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 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: 919/828-0811). 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 (919) 541-5288

or by fax at (919) 541-0237. 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

(202) 260-5133, fax (202) 260-7118 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 (202) 260-7118 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 (202)-260-4126; 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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