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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FRL-5025-3]
Science Advisory Board Drinking Water Committee Open Meeting;
August 18-19, 1994
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice
is hereby given that the Science Advisory Board's (SAB) Drinking Water
Committee (DWC) will meet Thursday, August 18 (8:30 am to 5:00 pm) and
Friday, August 19, 1994 (9:00 am to 4:30 pm) at the Holiday Inn
Georgetown, 2101 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007. The meeting
is open to the public and seating is on a first-come basis.
At the meeting, the Committee will: review (1) the methods being
considered by the Agency to estimate national occurrence levels of
arsenic in drinking water; (2) the Agency's approach to determining
Best Available Technology (BAT) for arsenic removal from drinking
water; (3) the basis for selection of quantitation detection limits for
arsenic; and, (4) the Agency's approach to the development of a
``decision tree'' for a regulatory impact assessment for arsenic in
drinking water. In addition, the Committee will receive briefings
concerning: (1) research activities of the Human Exposure Research
Laboratory related to drinking water; (2) arsenic health effects
research and issues; (3) chloroform-related activities; (4) research
related to Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic aspects of disinfection by-
products; (5) plans for future risk characterization efforts; and, (6)
activities regarding Water Quality Human Health Criteria Methodology.
The Committee will also be discussing its contribution to the SAB's
Futures Project, and developing a preliminary schedule for its
activities in Fiscal Year 1995.
The Committee has been provided with review materials concerning
arsenic occurrence, analytical methods, and occurrence estimates.
Copies of these materials are available from Ben Smith, Chief,
Technology Section, Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water, U.S. EPA,
401 M St., SW (Mail Code 4603), Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: (202)
260-3026. No background documents are available for the other items on
the agenda.
For copies of the agenda and other practical meeting information,
please contact Ms. Mary Winston, Staff Secretary. Telephone: (202) 260-
6552; FAX: (202) 260-6118. For more detailed information concerning the
meeting, please contact Mr. Manuel R. Gomez, Designated Federal
Official (DWC), Science Advisory Board (A-101F), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 at the same
numbers (INTERNET: [email protected]).
Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation to
the Committee must contact Mr. Gomez no later than Monday, August 8,
1994, in order to be included on the Agenda. Written statements of any
length (at least 35 copies) may be provided to the Committee up until
the meeting. 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 or less, at the Chair's discretion.
Dated: July 25, 1994.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 94-18664 Filed 7-29-94; 8:45 am]
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