97-9692. Science Advisory Board Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting; Open Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18349-18350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9692]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5811-9]


Science Advisory Board Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting; Open Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Human Exposure and Health Subcommittee 
(HEHS) of the Science Advisory Board's (SAB) Integrated Risk Project 
will meet on May 5-6, 1997, at the Environmental Protection Agency's 
Waterside Mall Complex, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 in Room 
17 of the Washington Information Center. For convenient access, members 
of the public should use the public entrances to the Waterside Mall 
commercial area on either the ``I'' or ``M'' street side of the 
complex. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end no later than 5:00 
p.m. on each day. All times noted are Eastern Time. All meetings are 
open to the public. Due to limited space, seating at meetings will be 
on a first-come basis.
    The main purpose of the meeting is to discuss human exposure (and 
their consequences) to various pollutants and to consider the potential 
for risk reduction. The Subcommittee's activities are part of an SAB 
project 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: (1) 
Develop an updated ranking of the relative risk of different 
environmental problems based upon explicit scientific criteria; (2) 
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; (3) assess the potential for 
risk reduction and propose alternative technical risk reduction 
strategies for the environmental problems identified; and (4) identify 
the uncertainties and data quality issues associated with the relative 
rankings. The project will be conducted by several SAB panels, 
including HEHS, working at the direction of an ad hoc Steering 
Committee established by the 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, Science Advisory Board (1400), US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington DC 20460, by telephone at [phone], fax at (202) 260-
7118, or via the INTERNET at: [e-mail].
    Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting must 
contact Mr. Samuel Rondberg, Designated Federal Official for the HEHS, 
in writing, no later than 4:00 p.m., April 28, 1997, bay fax at (202) 
260-7118, or via the INTERNET at [e-mail]. 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. 
Rondberg no later than the time of the presentation for distribution to 
the Committee and the interested public. See below for additional 
information on providing comments to the SAB.

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

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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: April 3, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 97-9692 Filed 4-14-97; 8:45 am]
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