# Science Advisory Board; Meeting > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A96-8477 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** April 5, 1996 - **Citation:** 61 FR 15254 ## Text ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-5454-4] Science Advisory Board; Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that several committees 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 teleconference meetings, the number of available phone lines is limited. For further information concerning specific meetings, please contact the individuals listed below. [[Page 15255]] Documents that are the subject of SAB reviews are normally available from the originating EPA office and are not available from the SAB Office. (1) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee's (CASAC) Air Quality Models Subcommittee (AQMS): The Air Quality Models Subcommittee will continue its review of the technical aspects of the Agency's Air Quality Models with a teleconference meeting on Friday, April 26, 1996 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The AQMS formally began to review air quality models as a component of the Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 812 Cost- Benefit Study in a series of public teleconferences on October 1, 1993 and October 21, 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). The Subcommittee is conducting this specialty review on air quality models on behalf of the Clean Air Act Compliance Analysis Council (CAACAC) as an activity required under Section 812 of the CAA. This teleconference meeting is a continuation of the above reviews as the Agency prepares its final report to Congress. The charge to the Subcommittee is 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 CAACAC regarding the reasonableness, technical merits, and appropriate interpretations of the modeling results. The draft documents that are the subject of this review are available from the originating EPA office as noted below. There are eleven (11) draft documents being provided to the AQMS. Nine draft documents are being provided as background (Items 1 through 9), while the other two are being submitted for review (Items 10 and 11). These documents are: Background Documents: (1) The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990--Report to Congress, Chapter 3: Emissions, Draft, March 1996; (2) The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990--Report to Congress, Appendix B: Emissions Modeling, Draft, March 1996; (3) Retrospective Analysis of Ozone Air Quality in the United States, Final Report, March 1996; (4) Retrospective Analysis of Particulate Matter Air Quality in the United States, Draft Report, September 1992; (5) PM Interpolation Methodology for the Section 812 Retrospective Analysis, Memo from J. Lansstaff to J. DeMocker, pending; (6) Retrospective Analysis of Particulate Matter Air Quality in the United States, Final Report, March, 1996; (7) Retrospective Analysis of SO2, NOx, and CO Air Quality in the United States, Final Report, November 1994; (8) Retrospective Analysis of the Impact of the Clean Air Act of Urban Visibility in the Southwestern United States, Final Report, October 1994; (9) Estimation of Regional Air Quality and Deposition Changes Under Alternative Section 812 Emissions Scenarios Predicted by the Regional Acid Deposition Model, RADM, Draft Report, October 1995. Review Documents: (10) The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990--Report to Congress, Chapter 4: Air Quality, Draft, March 1996, and (11) The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act, 1970 to 1990--Report to Congress, Appendix C: Air Quality Modeling, Draft, March 1996. To discuss technical aspects of the above draft documents, please contact Mr. James DeMocker, Office of Policy Analysis and Review (OPAR) (MC 6103), US 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]. 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 (MC 2127), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. Tel.(202) 260-8465. To obtain copies of the teleconference agenda, please contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Secretary, Radiation Advisory Committee, Tel. (202) 260-6552; FAX (202) 260-7118; or via the Internet: [email protected]). To discuss technical aspects of the draft commentary, 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]). Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at this teleconference should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun no later than April 23, 1996. (2) Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC): The Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) is meeting via teleconference on Tuesday, April 30, 1996 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The RAC is planning to discuss its draft commentary (``Commentary on the Scientific Basis for Apportioning of Risk Among the ICRP Publication 66 Regions of the Respiratory Tract,'' dated March 27, 1996) concerning the new ICRP (International Commission on Radiological Protection) 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. To obtain copies of the teleconference agenda or the draft commentary, please contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Secretary, Radiation Advisory Committee, Tel. (202) 260-6552; FAX (202) 260-7118; or via the Internet: [email protected]. To discuss technical aspects of the draft commentary, please contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Official, RAC, Tel. (202) 260-2560; FAX (202) 260- 7118; or via the Internet: [email protected]. Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at this teleconference should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun no later than April 23, 1996. 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 teleconference meetings will be usually limited to three 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 (usually one week prior to a meeting), may be mailed to the subcommittee prior to its meeting; comments received too close to the meeting date will normally be provided to the 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: March 27, 1996. John R. Fowle III, Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board. [FR Doc. 96-8477 Filed 4-4-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A96-8477. Public record. Not legal advice.