[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 63 (Monday, April 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16873-16875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8086]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5182-7]
Science Advisory Board; Notification of Three Public Advisory
Committee Meeting(s) and Cancellation of One Previously Announced
Public Advisory Committee Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463,
notice is hereby given that three 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. 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. Drinking Water Committee
The Drinking Water Committee (DWC) of the Science Advisory Board
(SAB) will meet from Thursday, April 20, 1995 through Friday, April 21,
1995 in Rooms 130/138 at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center, 26 West Martin
Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268, Telephone: (513) 569-7531.
The meeting will convene at 9:00 a.m. and continue until 6:00 p.m. on
Thursday, April 20. On Friday, April 21, 1995, the meeting will begin
at 8:00 a.m. and adjourn no later than 4:00 p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to review the Environmental
Protection Agency's Five-Year Research Plan for Disinfection
Byproducts. Presentations will be made by representatives from the
agency's Office of Water and the Office of Research and Development.
Background documents to be provided [[Page 16874]] for this review are
available from the program office and not the Science Advisory Board.
These documents include:
(a) Draft Report on EPA's 5 year research plan to support DBP
related rules;
(b) Federal Register Notices of proposed D/DBP rule, Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment Rule (ESTWR), and Information Collection Rule
(ICR);
(c) Workshop Report and Recommendations for Conducting
Epidemiologic Research on Cancer and Exposure to Chlorinated Drinking
Water; and
(d) Report of the Panel on Reproductive Effects of Disinfection
Byproducts in Drinking Water.
In addition, the Drinking Water Committee will be briefed by the
American Water Works Association Research Foundation on their ``Report
from Expert Workshop on Microbial and Disinfection By-Product Research
Needs''.
The draft charge to the Drinking Water Committee is as follows:
(a) Has EPA identified the correct issues that need to be addressed
to support the development of the Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
and Stage 2 Disinfectants/Disinfectant Byproducts rule?
(b) Do the research topic areas underway or envisioned under the
five year research plan appear to adequately address the issues? Should
any other research topic area be funded in lieu of that which is
ongoing or planned?
(c) Has EPA given appropriate priorities to the order by which
research is to be conducted?
Single copies of the U.S. EPA review materials provided to the
Committee may be obtained from Mr. Stig Regli, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (4603),
401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460; Telephone: (202) 260-7379.
Single copies of the American Water Works Association Research
Foundation report may be obtained from, Mr. Richard J. Karlin, Deputy
Executive Director, American Water Works Association Research
Foundation, 6666 West Quincy Avenue, Denver, Colorado, 80235-3098;
Telephone: (303) 347-6100. There may be a fee for this document.
Copies of these documents are NOT available from the Science
Advisory Board Staff. Members of the public desiring additional
information about the meeting, including an agenda, should contact Mr.
Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal Official, Drinking Water
Committee, Science Advisory Board (1400F), US EPA, 401 M Street, SW,
Washington DC 20460, by telephone at (202) 260-2563/6552, fax at (202)
260-7118, or via The INTERNET at: [email protected].
Members of the public wishing to make an oral presentation at the
meeting must contact Mr. Miller no later than noon, Friday, April 14,
1995. The request should identify the name of the individual who will
make the presentation, requirements for audio visual equipment (e.g.,
overhead projector, 35mm projector, chalk board, etc.), and an outline
of the issues to be addressed. At least 35 copies of the presentation
and 35 copies of the visual aids used at the meeting are to be given to
Mr. Miller 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. Hazardous Air Pollutant Monitoring Subcommittee
The Hazardous Air Pollutant Monitoring Subcommittee of the Science
Advisory Board's (SAB's) Environmental Engineering Committee (EEC),
will meet April 24-25, 1995 at the Environmental Protection Agency,
Environmental Research Center, Conference Room M-130, Corner of
Highways 54 and Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC. The
meeting will begin each day at 9:00 a.m. and end no later than 5:00
p.m.
The Subcommittee will review the EPA Office of Research and
Development's Proposed Program on Enhanced Monitoring. Copies of the
documents to be reviewed are not available from the SAB. The March 2,
1995 memorandum containing the full charge and the review documents can
be obtained from Dr. Rodney Midgett, Atmospheric Research and Exposure
Assessment Laboratory, Environmental Research Center, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711. Telephone (919) 541-2196. An abbreviated version of the three
page tentative charge to this subcommittee follows.
(a) The ``Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods''
requirements are contained in 40 CFR, Part 53. The technical framework
of the proposed Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEM) verification may
require more flexibility than is currently allowed under 40CFR53. In
reviewing the proposed program on enhanced monitoring in light of
50CFR53, what would increase general applicability, modify technical
concepts, or otherwise improve the documents?
(b) The field component of the CEM verification program should be
conducted at a site which is representative of the industry conditions
and over a period of time which adequately tests for process changes
and instrument performance. The German TUV field verification program
appears to accomplish this. EPA might arrive at a CEM verification
program that combines the best features of the 40CFR53 equivalency
program and the TUV field verification program. What variables need to
be considered in developing the optimal CEM verification program?
(c) Method 301 of Title 40 CFR, Part 63 is a protocol for the
``Field Validation of Pollutant Measurement Methods from Various Waste
Media''. Method 301 was written specifically for manual test methods
where a discreet sample is collected, usually for analysis at a later
time. Therefore, as currently written, the Method 301 Procedures are
not applicable for use with CEM data. Thus, many of the concepts of
Method 301 need to be modified so that a relationship can be
established between the reference test method and the CEM results. The
SAB is asked to comment on the nature of modifications that would be
reasonable to use.
Any member of the public wishing further information, such as a
proposed agenda should contact Mrs. Dorothy Clark, Staff Secretary,
Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. EPA, Washington, DC 20460,
telephone (202) 260-6552 or fax (202) 260-7118. Written comments of any
length (at least 35 copies) may be provided up until the meeting.
Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation should
contact the Designated Federal Official, Mrs. Kathleen Conway by phone
(202) 260-2558, or internet CONWAY.KATHLEEN
@epamail.epa.gov no later than noon (eastern time) Wednesday April 19
in order to have time reserved on the agenda.
3. Innovative Technology Subcommittee
The Innovative Technology Subcommittee of the Science Advisory
Board's (SAB's) Environmental Engineering Committee (EEC), will meet
May 2-3, 1995 at the One Washington Circle Hotel, One Washington
Circle, N.W., Washington, DC. This meeting will also begin each day at
9:00 a.m. and end no later then 5:00 p.m.
The Subcommittee will discuss the Office of Research and
Development's Environmental Technology Innovation and Commercialization
Enhancement Program (EnTICE), a technology verification program. Copies
of the March 13 draft charge for the review, plus the white paper and
attachments describing optional models on which [[Page 16875]] program
development could be based are available from Ms. Crystal Robinson,
Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology Demonstration
(8301), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street S.W.,
Washington, D.C., 20460. Telephone (202) 260-4073.
The draft charge is three pages long. Some background and the
primary issues from the charge follow.
(a) EPA (ORD) is formulating a program to verify the cost and
performance of innovative environmental technologies. The purpose is to
bolster the credibility of deserving technologies to help them enter
the marketplace. Credible 3rd party developed and EPA assured data and
information is expected to inform the marketplace and the permitting
arena so that decision-makers can choose innovative technologies with
more confidence.
(b) EPA is interested in the views and advice of the Environmental
Engineering Committee in all aspects of the program as planned
currently.
(1) Is it practical to target each center to be self-supporting in
approximately 3 years? Can industry bear the expense?
(2) How important is it that the verifications carry EPA's ``seal
of approval''? Would verifications that don't carry EPA's seal but just
that of a 3rd party center have sufficient credibility to open doors in
the marketplace and the permitting arena? How important is EPA's
oversight in ensuring consistency and rigor across 3rd party centers?
Any member of the public wishing further information, such as a
proposed agenda should contact Mrs. Dorothy Clark, Staff Secretary,
Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. EPA, Washington, DC 20460,
telephone (202) 260-6552 or fax (202) 260-7118. Written comments of any
length (at least 35 copies) may be provided up until the meeting.
Members of the public who wish to make a brief oral presentation should
contact the Designated Federal Official, Mrs. Kathleen Conway by phone
(202) 260-2558, or internet [email protected] no later
than noon (eastern time) Wednesday April 26 in order to have time
reserved on the agenda.
4. Cancellation of the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee
Meeting
The meeting of the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee
(EEAC) of the Science Advisory Board which was scheduled to meet on
April 27, 1995 at the Holiday Inn Georgetown, 2101 Wisconsin Avenue NW,
Washington D.C. 20007, has been cancelled. This meeting had been
announced in the Federal Register on March 27, 1995. This meeting may
be rescheduled at a later date. For further information, please contact
Dr. Edward Bender, Designated Federal Official, Environmental Economics
Advisory Committee, by telephone at (202) 260-2562, via Internet to
[email protected], or by facsimile to (202) 260-7118.
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. 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: March 28, 1995.
A. Robert Flaak,
Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 95-8086 Filed 3-31-95; 8:45 am]
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