[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49458-49459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24203]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5612-5]
Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee
Meetings
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 Daylight 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. Ecological Processes and Effects Committee
The Ecological Processes and Effects Committee (EPEC) of the
Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet on October 8-9, 1996, at the
Environmental Protection Agency's Waterside Mall Complex, 401 M Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20460 in Room M2103. For convenient access, members
of the public should use the EPA entrance next to the Safeway store.
The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on October 8 and 8:00 a.m. on
October 9 and end no later than 5:00 p.m. on each day.
The main purpose of the meeting is to discuss ecological risks and
risk ranking criteria as part of an SAB project to update the 1990 SAB
report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for
Environmental Protection. EPEC may also conduct general committee
business, including briefings on upcoming review topics, agenda
planning, and discussion of subcommittee activities.
Background
In a letter dated October 25, 1995, to Dr. Matanoski, Chair of the
SAB Executive Committee, Deputy Administrator Fred Hansen charged the
SAB to update its 1990 report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and
Strategies for Environmental Protection. Specifically, the charge is
to: (1) develop an updated ranking of the relative risk of different
environmental problems based upon explicit scientific criteria; (2)
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; (3) assess the potential for
risk reduction and propose alternative technical risk reduction
strategies for the environmental problems identified; and (4) identify
the uncertainties and data quality issues associated with the relative
rankings. The project will be conducted by several SAB panels,
including EPEC, working at the direction of an ad hoc Steering
Committee established by the Executive Committee.
Single copies of Reducing Risk 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. Constance Valentine,
Staff Secretary, Science Advisory Board (1400F), US EPA, 401 M Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20460, by telephone at (202) 260-6552, fax at (202)
260-7118, or via The INTERNET at: [email protected].
Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting should
contact Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Official for EPEC, no
later than 4:00 p.m., October 2, 1996, at (202) 260-6557 or via the
Internet at Sanzone.S[email protected]. 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 Ms. Sanzone no
later than the time of the presentation for distribution to the
Committee and the interested public. See below for additional
information on providing comments to the SAB.
2. Valuation Subcommittee (VS) of the Integrated Risk Project Committee
(IRP)
The Valuation Subcommittee (Committee) of the Integrated Risk
Project Committee (IRP) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet
on October 15 and 16, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to no later than 5:00 p.m.
(Eastern Daylight Time) in Room 2103--Mall of the US EPA, 401 M Street
SW, Washington, DC 20460. This meeting is open to the public, however,
due to limited space, seating will be on a first-come basis. The
purpose of the meeting is to continue Committee efforts in support of
the larger IRP effort of the SAB.
Background--In a letter dated October 25, 1995, Deputy
Administrator Fred
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Hansen requested the SAB to update the assessment of environmental
risks, priorities, and risk reduction opportunities contained in the
1990 SAB report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for
Environmental Protection (EPA-SAB-EC-90-021). In subsequent discussions
with the Deputy Administrator, the SAB has also agreed to provide
insights on economic analysis of risk reduction options and ecosystem
valuation. In summary, the current charge to the Valuation Subcommittee
is to propose a new framework for assessing the value of ecosystems to
humans, including ecological services and environmentally mediated
health and quality of life values.
For Further Information--Single copies of the information provided
to the Committee can be obtained by contacting Ms. Diana Pozun, Staff
Secretary, Committee Operations Staff, Science Advisory Board (1400),
US EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-
6552, fax (202) 260-7118, or Internet at: [email protected].
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.
Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the meeting must contact
Mr. Thomas Miller, Designated Federal Official for the Valuation
Subcommittee IRP, in writing no later than 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight
Time) October 8, 1996, at the above address, via fax (202) 260-7118, or
via the Internet at: [email protected]. 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.
3. Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) and the Economic
Analysis Subcommittee (EAS) of the Integrated Risk Project (IRP)
The Environmental Economic Advisory Committee, sitting as the
Economic Analysis Subcommittee of the Integrated Risk Project Committee
(IRP) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB), will meet on October 18,
1996, from 8:30 a.m. to no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time)
in Conference Room 3 North near the Washington Information Center
(WIC), US EPA, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460. This meeting is
open to the public, however, due to limited space, seating will be on a
first-come basis. The purpose of the meeting is to continue Committee
efforts in support of the larger IRP effort of the SAB.
Background--In a letter dated October 25, 1995, Deputy
Administrator Fred Hansen requested the SAB to update the assessment of
environmental risks, priorities, and risk reduction opportunities
contained in the 1990 SAB report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and
Strategies for Environmental Protection (EPA-SAB-EC-90-021). In
subsequent discussions with the Deputy Administrator, the SAB has also
agreed to provide insights on economic analysis of risk reduction
options. The current charge to the Economic Analysis Subcommittee is to
explore and report on ways to assess the economic values associated
with regulatory options that the agency often proposes in response to
its statutory mandates for environmental protection.
For Further Information--Single copies of the information provided
to the Subcommittee can be obtained by contacting Ms. Diana Pozun,
Staff Secretary, Committee Operations Staff, Science Advisory Board
(1400), US EPA, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460, telephone (202)
260-6552, fax (202) 260-7118, or Internet at: Pozun.Diana@
EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. 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. Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation at the
meeting must contact Mr. Thomas Miller, Designated Federal Official for
the Valuation Subcommittee IRP, in writing no later than 4:00 pm
(Eastern Daylight Time) October 10, 1996, at the above address, via fax
(202) 260-7118, or via the Internet at: [email protected]. 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.
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.
Dated: September 12, 1996.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
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