96-12345. Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24791-24793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12345]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5505-8]


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 two 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 
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. Human Exposure and Health Subcommittee (HEHS)

    The Human Exposure and Health Subcommittee (HEHS) of the Science 
Advisory Board's (SAB) Integrated Risk Project will meet on June 13-14, 
1996,

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at the Environmental Protection Agency's Waterside Mall Complex, 401 M 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20460 in Room M2103. For convenient access, 
members of the public should use the EPA entrance next to the Safeway 
store. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end no later than 5:00 
p.m. on each day.
    Purpose of the Meeting--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: (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 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.
    For Further Information--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 (202) 260-
8414, or fax [phone], or by sending a request by Internet to 
[email protected] Members of the public desiring additional 
information about the meeting, including a draft agenda, should contact 
Ms. Mary Winston, Staff Secretary, Science Advisory Board (1400F), US 
EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460, telephone [phone], 
fax [phone], or Internet at: WINSTON. [email protected] EPAMAIL.EPA. GOV. 
Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting must contact 
Mr. Samuel Rondberg, Designated Federal Official for the HEHS, in 
writing (at the above address) no later than 4:00 p.m., June 5, 1996 
via fax [phone] or by Internet at:
    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. To discuss 
technical aspects of the meeting, please contact Mr. Rondberg on 
telephone [phone].

2. Environmental Engineering Committee (EEC)

    The Environmental Engineering Committee (EEC) of the Science 
Advisory Board (SAB) will meet Tuesday through Thursday, June 11-13, 
1996, at the National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Room G-51, 
26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, tel. (513) 
569-7418. The meeting will begin at 8:30 am June 11th and end no later 
than 3:00 pm on June 13th.
    Purpose of the Meeting--At this meeting, the Committee will review 
the technical aspects of how EPA's Superfund Innovative Technology 
Evaluation (SITE) program is carried out, including: (a) Establish to 
what extent the stated program objectives have been met; (b) Review the 
scientific and technical aspects of the SITE program and its 
implementation on all levels (bench, pilot, and full), including the 
preparation of test, quality assurance and quality control plans, 
sample collections, and field activities, and procedures for evaluation 
and interpretation of results leading to conclusions and 
recommendations; (c) Identify impacts and provide recommendations for 
potential improvements; and (d) Determine how well the approach taken 
has supported technology commercialization.
    Availability of Review Materials--The following materials will be 
used in the review: (a) The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation 
Program, Annual Report to Congress, 1994 (Provides an overview of most 
recent program activities); (b) Superfund Innovative Technology 
Evaluation Program, Technology Profiles, Seventh Edition. (This is for 
all intents and purposes the ``product'' the Program produces); (c) 
EPA's Process for Technology Demonstration (This unpublished document 
provides a fairly concise explanation of what SITE is about.); (d) 
January 10, 1995 Ltr re: RFP SITE-010 (This and the following RFP 
provide additional information as to what SITE is about and how it 
functions); and (e) RFP SITE-EO9. Copies of these materials can be 
obtained by contacting Don Sanning by phone at [phone], or Fax 
at [phone].
    For Further Information--A draft meeting agenda and a Committee 
roster can be obtained from Mrs. Dorothy Clark, Secretary, 
Environmental Engineering Committee, Science Advisory Board, Tel. (202) 
260-6552, Fax [phone], or via the Internet at [email protected] 
EPAMAIL.EPA. GOV. Single copies of the Science Advisory Board's 1986 
report on the draft strategy and program plan for the SITE review can 
be obtained from the SAB Publications Staff. The Publications Staff can 
be reached at [phone], fax: [phone], or INTERNET: 
[email protected] Please ask for SAB report number: EPA-SAB-
EEC-86-017 and the Agency's response to that report. Members of the 
public desiring additional information about the meeting should contact 
Mrs. Kathleen Conway, Designated Federal Official, Environmental 
Engineering Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400F), US EPA, 401 M 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone/voice mail: [phone]; 
fax: [phone]; or via the Internet at
[email protected] EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. Members of the public who wish to 
make a brief oral presentation to the Committee must contact Mrs. 
Conway in writing (by letter or by fax--see previously stated 
information) no later than 12 noon Eastern Time, Thursday, June 6, 1996 
in order to be included on the Agenda. Public comments will be limited 
to five minutes per speaker or organization. The request should 
identify the name of the individual who will make the presentation, the 
organization (if any) they will represent, any requirements for audio 
visual equipment (e.g., overhead projector, 35mm projector, chalkboard, 
etc), and at least 35 copies of an outline of the issues to be 
addressed or the presentation itself.

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

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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: May 7, 1996.
John R. Fowle, III,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
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