97-30378. Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting; December 1997

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting; December 1997

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Drinking Water Committee (DWC) of the 
Science Advisory Board (SAB) will hold a public meeting beginning on 
Thursday, December 4, 1997 beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending not later 
than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on December 5, 1997. The meeting will be 
held in Room 2103-Mall of the EPA Headquarters Building, 401 M Street, 
S.W., Washington, DC 20460.
    The purpose of the meeting is to discuss a number of issues that 
are of importance to the Agency's future activities under the recently 
amended Safe Drinking Water Act. The Drinking Water Committee will 
receive briefings on: (a) A notice of data availability relevant to the 
Stage I Disinfection Byproducts Rule and the Interim Enhanced Surface 
Water Treatment Rule, (b) the EPA's Draft Drinking Water Contaminant 
Candidate List, (c) prioritization process for future disinfection 
byproduct research, (d) a pilot project for the Integrated Risk 
Information System (IRIS), (e) the status of a number of risk 
assessment research projects conducted jointly between EPA and the 
International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), (f) probabilistic risk 
assessment techniques, and (g) the EPA cumulative risk policy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Single copies of the background 
information for this review, or the meeting agenda, can be obtained by 
contacting Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal Officer for the 
Drinking Water Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S. EPA, 401 
M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at [phone]; by 
fax at [phone] or via the INTERNET at: 
[e-mail], or by contacting Ms. Mary L. Winston at 
[phone], by fax at [phone], and by INTERNET at: 
[e-mail].

Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings

    Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation to the Committee must 
contact Mr. Miller, in writing (by letter, fax, or INTERNET--at the 
INTERNET address) no later than 12 noon (Eastern Standard Time) Monday, 
November 28, 1997, in order to be included on the Agenda. The request 
should identify the name of the individual who will make the 
presentation and an outline of the issues to be addressed. At least 35 
copies of any written comments to the Committee are to be given to Mr. 
Miller no later than the time of the presentation for distribution to 
the Committee and the interested public.
    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, each individual or group making an oral 
presentation will be limited to a total time of ten minutes. Written 
comments received in the SAB Staff Office sufficiently prior to a 
meeting date, 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.

    Dated: November 13, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-30378 Filed 11-18-97; 8:45 am]
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