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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 various committees of the Science Advisory 
Board (SAB) will meet on the dates and times described below. All 
meetings are open to the public. Due to limited space, seating at all 
meetings will be on a first-come basis. For further information 
concerning each meeting, 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 
staff. Many of the meetings listed below include discussion of issues 
relevant to the SAB's Environmental Futures Project.

Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

    The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the Science 
Advisory Board (SAB) will conduct a meeting to review the two draft 
documents: (1) The Supplement to the Second Addendum (1986) to Air 
Quality Criteria for Oxides (1982); Assessment of New Findings on 
Sulfur Dioxide Acute Exposure Health Effects in Asthmatics; and (2) 
Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Oxides: 
Updated Assessment of Scientific and Technical Information, Supplement 
to the 1986 OAQPS Staff Paper Addendum. Both documents, which 
constitute supplements to existing documents, will be reviewed and 
evaluated with respect to their scientific and technical adequacy. Both 
documents have been revised in response to public comments and CASAC 
recommendations received (at an August 19, 1993 meeting) on earlier 
drafts of the two documents.
     The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Inn University Center, 
2800 Middleton Avenue, Durham, NC 27705. The hotel telephone number is 
(919) 383-8575. The meeting will be held on April 12, 1994, from 9:30 
a.m. to 2 p.m. Seating is limited and will be on a first come basis.

Availability of Documents

    The following documents are not available from the Science Advisory 
Board:
    1. Single copies of the revised draft Supplement to the Second 
Addendum (1986) to Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter and 
Sulfur Oxides (1982); Assessment of New Findings on Sulfur Dioxide 
Acute Exposure Health Effects in Asthmatics will be available on March 
7, 1994, from Dr. Dennis J. Kotchmar, U.S. EPA, Environmental Criteria 
Assessment Office (MD-52), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone 
(919) 541-4158. Members of the public who wish to provide comments 
directly to EPA on the Criteria Document Supplement may do so by 
sending their written comments to Dr. Kotchmar at the above address. 
Comments must be received by EPA no later than April 6, 1994.
    2. Single copies of the revised draft document National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards for Sulfur Oxides; Updated Assessment of Scientific 
and Technical Information. Supplement to the 1986 OAQPS Staff Paper 
Addendum will be available on March 21, 1994 from Mr. John Haines, U.S. 
EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, (MD-12), Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-5533. Members of the 
public who wish to provide comments directly to EPA on the Staff Paper 
Supplement may do so by sending their written comments to Mr. Haines at 
the above address. Comments must be received by EPA no later than April 
20, 1994.

Further Information and Providing Comments

    For additional information concerning this meeting, please contact 
Mr. Randall C. Bond, Designated Federal Official, or Ms. Janice Cuevas, 
Management Analyst, at (202) 260-8414, Clean Air Scientific Advisory 
Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. Interested individuals 
may also contact the SAB via The INTERNET 
at:[email protected]. Those individuals requiring a copy of 
the agenda should contact Ms. Lori Gross at the phone number above.
    Written statements of any length (at least 35 copies) may be 
provided to the Committee up until the meeting. These written 
statements may be the same as those provided directly to EPA or may be 
tailored to the Committee. Please send these comments to Ms. Cuevas at 
the address given above. The Science Advisory Board expects that public 
statements presented at its meeting will not be repetitive of 
previously submitted oral or written statements.

Radiation Advisory Committee

    The Science Advisory Board's (SAB's) Radiation Advisory Committee 
(RAC), will conduct a teleconference meeting on Monday, March 28, 1994 
from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. eastern time. In this teleconference 
meeting, the RAC intends to conduct a closure review and to complete 
technical edits to its draft report on review of the Agency's draft 
scoping study on naturally-occurring radioactive materials (NORM), 
entitled ``Diffuse NORM--Waste Characterization and Preliminary Risk 
Assessment.'' This document is available for examination from the 
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Air Docket at 401 M Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20460 (202-260-7548). The Docket Number is R-82-01, 
and the Item Number is IIA-38. There may be a newer draft document with 
a different docket and item number. For technical information on the 
NORM draft document, please contact Mr. William E. Russo of the EPA's 
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) at (202) 233-9215. The 
teleconference meeting is open to the public and teleconference lines 
will be assigned on a first come basis. The latest public meeting to 
discuss this topic was held on February 23 and 24, 1994 (See Federal 
Register, Vol. 59, No. 20, pp. 4279-4281).
    Any member of the public wishing further information, such as a 
proposed agenda, should contact Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated 
Federal Official, or Mrs. Diana L. Pozun, Staff Secretary, Science 
Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20460, Phone: (202) 260-6552 or FAX (202) 260-7118, or via The INTERNET 
at: [email protected]. There was a draft SAB report on review 
of the Agency's diffuse NORM document, dated February 8, 1994. It is 
expected that a newer draft report will be prepared for review by mid-
March, and will be available to the public on a request basis. Members 
of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation at the 
teleconference should contact Dr. Kooyoomjian no later than March 24, 
1994 in order to have time reserved on the agenda. The Science Advisory 
Board expects that public statements presented at the teleconference 
meeting 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 three minutes, with a 
total time limit of fifteen minutes. Written comments of any length (at 
least 35 copies) received by the SAB by March 22, 1994 may be mailed to 
the SAB's RAC prior to the meeting; comments received after that date 
will normally be provided to the RAC at the meeting. Written comments 
of any length (at least 35 copies) should be provided to the Committee 
no later than March 22, 1994.

    Dated: March 4, 1994.
A. Robert Flaak,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 94-5992 Filed 3-11-94; 8:45 am]
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