96-11075. Science Advisory Board; Notice of Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19932-19935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11075]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5466-8]


Science Advisory Board; Notice of Public Meetings

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that various committees and subcommittees 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

[[Page 19933]]

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. 
[Important Note: This notice contains announcements of one meeting of 
the Agency's Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (CCACA) and one 
meeting of one of its subcommittees. The CCACA was created under the 
provisions of Section 812 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (42 
USC 7401 et seq.), and has been administratively housed within the 
Agency's Science Advisory Board (SAB). Although chartered as the 
Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (CCACA), it has been customary 
for the Science Advisory Board to refer to this advisory body as the 
Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis Council (CAACAC). To prevent any 
confusion over the activities of this advisory group, it will 
henceforth be identified only as the Council on Clean Air Compliance 
Analysis (CCACA).]
    (1) Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC): The Science Advisory 
Board's (SAB) Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet on May 21 
and 22, 1996 at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 2899 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 (tel. [phone]), from 9:00 am to 5:00 
pm on Tuesday, May 21, 1996; and from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm on Wednesday, 
May 22. The topics include: (a) review and closure discussion on the 
RAC's Commentary on the International Commission on Radiological 
Protection (ICRP) Lung Model; (b) briefings from the Office of 
Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) staff on: the Multi-Agency Radiation 
Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM), ORIA's Radiation 
Science Laboratory located in Las Vegas, Nevada, current radon 
activities and radon proficiency programs, and emergency response 
activities, as well as an ORIA program update, and other discussions 
with ORIA staff as time allows; and (c) it is also planned that the RAC 
will also have discussions of other SAB special initiatives, such as 
the Integrated Risk Project (IRP), Futures II and Environmental Goals.
    Regarding the ICRP Lung Model discussion, the RAC will have 
discussed this topic at its publicly advertised teleconference on 
Tuesday, April 30, 1996 (See 61 FR 15254-15255, April 5, 1996). The RAC 
is planning to reach closure on its draft commentary (Commentary on the 
Scientific Basis for Apportioning of Risk Among the ICRP Publication 66 
Regions of the Respiratory Tract, draft dated March 27, 1996) 
concerning the new ICRP 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.
    For Further Information: (a) To obtain a copy of the draft RAC ICRP 
Lung Model Commentary or agenda for the meeting, please contact Ms. 
Diana Pozun, Secretary, SAB, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20460, or tel. [phone], FAX [phone], or Internet at 
[e-mail].; (b) For technical questions on the ICRP 
Lung Model commentary, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, 
Designated Federal Official, U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400F), 
U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW; Washington, DC 20460, or tel. (202)-260-
2560, FAX [phone], or Internet at kooyoomjian.jack 
@epamail.epa.gov.; (c) For questions on any of the ORIA activities to 
be discussed with the SAB/RAC, please contact Dr. Mary Clark (Tel. 202-
233-9348; FAX [phone]) or Mr. Brian Littleton (Tel. [phone]; 
FAX [phone]) at the Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA), 
Mail Code (6601J), U.S. EPA, Washington, DC 20460; (d) Members of the 
public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at the meetings or 
those who wish to provide formal written comment should contact Mrs. 
Pozun in writing or via fax no later than May 14, 1996 in order to have 
time reserved on the agenda.
    (2) The Physical Effects Review Subcommittee (PERS) of the Council 
on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (CCACA): The Subcommittee will meet 
from 9:00 am to no later than 6:00 pm on June 4, 1996 at the Embassy 
Suites Hotel, 1900 Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA 22314 (tel. 703-684-
5900). The purpose of the meeting is to review the physical effects 
aspects of the Agency's Draft Report to Congress, entitled The Benefits 
and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990; Report to Congress, 
USEPA, dated May 1996. The last public meeting of the Subcommittee on 
this topic occurred on May 18, 1995. Its parent Committee, the CCACA, 
met on June 12 and 13, 1995 to conduct a closure discussion on the 
Agency's program at that point in time. (See 60 FR 20491-20492, April 
16, 1995).
    The Agency Staff will conduct presentations and may provide 
additional draft documents and briefing materials relating to this 
topic. The focus of this Subcommittee review is the adequacy of the 
incorporation of the draft physical effects documents pertaining to 
Section 812 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) into the draft Report to 
Congress. Specifically, the Subcommittee will be reviewing the data, 
methodologies, and results of the physical effects modeling components 
of the Section 812 Retrospective Study as manifest and documented in 
the draft Report to Congress.
    For Further Information: (a) To obtain single copies of the draft 
documents pertaining to this review, please contact Ms. Eileen 
Pritchard, Secretary, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE), Economic Analysis and 
Innovation Division (Mail Code 2127), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20460. Tel. [phone]; FAX [phone], or Internet at 
[e-mail].; (b) To discuss technical aspects of 
the draft documents provided to either the Subcommittee (PERS) or the 
CCACA, please contact Mr. James DeMocker, Office of Policy Analysis and 
Review (OPAR) (Mail Code 6103), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Tel. [phone]; FAX (202) 
260-9766, or Internet at [e-mail].; (c) To discuss 
economic aspects of the draft documents provided to either the 
Subcommittee (PERS) or the CCACA, please contact Mr. Thomas Gillis, 
Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE) (Mail Code 2127), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20460. Tel. [phone]; FAX [phone], or Internet at 
[e-mail].; (d) To obtain copies of the agenda for 
this meeting, please contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Secretary, Science 
Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460; Tel. [phone]; FAX (202) 260-
7118; or via the Internet: [e-mail]. To discuss 
technical aspects of the reviews, please contact Dr. K. Jack 
Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Official, Radiation Advisory Committee, 
Tel. [phone]; FAX [phone]; or via the Internet: 
[e-mail].; (e) Members of the public who wish 
to make a brief oral presentation at the Subcommittee meeting must 
contact Mrs. Pozun in writing or via fax no later than May 28, 1996 in 
order to have time reserved on the agenda.
    (3) Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (CCACA): The Council 
will meet on Wednesday and Thursday, June 5 and 6, 1996 at the Embassy 
Suites

[[Page 19934]]

Hotel, 1900 Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA 22314 (tel. [phone]). 
The meeting will take place from 9:00 a.m. to no later than 6:00 p.m. 
on June 5th, and from 8:30 a.m. to no later than 5:00 p.m. on June 6th. 
At this meeting, the Council will: (a) review the Draft Report to 
Congress, entitled The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 
1990; Report to Congress, USEPA, dated May 1996; (b) review the key 
findings and recommendations of it's Subcommittee on Physical Effects 
(PERS); (c) review the key findings and recommendations of the Clean 
Air Scientific Advisory Committee's (CASAC's) Air Quality Models 
Subcommittee (CASAC/AQMS), which is conducting a review of the air 
quality modeling aspects of the CAA Section 812 study on behalf of the 
Council; and (d) discuss the topic of the prospective study on costs 
and benefits, which the Agency is expected to introduce at this 
meeting.
    The CASAC/AQMS met on April 26, 1996 via teleconference (See 61 FR 
15254-15255, April 5, 1996) to discuss the air quality models aspects 
of this exercise. The charge to the AQMS was 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 CCACA regarding the reasonableness, technical 
merits, and appropriate interpretations of the modeling results. The 
AQMS formally began to review air quality models as a component of the 
Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 812 Benefit-Cost Study in a series of 
public teleconferences on October 1, 1993 and October 21, 1993 (See 58 
FR 49297-49298, September 22, 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).
    For Further Information: (a) 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 (Mail Code 
2127), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Tel. [phone]; 
FAX [phone], or Internet: [e-mail].; (b) 
To discuss technical aspects of the draft documents provided to the 
PERS or the CCACA please contact Mr. James DeMocker, Office of Policy 
Analysis and Review (OPAR) (Mail Code 6103), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Tel. (202) 
260-8980; FAX [phone], or via the Internet at: 
[e-mail].; (c) To discuss economic aspects of the 
draft documents provided to either the Subcommittee (PERS) or the 
CCACA, please contact Mr. Thomas Gillis, Office of Policy, Planning and 
Evaluation (OPPE) (Mail Code 2127), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Tel. [phone]; 
FAX [phone], or Internet at: [e-mail].; (d) 
To obtain copies of the agenda for the above meeting, please contact 
Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Secretary, Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20460; Tel. [phone]; FAX [phone]; or via the Internet: 
[e-mail].; (e) To discuss technical aspects of the 
review, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal 
Official, Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis, Tel. (202) 260-
2560; FAX [phone]; or via the Internet: kooyoomjian.jack@.; (f) Members of the public who wish to make a brief 
oral presentation at the meeting must contact Mrs. Pozun in writing or 
via fax no later than May 28, 1996 in order to have time reserved on 
the agenda.
    (4) Ecological Processes and Effects Committee: The Ecological 
Processes and Effects Committee (EPEC) of the Science Advisory Board 
(SAB) will meet on May 21-23, 1996, 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 8:30 a.m. on May 21 and at 8:00 a.m. on May 22 and May 23, and 
end no later than 5:00 p.m. on each day.
    The main purpose of the meeting is to: (a) Discuss ecological risks 
and the potential for risk reduction as part of the SAB project to 
update the 1990 SAB report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and 
Strategies for Environmental Protection; and (b) engage in a 
consultation with Agency staff on the appropriate role of ecological 
criteria in regulatory and management programs. The Committee may also 
receive briefings on Agency programs or upcoming review topics.
    Background on the Integrated Risk Project: 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 EPEC, 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. Constance Valentine, 
Staff Secretary, Science Advisory Board (1400F), US EPA, 401 M Street, 
SW., Washington DC 20460, by telephone at [phone], fax at (202) 
260-7118, or via The INTERNET at: [email protected]
    Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting should 
contact Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Official for EPEC, no 
later than 4:00 p.m., May 15, 1996, at [phone] 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 Ms. Sanzone 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, opportunities for oral comment at meetings will 
be usually limited to five minutes per speaker and no more than thirty 
minutes total. Teleconference comments are generally limited to three 
minutes each, 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 respective committee or subcommittee

[[Page 19935]]

prior to its meeting; comments received too close to the meeting date 
will normally be provided to the committee or 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: April 25, 1996.
John R. Fowle III,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 96-11075 Filed 5-2-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P