Science Advisory Board; Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis; Open Public Meeting

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance

Analysis; Open Public Meeting

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

notice is hereby given that the Advisory Council on Clean Air

Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or ``the Council,'' formerly known as the

Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis Council, or CAACAC) of the Science

Advisory Board (SAB) will conduct a two-day meeting on Thursday,

November 7 and Friday, November 8, 1996. The meeting will commence at

9:00 a.m. eastern time each day and will adjourn no later than 5:00

p.m. each day. The meeting will take place in the Administrator's

Conference Room, 1103WT in the West Tower at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency Headquarters Building, 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460. In this meeting, the Council intends to go to

closure on the Retrospective Study Report to Congress, and to be

introduced to the Prospective Study Report to Congress. It is

anticipated that the Council will have briefings and discussions with

Agency staff on additional staff papers and supporting documentation

related to closure on the Retrospective Study and introductions to the

methodology and approaches proposed for the Prospective Study.

The Council last met on June 5 and 6, 1996 (See Federal Register,

Vol. 61, No. 87, Friday, May 3, 1996, pp. 19932-19935) and reviewed the

Agency's draft document Report to Congress entitled ``The Benefits and

Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990: Report to Congress,'' dated

May 3, 1996, as well as findings of two subcommittees, the Physical

Effects Review Subcommittee (PERS), and the Clean Air Scientific

Advisory Committee's (CASAC), Air Quality Models Subcommittee (AQMS).

The Agency has asked the SAB to conduct the following activities in

the proposed charge relating to this specific review:

(a) Review the revised draft Report to Congress, entitled ``The

Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990,'' USEPA, dated

October, 1996, and

(b) Discuss the topic of the prospective study on costs and

benefits, which will be presented to the Council at the November

meeting.

The documents that are the subject of SAB reviews are normally

available from the originating EPA office and are not available from

the SAB Office. Public drafts of SAB reports are available to the

Agency and the public from the SAB office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: (a) For copies of the Agency's draft Section

812 CAA draft, Report to Congress, entitled ``The Benefits and Costs of

the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990,'' USEPA, dated October, 1996 please

contact Ms. Michelle Olawuyi, Secretary, Office of Economy and

Environment (2172), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460; tel. (202) 260-5488; FAX (202) 260-5732;

E-Mail; Olawuyi.Michelle @epamail.epa.gov; (b) For a discussion of

technical aspects of the Agency draft Report to Congress, dated

October, 1996 please contact Mr. James DeMocker of EPA's Office of

Policy Analysis and Review (OPAR) at (202) 260-8980, FAX (202) 260-

9766, E-mail: Democker.J[email protected], or Mr. Tom Gillis of EPA's

Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE) (2172) at (202) 260-

4181; FAX (202) 260-5732; E-mail: Gillis.T[email protected].

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

this meeting should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Staff Secretary, (tel.

202-260-2553; FAX 202-260-7118) no later than October 31, 1996, in

order to advise the Agency of your desire to participate in the meeting

and to have time reserved on the agenda for public comments. This

meeting is open to the public, but seating is limited and available on

a first come basis. For a copy of the proposed agenda, please contact

Ms. Pozun at the numbers given above. For questions regarding technical

issues to be discussed, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian,

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

401 M Street, S.W., Washington DC 20460, by telephone at (202) 260-

2560, FAX at (202) 260-7118, or via the E-Mail:

Kooyoomjian.J[email protected], or at Pozun.D[email protected].

Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings

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

the meetings should contact the listed Designated Federal Official no

later than one week prior to the meeting in order to have time reserved

on the agenda. 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

meetings, opportunities for oral comment will usually be limited to no

more than 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), 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 is limited and

available on a first come basis. Written inquiries can be sent to the

following address: U.S. Environmental Protection

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Agency; Science Advisory Board (1400); 401 M Street, S.W., Washington,

DC 20460, Phone: (202) 260-8414 or FAX (202) 260-7118.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 96-26445 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]

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