Science Advisory Board; Notification of Open Public Advisory Committee Meetings

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board; Notification of Open Public Advisory

Committee Meetings

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

notice is hereby given that two committees of the Science Advisory

Board (SAB) will meet on the dates and times described below. All times

noted

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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 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.

1. Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)

The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the Science

Advisory Board will meet on Monday, December 15, 1997 at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Environmental Research Center,

Main Auditorium, Route 54 and Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park,

NC 27711. The meeting will begin at 9 am and end no later than 5 pm. At

this meeting, the Committee will receive briefings from Agency Staff

concerning: (a) the project work plan for preparation of the air

quality criteria document for Carbon Monoxide (CO), which will serve as

the scientific basis for the next periodic review of the CO National

Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS); (b) the schedule for the

Particulate Matter (PM) NAAQS review; and (c) an overview of the

Agency's plans for upcoming reviews of the other NAAQS. These briefings

will help set the stage for subsequent meetings of the Committee as it

begins its review responsibilities for the various NAAQS.

Interested parties may obtain a copy of the CO Project Work Plan by

writing to the CO Project Manager, USEPA, Office of Research and

Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Research

Triangle Park, NC 27711 or by sending a request via fax (919-541-1818)

or e-mail ([email protected]). The review schedule for the PM

NAAQS is contained in 62 FR 55201 (October 23, 1997).

2. Research Strategies Advisory Committee (RSAC)

The Research Strategies Advisory Committee (RSAC) of the Science

Advisory Board, will meet on Tuesday, December 16, 1997 in the Science

Advisory Board Conference Room, Room 2103 Mall Level (entry near the

Safeway Supermarket), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters

Building, 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460. The meeting will begin at

8:30 am and end no later than 4:30 pm. The purpose of the meeting is to

receive briefings from Agency Staff on the Office of Research and

Development's (ORD) strategic planning and budgeting process and to

discuss the upcoming RSAC review of the ORD budget and the role of RSAC

in ORD's strategic planning process.

For Further Information

Members of the public desiring additional information about either

meeting should contact Mr. Robert Flaak, Designated Federal Officer,

Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and Research Strategies

Advisory Committee (RSAC), Science Advisory Board (1400), Room 2812,

U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone/voice mail

at (202) 260-5133; fax at (202) 260-7118; or via the INTERNET at

FLAAK.ROBERT @EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. Those individuals requiring a copy of

the draft Agenda for either meeting should contact Ms. Dorothy Clark at

(202) 260-8414 or by FAX at (202) 260-7118 or via the INTERNET at

CLARK.DOROTHY @EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. 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

from the SAB Publications Staff at (202) 260-8414.

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

either Committee must contact Mr. Flaak in writing (by letter or by

fax--see previously stated information) no later than 12 Noon Eastern

Time, Tuesday, December 9, 1997 in order to be included on the

respective Agenda. Public comments will be limited to five minutes per

speaker or organization. The request should identify the name of the

individual who will make the presentation, the organization (if any)

they will represent, the name of the committee (CASAC or RSAC) they

wish to address, any requirements for audio visual equipment (e.g.,

overhead projector, 35mm projector, chalkboard, etc), and at least 35

copies of an outline of the issues to be addressed or the presentation

itself. Public comments should focus on scientific or technical aspects

of the matters before the respective Committee at its meeting. There

will be time allocated for public comment at subsequent meetings when

the Committees are actually involved in substantive review activities.

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. For

conference call meetings, opportunities for oral comment will be

limited to no more than five 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, 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.

A. Robert Flaak,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 97-31136 Filed 11-25-97; 8:45 am]

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