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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board

Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting; Open Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Ecological Processes and Effects 
Committee (EPEC) and its Marsh Management Subcommittee will meet on 
July 19-21, 1994, at the Ramada Hotel Old Town Alexandria, 901 North 
Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, telephone (703) 683-6000. On July 
19 and 20, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end no later than 
5:00 p.m. On July 21, the meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end no 
later than 3:30 p.m. All days of the meeting will be open to the 
public. Due to limited space, seating will be on a first-come basis.
Agenda Topics
    (1) On July 19, the Committee will review the Landscape Ecology 
Component of the Agency's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 
Program (EMAP). As part of the Charge to the Committee, the Agency's 
Office of Research and Development has requested that the Committee 
evaluate the goals and objectives of EMAP-Landscapes, the value of the 
approach for ecological risk assessment, and the proposed research and 
development projects. Single copies of the review materials provided to 
the Committee may be obtained from Dr. Bruce Jones, EPA Environmental 
Monitoring Systems Laboratory, P.O. Box 93478, Las Vegas, Nevada 89193-
3478, telephone (702) 798-2671, FAX (702) 798-2208, or Internet address 
[email protected].
    (2) On July 20, the Committee will review the draft Integrated 
Ecosystem Research Strategy prepared by the Agency's Office of Research 
and Development. The strategy is intended to provide an integrated 
picture of research proposed to support environmental monitoring and 
assessment, ecological risk assessment, development of ecological 
criteria, etc. Single copies of the draft research strategy can be 
obtained by contacting Mike Slimak, Office of Environmental Processes 
and Effects Research, US EPA, 401 M Street, SW (8401), Washington, D.C. 
20460, telephone (202) 260-5950.
    (3) On July 21, the Marsh Management Subcommittee of EPEC will 
begin a review of the science underlying marsh management, defined as 
the use of water control structures, berms, dikes etc. to modify the 
hydrology of marsh systems. At the request of the Agency's Office of 
Water, the Subcommittee has been established to evaluate the ecological 
implications of marsh management practices in various types of marsh 
ecosystems. EPA has formed a Marsh Management Steering Committee, 
consisting of federal agencies with responsibilities for marsh 
management, to refine a set of technical questions to be addressed by 
the Subcommittee. On July 21, the Subcommittee will hear presentations 
from the federal agencies on the Steering Committee regarding relevant 
federal policies and technical issues of concern. Further Subcommittee 
meetings on this topic will be scheduled at that time.
    Single copies of the briefing materials provided to the Marsh 
Management Subcommittee may be obtained by calling the EPA Wetlands Hot 
Line at 1-800-832-7828.
    Copies of these documents are NOT available from the Science 
Advisory Board.
Additional Information
    Single copies of background and review materials provided to the 
Committee or Subcommittee are available from the contacts listed above, 
and are NOT available from the Science Advisory Board. Members of the 
public desiring additional information about the meeting, including an 
agenda, should contact Ms. Mary Winston, 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 on any 
of the agenda topics listed above must notify Stephanie Sanzone, 
Designated Federal Officer for EPEC, by 4:00 p.m. on July 8, 1994 at 
telephone (202) 260-6557, 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. Oral comments will be limited to five minutes 
per individual and should not be repetitive of previously submitted 
written statements. Anyone wishing to submit written comments must 
forward at least 35 copies to Ms. Sanzone no later than the time of the 
presentation for distribution to the Committee or Subcommittee and the 
interested public.

    Dated: June 22, 1994.
Edward S. Bender,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 94-15984 Filed 6-29-94; 8:45 am]
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