[Federal Register: March 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 56)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Science Advisory Board

 
Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-
463, notification 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, however, 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. Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC)

    The Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) of the 
Science Advisory Board (SAB), will meet on April 9, 1998, from 9 am to 
no later than 4 pm in Room 1103 West Tower, US EPA, 401 M Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20460. The purpose of the meeting will be to plan 
Committee activities for the next twelve months. Topics to be discussed 
include the mission of the EEAC, economic analysis at the US EPA, and 
economics research planning.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Single copies of the information 
provided to the Committee can be obtained from Ms. Diana Pozun, Staff 
Secretary, Committee Operations Staff, Science Advisory Board (1400), 
U.S. EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-
8414, fax (202) 260-7118, or via Email at: pozun.diana@epa.gov. Anyone 
wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting must contact Mr. 
Thomas Miller, the Designated Federal Officer for the Environmental 
Economics Advisory Committee, in writing no later than 4 pm, April 3, 
1998, at the above address, via fax (202) 260-7118, or via Email at: 
miller.tom@epa.gov. 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 Mr. Miller no later than the time of the 
presentation for distribution to the Committee and the interested 
public. To discuss technical aspects of the meeting, please contact Mr. 
Miller by telephone at (202) 260-5886.

2. The Integrated Risk Project (IRP) Steering Committee (IRP-SC)

    The Integrated Risk Project (IRP) Steering Committee, an ad hoc 
committee established by the Executive Committee of the Science 
Advisory Board (SAB), will meet on April 13-14, 1998 at the Quality 
Hotel, 1200 North Courthouse Road, Arlington, VA, telephone (703) 524-
4000. The meeting will begin at 8:30 am on April 13, and end no later 
than 5:30 pm on April 14, 1998. The purpose of the meeting is to review 
and reach closure on two draft reports that are being developed as part 
of the Integrated Risk Project. The

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reports include a short overview document and a longer detailed 
document which describes the approach for integrated environmental 
decision-making that has been developed by the Committee.

Background on the Integrated Risk Project (IRP)

    In a letter dated October 25, 1995, to Dr. Matanoski, Chair of the 
SAB Executive Committee, Deputy Administrator Fred Hansen charged the 
SAB to: (a) Develop an updated ranking of the relative risk of 
different environmental problems based upon explicit scientific 
criteria; (b) 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; (c) 
assess the potential for risk reduction and propose alternative 
technical risk reduction strategies for the environmental problems 
identified; and (d) identify the uncertainties and data quality issues 
associated with the relative rankings. The project is being conducted 
by several SAB panels, working at the direction of an ad hoc Steering 
Committee established by the SAB Executive Committee.
    Single copies of Reducing Risk, the report of the previous relative 
risk ranking effort of the SAB, 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. Wanda Fields, Staff 
Secretary, Committee Operations Staff, Science Advisory Board (1400), 
US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460, by telephone at (202) 
260-8414, fax at (202) 260-7118, or via Email at: fields.wanda@epa.gov.
    Anyone wishing to make a brief oral presentation at the IRP meeting 
must contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal Officer, no later 
than 4:00 pm on April 3, 1998, at fax: (202) 260-7118 or via the 
Internet at miller.tom@epa.gov. 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 Mr. Miller no later than the time of 
the presentation for distribution to the Committee and the interested 
public. For further information, you may also reach Mr. Miller by phone 
on (202) 260-5886. See below for additional information on providing 
comments to the SAB.

3. Executive Committee

    The Science Advisory Board's (SAB) Executive Committee (EC) will 
conduct a public meeting on Wednesday, April 15, 1998 and Thursday, 
April 16, 1998. The meeting will convene each day at 8:30 am, in the 
Administrator's Conference Room 1103 West Tower of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building, 401 M Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20460, and will adjourn no later than 5:30 pm on 
each day.
    At this meeting, among the topics to be addressed by the Executive 
Committee are the following: (a) Consideration of updates from its 
committees; (b) Review of any reports that are available for Executive 
Committee action; (c) Discussion of possible ``strategic-oriented'' 
projects that could be undertaken by the Board; (d) Discussion with 
Agency leaders on the role and impact of science at EPA; and (e) 
Discussion of other issues that may arise.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public desiring 
additional information concerning the meeting or who wish to submit 
comments should contact Dr. Donald G. Barnes, Designated Federal 
Officer for the Executive Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400), 
U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-
4126; fax (202) 260-9232; or via Email at: barnes.don@epa.gov. Copies 
of the draft meeting agenda and available draft reports listed above 
can be obtained from Ms. Priscilla Tillery-Gadson on (202) 260-8414; 
fax (202) 260-7118; or via Email at: tillery.priscilla@epa.gov. An 
updated agenda will be mounted on the SAB Website [http://www.epa.gov/
sab] no later than one week prior to the meeting.

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.
    Information concerning the Science Advisory Board, its structure, 
function, and composition, may be found in The FY1997 Annual Report of 
the Staff Director which is available from the SAB Committee Evaluation 
and Support Staff (CESS) by contacting US EPA, Science Advisory Board 
(1400), Attention: CESS, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 or via 
fax (202) 260-1889. Additional information concerning the SAB can be 
found on the SAB Home Page at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.

    Dated: March 18, 1998.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 98-7643 Filed 3-23-98; 8:45 am]
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