Science Advisory Board; Notice of Public Meetings

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Notice of Public Meetings

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

notice is hereby given that various committees and subcommittees of the

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 meetings will be on a first-

come basis. For further information concerning specific

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meetings, 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.

[Important Note: This notice contains announcements of one meeting of

the Agency's Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (CCACA) and one

meeting of one of its subcommittees. The CCACA was created under the

provisions of Section 812 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (42

USC 7401 et seq.), and has been administratively housed within the

Agency's Science Advisory Board (SAB). Although chartered as the

Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (CCACA), it has been customary

for the Science Advisory Board to refer to this advisory body as the

Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis Council (CAACAC). To prevent any

confusion over the activities of this advisory group, it will

henceforth be identified only as the Council on Clean Air Compliance

Analysis (CCACA).]

(1) Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC): The Science Advisory

Board's (SAB) Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet on May 21

and 22, 1996 at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 2899 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 (tel. 703-549-3434), from 9:00 am to 5:00

pm on Tuesday, May 21, 1996; and from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm on Wednesday,

May 22. The topics include: (a) review and closure discussion on the

RAC's Commentary on the International Commission on Radiological

Protection (ICRP) Lung Model; (b) briefings from the Office of

Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) staff on: the Multi-Agency Radiation

Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM), ORIA's Radiation

Science Laboratory located in Las Vegas, Nevada, current radon

activities and radon proficiency programs, and emergency response

activities, as well as an ORIA program update, and other discussions

with ORIA staff as time allows; and (c) it is also planned that the RAC

will also have discussions of other SAB special initiatives, such as

the Integrated Risk Project (IRP), Futures II and Environmental Goals.

Regarding the ICRP Lung Model discussion, the RAC will have

discussed this topic at its publicly advertised teleconference on

Tuesday, April 30, 1996 (See 61 FR 15254-15255, April 5, 1996). The RAC

is planning to reach closure on its draft commentary (Commentary on the

Scientific Basis for Apportioning of Risk Among the ICRP Publication 66

Regions of the Respiratory Tract, draft dated March 27, 1996)

concerning the new ICRP Human Respiratory Tract Model for Radiological

Protection. The new ICRP model was designed to accommodate the

potentially large differences in the doses received and in the

radiation sensitivities of the various tissues comprising the

respiratory tract, as well as being compatible with the ICRP dosimetry

system.

For Further Information: (a) To obtain a copy of the draft RAC ICRP

Lung Model Commentary or agenda for the meeting, please contact Ms.

Diana Pozun, Secretary, SAB, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460, or tel. (202)-260-6552, FAX (202)-260-7118, or Internet at

[email protected].; (b) For technical questions on the ICRP

Lung Model commentary, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian,

Designated Federal Official, U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400F),

U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW; Washington, DC 20460, or tel. (202)-260-

2560, FAX (202)-260 7118, or Internet at kooyoomjian.jack

@epamail.epa.gov.; (c) For questions on any of the ORIA activities to

be discussed with the SAB/RAC, please contact Dr. Mary Clark (Tel. 202-

233-9348; FAX 202-233-9651) or Mr. Brian Littleton (Tel. 202-233-9216;

FAX 202-233-9651) at the Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA),

Mail Code (6601J), U.S. EPA, Washington, DC 20460; (d) Members of the

public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at the meetings or

those who wish to provide formal written comment should contact Mrs.

Pozun in writing or via fax no later than May 14, 1996 in order to have

time reserved on the agenda.

(2) The Physical Effects Review Subcommittee (PERS) of the Council

on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (CCACA): The Subcommittee will meet

from 9:00 am to no later than 6:00 pm on June 4, 1996 at the Embassy

Suites Hotel, 1900 Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA 22314 (tel. 703-684-

5900). The purpose of the meeting is to review the physical effects

aspects of the Agency's Draft Report to Congress, entitled The Benefits

and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990; Report to Congress,

USEPA, dated May 1996. The last public meeting of the Subcommittee on

this topic occurred on May 18, 1995. Its parent Committee, the CCACA,

met on June 12 and 13, 1995 to conduct a closure discussion on the

Agency's program at that point in time. (See 60 FR 20491-20492, April

16, 1995).

The Agency Staff will conduct presentations and may provide

additional draft documents and briefing materials relating to this

topic. The focus of this Subcommittee review is the adequacy of the

incorporation of the draft physical effects documents pertaining to

Section 812 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) into the draft Report to

Congress. Specifically, the Subcommittee will be reviewing the data,

methodologies, and results of the physical effects modeling components

of the Section 812 Retrospective Study as manifest and documented in

the draft Report to Congress.

For Further Information: (a) To obtain single copies of the draft

documents pertaining to this review, 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) 260-8465; FAX (202) 260-6405, or Internet at

[email protected].; (b) To discuss technical aspects of

the draft documents provided to either the Subcommittee (PERS) or the

CCACA, please contact Mr. James DeMocker, Office of Policy Analysis and

Review (OPAR) (Mail Code 6103), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Tel. (202) 260-8980; FAX (202)

260-9766, or Internet at [email protected].; (c) To discuss

economic aspects of the draft documents provided to either the

Subcommittee (PERS) or the CCACA, please contact Mr. Thomas Gillis,

Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE) (Mail Code 2127), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC

20460. Tel. (202) 260-4181; FAX (202) 260-5732, or Internet at

[email protected].; (d) To obtain copies of the agenda for

this meeting, please contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Secretary, Science

Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460; Tel. (202) 260-6552; FAX (202) 260-

7118; or via the Internet: [email protected]. To discuss

technical aspects of the reviews, please contact Dr. K. Jack

Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Official, Radiation Advisory Committee,

Tel. (202) 260-2560; FAX (202) 260-7118; or via the Internet:

[email protected].; (e) Members of the public who wish

to make a brief oral presentation at the Subcommittee meeting must

contact Mrs. Pozun in writing or via fax no later than May 28, 1996 in

order to have time reserved on the agenda.

(3) Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (CCACA): The Council

will meet on Wednesday and Thursday, June 5 and 6, 1996 at the Embassy

Suites

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Hotel, 1900 Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA 22314 (tel. 703-684-5900).

The meeting will take place from 9:00 a.m. to no later than 6:00 p.m.

on June 5th, and from 8:30 a.m. to no later than 5:00 p.m. on June 6th.

At this meeting, the Council will: (a) review the Draft Report to

Congress, entitled The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to

1990; Report to Congress, USEPA, dated May 1996; (b) review the key

findings and recommendations of it's Subcommittee on Physical Effects

(PERS); (c) review the key findings and recommendations of the Clean

Air Scientific Advisory Committee's (CASAC's) Air Quality Models

Subcommittee (CASAC/AQMS), which is conducting a review of the air

quality modeling aspects of the CAA Section 812 study on behalf of the

Council; and (d) discuss the topic of the prospective study on costs

and benefits, which the Agency is expected to introduce at this

meeting.

The CASAC/AQMS met on April 26, 1996 via teleconference (See 61 FR

15254-15255, April 5, 1996) to discuss the air quality models aspects

of this exercise. The charge to the AQMS was to review the analytical

methodologies, data sources, implementation, and results of the air

quality modeling component of the Section 812 Retrospective Analysis,

and provide advice to the CCACA regarding the reasonableness, technical

merits, and appropriate interpretations of the modeling results. The

AQMS formally began to review air quality models as a component of the

Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 812 Benefit-Cost Study in a series of

public teleconferences on October 1, 1993 and October 21, 1993 (See 58

FR 49297-49298, September 22, 1993) with a follow-up review meeting on

December 2, 1993 (See 58 FR 49297, September 22, 1993, and 58 FR 60628,

November 17, 1993).

For Further Information: (a) To obtain single copies of the 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) 260-8465;

FAX (202) 260-6405, or Internet: [email protected].; (b)

To discuss technical aspects of the draft documents provided to the

PERS or the CCACA please contact Mr. James DeMocker, Office of Policy

Analysis and Review (OPAR) (Mail Code 6103), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Tel. (202)

260-8980; FAX (202) 260-9766, or via the Internet at:

[email protected].; (c) To discuss economic aspects of the

draft documents provided to either the Subcommittee (PERS) or the

CCACA, please contact Mr. Thomas Gillis, Office of Policy, Planning and

Evaluation (OPPE) (Mail Code 2127), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Tel. (202) 260-4181;

FAX (202) 260-5732, or Internet at: [email protected].; (d)

To obtain copies of the agenda for the above meeting, please contact

Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Secretary, Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20460; Tel. (202) 260-6552; FAX (202) 260-7118; or via the Internet:

[email protected].; (e) To discuss technical aspects of the

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

Official, Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis, Tel. (202) 260-

2560; FAX (202) 260-7118; or via the Internet: [email protected]

epamail.epa.gov.; (f) Members of the public who wish to make a brief

oral presentation at the meeting must contact Mrs. Pozun in writing or

via fax no later than May 28, 1996 in order to have time reserved on

the agenda.

(4) Ecological Processes and Effects Committee: The Ecological

Processes and Effects Committee (EPEC) of the Science Advisory Board

(SAB) will meet on May 21-23, 1996, at the Environmental Protection

Agency's Waterside Mall Complex, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC

20460 in Room M2103. For convenient access, members of the public

should use the EPA entrance next to the Safeway store. The meeting will

begin at 8:30 a.m. on May 21 and at 8:00 a.m. on May 22 and May 23, and

end no later than 5:00 p.m. on each day.

The main purpose of the meeting is to: (a) Discuss ecological risks

and the potential for risk reduction as part of the SAB project to

update the 1990 SAB report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and

Strategies for Environmental Protection; and (b) engage in a

consultation with Agency staff on the appropriate role of ecological

criteria in regulatory and management programs. The Committee may also

receive briefings on Agency programs or upcoming review topics.

Background on the Integrated Risk Project: In a letter dated

October 25, 1995, to Dr. Matanoski, Chair of the SAB Executive

Committee, Deputy Administrator Fred Hansen charged the SAB to: (1)

Develop an updated ranking of the relative risk of different

environmental problems based upon explicit scientific criteria; (2)

provide an assessment of techniques and criteria that could be used to

discriminate among emerging environmental risks and identify those that

merit serious, near-term Agency attention; (3) assess the potential for

risk reduction and propose alternative technical risk reduction

strategies for the environmental problems identified; and (4) identify

the uncertainties and data quality issues associated with the relative

rankings. The project will be conducted by several SAB panels,

including EPEC, working at the direction of an ad hoc Steering

Committee established by the Executive Committee.

Single copies of Reducing Risk can be obtained by contacting the

SAB's Committee Evaluation and Support Staff (1400), 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-8414, or fax (202) 260-1889.

Members of the public desiring additional information about the

meeting, including an agenda, should contact Ms. Constance Valentine,

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]

Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting should

contact Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Official for EPEC, no

later than 4:00 p.m., May 15, 1996, at (202) 260-6557 or via the

Internet at Sanzone.S[email protected]. The request should

identify the name of the individual who will make the presentation and

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

written comments to the Committee are to be given to Ms. Sanzone 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, opportunities for oral comment at meetings will

be usually limited to five minutes per speaker and no more than thirty

minutes total. Teleconference comments are generally limited to three

minutes each, 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 (usually one week prior to a meeting), may be

mailed to the respective committee or subcommittee

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prior to its meeting; comments received too close to the meeting date

will normally be provided to the committee or subcommittee at its

meeting, except for teleconferences, where brief written materials may

be FAXed to the participants, with more detailed or lengthy materials

received too close to the teleconference to be mailed to the

subcommittee or committee participants shortly after the

teleconference. Written comments may be provided up until the time of

the meeting.

Dated: April 25, 1996.

John R. Fowle III,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 96-11075 Filed 5-2-96; 8:45 am]

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