97-15727. Science Advisory Board; Notice of Public Teleconference Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 115 (Monday, June 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32605-32606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15727]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Notice of Public Teleconference Meetings

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on Clean Air 
Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or the ``Council'') of the Science 
Advisory Board (SAB) will conduct a public teleconference on the date 
and times specified below. This meeting is open to the public, however, 
the number of available phone lines is limited. All times noted are 
Eastern Time. Documents that are the subject of SAB reviews are 
normally available from the originating EPA office and are not 
available from the SAB office (see information provided below).

Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis

    The Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or 
the ``Council'') of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) plans to hold a 
public teleconference meeting on Monday, June 30, 1997, from 11:00 am 
to 2:00 pm. The topics to be discussed are closure on select edits to 
the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 812 Retrospective Study and a strategic 
plan and continued discussions on emissions modeling on the Prospective 
Study of costs and benefits. The Council expects to receive select 
draft text edits to the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 812 Retrospective 
Study in June 1997. The review of these select draft edits to the 
Retrospective Study document will occupy only a portion of the time 
available for the teleconference. Most of the remaining time will be 
spent discussing the Agency's strategic vision, plan and approach to 
develop the CAA section 812 Prospective Study of costs and benefits. 
The Council will continue its discussions with the Agency staff of the 
emissions estimates, modeling assumptions, methodology, results and 
documentation for the Prospective Study that were the subject of its 
March and May teleconferences.
    This public teleconference is a follow-up to earlier Council face-
to-face discussions held on November 7 and 8, 1996, concerning the 1990 
Clean Air Act

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(CAA) section 812 Retrospective and Prospective Studies (see 61 FR 
54196, Thursday, October 17, 1996), as well as public teleconferences 
held in March 14, 19 and 26, and May 15, 1997 (See 62 FR 10045, 
Wednesday, March 5, 1997 and 62 FR 19320, Monday, April 21, 1997, for 
further information). Please note that the previously advertised 
teleconferences of March 21 and May 16, 1997 were cancelled. 
Specifically, the March 21, 1997 teleconference was cancelled to give 
the Agency staff time to prepare select text edits to the Retrospective 
Study, and have discussion on them at the March 26,1997 public 
teleconference. The May 16, 1997 teleconference was cancelled so that 
the Agency staff would have time to prepare a strategic vision and plan 
to present and discuss with the Council at its June 30, 1997 public 
teleconference.
    The latest revised draft Retrospective Study document, dated April 
1997 is not available from the Science Advisory Board, but may be 
obtained by contacting Ms. Michelle Olawuyi (see below for ordering 
information). The Prospective Study emissions estimates draft 
documents, as well as a brief paper on the strategic plan are available 
from Mr. James DeMocker, Office of Air and Radiation (see below for 
ordering information).
    With regard to closure on the Retrospective Study Report to 
Congress, the Council identified a number of Retrospective Study issue 
areas, some of which are listed here as follows: valuation of 
bronchitis and heart disease; presentation of baseline (``but for'' 
issues, that is, but for the presence of the 1990 Clean Air Act), 
choice of study for estimating PM-related mortality (includes physical 
effects); costs (operations and maintenance costs, cost-of-clean, 
etc.); ecological effects; valuing changes in intelligence quotient 
(IQ) issues; presentation of life years lost calculations (life years 
remaining issue); methodological effects; morbidity effects by age; and 
research needs. While most of these issues are settled, it is 
anticipated that the closure discussions will touch on some of these 
issues. Other related issues may be discussed as time permits.
    To discuss technical aspects or obtain copies of the draft EPA 
documents pertaining to the CAA section 812 Retrospective Study select 
draft text edits as well as the Prospective Study strategic vision and 
plan, as well as emissions estimates, please contact Mr. James 
DeMocker, Office of Policy Analysis and Review (OAR) (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 copies of the latest complete 
draft of the Retrospective Study Report to Congress dated April 1997 
and entitled ``The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 
1990,'' please contact Ms. Michelle Olawuyi, Secretary, Office of 
Economy and Environment (MC 2172), US Environmental Protection Agency, 
401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Tel. [phone]; FAX (202) 
260-5732, or via the Internet at [e-mail].
    To obtain copies of the June 30, 1997 teleconference agenda, please 
contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Secretary to the Council at Tel. (202) 
260-8414; FAX [phone]; or via the Internet: 
[e-mail]. To discuss technical or logistical aspects 
of the Council's review process, please contact Dr. K. Jack 
Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Official for the Council, Tel. (202) 
260-2560; FAX [phone]; or via the Internet at: 
[e-mail]. Members of the public who wish to 
physically be present at the teleconference may do so at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters Building, 401 M 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, Waterside Mall Room Number 2103. 
Members of the public who wish to obtain teleconference logging-on 
procedures should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun at least one week prior 
to the teleconference.

Public Speaking

    To request time to present public comments at the Council 
teleconference, please contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun in writing at the 
mail, FAX or E-Mail addresses given above no later than one week prior 
to the teleconference.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings

    The Science Advisory Board (SAB) 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 Council prior to its meeting; comments 
received too close to the meeting date will normally be provided to the 
Council 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 Council or its appropriate subcommittee participants shortly 
after the teleconference. Written comments may be provided up until the 
time of the meeting.

    Dated: June 4, 1997.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
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