Science Advisory Board; Clean Air Act Scientific Advisory Committee; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting(s); Open Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Clean Air Act Scientific Advisory

Committee; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting(s); Open

Meeting

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

notice is hereby given that the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

(CASAC) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet on May 4-5, 1995

at the Courtyard Marriott, 2700 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia

22314; telephone (703) 329-2323. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and

end no later than 5 p.m. on both days. This meeting is open to the

public. Due to limited space, seating will be on a first-come basis.

For further information, 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.

This meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)

will focus on reviewing the scientific and technical adequacy of the

agency's ``Health Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions'' (a

document from the Office of Research and Development, Office of Health

and Environmental Assessment (OHEA), Environmental Criteria and

Assessment Office in Research, Triangle Park, NC--ECAO). The specific

issues to be addressed during the CASAC review are as follows:

1. Does the document accurately represent the key literature on

diesel emissions?

2. Are the cancer and noncancer hazard identification and dose-

response assessments scientifically appropriate? In particular:

(a) Is the application of dosimetry modeling scientifically sound?

(b) Are the modes of action appropriately identified and applied to

the health assessment?

(c) Are the qualitative and quantitative cancer risk estimates

scientifically appropriate?

(d) Is the diesel inhalation reference concentration (RfC)

scientifically appropriate?

[[Page 19049]] 3. Is it possible to improve the diesel risk

characterization in the document, given the inadequate exposure

information to compare to the quantitative health assessment?

For example, will further/alternative interpretations of the health

effects information advance the risk characterization?

Availability of Documents

Single copies of the U.S. EPA health assessment document may be

obtained from the Office of Research and Development Publications

Center, CERI-FRN, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin

Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; Telephone: (513) 569-7562;

FAX (513) 684-7566. Please provide your name, mailing address and the

EPA document numbers EPA/600/8-90/057Ba and Bb.

Members of the public desiring additional information about the

meeting, including an agenda, should contact Randall Bond, Designated

Federal Official, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, Science

Advisory Board (1400), US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460,

by telephone at (202) 260-8414, FAX (202) 260-1889, or via The INTERNET

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

the draft Agenda and the charge to the committee should contact Ms.

Lori Anne Gross at (202) 260-8414 or by FAX at (202) 260-1889 or via

the INTERNET at [email protected] Additional information

concerning the Science Advisory Board, its structure, function, and

composition, may be found in The Annual Report of the Staff Director

which is available by contacting Ms. Gross at the previously stated

address.

Members of the public wishing to make an oral presentation at the

meeting should contact Mr. Bond no later than noon, Wednesday, April

26, 1995. The request should identify the name of the individual who

will make the presentation, requirements for audio visual equipment

(e.g., overhead projector, 35mm projector, chalk board, etc), and an

outline of the issues to be addressed. At least 35 copies of the

presentation and 35 copies of the visual aids used at the meeting are

to be given to Mr. Bond no later than the time of the presentation for

distribution to the Committee and the interested public. See below for

additional information on providing comments to the SAB.

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 ten minutes. 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: April 6, 1995.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 95-9246 Filed 4-13-95; 8:45 am]

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