Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meetings

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 various committees of the Science Advisory

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

staff. Many of the meetings listed below include discussion of issues

relevant to the SAB's Environmental Futures Project.

Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the Science

Advisory Board (SAB) will conduct a meeting to review the two draft

documents: (1) The Supplement to the Second Addendum (1986) to Air

Quality Criteria for Oxides (1982); Assessment of New Findings on

Sulfur Dioxide Acute Exposure Health Effects in Asthmatics; and (2)

Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Oxides:

Updated Assessment of Scientific and Technical Information, Supplement

to the 1986 OAQPS Staff Paper Addendum. Both documents, which

constitute supplements to existing documents, will be reviewed and

evaluated with respect to their scientific and technical adequacy. Both

documents have been revised in response to public comments and CASAC

recommendations received (at an August 19, 1993 meeting) on earlier

drafts of the two documents.

The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Inn University Center,

2800 Middleton Avenue, Durham, NC 27705. The hotel telephone number is

(919) 383-8575. The meeting will be held on April 12, 1994, from 9:30

a.m. to 2 p.m. Seating is limited and will be on a first come basis.

Availability of Documents

The following documents are not available from the Science Advisory

Board:

1. Single copies of the revised draft Supplement to the Second

Addendum (1986) to Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter and

Sulfur Oxides (1982); Assessment of New Findings on Sulfur Dioxide

Acute Exposure Health Effects in Asthmatics will be available on March

7, 1994, from Dr. Dennis J. Kotchmar, U.S. EPA, Environmental Criteria

Assessment Office (MD-52), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone

(919) 541-4158. Members of the public who wish to provide comments

directly to EPA on the Criteria Document Supplement may do so by

sending their written comments to Dr. Kotchmar at the above address.

Comments must be received by EPA no later than April 6, 1994.

2. Single copies of the revised draft document National Ambient Air

Quality Standards for Sulfur Oxides; Updated Assessment of Scientific

and Technical Information. Supplement to the 1986 OAQPS Staff Paper

Addendum will be available on March 21, 1994 from Mr. John Haines, U.S.

EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, (MD-12), Research

Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-5533. Members of the

public who wish to provide comments directly to EPA on the Staff Paper

Supplement may do so by sending their written comments to Mr. Haines at

the above address. Comments must be received by EPA no later than April

20, 1994.

Further Information and Providing Comments

For additional information concerning this meeting, please contact

Mr. Randall C. Bond, Designated Federal Official, or Ms. Janice Cuevas,

Management Analyst, at (202) 260-8414, Clean Air Scientific Advisory

Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. Interested individuals

may also contact the SAB via The INTERNET

at:[email protected]. Those individuals requiring a copy of

the agenda should contact Ms. Lori Gross at the phone number above.

Written statements of any length (at least 35 copies) may be

provided to the Committee up until the meeting. These written

statements may be the same as those provided directly to EPA or may be

tailored to the Committee. Please send these comments to Ms. Cuevas at

the address given above. The Science Advisory Board expects that public

statements presented at its meeting will not be repetitive of

previously submitted oral or written statements.

Radiation Advisory Committee

The Science Advisory Board's (SAB's) Radiation Advisory Committee

(RAC), will conduct a teleconference meeting on Monday, March 28, 1994

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

meeting, the RAC intends to conduct a closure review and to complete

technical edits to its draft report on review of the Agency's draft

scoping study on naturally-occurring radioactive materials (NORM),

entitled ``Diffuse NORM--Waste Characterization and Preliminary Risk

Assessment.'' This document is available for examination from the

Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Air Docket at 401 M Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20460 (202-260-7548). The Docket Number is R-82-01,

and the Item Number is IIA-38. There may be a newer draft document with

a different docket and item number. For technical information on the

NORM draft document, please contact Mr. William E. Russo of the EPA's

Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) at (202) 233-9215. The

teleconference meeting is open to the public and teleconference lines

will be assigned on a first come basis. The latest public meeting to

discuss this topic was held on February 23 and 24, 1994 (See Federal

Register, Vol. 59, No. 20, pp. 4279-4281).

Any member of the public wishing further information, such as a

proposed agenda, should contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated

Federal Official, or Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Staff Secretary, Science

Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460, Phone: (202) 260-6552 or FAX (202) 260-7118, or via The INTERNET

at: [email protected]. There was a draft SAB report on review

of the Agency's diffuse NORM document, dated February 8, 1994. It is

expected that a newer draft report will be prepared for review by mid-

March, and will be available to the public on a request basis. Members

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

teleconference should contact Dr. Kooyoomjian no later than March 24,

1994 in order to have time reserved on the agenda. The Science Advisory

Board expects that public statements presented at the teleconference

meeting 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 three minutes, with a

total time limit of fifteen minutes. Written comments of any length (at

least 35 copies) received by the SAB by March 22, 1994 may be mailed to

the SAB's RAC prior to the meeting; comments received after that date

will normally be provided to the RAC at the meeting. Written comments

of any length (at least 35 copies) should be provided to the Committee

no later than March 22, 1994.

Dated: March 4, 1994.

A. Robert Flaak,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 94-5992 Filed 3-11-94; 8:45 am]

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