98-4183. Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8451]
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[FR Doc No: 98-4183]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Drinking Water Committee (DWC) of the 
Science Advisory Board (SAB) will hold a public meeting beginning at 
9:00 a.m. Thursday, March 12, 1998 and ending not later than 3:00 p.m. 
Friday, March 13, 1998 (Eastern). 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 for the Committee to receive a series 
of informational briefings on the status of a number of scientific 
topics of relevance to Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) implementation. 
Documents discussing some or all of these topics may be the subject of 
future formal reviews by the Science Advisory Board/Drinking Water 
Committee. Topics that the Committee will be briefed on include: (a) 
Complex mixtures and their implications to safe drinking water, (b) 
microbial/disinfection byproduct research and the Agency's plans for 
tracking research progress, (c) the EPA drinking water contaminant 
occurrence data base, and (d) the results of new drinking water 
epidemiology studies conducted in California.

    For Further Information: 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 Winston at (202) 
260-8414, 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) Friday, 
March 6, 1998, 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: February 13, 1998.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 98-4183 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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