97-5883. Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10853-10854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5883]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5701-2]


Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meetings

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that several committees of the Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) will meet on the dates and times described below. All times 
noted are Eastern Daylight Time unless otherwise noted. All meetings 
are open to the public, however, due to limited space, seating at 
meetings will be on a first-come basis. For further information 
concerning specific meetings, please contact the individuals listed 
below. Documents that are the subject of SAB reviews are normally 
available from the originating EPA office and are not available from 
the SAB Office.
    1. The Human Exposure and Health Subcommittee (HEHS) of the Science 
Advisory Board's (SAB) Integrated Risk Project (IRP) will meet on March 
26-28, 1997, in room 3075, Building 90, at the Ernest O. Lawrence 
Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley CA 947720. The 
meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific 
Time on each day. This meeting is open to the public, but prior 
registration is required (see below).
    The main purpose of the meeting is to continue discussions of a 
methodology for assessing and ranking human health risks from exposure 
to environmental stressors. Subcommittee members will discuss relative 
risk ranking criteria, stressor-specific data sheets that will serve as 
the basis for relative risk ranking, and approaches for generating risk 
rankings from a broad group of environmental health scientists. The 
Subcommittee's activities are part of the SAB's Integrated Risk 
Project, begun in an effort to update the 1990 SAB report, Reducing 
Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for Environmental Protection. 
In a letter dated October 25, 1995, to Dr. Matanoski, Chair of the SAB 
Executive Committee, Deputy Administrator Fred Hansen charged the SAB 
to: (a) develop an updated ranking of the relative risk of different 
environmental problems based upon explicit scientific criteria; (b) 
provide an assessment of techniques and criteria that could be used to 
discriminate among emerging environmental risks and identify those that 
merit serious, near-term Agency attention; (c) assess the potential for 
risk reduction and propose alternative technical risk reduction 
strategies for the environmental problems identified; and (d) identify 
the uncertainties and data quality issues associated with the relative 
rankings. The Integrated Risk Project is being conducted by several SAB 
panels, including the HEHS, working at the direction of an ad hoc 
Steering Committee established by the SAB's Executive Committee.
    Single copies of Reducing Risk can be obtained by contacting the 
SAB's Committee Evaluation and Support Staff (1400), 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460, telephone [phone], or fax [phone]. 
Members of the public desiring additional information about the 
meeting, including an agenda, should contact Ms. Mary Winston, Staff 
Secretary, Committee Operations Staff, Science Advisory Board (1400), 
US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460, by telephone at (202) 
260-6552, fax at [phone], or via the INTERNET at: 
[email protected]
    Anyone wishing to attend the meeting, and/or make an oral 
presentation to the Committee must register with Mr. Samuel Rondberg, 
Designated Federal Official for the HEHS, no later than 4:00 p.m., 
March 19, 1997, at [phone] or via the INTERNET at 
[email protected] Prior registration is required for 
admission to the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory complex. The registration 
request should include name and affiliation of the attendee, and 
indicate if parking space at the laboratory complex will be required. 
Anyone wishing to make a presentation to the Subcommittee should also 
provide an outline in writing to Mr. Rondberg by March 19, 1997 of the 
issues to be addressed. At least 35 copies of any written comments to 
the Committee are to be given to Mr. Rondberg no later than the time of 
the presentation for distribution to the Subcommittee and the 
interested public. See below for additional information on providing 
comments to the SAB.
    2. The Valuation Subcommittee (VS) of the Science Advisory Board's 
(SAB) Integrated Risk Project (IRP) will meet April 2-4, 1997, from 
8:00 am on April 2 to no later than 5:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) on 
April 4 at the Holiday Inn--Baltimore Inner Harbor, located at 301 W. 
Lombard Street, Baltimore MD 21201. This meeting is open to the public, 
however, due to limited space, seating will be on a first-come basis. 
The purpose of the meeting is to continue Committee efforts in support 
of the larger IRP effort of the SAB.
    In a letter dated October 25, 1995, Deputy Administrator Fred 
Hansen requested the SAB (see information provided above) to update the 
assessment of environmental risks, priorities, and risk reduction 
opportunities contained in the 1990 SAB report, Reducing Risk: Setting 
Priorities and Strategies for Environmental Protection (EPA-SAB-EC-90-
021). In subsequent discussions with the Deputy Administrator, the SAB 
has also agreed to provide insights on economic analysis of risk 
reduction options and ecosystem valuation. In summary, the current 
charge to the Valuation Subcommittee is to propose a new framework for 
assessing the value of ecosystems to humans, including ecological 
services and environmentally mediated health and quality of life 
values.
    Single copies of the information provided to the Committee can be 
obtained by contacting Ms. Diana Pozun, Staff Secretary, Committee 
Operations Staff, Science Advisory Board (1400), US EPA, 401 M Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone [phone], fax (202) 260-
7118, or via the Internet at: [email protected] EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. Single 
copies of Reducing Risk, the report of the previous relative risk 
ranking effort of

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the SAB, can be obtained by contacting the SAB's Committee Evaluation 
and Support Staff (1400), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, 
telephone [phone], or fax [phone].
    Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting must 
contact Mr. Thomas Miller, Designated Federal Official for the 
Valuation Subcommittee, in writing no later than 4:00 pm (Eastern 
Daylight Time) March 21, 1997, at the above address, via fax (202) 260-
7118, or via the Internet at: [email protected] 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. To discuss technical aspects 
of the meeting, please contact Mr. Miller by telephone at (202) 260-
5886.
    3. The Ecological Risk Subcommittee (ERS) of the Science Advisory 
Board's Integrated Risk Project will hold a teleconference meeting on 
March 31, 1997 from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The purpose of 
the meeting is to complete revisions to a proposed Subcommittee 
methodology for assessing the relative risks from ecological stressors. 
A limited number of lines will be available for members of the public 
who wish to call in.
    For more information on the teleconference meeting, please contact 
Ms. Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Official for the Ecological 
Risk Subcommittee at [phone], via fax at [phone] or via 
the Internet at [email protected] EPA.GOV. Anyone wishing to 
provide oral comments to the Subcommittee must contact Ms. Sanzone no 
later than 4:00 p.m. on March 26, 1997. The request should identify the 
name of the individual who will make the presentation and an outline of 
the issues to be addressed. Oral comments will be limited to five 
minutes per person.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings

    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. For 
conference call meetings, opportunities for oral comment will be 
limited to no more than five minutes per speaker and no more than 
fifteen minutes total. Written comments (at least 35 copies) 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 28, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-5883 Filed 3-7-97; 8:45 am]
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