,'' USEPA, dated October, 1996 please 
contact Ms. Michelle Olawuyi, Secretary, Office of Economy and 
Environment (2172), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, 
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460; tel. [phone]; FAX [phone]; 
E-Mail; Olawuyi.Michelle @epamail.epa.gov; (b) For a discussion of 
technical aspects of the Agency draft Report to Congress, dated 
October, 1996 please contact Mr. James DeMocker of EPA's Office of 
Policy Analysis and Review (OPAR) at [phone], FAX (202) 260-
9766, E-mail: [e-mail], or Mr. Tom Gillis of EPA's 
Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE) (2172) at (202) 260-
4181; FAX [phone]; E-mail: [e-mail].
    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at 
this meeting should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Staff Secretary, (tel. 
202-260-2553; FAX [phone]) no later than October 31, 1996, in 
order to advise the Agency of your desire to participate in the meeting 
and to have time reserved on the agenda for public comments. This 
meeting is open to the public, but seating is limited and available on 
a first come basis. For a copy of the proposed agenda, please contact 
Ms. Pozun at the numbers given above. For questions regarding technical 
issues to be discussed, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, 
Designated Federal Official, Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S. EPA, 
401 M Street, S.W., Washington DC 20460, by telephone at (202) 260-
2560, FAX at [phone], or via the E-Mail: 
[e-mail], or at [e-mail].

Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings

    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at 
the meetings should contact the listed Designated Federal Official no 
later than one week prior to the meeting in order to have time reserved 
on the agenda. The Science Advisory Board expects that public 
statements presented at its meetings will not be repetitive of 
previously submitted oral or written statements. In general, for 
meetings, opportunities for oral comment will usually be limited to no 
more than five minutes per speaker and no more than thirty minutes 
total. Written comments (at least 35 copies) received in the SAB Staff 
Office sufficiently prior to a meeting date (usually one week prior to 
a meeting), may be mailed to the relevant SAB committee or subcommittee 
prior to its meeting; comments received too close to the meeting date 
will normally be provided to the committee at its meeting. Written 
comments may be provided to the relevant committee or subcommittee up 
until the time of the meeting.

To Obtain More Information on or Participate in the SAB Meetings

    These meetings are open to the public, but seating is limited and 
available on a first come basis. Written inquiries can be sent to the 
following address: U.S. Environmental Protection

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Agency; Science Advisory Board (1400); 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, 
DC 20460, Phone: [phone] or FAX [phone].
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
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