95-21764. Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 170 (Friday, September 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45718-45719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21764]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5289-1]


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 US Environmental 
Protection Agency's (EPA) 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 all 
meetings will be on a first-come basis. For further information 
concerning each meeting, 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. Information concerning document availability from the relevant 
EPA Program area is included below.

1. Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

    The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the 
Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, 
September 19-20, 1995 at the Brownestone Hotel, 1707 Hillsborough 
Street, Raleigh, NC 27605 (phone: [phone]). The meeting will 
begin at 8:30 am and end at 5 pm each day.
    Purpose of the Meeting--At this meeting, the Committee will 
review and provide advice to EPA on the August 1995 external review 
draft staff paper for ozone (Review of National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards for Ozone: Assessment of Scientific and Technical 
Information), and its associated analyses. The purpose of the staff 
paper is to evaluate and interpret the most relevant scientific and 
technical information reviewed in the ozone air quality criteria 
document in order to better specify the critical elements which the 
EPA staff believes should be considered in any possible revisions to 
the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone. This 
document is intended to bridge the gap between the scientific review 
contained in the criteria document and the judgments required of the 
Administrator in setting NAAQS for ozone. The Committee will 
consider presentations from Agency staff and the interested public 
prior to making recommendations to the Administrator.
    The Committee will also complete it's review of the final 
changes made to the criteria document (Air Quality Criteria for 
Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants) on the basis of comments 
received on the February 1995 CASAC Review Draft at the previous 
public meeting held March 21-22, 1995 (see 60 FR 11971-11974, dated 
March 3, 1995).
    Availability of Documents--Documents that are the subject of 
Science Advisory Board reviews are not available from the SAB. They 
must be obtained from the appropriate EPA office listed below. 

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    (a) Draft Ozone Criteria Document--Limited copies of the final 
revisions will be available at the meeting.
    (b) Draft Ozone Staff Paper--Single copies of the ozone staff 
paper may be obtained from Dr. David J. McKee, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards (MD-15), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27711. Dr. McKee can also be reached by telephone at [phone] 
or by fax at [phone]. The Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards (OAQPS) will accept written comments from the public on 
all aspects of their revised external review draft staff paper for 
ozone and revised technical support documents through October 16, 
1995. Comments should be sent to Dr. McKee at the previously stated 
address.
    For Further Information--Members of the public desiring 
additional information concerning the meeting should contact Mr. A. 
Robert Flaak, Acting Designated Federal Official, Clean Air 
Scientific Advisory Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400F), US 
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460, telephone 
[phone], fax [phone] or via the INTERNET at 
[email protected] Individuals desiring a copy of the 
draft meeting agenda should contact Ms. Connie Valentine at (202) 
260-6552 or by fax at [phone] or via the INTERNET at 
[email protected]
    Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation 
to the Committee concerning the scientific issues contained in the 
draft staff paper must contact Mr. Flaak in writing no later than 12 
noon Eastern time on Tuesday, September 12, 1995, in order to be 
placed on the meeting agenda. A brief time period will be allocated 
for presentations on both days; however, public commentors will be 
limited to five minutes per person or organization [It is expected 
that oral comments will be heard regarding the primary standard on 
September 19th and on the secondary standard on September 20th]. The 
written request should identify the name of the individual who will 
make the presentation, the organization (if any) they will 
represent, any audio visual requirements (e.g., overhead projector, 
35mm projector, chalkboard, etc), and which issue (primary or 
secondary standard) they will address. Presentors are expected to 
provide at least 35 copies of an outline of the issues to be 
addressed or the presentation itself.

2. Executive Committee

    The Science Advisory Board's (SAB's) Executive Committee will 
hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday and Friday, September 21-22, 
1995. On Thursday the meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. in the 
Disabled American Veterans Auditorium, 807 Maine Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20460 and adjourn no later than 5:30 p.m. On Friday, 
the meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. in the Administrator's 
Conference Room 1103 West Tower, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460 and adjourn no later 
than 12:00 noon.
    Purpose of the Meeting--At this meeting, the Executive Committee 
will receive updates from its standing committees and ad hoc 
subcommittees concerning their recent and planned activities. As 
part of these updates, some committees will present draft reports 
for Executive Committee review and approval. Drafts expected at this 
meeting include:
    (a) Ecological Processes and Effects Committee
    (1) Commentary on Methodology for Developing Bioaccumulation 
Factors
    (2) Review of the Agency's Sediment Criteria for Metals
    (b) Environmental Engineering Committee--
    (1) Commentary on SAB Review of Computer Environmental Transport 
and Fate Models
    (c) Research Strategies Advisory Committee:
    (1) Commentary on Research Planning and Budget
    (d) ad hoc Subcommittee on Dioxin:
    (1) Review of the Agency's Reassessment of Dioxin
    Although the agenda has not yet been fixed, the last item 
(Report of the ad hoc Subcommittee on Dioxin) will take place on 
Thursday, September 21.
    Additional topics on the agenda include a discussion of
    (a) The activities of the Subcommittee on Membership Search
    (b) The activities of the Subcommittee on Projects, including 
consideration of three major projects for FY96:
    (1) Readdressing relative risks
    (2) Functioning as a lookout panel
    (3) The Economics/Natural Sciences Interface
    (c) The role of science in the Agency's planning and budgeting 
process.
    For Further Information--Any member of the public wishing 
further information concerning the meeting or who wishes to submit 
comments should contact Dr. Donald G. Barnes, Designated Federal 
Official for the Executive Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400), 
U.S. EPA, Washington, DC 20460, phone [phone]; fax (202)-260-
9232; or via the INTERNET at: [email protected] Copies of 
the draft meeting agenda and available draft reports listed above 
can be obtained from Ms. Priscilla Tillery-Gadson at the above phone 
and fax numbers.

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 
five 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 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: August 28, 1995.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 95-21764 Filed 8-31-95; 8:45 am]
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