Science Advisory Board; Notice of Public Teleconference Meetings

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Notice of Public Teleconference Meetings

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'') of the Science

Advisory Board (SAB) will conduct a public teleconference on the date

and times specified below. This meeting is open to the public, however,

the number of available phone lines is limited. All times noted are

Eastern Time. Documents that are the subject of SAB reviews are

normally available from the originating EPA office and are not

available from the SAB office (see information provided below).

Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis

The Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (ACCACA, or

the ``Council'') of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) plans to hold a

public teleconference meeting on Monday, June 30, 1997, from 11:00 am

to 2:00 pm. The topics to be discussed are closure on select edits to

the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 812 Retrospective Study and a strategic

plan and continued discussions on emissions modeling on the Prospective

Study of costs and benefits. The Council expects to receive select

draft text edits to the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 812 Retrospective

Study in June 1997. The review of these select draft edits to the

Retrospective Study document will occupy only a portion of the time

available for the teleconference. Most of the remaining time will be

spent discussing the Agency's strategic vision, plan and approach to

develop the CAA section 812 Prospective Study of costs and benefits.

The Council will continue its discussions with the Agency staff of the

emissions estimates, modeling assumptions, methodology, results and

documentation for the Prospective Study that were the subject of its

March and May teleconferences.

This public teleconference is a follow-up to earlier Council face-

to-face discussions held on November 7 and 8, 1996, concerning the 1990

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(CAA) section 812 Retrospective and Prospective Studies (see 61 FR

54196, Thursday, October 17, 1996), as well as public teleconferences

held in March 14, 19 and 26, and May 15, 1997 (See 62 FR 10045,

Wednesday, March 5, 1997 and 62 FR 19320, Monday, April 21, 1997, for

further information). Please note that the previously advertised

teleconferences of March 21 and May 16, 1997 were cancelled.

Specifically, the March 21, 1997 teleconference was cancelled to give

the Agency staff time to prepare select text edits to the Retrospective

Study, and have discussion on them at the March 26,1997 public

teleconference. The May 16, 1997 teleconference was cancelled so that

the Agency staff would have time to prepare a strategic vision and plan

to present and discuss with the Council at its June 30, 1997 public

teleconference.

The latest revised draft Retrospective Study document, dated April

1997 is not available from the Science Advisory Board, but may be

obtained by contacting Ms. Michelle Olawuyi (see below for ordering

information). The Prospective Study emissions estimates draft

documents, as well as a brief paper on the strategic plan are available

from Mr. James DeMocker, Office of Air and Radiation (see below for

ordering information).

With regard to closure on the Retrospective Study Report to

Congress, the Council identified a number of Retrospective Study issue

areas, some of which are listed here as follows: valuation of

bronchitis and heart disease; presentation of baseline (``but for''

issues, that is, but for the presence of the 1990 Clean Air Act),

choice of study for estimating PM-related mortality (includes physical

effects); costs (operations and maintenance costs, cost-of-clean,

etc.); ecological effects; valuing changes in intelligence quotient

(IQ) issues; presentation of life years lost calculations (life years

remaining issue); methodological effects; morbidity effects by age; and

research needs. While most of these issues are settled, it is

anticipated that the closure discussions will touch on some of these

issues. Other related issues may be discussed as time permits.

To discuss technical aspects or obtain copies of the draft EPA

documents pertaining to the CAA section 812 Retrospective Study select

draft text edits as well as the Prospective Study strategic vision and

plan, as well as emissions estimates, please contact Mr. James

DeMocker, Office of Policy Analysis and Review (OAR) (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 copies of the latest complete

draft of the Retrospective Study Report to Congress dated April 1997

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

1990,'' please contact Ms. Michelle Olawuyi, Secretary, Office of

Economy and Environment (MC 2172), US Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. Tel. (202) 260-5488; FAX (202)

260-5732, or via the Internet at [email protected].

To obtain copies of the June 30, 1997 teleconference agenda, please

contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Secretary to the Council at Tel. (202)

260-8414; FAX (202) 260-7118; or via the Internet:

[email protected]. To discuss technical or logistical aspects

of the Council's review process, please contact Dr. K. Jack

Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Official for the Council, Tel. (202)

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

[email protected]. Members of the public who wish to

physically be present at the teleconference may do so at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters Building, 401 M

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, Waterside Mall Room Number 2103.

Members of the public who wish to obtain teleconference logging-on

procedures should contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun at least one week prior

to the teleconference.

Public Speaking

To request time to present public comments at the Council

teleconference, please contact Mrs. Diana L. Pozun in writing at the

mail, FAX or E-Mail addresses given above no later than one week prior

to the teleconference.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at SAB Meetings

The Science Advisory Board (SAB) 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 Council prior to its meeting; comments

received too close to the meeting date will normally be provided to the

Council 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 Council or its appropriate subcommittee participants shortly

after the teleconference. Written comments may be provided up until the

time of the meeting.

Dated: June 4, 1997.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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