[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19048-19049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9246]




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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5191-9]


Science Advisory Board; Clean Air Act Scientific Advisory 
Committee; Notification of Public Advisory Committee Meeting(s); Open 
Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
notice is hereby given that the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee 
(CASAC) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) will meet on May 4-5, 1995 
at the Courtyard Marriott, 2700 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 
22314; telephone (703) 329-2323. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and 
end no later than 5 p.m. on both days. This meeting is open to the 
public. Due to limited space, seating will be on a first-come basis. 
For further information, 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.

    This meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 
will focus on reviewing the scientific and technical adequacy of the 
agency's ``Health Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions'' (a 
document from the Office of Research and Development, Office of Health 
and Environmental Assessment (OHEA), Environmental Criteria and 
Assessment Office in Research, Triangle Park, NC--ECAO). The specific 
issues to be addressed during the CASAC review are as follows:

    1. Does the document accurately represent the key literature on 
diesel emissions?

    2. Are the cancer and noncancer hazard identification and dose-
response assessments scientifically appropriate? In particular:

    (a) Is the application of dosimetry modeling scientifically sound?

    (b) Are the modes of action appropriately identified and applied to 
the health assessment?

    (c) Are the qualitative and quantitative cancer risk estimates 
scientifically appropriate?

    (d) Is the diesel inhalation reference concentration (RfC) 
scientifically appropriate?

    [[Page 19049]] 3. Is it possible to improve the diesel risk 
characterization in the document, given the inadequate exposure 
information to compare to the quantitative health assessment?
    For example, will further/alternative interpretations of the health 
effects information advance the risk characterization?

Availability of Documents

    Single copies of the U.S. EPA health assessment document may be 
obtained from the Office of Research and Development Publications 
Center, CERI-FRN, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin 
Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; Telephone: (513) 569-7562; 
FAX (513) 684-7566. Please provide your name, mailing address and the 
EPA document numbers EPA/600/8-90/057Ba and Bb.
    Members of the public desiring additional information about the 
meeting, including an agenda, should contact Randall Bond, Designated 
Federal Official, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, Science 
Advisory Board (1400), US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460, 
by telephone at (202) 260-8414, FAX (202) 260-1889, or via The INTERNET 
at: [email protected]. Those individuals requiring a copy of 
the draft Agenda and the charge to the committee should contact Ms. 
Lori Anne Gross at (202) 260-8414 or by FAX at (202) 260-1889 or via 
the INTERNET at [email protected]. Additional information 
concerning the Science Advisory Board, its structure, function, and 
composition, may be found in The Annual Report of the Staff Director 
which is available by contacting Ms. Gross at the previously stated 
address.
    Members of the public wishing to make an oral presentation at the 
meeting should contact Mr. Bond no later than noon, Wednesday, April 
26, 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. Bond 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.

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: April 6, 1995.
Donald G. Barnes,
Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.
[FR Doc. 95-9246 Filed 4-13-95; 8:45 am]
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