96-8477. Science Advisory Board; Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15254-15255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8477]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board; Meeting

    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 Time. All meetings are open to the public. Due to 
limited space, seating at meetings will be on a first-come basis; for 
teleconference meetings, the number of available phone lines is 
limited. For further information concerning specific meetings, please 
contact the individuals listed below.

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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) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee's (CASAC) Air Quality 
Models Subcommittee (AQMS): The Air Quality Models Subcommittee will 
continue its review of the technical aspects of the Agency's Air 
Quality Models with a teleconference meeting on Friday, April 26, 1996 
from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The AQMS formally began to review air quality 
models as a component of the Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 812 Cost-
Benefit Study in a series of public teleconferences on October 1, 1993 
and October 21, 1993, with a follow-up review meeting on December 2, 
1993 (See 58 FR 49297, September 22, 1993, and 58 FR 60628, November 
17, 1993). The Subcommittee is conducting this specialty review on air 
quality models on behalf of the Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis 
Council (CAACAC) as an activity required under Section 812 of the CAA. 
This teleconference meeting is a continuation of the above reviews as 
the Agency prepares its final report to Congress. The charge to the 
Subcommittee is to review the analytical methodologies, data sources, 
implementation, and results of the air quality modeling component of 
the Section 812 Retrospective Analysis, and provide advice to the 
CAACAC regarding the reasonableness, technical merits, and appropriate 
interpretations of the modeling results.
    The draft documents that are the subject of this review are 
available from the originating EPA office as noted below. There are 
eleven (11) draft documents being provided to the AQMS. Nine draft 
documents are being provided as background (Items 1 through 9), while 
the other two are being submitted for review (Items 10 and 11). These 
documents are: Background Documents: (1) The Benefits and Costs of the 
Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990--Report to Congress, Chapter 3: Emissions, 
Draft, March 1996; (2) The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 
1970 to 1990--Report to Congress, Appendix B: Emissions Modeling, 
Draft, March 1996; (3) Retrospective Analysis of Ozone Air Quality in 
the United States, Final Report, March 1996; (4) Retrospective Analysis 
of Particulate Matter Air Quality in the United States, Draft Report, 
September 1992; (5) PM Interpolation Methodology for the Section 812 
Retrospective Analysis, Memo from J. Lansstaff to J. DeMocker, pending; 
(6) Retrospective Analysis of Particulate Matter Air Quality in the 
United States, Final Report, March, 1996; (7) Retrospective Analysis of 
SO2, NOx, and CO Air Quality in the United States, Final 
Report, November 1994; (8) Retrospective Analysis of the Impact of the 
Clean Air Act of Urban Visibility in the Southwestern United States, 
Final Report, October 1994; (9) Estimation of Regional Air Quality and 
Deposition Changes Under Alternative Section 812 Emissions Scenarios 
Predicted by the Regional Acid Deposition Model, RADM, Draft Report, 
October 1995. Review Documents: (10) The Benefits and Costs of the 
Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990--Report to Congress, Chapter 4: Air 
Quality, Draft, March 1996, and (11) The Benefits and Costs of the 
Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990--Report to Congress, Appendix C: Air 
Quality Modeling, Draft, March 1996.
    To discuss technical aspects of the above draft documents, please 
contact Mr. James DeMocker, Office of Policy Analysis and Review (OPAR) 
(MC 6103), US Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460. Tel. [phone]; FAX [phone], or via 
the Internet at: [e-mail]. To obtain single copies 
of the draft documents, please contact Ms. Eileen Pritchard, Secretary, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy, Planning and 
Evaluation (OPPE), Economic Analysis and Innovation Division (MC 2127), 
401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. Tel.[phone].
    To obtain copies of the teleconference agenda, please contact Mrs. 
Diana L. Pozun, Secretary, Radiation Advisory Committee, Tel. (202) 
260-6552; FAX [phone]; or via the Internet: 
[e-mail]). To discuss technical aspects of the draft 
commentary, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal 
Official, Radiation Advisory Committee, Tel. [phone]; FAX (202) 
260-7118; or via the Internet: [e-mail]). 
Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at 
this teleconference should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun no later than 
April 23, 1996.
    (2) Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC): The Radiation Advisory 
Committee (RAC) is meeting via teleconference on Tuesday, April 30, 
1996 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The RAC is planning to discuss its draft 
commentary (``Commentary on the Scientific Basis for Apportioning of 
Risk Among the ICRP Publication 66 Regions of the Respiratory Tract,'' 
dated March 27, 1996) concerning the new ICRP (International Commission 
on Radiological Protection) Human Respiratory Tract Model for 
Radiological Protection. The new ICRP model was designed to accommodate 
the potentially large differences in the doses received and in the 
radiation sensitivities of the various tissues comprising the 
respiratory tract, as well as being compatible with the ICRP dosimetry 
system.
    To obtain copies of the teleconference agenda or the draft 
commentary, please contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Secretary, Radiation 
Advisory Committee, Tel. [phone]; FAX [phone]; or via the 
Internet: [e-mail]. To discuss technical aspects of 
the draft commentary, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, 
Designated Federal Official, RAC, Tel. [phone]; FAX (202) 260-
7118; or via the Internet: [e-mail]. Members of 
the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at this 
teleconference should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun no later than April 
23, 1996.

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, opportunities for oral comment at 
teleconference meetings will be usually limited to three 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 (usually one week prior to a meeting), may be mailed to 
the subcommittee prior to its meeting; comments received too close to 
the meeting date will normally be provided to the subcommittee at its 
meeting, except for teleconferences, where brief written materials may 
be faxed to the participants, with more detailed or lengthy materials 
received too close to the teleconference to be mailed to the 
subcommittee or committee participants shortly after the 
teleconference. Written comments may be provided up until the time of 
the meeting.

    Dated: March 27, 1996.
John R. Fowle III,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 96-8477 Filed 4-4-96; 8:45 am]
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