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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Science Advisory Board; Notification of Public Advisory Committee 
Meeting(s); Open Meeting(s)

    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 Time. Documents that are the subject of SAB reviews 
are normally available from the originating EPA office and are not 
available from the SAB Office.

Toxics Reporting Subcommittee

    The Toxics Reporting Subcommittee of the Ecological Processes and 
Effects Committee of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will conduct a 
public meeting on January 4, 1995 at the Courtyard By Marriott, 2899 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA from 8:30 am until 12:00 noon. 
The Toxics Reporting Subcommittee will review technical information 
from the Environmental Protection Agency and public commenters related 
to the toxicity of ammonia and the criteria for listing compounds such 
as ammonium sulfate on the Toxics Release Inventory. The SAB has been 
asked to address the following two questions: 1. What is the most 
appropriate way to report releases of aqueous ammonia under the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to Know Act (EPCRA) section 313: 
as unionized ammonia or as total ammonia, and 2. Does total ammonia 
meet the EPCRA section 313 listing criteria?
    Written comments should be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Official listed below on or before December 19 in order to allow the 
Subcommittee an opportunity to review them prior to the meeting. Oral 
comments at the meeting will be limited to five minutes and should be 
focused on scientific information and data related to the environmental 
risks of total ammonia, ionized ammonia, and the fate of ammonia 
compounds in water.

Sediment Criteria Subcommittee

    The Sediment Criteria Subcommittee of the Ecological Processes and 
Effects Committee of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will conduct a 
public meeting on January 4-6, 1995 at the Courtyard by Marriott, 2899 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. The meeting will begin at 1:30 
pm and end at 5:00 pm on January 4. On January 5, it will begin at 8:30 
am until 5:00 pm. On January 6, the Subcommittee will conduct a public 
writing session that will end no later than 5:00 pm.
    The Sediment Criteria Subcommittee will review the Agency's 
approach and its scientific basis for evaluating sediments for metal 
toxicity using Simultaneously Extracted Metals/Acid Volatile Sulfate 
(SEM/AVS) ratios and interstitial water concentrations. The 
Subcommittee will receive briefings on the results of field and 
laboratory research conducted in freshwater and marine environments. 
Experiments will include data on bioaccumulation, colonization and 
studies of the correlation between AVS and sediment organic carbon, the 
oxidation of metal sulfides and pore water sampling. Finally, the 
Agency staff will discuss proposed sediment quality criteria for 
several metals. Members of the public interested in copies of the 
briefing materials provided to the SAB should contact the Office of 
Water Resource Center at 202-260-7786 and request the ``SAB Briefing 
Document for Metals Sediment Quality''.
    Written comments should be submitted to the Designated Federal 
Official listed below on or before December 19 in order to allow the 
Subcommittee an opportunity to review them prior to the meeting. Oral 
comments at the meeting will be limited to five minutes and should be 
focused on scientific information and data related to the validity of 
the SEM/AVS methodology for deriving sediment quality.

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 five minutes. 
Opportunities for oral comment will be limited to no more than five 
minutes per speaker or longer at the discretion of the Chair. Written 
comments (at least 25 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. Commenters are encouraged to bring copies of their 
comments for distribution to the audience at the meeting. Written 
comments may be provided to the relevant committee or subcommittee up 
until the time of the meeting.
    Any member of the public wishing further information concerning the 
meetings or who wishes to submit oral or written comments (at least 25 
copies) should contact Dr. Edward Bender, Designated Federal Official, 
Science Advisory Board (Mail Code 1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone (202) 260-
2562; FAX (202) 260-7118, or via the Internet at
BENDER.EDWARD.EPAMAIL.EPA. GOV. The meetings are open to the public, 
but seating is limited and available on a first come basis.

    Dated: December 1, 1994.
A. Robert Flaak,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 94-30736 Filed 12-13-94; 8:45 am]
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