Science Advisory Board Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting(s) Open Meeting(s)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board Notification of Public Advisory Committee

Meeting(s) Open Meeting(s)

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463,

notice is hereby given that several committees of the Science Advisory

Board (SAB) will meet on the dates and times described below. 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.

(1) Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis Council (CAACAC) Physical Effects

Review Subcommittee (CAACACPERS) Teleconference--October 18, 1994:

The Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis Council (CAACAC) Physical

Effects Review Subcommittee (CAACACPERS) of the Science Advisory Board

(SAB) will conduct a teleconference meeting on Tuesday, October 18,

1994 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. eastern time. In this teleconference

meeting, the CAACACPERS intends to discuss six draft documents which

have been prepared for review as required by Section 812 of the Clean

Air Act (CAA), to be briefed by Agency staff on the overall Physical

Effects review process, and to plan for an efficient review scheduled

for November 15 and 16, 1994 to be held in the Washington, D.C.

metropolitan area (See below for details on the November 15 and 16,

1994 meeting).

In the teleconference, the CAACACPERS will be discussing how the

review will take place, provide initial observations regarding the

first review drafts of the Physical Effects Documents pertaining

Section 812 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), namely (1) Ozone, (2) Sulphur

Oxides, (3) Particulate Matter, (4) Carbon Monoxide, (5) Nitrogen

Oxides, and (6) Lead, and plan for an upcoming November two-day review

meeting. The Agency is preparing a draft methodology document for

review by the SAB's CAACACPERS, which outlines the overall strategy of

this effort. This methodology document is still under preparation, and

may be made available prior to the teleconference. Additional draft

documents, such as the methodology used to aggregate the effect of

hazardous air pollutants, up-to-date assessments of the significance of

recent research, and possibly select methodology papers may be provided

in the future for review as necessary and appropriate. The Agency has

asked the SAB to answer the following questions in the proposed charge

relating to this review:

(1) Are each of the elements of the methodology developed by EPA

sufficiently valid and reliable from a scientific standpoint for

purposes of the CAA Section 812 assessments?,

(2) The Congress and EPA intend that the CAA Section 812

retrospective analysis should provide the most comprehensive possible

statement about potential benefits of historical reductions in air

pollution. This includes reporting on the potential significance of

effects for which there may be no scientific consensus regarding the

magnitude or even the existence of a specific effect. Given this

statutory and administrative goal, is the methodology developed by EPA

sufficiently comprehensive in terms of plausible health, welfare, and

ecological consequences of exposure to the relevant air pollutant?,

(3) If the answer to question 2 is negative, what are the physical

outcomes of pollutant exposure which the Agency has omitted?,

(4) For physical outcomes already included in the methodology

paper, as well as those which should be considered for inclusion

pursuant to question 2, are there potentially relevant data pertaining

to quantitative or qualitative estimation of the effect which should be

considered for inclusion in the methodology? What specifically are the

sources of these data and how might they be best utilized?, and

(5) What is the strength of the scientific evidence underlying each

of the physical effects functions or models already included in the

methodology paper? What is the strength of each element of additional

scientific evidence suggested for inclusion pursuant to question 3 and

4 above?

For copies of the Agency's draft Section 812 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. (202) 260-3354, and FAX (202)

260-5732. Any member of the public desiring to participate in the

teleconference, desiring additional information about the meeting, or

desiring to obtain copies of the agenda and other information about the

conduct of the meeting, or to request time on the agenda for public

comments, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal

Official, or Ms. Diana Pozun, Staff Secretary, Science Advisory Board

(1400F), US EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460, by telephone at

(202) 260-6552, fax at (202) 260-7118, or via the INTERNET at:

[email protected] GOV.

(2) Science Advisory Board, Executive Committee--October 25-26, 1994

The Science Advisory Board's (SAB) Executive Committee (EC) will

conduct a public meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25-26, 1994.

The meeting will be held in the Administrator's Conference Room 1103

West Tower at the Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. On Tuesday, it will begin at 8:30 p.m. and

adjourn not later than 5:00 p.m.; on Wednesday, it will begin at 8:30

a.m. and adjourn not later than 1:00 p.m. The meeting is open to the

public and limited unreserved seating will be available.

The EC intends to review activities of and reports from its

Committees, including the following: a) Radiation Advisory Committee

(RAC)--Retrospective Analysis of RAC Activities and b) Environmental

Engineering Committee (EEC)--Review of Environmental Technology

Initiative. The group will also receive briefings on the Agency's

combustion policy and the development of a new Regulatory Impact

Analysis process.

Invited visitors include the Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development, Dr. Robert Huggett, to discuss his views and plans for

science at EPA; the Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides,

and Toxic Substances, Dr. Lynn Goldman, to discuss a number of issues

including the Agency's reassessment of ``dioxin'' and the charge to the

SAB; Dr. Ray Wassell of the staff of the National Research Council to

discuss the NRC study on combustion.

The Executive Committee will discuss the status of the

Environmental Futures Project and the Report from the SAB Reinvention

Committee. In addition, they will discuss the Board's agenda for FY95.

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, Executive Committee, Science

Advisory Board (1400), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington

DC 20460, or by phone at (202) 260-4126; FAX (202) 260-9232; or via the

Internet at [email protected].

(3) Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC)--October 26, 1994

The Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) plans to meet on Wednesday,

October 26, 1994 at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Headquarters, Conference Room Number 3, North, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, commencing at 9:00 a.m. and adjourning at 12:00

noon that day. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss proposed

Fiscal Year 1995 projects, and to plan and organize for the upcoming

review of the technical basis of the cleanup standards, which will

begin on October 27, 1994. Other topics may be discussed as time

permits.

Any member of the public desiring additional information about the

meeting, desiring to obtain copies of the agenda and information about

the conduct of the meeting, or to request time on the agenda for public

comments, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal

Official or Ms. Diana Pozun, Staff Secretary, Science Advisory Board

(1400F), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460, by telephone

at (202) 260-6552, fax at (202) 260-7118, or via the INTERNET at:

[email protected]

(4) Radionuclide Cleanup Standards Subcommittee (RCSS)--October 27 and

28, 1994

On Thursday, October 27, 1994, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending no

later than 3:30 p.m. on Friday, October 28, 1994, the Radionuclide

Cleanup Standards Subcommittee (RCSS) of the Radiation Advisory

Committee (RAC) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will begin a formal

review of the technical basis of the cleanup standards that are being

proposed by the Agency. It is also planned, that on the afternoon of

October 28, 1994 that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's)

Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) staff will provide a briefing

to the SAB's RCSS and RAC on model building standards.

The meeting will take place at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 2899

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, tel. (703) 549-3434. The

proposed charge to the SAB is as follows:

(1) Is the methodology used by the Office of Radiation and Indoor

Air (ORIA) for evaluating source terms for radioactively contaminated

sites, for modeling transport to people, and for estimating risk to

individuals and populations acceptable for providing a technical basis

for writing a cleanup standard?

(2a) Are the assumptions for the combined residential/agricultural

land use scenario, and the pathways model, reasonable and suitable for

assessing risk at radioactively contaminated sites?

(2b) Are the assumptions for the combined industrial/commercial

land use scenario, and the pathways model, reasonable and suitable for

assessing risk at radioactively contaminated sites?, and

(3) Is RESRAD version 5.01 (specific reference to RESRAD may be

omitted) suitable for modeling radiation risk to individuals at

radioactively contaminated sites?

The actual draft documents to be reviewed are entitled as follows:

(1) ``Radiation Site Cleanup Regulations: Technical Support Document

for the Development of Radionuclide Cleanup Levels for Soil,'' Review

Draft, September, 1994, (2) ``Radiation Site Cleanup Regulations:

Technical Support Document for the Development of Radionuclide Cleanup

Levels for Soil,'' Appendices, September, 1994. To discuss technical

aspects of the draft Agency documents, contact Dr. Anthony B. Wolbarst,

Chief, Remedial Guidance Section, Radiation Studies Division, Office of

Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) (Mail Code 6603J), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC. To simply obtain

copies of the Agency draft documents please contact Ms. Virginia

Stradford, Secretary, at (202) 233-9350, FAX (202) 233-9650. The

background documents and review documents are being made available in

the Agency's U.S. EPA Air and Radiation Docket. Please address written

inquiries as follows: Attn: Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Stop 6102,

Air Docket No. A-93-27, Room M1500, First Floor, Waterside Mall, 401 M

Street SW., Washington, DC 20460. The docket may be inspected from 8:00

a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays,

in Room M1500. A reasonable fee may be charged for copies of docket

materials. Inquiries regarding access to the public information docket

should be directed to Ms. Lynn Johnson, ORIA Staff (Mail Code 6603J) at

(202) 233-9383.

Any member of the public desiring additional information about the

meeting, desiring to obtain copies of the agenda, information about the

conduct of the meeting, or to request time on the agenda for public

comments, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal

Official or Ms. Diana Pozun, Staff Secretary, Science Advisory Board

(Mail Code 1400F), US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460, by

telephone at (202) 260-6552, fax at (202) 260-7118, or via the INTERNET

at: [email protected]

(5) Ecological Processes and Effects Committee--October 27, 1994

The Ecological Processes and Effects Committee will meet on October

27, 1994, from 8:30am to 4:00pm at the Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C

Street SW., Washington, DC, telephone (202) 479-4000. The meeting will

be open to the public, but seating is limited and will be on a first-

come basis. The purpose of the meeting will be to hear briefings on

proposed projects for Fiscal Year 1995 and to establish a calendar of

meetings for the coming year. Any member of the public desiring

additional information about the meeting or wishing to obtain an agenda

should contact Robert Flaak, Assistant Director, Science Advisory Board

(Mail Code 1400F), US EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460, by

telephone at (202) 260-6552, FAX at (202) 260-7118, or via the Internet

at [email protected]

(6) Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis Council (CAACAC) Physical Effects

Review Subcommittee (CAACACPERS)--November 15 and 16, 1994

The Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis Council (CAACAC) Physical

Effects Review Subcommittee (CAACACPERS) of the Science Advisory Board

(SAB) will conduct a review meeting on Tuesday, November 15, 1994

beginning 9:00 a.m. eastern time, and ending no later than 4:30 p.m. on

Wednesday, November 16, 1994. The meeting will take place at the

Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 2899 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

22202 (Tel. 703-549-3434). In this meeting, the CAACACPERS intends to

discuss recently revised versions of six draft physical effects

documents (See references and charge to the Subcommittee as outlined

above in this Federal Register notice for the October 18, 1994

teleconference for the charge to the Subcommittee and listing of the

six draft documents) and a recently prepared methodology document which

should be prepared on time for this SAB/CAACAC review of the Clean Air

Act (CAA) Section 812 review, to have presentations by Agency staff on

the review, and to begin development of a draft SAB report which

responds to the charge from the Agency.

For copies of the draft Agency Section 812 CAA 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. (202) 260-3354, and FAX (202) 260-5732. Any

member of the public desiring additional information about the meeting,

desiring to obtain copies of the agenda and information about the

conduct of the meeting, or to request time on the agenda for public

comments, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal

Official or Ms. Diana Pozun, Staff Secretary, Science Advisory Board

(1400F), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460, by telephone

at (202) 260-6552, fax at (202) 260-7118, or via the INTERNET at:

[email protected] EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV.

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, for teleconference call meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will be limited to no more than three

minutes per speaker and no more than fifteen minutes total. For

meetings other than teleconference calls, opportunities for oral

comment will be usually limited to five minutes per speaker and no more

than thirty 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 or teleconference), 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.

To Obtain More Information on or Participate in the SAB Meetings

These meetings are open to the public, but seating or telephone

lines are limited and available on a first come basis. Any member of

the public wishing further information concerning the meetings, such as

a proposed agenda, or who wishes to submit oral or written comments (at

least 35 copies) should contact the appropriate Designated Federal

Official as listed above. Written inquiries can be sent to the

following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 401 M Street

SW., Washington, DC 20460, Phone: (202) 260-6552 or FAX (202) 260-7118.

Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at

the teleconference or meetings should contact the listed Designated

Federal Official no later than one week prior to the meeting or

teleconference in order to have time reserved on the agenda. The

Science Advisory Board expects that public statements presented at a

teleconference or meeting will not be repetitive of previously

submitted oral or written statements. Written comments received in the

SAB Staff Office sufficiently prior to a meeting date (usually one week

prior to a meeting or teleconference), 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: September 23, 1994.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 94-24417 Filed 10-3-94; 8:45 am]

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